Thursday, 27 October 2016
Monday, 24 October 2016
Genre Research
Firstly, R&B stands for Rhythm and Blues. It is a music genre originated from African-Americans in the 1940's.
"R&B lyrical themes often encapsulate the African-American experience of pain and the quest for freedom and joy. Lyrics focus heavily on the themes of triumphs and failures in terms of relationships, freedom, economics, aspirations, and sex. The term rhythm and blues has undergone a number of shifts in meaning. In the early 1950s it was frequently applied to blues records. Starting in the mid-1950s, after this style of music contributed to the development of rock and roll, the term "R&B" became used to refer to music styles that developed from and incorporated electric blues, as well as gospel and soul music. In the 1960s, several British rock bands such as the Rolling stones, The Who and The Animals were referred to and promoted as being RnB bands; posters for The Who's residency at the Marquee club in 1964 contained the slogan. This tangent of RnB is now known as "British rhythm and blues". By the 1970s, the term rhythm and blues changed again and was used as a blanket term for soul and funk. In the 1980s, a newer style of R&B developed, becoming known as "Contemporary R&B". It combines elements of rhythm and blues, soul, funk, pop, hip hop and dance. Popular R&B vocalists at the end of the 20th century included Michael Jackson, R. Kelly, Stevie Wonder, Whitney Houston, and Mariah Carey". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhythm_and_blues
The background explains why the term Rhythm and Blues can relate to some forms of rap music, because nowadays the term R&B doesn't relate back to blues, soul and funk. 'Contemporary R&B' is the explanation for the evolution of the genre. Men in R&B are very often portrayed to be violent, using gang hand signs or showing their tattoos etc, this links to the men and violence theory brought about by Earp and Katz. Women in the genre are generally dressed in a very provocative way, assuming that men are the majority of the consumers. They are dressed this way usually because of the male gaze theory(Laura Mulvey). Alternatively Janice Winship's theory, that the women enjoy being look at in this way could be an argument to the reasoning behind the costumes.
"R&B lyrical themes often encapsulate the African-American experience of pain and the quest for freedom and joy. Lyrics focus heavily on the themes of triumphs and failures in terms of relationships, freedom, economics, aspirations, and sex. The term rhythm and blues has undergone a number of shifts in meaning. In the early 1950s it was frequently applied to blues records. Starting in the mid-1950s, after this style of music contributed to the development of rock and roll, the term "R&B" became used to refer to music styles that developed from and incorporated electric blues, as well as gospel and soul music. In the 1960s, several British rock bands such as the Rolling stones, The Who and The Animals were referred to and promoted as being RnB bands; posters for The Who's residency at the Marquee club in 1964 contained the slogan. This tangent of RnB is now known as "British rhythm and blues". By the 1970s, the term rhythm and blues changed again and was used as a blanket term for soul and funk. In the 1980s, a newer style of R&B developed, becoming known as "Contemporary R&B". It combines elements of rhythm and blues, soul, funk, pop, hip hop and dance. Popular R&B vocalists at the end of the 20th century included Michael Jackson, R. Kelly, Stevie Wonder, Whitney Houston, and Mariah Carey". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhythm_and_blues
The background explains why the term Rhythm and Blues can relate to some forms of rap music, because nowadays the term R&B doesn't relate back to blues, soul and funk. 'Contemporary R&B' is the explanation for the evolution of the genre. Men in R&B are very often portrayed to be violent, using gang hand signs or showing their tattoos etc, this links to the men and violence theory brought about by Earp and Katz. Women in the genre are generally dressed in a very provocative way, assuming that men are the majority of the consumers. They are dressed this way usually because of the male gaze theory(Laura Mulvey). Alternatively Janice Winship's theory, that the women enjoy being look at in this way could be an argument to the reasoning behind the costumes.
Progress update
After undertaking a few textual analysis' with my group members, and looking into the lives of some influential figures, I have had a brief brainstorm on what I want to include in my magazine. A few ideas include using sans serif throughout my text in the magazine, because it is a convention for the genre. Furthermore, I prefer the look of serif fonts. I am not yet sure of the layout or colours however I am sure I want to keep it to 3-4 colours because too many makes the magazine looks messy. For the representation, I am not yet sure on whether we will be using a female or male for the main image but we would be commenting on the representation.
