- Jazz
- Blues
- Rock n Roll
- Hip-hop
- Rap
- Techno
- House
Way more than 4.
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Well, I said at least 4.
I was thinking Jazz, Rock, Disco, and Rap specifically.
I'm afraid I'm not musically competent enough to make the distinction between Hip-Hop and Rap, or the history of Techno and House (or the difference between those two, for that matter - a philistine, I know π¬), and I wasn't certain if there was a major panic or teen craze around Blues music.
The blues made it all possible. It's basically the foundation of modern Western music. If you're ever up for a deep dive or three, Polyphonic on YT and Nebula has done quite a bit of work digging into the cultural and technical history. Well worth the watch time.
There was was a panic around disco? Huh, TIL.
I also donβt know the difference between hip-hop and rap. Separated them out to be on the safe side.
I do know the difference between house and techno and get mildly annoyed when people use either of them as umbrella terms for dance music. Itβd be fair for fans of hip-hop and rap to feel the same.
In case youβre interested (and very simplified): Techno started in Detroit and was influenced by early German and French synthesiser music, plus the car factories.
House started in Chicago and was influenced by soul, gospel and disco.
One might even say there was panic at the disco.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Disco_Demolition_Night
The hate this genre attracted was otherworldy. Perfect storm of heteronormatism, anti-LGBT, racism and rockism.
With respect to Hiphop and Rap, I was a HipHop fan for years and I still don't get the difference. Best explanation I could offer is that Hiphop isn't just Rap, but also dancing, graffiti and DJing (especially the turntablism variety), plus Hiphop music without rapping.
Holy shit I had no idea about this, fascinating.
There was was a panic around disco? Huh, TIL.
Oh, yeah, it was a big thing that we in the modern day often don't think about. Disco's meteoric rise and fall was in part due to overexposure, but also due to a backlash from its strong associations with the Black, LGBT, and immigrant communities.
"disco sucks"
It got pretty bad.
I will hear it in my head all day now...
Pump up the jam, pump it up...
- Ragtime
Jesus christ I knew about jazz, rock, and rap but wow. That's like, all of the good music
Look at you branching out
Even in the UK, this was mirrored with the development of genres starting from hardcore rave aka breakbeat hardcore, such as jungle, drum'n'bass, big beat, 2-step and dubstep. In the beginning it was very racially mixed both for the artists and the audience, but even back in the 90s when jungle and drum'n'bass separated, jungle was considered a "black" genre that got associated with criminality etc., while drum'n'bass was the white-dominated mainstream-ish offshoot.