Here's the list of the musical categories that we brainstormed in class:
Vaudeville
Rock/subgenres (Yapei)
Pop
Hip-hop
Jazz
R&B
Classical
Musical Theater
Spoken Word
Folk/Acoustic (Ashley)
Bollywood
Traditional (Sarah)
Religious
Soca (Nureya)
Reggae (Kelsey)
Bhangra
Let's figure out who wants to cover which musical category for the rest of the term.
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ASIAN AMERICAN HIP HOP
ReplyDeleteDiscuss Asian Americans in genre overall
Make note that many artists can be placed in more than one category
Like in other genres Asian American hip hop artist have not received a lot of mainstream success. This is also a male dominated genre.
MCs
Discuss struggles and up and coming artists
With the exception of Jin the majority of Asian American MCs remain underground or behind the scenes. Very few have mainstream success.
Jin
Mila J
Bambu
Jamez
Kero One
Lyrics Born
Dumbfoundead
Far East Movement
Producers
It appears as though Asian Americans are finding more success in behind the scene work as producers rather than MCs which receive more media attention.
Chops
Illmind
DJs
DJ Qbert
Groups
Dame Four
Mountain Brother
Native Guns
Far East Movement
Asiatic Apostles
Yellow Peril
Seoul Brothers
Websites
http://www.aznraps.com/