Music and poetry have similar roots that have made them both into what they are today. From chants to church hymns, they both have kept the Black community intact during times of sorrow and grief. The words that ride along the rhythm and structure of any song brings an unforgettable emotion out of these art forms. This paper will discuss how they have merged themselves together along with the influences they have made within Jame Weldon\u27s Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing and Lauryn Hill\u27s Doo Wop (That Thing)
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African American music covers wide ranges of music and musical genres largely developed by African A...
This dissertation examined the relationships between teachers, students, and “teaching artists” (Gra...
ABSTRACT As of January 4th, 2018, R&B/Hip-Hop (including rap) had overtaken rock and roll as the mos...
Tonal counterpoint is a common device in the oral improvisatory tradition of Yorb ork (praise-singin...
Music and poetry have similar roots that have made them both into what they are today. From chants t...
textMarrying theories about the “authentic” from performance studies and critical race studies, Som...
AARON L. THOMPSON: The Poetry of a New Generation: An Investigation of the Potential Use of Hip-Hop ...
Slam poetry is one of the most recent cultural innovations of African Americans. As with many cultur...
This analysis investigates the influence of contemporary African-American spoken word in developing ...
Predominantly situated in an area formerly known as Black Broadway, my research is based on long-ter...
This is a research paper I did in my poetry class last semester that legitimizes the poetic aspect o...
Slam poetry is a recently emerged genre in the West that has gained critical and popular attention d...
It has often been claimed that writing about music is like dancing about architecture. The general d...
The paper attempts to analyse the growing relevance of performance poetry in these times. Performanc...
Rap, like poetry, is oral and traditionally set at a specified meter, maintains a consistent thought...
African American music covers wide ranges of music and musical genres largely developed by African A...
This dissertation examined the relationships between teachers, students, and “teaching artists” (Gra...
ABSTRACT As of January 4th, 2018, R&B/Hip-Hop (including rap) had overtaken rock and roll as the mos...
Tonal counterpoint is a common device in the oral improvisatory tradition of Yorb ork (praise-singin...