| The Rap History Map Shows a Generation
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| | stood as a landmark in North American
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| Gap
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| | music. The king of the twelve-string
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| 21st April 2007
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| | guitar was my earliest influence,
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| Author: Pat Boardman
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| | possibly because my guitar was a
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| Classifying Rap and Hip-Hop under the
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| | twelve-string also, and because at the
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| category of music is stretching the
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| | age of thirteen I could sing as high as
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| definition most generously and it's
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| | Leadbelly. After my voice changed at
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| unfair to people with talent who can
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| | puberty I was forced to look to other
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| actually play an instrument or sing. This
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| | singers to emulate, especially those who
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| article outlines the roots of this
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| | played a blend of Folk and Blues that is
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| billion-dollar industry that has such a
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| | known today as Roots Rock Music, a mixed
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| wide audience despite the fact that it's
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| | progressive sound with lyrics that tell a
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| not music. Music is an art form using
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| | story or express a message to sway the
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| melody, instrumentation, and lyrics if
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| | audience by meaning as well as volume and
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| there are singers. Musicians work with
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| | playing skill.
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| scales, key signatures, and time
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| | Telling a story in the middle of a song
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| signatures when their techniques are
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| | engaged the audience and was a good
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| applied.
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| | change of pace to amuse the listeners.
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| Iambic Tetrameter in poetry is the
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| | His rapping during the song was not done
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| simplest form of rhyme scheme. It's also
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| | using rhymes; he was commenting on points
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| the mainstay of rap; you may have noticed
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| | relating to the theme of the lyric. He
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| the similarity of rap lines to the poem
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| | would then return to the refrain and sing
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| "Mary Had a Little Lamb" in which the
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| | another verse or two. Other folksingers
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| second and fourth line rhyme in each
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| | couldn't manage this trick, and so they
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| stanza. That is what rap has become in
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| | told stories in between songs. To talk
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| the last two decades: an urban
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| | and play at the same time is an enviable
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| competition for power and glory where
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| | skill that's beyond anything that I can
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| four or five overdressed baggy-pants
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| | do. When Bob Dylan turned the Folk scene
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| gangsters with toques skip as they come
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| | on its head with the release of Highway
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| out on stage and take turns bending down
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| | 61 Revisited, the opening tune,
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| to a camera making identical hand moves
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| | "Subterranean Homesick Blues" set the
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| and spitting into their microphones to a
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| | stage for modern rap to find its energy.
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| drum machine. Anyone who's been under
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| | It wasn't a Blues song; it could best be
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| stage lights will attest to the fact that
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| | described as upbeat Rock 'n Roll
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| the heat is unbearable under your
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| | machine-gunning words everywhere. The
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| clothes, made worse by the strain of
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| | verses had only two notes and consisted
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| playing. A lot of rock musicians like
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| | of four rhyming lines followed by another
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| Robert Plant and Keith Richards wear an
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| | four rhyming lines. Then the chorus
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| open vest. The second drummer for April
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| | resolved back into a melody. The time
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| Wine went shirtless with suspenders. Any
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| | signature Dylan used is known as "cut
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| clothing on the upper body becomes soaked
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| | time" where the half-note gets one beat
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| with sweat, but rappers' clothes are part
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| | instead of two. It would be difficult to
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| of the pose. So is the angry lower lip
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| | hip-hop to it, as the body can't go up
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| and dangerous-looking scowl. You won't
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| | and down at that frantic pace. It would
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| see them with beaming smiles like Ray
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| | very easy to slow it down into the form
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| Charles or James Brown. Rap is convenient
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| | of today's Rap if you took out the melody
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| as a way to cultivate a tough-guy image
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| | of the chorus and changed the time
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| that it may never go away. Most pop music
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| | signature to rap's standard - 4/4 time
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| styles fade out after the crowds find
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| | with the accent on the second beat in
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| fresh new concepts, but the rap
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| | each bar, with a maximum of one note from
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| phenomenon goes on because of the
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| | the major scale and the same note
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| infinite number of young people who see
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| | repeated one octave up. Ask a rapper to
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| this as a way to escape the surroundings
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| | define a scale, an octave, a bar, a time
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| of poverty without going through the
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| | signature, a sixteenth note, a treble
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| unpleasant necessities of work or
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| | clef, or a rest, and you'll get a blank
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| education. In the current form we see
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| | stare as if you were from another planet.
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| rap's followers take a step backward; a
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| | The first time I heard of Rap was in 1974
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| violent obscene attempt to bring back
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| | in Boston when I teamed up with a black
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| racial hatred as the young people define
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| | harmonica player from New Orleans. We
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| themselves as being on the other side of
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| | were street performers and worked in and
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| the social fence that the previous four
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| | alcove around Harvard Square. One day we
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| generations worked so hard to knock down.
