When analyzing music and placing them into different genres, it’s important to first take a step back and break down what exactly a genre even is. A musical genre is a category of music where the songs in that group… Continue Reading →
It would be irresponsible to assess or assign a genre to any individual Brockhampton song without having an understanding of the group’s overall design and category. The concept and frequency of genre bending or hybrid/cross genres, has become very popular… Continue Reading →
I consider this song to fall in the category of folk rock based on what we’ve said about folk in class. Folk music often has a simple melody, a political message, acoustic guitar (although here it’s electric, hence “folk rock”),… Continue Reading →
“I Am Not My Hair” is best categorized as neo-soul contemporary R&B. These two genres were popularized by black musicians, meant for a predominately black audience. Contemporary R&B, or just R&B, is a mixture of rhythm and blues, pop, soul,… Continue Reading →
Green Day is an American punk-rock band from California. As Patrick Stump (from Fall Out Boy) describes in Green Day’s Hall of Fame introduction speech, punk-rock is “loud,” “fast,” and (as Peter Wentz said) pretty ass, because you never go… Continue Reading →
Taylor Swift grew up developing her talents as a Country / Country-Pop artist. At the release of her sixth album Reputation, the artist shifted into a Pop music artist. Her song The Man is a part of this genre (Pop)… Continue Reading →
John Mayer is a very versatile artist that sings a variety of different genres. Genres are described as “a category of artistic composition, as in music or literature, characterized by similarities in form, style, or subject matter”. Some of the… Continue Reading →
Beyonce is known for being an R&B artist and a little bit of pop/hip hop. This song somewhat challenges the genres her music usually falls under. While the song is still, in a sense, contemporary R&B and pop, it pushes… Continue Reading →
“Darkness” represents a rich tradition of lyrical rap, from a man widely considered one of its greatest living representatives. Rap music is one of the core variations of hip-hop, which has direct roots in black American musical traditions like disco,… Continue Reading →
Pinning down the genre for “The Village” is a slightly difficult task; it’s categorized as a Pop piece, but one typical understanding of Pop music (posited by EnglishClub.com) is that it’s more upbeat in an attempt to appeal to a… Continue Reading →
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