Who is the originator of rap? Oh, come on, great god.

Dr.Dre, date of birth: 1965, February 18, region: American brand: death row /Interscope/ Yu Bo grinds a sword for seven years. Dr. Derry and The Appeal of Black Rap: European and American fans in China, especially music critics, should pay due attention to the alienation of black rap. There is a kind of music that originated from black Americans. At first, white people didn't like it, saying it wasn't music, let alone art, but soon, some white people began to like it. Since then, this undercurrent has spread rapidly in American society, and savvy businessmen feel that there is an opportunity. They are determined to find a "white singer with a sense of black music", which will definitely make a lot of money. They did so and succeeded as scheduled. After that, this kind of black music was rapidly alienated and many specious varieties appeared. These varieties began to make big profits around the world, and the audience forgot the true colors of this music ... After reading this, you will say: Isn't this the history of rock music and Elvis Presley? Wrong. I'm talking about rap Singing originated in the black areas of new york in 1970s. In the first 10 years after its birth, the development of rap experienced many ups and downs. This musical form, which emphasizes lyrics, rhythm and melody, has always been confined to the black circle in big cities. Until 1986, the rap band Run-D.M..c and the white rock band Aerosmith collaborated on a rap song "Go this way", which began to attract the wide attention of white audiences. In the early 1990s, white rapper VanillaIce and pop rapper M.C.Hammer appeared in American music. They not only made many ordinary American listeners like rap, but also brought it all over the world, including China. But at this time, rap has been spiritually far away from its birthplace: the black areas of big cities, and rap has been alienated. Even in this environment, real rap still exists, but it is prefixed by the media. Now people call it gang rap. The appearance of this name should be attributed to a Los Angeles band, whose name is very special, called N.W.A (Negro with Attitude). Two members are now the ancestors of rap. One of them is called "ice cube". Now they not only sing rap all the time, but also often appear in mainstream movies. Another person has been focusing on music creation, and he is the protagonist of this article: Dr. Derry. A Safe Stimulation-The Social Foundation of Rap In that year's Northwest Band, Dr. Derry was not a major figure. However, his first album "The Chronic" after solo flight is recognized as the best representative of the so-called "West Coast Voice". This kind of rap with slow rhythm and mild tone (relative to the East Coast) has gradually become popular since Chronic, and has won a number of new stars such as Snoopy Doug. However, in the seven years after the publication of Chronic, Dr.Dre kept a low profile. He has only been the producer of several other albums. It was not until 1999 that his new album "200 1" quietly appeared on the counter. This 7-year-old record is not a hit on the billboard album chart, but it has remained stable in the top 20. But in fact, I can say without exaggeration that this record is the most popular among adult men aged 0/8 to 30 in the United States today. You can always hear Dr. Derry's unique voice, whether in the car whizzing by in the street or in the headphones worn by young people who dye their hair in the street. Before commenting on this record, I must first talk about the characteristics of "gang rap". First, let's talk about the language it uses. One of the reasons why many people hate rap is that singers swear. But in fact, in black culture, many dirty words we think are not as dirty as you think. Of course, I don't mean that these words become good words, but they are all commonly used words in street life, and Rap is just said intact. Don't people say that folk songs should come from life and be faithful to life? Rap has done this well, not only in the use of proverbs, but also in the content of rap. These contents may not be beautiful, but they are absolutely true. There are also many sentences that hate the police in Gangster Rap, which once attracted threatening letters from the FBI. However, after many incidents in which the police indiscriminately killed colored people, you have to admit that the opposition between the police and the people reflected in Gangster Rap has a deep social foundation in the United States. For many white listeners, the life reflected by rap is actually very strange, and they just find a safe stimulus in rap. These listeners don't care about elegance at all! They live this dangerous street life in the stereo with relish and enjoy it. This is an important reason why rap is popular among American young men. This album is not too noisy-the connotation and musicality of rap may be due to the low production cost of rap. There are many rap albums on the market now, and quite a few of them are made in a rough way with a single rhythm, and the content is nothing more than swearing. This kind of rap music is not worth listening to. But Dr.Dre's "200 1" will definitely surprise those who have stereotypes about rap music. First of all, the lyrics in it are typical "gangster rap". The first song "Watchman" describes a dark and chaotic street world composed of gangsters and police to the audience as a narrator. The next song, Ghost, completely criticized unfaithful women from the standpoint of men. The next song, "Still D.R.E", changed the topic and mocked