American Popular Music
Who is MOBY? (identify/special titles/years); What kind of interpretation could one make of his video for Are You lost in the World like Me?
. AllMusic considers him to be "among the most important dance music figures of the early 1990s, helping bring dance music to a mainstream audience both in the United Kingdom and the United States" Richard Melville Hall, better known by his stage name Moby, is an American musician, and author known for his electronic music, veganism, political activism and support of animal rights. TRACK REVIEWOne of the great paradoxes of our time is this: Never have we been more connected, yet never have we been more disconnected.The song asks probing questions about navigating life in our tech-obsessed, postmodern world. And the remarkable video that accompanies it adds a poignant exclamation point of its own. The song gets at that troubling theme through unsettling images and unanswered questions. And the video rams it home with provocative power as it suggests that mindless addiction to technology is no different than lemmings plunging suicidally off a cliff.
Ice T: Give special career achievements, importance in RAP; Describe controversies with titles
1991 album OG Original Gangster, winner of Grammys, actor on Law and order SVU, collaborated with heavy metal bands which inspired public enemy. He has his own record label. His song "Cop Killer" is famous for being about a criminal trying to get revenge on a cop.
Give brief info on the multi -album 'concept' (Origins, design, content, time frame, artist development) Cite releases like JAY Z's The Blueprint, LIL WAYNE Tha Carter, KANYE: The 3 early albums, (Later 'set'?), EMINEM Slim Shady, MM, KENDRICK LAMAR Good Kid and To Pimp a Butterfly.
A concept album is an album whose tracks hold a larger purpose or meaning collectively than they do individually.[2][3] This is typically achieved through a single central narrative or theme, which can be instrumental, compositional, or lyrical.[4] Sometimes the term is applied to albums considered to be of "uniform excellence" rather than an LP with an explicit musical or lyrical motif.[5] There is no consensus among music critics as to the specific criteria for what a "concept album" is.[3][6] The format originates with folk singer Woody Guthrie's Dust Bowl Ballads (1940) and was subsequently popularized by traditional pop singer Frank Sinatra's 1940s-50s string of albums, although the term is more often associated with rock music. In the 1960s several well-regarded concept albums were released by various rock bands, which eventually led to the invention of progressive rock and rock opera. Since then, many concept albums have been released across numerous musical genres. With the emergence of MTV as a music video network which valued singles over albums, concept albums became less dominant in the 1980s.[2][6] Some artists, however, still released concept albums and experienced success in the 1990s and 2000s.[6] NME's Emily Barker cites Green Day's American Idiot (2004) as one of the "more notable" examples,[1] having brought the concept album back to high-charting positions.[35] Dorian Lynskey, writing for GQ, noted a resurgence of concept albums in the 2010s due to streaming: "This is happening not in spite of the rise of streaming and playlists, but because of it. Threatened with redundancy in the digital era, albums have fought back by becoming more album-like."[36] Cucchiara argues that "concept albums" should also describe "this new generation of concept albums, for one key reason. This is because the unison between the songs on a particular album has now been expanded into a broader field of visual and artistic design and marketing strategies that play into the themes and stories that form the album."[8] In the 21st century, the field of classical music has adopted the idea of the "concept album", citing such historical examples as Schubert's Die Winterreise and Schumann's Liederkreis as prototypes for contemporary composers and musicians, who structure albums that "are unified by a theme, which can be instrumental, compositional, narrative or lyrical".[37] Classical composers and performers frequently adopt production and marketing strategies by unifying otherwise disparate works into concept albums and/or concerts.[38] The classical music magazine Gramophonenow includes a special category for "concept album" in its annual "Recordings of the Year Awards", to celebrate "albums where a creative mind has curated something visionary, a programme whose whole speaks more powerfully than its parts. A thought-through journey, which compels to be heard in one sitting."[39] Narrative Content The narrative approach—where the album tells a story—is one of two types of concept albums, and often, it is the most obvious. The most memorable installments, like Deltron 3030's 2000 eponymous debut, often tell an extensive story set in a dystopian wasteland, which helps to elevate the context and purpose of each song. Thematic Content Where the narrative content model focuses on spinning yarn, content type number two, thematic, is a more flexible and subtle approach. Rather than telling a clean story, albums employing thematic content revolve around exploring one or a series of connected themes and ideas JAY-Z is a master of the thematic content approach. There's his retirement speech, 2003's The Black Album; a love letter to Frank Lucas in American Gangster; and 2017's 4:44, a response to Beyoncé's 2016 album Lemonade. The late Mac Miller meditating on love and desire in The Divine Feminine, released in 2016, and then again on mental health on his final album, 2018's Swimming, is another example. Modern hip-hop albums often revolve around thematic execution. High vs. Low-Form Whether narrative or thematic, the content form a body of work takes on will reveal the art. In high-form, the album deals with the concept. In low-form, the concept informs but doesn't dominate every second of the record. Prince Paul, Masta Ace, Kool Keith, and MF DOOM all have impacted the construction of the modern-day hip-hop concept album—just ask Kendrick Lamar. Not including his 2016 EP untitled unmastered., the industry goliath has been making concept albums since his 2011 debut Section.80, a low-form, thematic affair. Kendrick has mastered the art of high-form narrative (2012's good kid, m.A.A.d city) and high-form thematic (2015's To Pimp A Butterfly and 2017's DAMN.).
