MUSC 2150 Chapter Notes - Chapter 12: Ice-T, Professional Agrologist, Queen Latifah
14 Apr 2012
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Chapter 12: heavy metal, rap, and the rise of alternative rock. Two underground scenes, rap and heavy metal, emerged in the 80s. These two genres had their roots in earlier music styles and drew upon earlier musical practices. Mtv played crucial role in exposing the music to listeners, and these styles increasingly adopted central positions in popular music in the latter half of the decade. Heavy metal music developed from the harder, more aggressive aspects of late. Early metalists adopted aspects of music from black sabbath, with their driving riffs, dark themes, and extended guitar solos, and also from bands such as led zeppelin, Heavy metal as a separate genre emerged in the early 80s with bands beginning to break out of their underground venues with the help of successful albums and tours. Heavy metal was considered music for blue-collar whites, and was thought to be simple minded and unsophisticated by the masses.