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| | took a rest break and he took several
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| The majority of black people are
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| | steps out to the sidewalk and began
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| satisfied that they have integration,
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| | talking to people walking by, ad libbing
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| civil rights, and a chance to be private
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| | comments about things he observed about
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| citizens who have a chance to focus on
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| | people going by. He had a big smile
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| something other than skin color. No one
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| | showing two gold stars placed into his
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| should forget the crimes of the past, but
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| | front teeth by a dentist back in more
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| pushing on to a better future is the path
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| | profitable times. He was lightly humorous
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| to take - parents know this better than
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| | as he talked to them about their
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| anyone; their efforts to reach the middle
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| | aloofness, their inability to smile or
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| class were too painful to see it all
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| | make eye contact, and their terse
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| erased by overfed youngsters trying to
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| | mannerisms. He wasn't moving around or
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| act as avengers using society as a
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| | posing; he wasn't obscene or acting like
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| scapegoat for perceived injustices
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| | he was a tough guy…he just thought up
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| without even knowing how rap started.
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| | things as he talked, and the words didn't
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| The beginnings of dirges, work songs, the
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| | rhyme. It was more like off-the-cuff
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| Blues, and Black American Folk music
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| | communication attempting to inject some
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| appeared when slaves in the cotton fields
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| | soul into these stiff people with their
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| would establish a call-and-answer rhythm
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| | cold mannerisms. He might gesture in
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| to ease their anguish over the
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| | greeting to each pedestrian, but nothing
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| backbreaking work forced on them twelve
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| | was rehearsed. Spontaneity was the key to
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| hours a day, seven days a week in the
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| | this curious performance I was watching.
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| heat of the Deep South. After the
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| | I asked him what he was doing of course
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| emancipation, a sharecropping system
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| | and he told me, "Why, this is rapping.
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| allowed for more privacy and availability
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| | Everybody playing on the street in New
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| to instruments like guitars,
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| | Orleans is into it". He went at it some
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| squeezeboxes, and banjos. In addition,
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| | more; a woman came down the sidewalk.
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| many were enthusiastic and talented
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| | "Here's this nice lady, all in a
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| singers with amazing vocal range and
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| | hurry…she's wondering why we're smilin'
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| quality. People in the following
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| | and hanging out but she can't smile back
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| generation started to have the freedom to
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| | 'cause it'd be too much trouble to set
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| play for money like their counterparts in
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| | down a dime for young Jody here who's
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| the North who came to the forefront in
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| | tryin' to get some attention…but she
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| Big Band and Jazz music during
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| | won't talk to the poor guys here 'cause
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| Prohibition. The music was exciting
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| | she's too good to be true and she's got a
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| enough to be featured in movies and on
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| | rich boyfriend to see and a place to go
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| the radio, but segregation still cast a
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| | and eat and sleep," and on he went
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| pall over the atmosphere of freedom that
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| | happily with each new face that went by.
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| is the essence of music.
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| | He was totally unaffected, relaxed,
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| The system's racial unfairness that we
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| | funny, and clever. Both of us had to get
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| despise today caused its victims to
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| | by on our wits, during those hungry
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| develop greater creativity in the cause
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| | homeless days. I felt bad for having the
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| of financial survival, and some legendary
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| | advantage of having white skin, and I
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| musicians became well-known and loved by
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| | could feel the distaste of people when
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| audiences. No one could listen to Duke
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| | they saw us performing together. The
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| Ellington's band or watch Cab Calloway on
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| | racial bias eventually began to destroy
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| the big screen without experiencing a
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| | him and he started taking speed pills and
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| quickening heartbeat and a rush of
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| | he stopped caring. He lost weight and
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| excitement. These people were beacons of
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| | started to hate himself. Society took a
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| genius, but still unwelcome in white
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| | heavy soul and turned him into a
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| hotels. Music and dance milieus were
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| | self-destructive shell of his former
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| enriched a thousand fold by scores of
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| | self. We were both poor, so I had no way
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| naturally gifted performers. That's not
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| | to help him and we drifted our separate
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| to say hard work wasn't necessary to get
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| | ways when the cold weather approached. I
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| them to the top. They honed their skills
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| | had no idea that the improvised teasing
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| into performances that would never be
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| | of the audience would turn into the
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| reproduced. They were big-city musicians
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| | pompous violent bastardization of that
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| and they had to have total command of the
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| | art form with the grade-three rhyme
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| mechanics and interpretation of all the
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| | scheme that we see and hear today. It's
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| elements that form music.
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| | now seen as a way to become rich and
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| The earliest recordings that had talking
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| | famous while avoiding the annoyances of
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| sections within the song were those of
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| | music lessons, practice, and learning an
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| Leadbelly. Although the recording company
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| | instrument. Anyone with a drum machine
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| wanted him to concentrate on Blues, he
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| | and a microphone can now declare himself
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| was primarily a folksinger. Leadbelly was
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| | a "musician" despite the lack of an ear
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| the son of sharecroppers and only
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| | for music. Getting an act together
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| semi-literate, but his imposing form
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| | doesn't require copping an attitude.
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