Sunday, 23 October 2016
Influential figures
A list of influential figures that have peaked my interest include, Rihanna (artist), Eminem (artist), Drake (artist), Dr Dre(artist), Kanye West (artist), Datwon Thomas(Editor-in-chief of Vibe magazines), L. Londell McMillan (publisher of The Source magazines) Vanessa Satten (Editor-in-chief of XXL magazines), Spin media (media conglomerate which publishes Vibe magazines), Townsquare media (media conglomerate which publishes XXL magazines).
XXL: www.xxlmag.com
Vibe: www.vibe.com
The source: www.thesource.com
Townsquare media: www.townsquaremedia.com
Spin media: www.spinmedia.com
To begin, Eminem is a very inspiring figure, with a very poor background and upbringing and constantly being told that he is a joke because he wasn't black, but a white rapper and battling depression he still managed to climb to fame and become what people are calling, the greatest rapper of all time. https://youtu.be/JC90mFc1Ppg Next, Rihanna, sold clothes with her father on a stall in a street and she had a rocky relationship with her father as he was struggling with an addiction to crack cocaine. She had to endure a large amount of CT scans because she suffered from excruciating headaches which doctors believed to be a tumour. When she was 14, her parents divorced and she began to sing. Her career began properly in 2003 where she managed to get an audition with Evan Rodgers and it took off from there. Continuing onwards, Dr Dre is not only an artist and song writer but is also an entrepreneur - where he is the founder and CEO of Beats electronics and Aftermath Entertainment. Artists such as Eminem, Kendrick Lamar, 50 Cent and Snoop Dogg would not be where they are now without Dr Dre, https://youtu.be/XSj5vyDAyyA he has been an active artist for 32 years now and is still one of the most popular rappers alive. Datwon Thomas is the editor-in-chief of vibe magazines and the former editor in chief of its rival, XXL. The fact that this man has had the highest ranked jobs of the two highest ranked R&B magazines shows huge succession, and this is in the job line which he loves. SpinMedia, formerly known as buzz media, is an American digital publisher which owns many pop culture websites. Buzz media was created to collate many pop-culture music blogs. It had acquired spin media after spin magazines had to shut down. the company was transformed and it acquired vibe magazine along with many other pop-culture companies.
XXL: www.xxlmag.com
Vibe: www.vibe.com
The source: www.thesource.com
Townsquare media: www.townsquaremedia.com
Spin media: www.spinmedia.com
To begin, Eminem is a very inspiring figure, with a very poor background and upbringing and constantly being told that he is a joke because he wasn't black, but a white rapper and battling depression he still managed to climb to fame and become what people are calling, the greatest rapper of all time. https://youtu.be/JC90mFc1Ppg Next, Rihanna, sold clothes with her father on a stall in a street and she had a rocky relationship with her father as he was struggling with an addiction to crack cocaine. She had to endure a large amount of CT scans because she suffered from excruciating headaches which doctors believed to be a tumour. When she was 14, her parents divorced and she began to sing. Her career began properly in 2003 where she managed to get an audition with Evan Rodgers and it took off from there. Continuing onwards, Dr Dre is not only an artist and song writer but is also an entrepreneur - where he is the founder and CEO of Beats electronics and Aftermath Entertainment. Artists such as Eminem, Kendrick Lamar, 50 Cent and Snoop Dogg would not be where they are now without Dr Dre, https://youtu.be/XSj5vyDAyyA he has been an active artist for 32 years now and is still one of the most popular rappers alive. Datwon Thomas is the editor-in-chief of vibe magazines and the former editor in chief of its rival, XXL. The fact that this man has had the highest ranked jobs of the two highest ranked R&B magazines shows huge succession, and this is in the job line which he loves. SpinMedia, formerly known as buzz media, is an American digital publisher which owns many pop culture websites. Buzz media was created to collate many pop-culture music blogs. It had acquired spin media after spin magazines had to shut down. the company was transformed and it acquired vibe magazine along with many other pop-culture companies.
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