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“Music is one of the most powerful things the world has to offer. No matter what race or religion or nationality or sexual orientation or gender that you are, it has the power to unite us.” (Lady Gaga, brainyquote). Lady Gaga does a great job of explaining that music is one of the best ways for people of various backgrounds to connect. No matter what genre of music somebody listens to, they can be sure to find others who also love the same type of music they do. Some genres of music even blend into each other with their similarities and differences. Two genres like this are hip hop and rock music. Hip hop music and rock music have many similarities in their origins but have evolved to have many differences as well.

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“Difference Between Hip Hop and and Rock” explains that rap started in the 1970s, right out of New York. The genre focused on societal issues. It was mostly performed by African American artists (Differencebetween.net). This is similar to rock and roll music. However, hip hop music was used to unite many generations, where rock and roll influenced a divide. Additionally, the way each genre of music is produced is very different. Hip hop music tends to focus more on bass and beats than rhythm, although the lyrics play a significant role in each song. “Difference Between Hip Hop and Rock” explains that rap was made using electronic beats and vocals. The words were said in a rhythm to create a story (Differencebetween.net). The things rock music and hip hop music do not have in common are very prevalent in how each genre are produced and what each genre influences, but currently, rock music and hip hop share a lot of similarities in their cultures.

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Rock music was very different than hip hop music in its origins, but evolved to have many similarities to it. Stuart A. Kallen notes that rock and roll began with the baby boomers when they were teenagers, and it quickly became the fastest-growing form of music and absolutely changed society. Rock and roll focused on creating a divide, which removed its audience from everyone else. This was called “the generation gap.” It was provocative and pushed specific social behaviors, which was often viewed as disrespectful, thus creating a divide between generation, but a connection between the baby boomers. This was very different from hip hop music because hip hop was meant to unite different classes and generations through talking about the same societal struggles, while rock and roll’s focus was the divide. Rock and roll was also different from hip hop because of how the music was made. Stuart A. Kallen mentions that rock and roll’s main component is rhythm with a compelling beat. Its origins were in music from African tribes hundreds of years ago. African tribal music inspired the back-beats and call and response vocals, which are very popular in rock and roll. This evolved into blues, which was about bias and struggle, which also incorporated rock and roll (8, 11). Overall, rock music and hip hop music had many similarities and differences, but they did end up lending to one another’s cultures.

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Hip hop music and rock music have many similarities in their origins but have evolved to have many differences as well. Hip hop began in the late nineties, after rock and roll became popularized in the fifties and sixties. The culture surrounding the genres are also unlike in the ways that one is about a “generational gap,” and the other is about uniting an entire group of people. However, there are many similarities in these genres as well, such as writing songs about struggles people were facing. Hopefully, this inspires readers to continue thinking about music genres and how they relate to each other both in how they are produced and in what crowds listen to them.

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Works Cited

“Difference Between Hip Hop and Rock”. DifferenceBetween.Net, July 28, 2011, http://www.differencebetween.net/miscelleaneous/difference-between-hip-hip-and-rock/. Accessed December 3, 2018.

Hoffman, Frank. Rhythm & Blues, Rap, and Hip-Hop. Facts on File, Inc, 2006.

Kallen, Stuart A. The History of Rock and Roll. Lucent Books, 2003.

Lady Gaga. “Music Quotes”. Brainyquote.com, 2001, https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/lady_gaga_806798?src=t_music/. Accessed December 10, 2018.