R & B/Hip Hop Music Analysis

R & B/Hip-Hop music has undergone a radical transformation over the last twenty-six years. The new millenniums of young artist have changed the way we listen and view music. In the early 1990’s R & B/Hip-Hop music or other music genre had a different composition, demographic prospective and conveyed different emotions compared to today. Music in the 90’s era was less instrumentally inclined compared to this new era of music (article). Music today is more about image, fashion, promoting sex and magnifying the use of drugs. In this time and day that we are living in, R&B/Hip-Hop artists are performing provocative dance moves such as twerking, they dress provocative, and some are seen smoking illegal drugs. My inspiration for writing about “Beyoncé Knowles” influence on R&B/Hip-Hop …show more content…
Beyoncé recalls the times when her music producer insisted that she watch Michael Jackson’s video “Who’s Loving You” to get a feel of his musical style (Payne). Jackson’s dancing techniques taught young Knowles how to evoke emotions throughout her music. Decades ago, music genres were not instrumentally inclined as they are today. During Michael Jackson’s era music was considered contemporary R &B that combined different musical elements. Musical elements at that time consisted of rhythm and blues, jazz, soul, pop, and dance (article). Much of the music during those times included synthesizers, keyboards, vocals, drum machines, horns, piano, and drums. Artists were most popular for using Melisma that commonly refers to Gregorian Chants. As we listen to music from the early 90’s there is a clear distinction that much of the notes were sung to one syllable of the text while moving between several different notes in succession (Charlton). For example, the sounds of the Gregorian Chant can be heard throughout Michael Jackson’s song “Give in to me”. This song coincides with classical voice music and Dies Ares