those who thought Dr.Dre was brilliant with the attitude of winner. Dr.Dre sang a lot of songs to clear his name in the album, which seems a bit redundant. There is a song in the album called Message, which was sung by Dr. Derry to his murdered brother. The song is very sad and fatalistic, which makes people realize the violent tragedy that is constantly being staged behind the "gang rap" and pulls the "decent" young people who are addicted to gangs in the car back to the cruel real world from their dreams. In the album, Dr.Dre invited a large number of rap artists to make guest appearances, including Snoopy Doug, Mary J. Blige, Xzibit, Krupp and Hittmann. Eminem, a newly rich white rapper, deserves special mention. He was hand-picked by Dr. Dre, and like Elvis Presley, he was a "white man with a sense of black music". But there is a big difference between the two. I don't think I have ever heard Elvis Presley say a word of thanks to the black doyen after he imitated the black rhythm and blues music, but now Eminem always mentions Dr.Dre in his songs, which shows his infinite respect for the teacher. Times are different, so is black and white. To be honest, the lyrics in this album are not the best, so the main reason why I strongly recommend it to you here is its music. The rhythm of most songs in the album is recorded neatly, which makes people feel no noise at all. Like other pop music records today, almost all the songs in the album use a lot of sampling techniques, but the mixer properly controls the sampled sound at a very small level so as not to affect the timbre of the main instrument. All this is to highlight the human voice and let the audience understand the singer's singing very clearly. In fact, the singing method of rap is very particular. A good rapper can always keep his own unique pronunciation and rhythm while enunciating clearly. I remember listening to this album for the first time, which is more understandable than listening to Lao Cui's Time Night for the first time! I don't know if Cui Jian really didn't want people to hear him clearly, or if there was something wrong with the production. If you still think rap has no melody, this album will surprise you. Almost all the songs in it have beautiful melodies, or more precisely, a short period of beautiful motives repeated over and over again. Most of these motivations are played by keyboards or guitars. In order to make the whole music look clean, most instrumental music performances have no chords, only single notes. Saying that they are melodious is by no means a tired tune of popular love songs, but an indescribable coolness. Camara Kambon, who is in charge of the music part of the album, won the Amy Award. He is a great contributor to the success of this record. The keyboard he and Scott Storch*** are responsible for and the guitar played by Sean Cruse have won the favor of many non-rap fans. It is worth mentioning that this record does not steal other people's melodies like many rap records (such as the famous vanilla ice and Fukis, which became popular a few years ago). All the music in the whole record is original. The sword that Dr. Dre grinded in the past seven years has really put a lot of effort into it. Cool Black Angel-Rap Masculinity In order to promote this record, Dr.Dre launched a grand national tour called "Up in Smoke Tour" this summer. I went to San Diego to listen to their performance, which was also the first stop of the tour. It was Thursday night, and the amphitheater was packed, with more than 20,000 people present. To my surprise, most of the people who went to the concert were white, and at least one third of them were women. The audience almost listened to the whole concert standing, and many people could sing along with the singer, turning the whole theater into a huge karaoke box. The acoustics of the concert are excellent, and the sound is very powerful, but it is not the kind of violent distortion. The concert also mobilized a lot of advanced audio-visual technology, which surprised those who thought that the live performance of rap music was not as good as the studio version. The lineup of this tour can be described as rap all-stars, including Dr.Dre, Snoop Dogg, ice cube and WarrenG. Kuruppu, Xzibit, Eminem and nate dogg. Among them, the scene in which ice cube appeared alone was particularly interesting. In the Overture to Carmena Blana composed by carl orff, he appeared in a cupboard hanging from the ceiling, dressed in white, like a huge black angel. His singing style is contrary to Dr.Dre's, intense and vigorous, and it is easy to arouse the enthusiasm of the audience when performing live. In contrast, I have to admit that Dr.Dre's music is more suitable for listening in the car. If you have a good car stereo, you will find it-to paraphrase the spoken language of young people of generation Y-cool! American black culture has been influencing the mainstream culture, but I can't think of any other period in history when black culture has dominated the value orientation of American youth so widely. When young people change their greetings from "What 'sup", it becomes "what's wrong?" At that time, the degree of "blackening" in their hearts can be imagined. European and American music fans in China, especially music critics, should pay due attention to black rap music. Aside from prejudice, you will find a lot of interesting music in it. It may not be as "thoughtful" as alternative music, but at least it is more masculine than the popular electronic dance music that is full of psychedelic taste but mostly unintelligible.