5 Comments:
- So, hip hop is just a remix of American pop music.
- Albums are still determined "hot" depending on how many copies were sold.
- A historic change in music is a big deal because it attracts many people.
- Iovine didn't invent well enough things to attract people's attention.
- Los Angeles was the birth place or rap music.
4 Questions:
- Why are they mentioning rap when this is a hip hop book?
- Why was rap looked at as scorn?
- What did the SoundScan system do?
- Why do Indie labels always fail?
3 Words:
- Aura (pg. 34): a distinctive and pervasive quality or character
- Accolades (pg.36): An expression of approval
- Conglomerates (pg. 51): To form or gather into a mass or whole
2 Literary Terms:
- Personification (pg. 39): "SoundScan called attention to the comercial vitality"
- Similie (pg. 48): "Death Row's artistry, like the concoction iy first album celebrated"
1 Sentence Summary:
- This chapter was about the formation of hip hop and the other genres that make it up.
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