What were some issues* raised by the unexpected and staggering success of Nirvana, for both the group and the genre of Grunge (*social and musical).
As Nirvana rose up the charts, they began to attract a mass audience that included millions of fans of hard rock and commercial heavy metal music, genres to which their own music was explicitly opposed. This realization impelled the group to ever more outrageous behavior, including baiting their audiences, wearing women's clothing, and kissing one another onstage. Kurt Cobain also suffered with drug issues and his wife, Courtney Love, was accused of using heroin during her pregnancy, leading to a custody battle. Kurt Cobain overdosed on champagne and tranquilizers, remaining in a coma for twenty hours.
METALLICA: Name a hit title from their 1990 album and describe the award winning video.
Award winning video enter sandman. The plot follows a young boy who is having nightmares and and there are images of an elderly man. The man brings nightmares in which the boy drowns, falls from a building, or is covered in snakes. The quality of production was exceptional for the time.
CYNDI LAUPER: * Name her signature hit song from the 80s. * Give 2 career highlights. * Describe how she has championed various causes/orgs for youth & alternative communities.
Girls Just Wanna Have Fun. Her first album, she's so unusual (1983) peaked at #4. Kinky boots 2015 writing music and lyrics She is an LGBT rights activist, working with the True Colors project, attending gay pride events and helping homeless LGBT youth.
Describe the legacy/ impact of Grunge's emergence, success, and its focus on subject matter, in the music world of America.
Grunge emergence created an era of grunge fashion. The deep lyrics dealt with self-deprecation, emotional isolation. It became a mixture of punk rock with heavy metal
QUEEN LATIFAH: Name 2 important hits. give highlights of her music career, important hit song, and the amazing range of her experience in the spotlight
Her debut album on Tommy Boy Records, All Hail the Queen (1989), reached Number Six on the R&B album chart and spawned the hit single "Ladies First" (Number Five rap, 1990), a direct challenge to the putative supremacy of male rappers. Her second album (Nature of a Sista, 1991) failed to crack the R&B Top 20 She was dropped by Tommy Boy Records. She took a hiatus after the death of her brother. She signed with Motown Records and in 1993 released Black Reign, earning a gold record. Versatile performer a) Recording artist and in television and films (1) Appeared in the movie musical Chicago (2002), which garnered her Best Supporting Actress nominations from both the Screen Actors Guild and the Golden Globe awards (2) In 2004, she released an album of Tin Pan Alley and soul standards backed with big band and strings, The Dana Owens Album, which broke the Top 20 on the both the pop and R&B album charts and presaged a whole new set of commercial and artistic opportunities for the queen of hip-hop. U.N.I.TY
RAP IN THE GLOBAL CONTEXT: min. 4 informative sentences Highlight the expansion of Rap as a global music option and give 3 examples of An artist/their country/ and the reason that they use rap as a 'vehicle' of expression.
Hip hopStylistic originsFunkdiscoelectronic musicdubrhythm and bluesreggaedancehalljazz[1]toastingperformance poetryspoken wordsignifyin'the Dozensgriotsscat singingtalking bluesCultural originsMid-1970s, The Bronx, New York City, New York, U.S.[2]Typical instrumentsRappingturntablesDJ mixerdrum machinemusic sequencersynthesizerkeyboardDerivative formsElectrobreakbeatoldschool jungletrip hopgrimebreakbeat hardcoreneo soulbig beatIDMSubgenresAlternative hip hopBaltimore clubbounceBrick City clubChicano rapChristian hip hopconscious hip hopcrunkexperimental hip hopfreestyle rapgangsta raphardcore hip hophomo hophorrorcoreinstrumental hip hopJerkin'mafioso rapMiami bassNative American hip hopnerdcorepolitical hip hopsnaptrapmumble rapFusion genresCountry rapcumbia rapemo rapghettotechglitch hopgrebo[3]hip hop soulhip househiplifehyphyindustrial hip hopjazz rapLow Bapmerenrapneo soulnew jack swingnu metalnu metalcoreNuyorican rappop-rappsychedelic hip hopraggarap metalrap operarap rockreggaetonwonkyRegional scenesAtlanta hip hopAustralian hip hopBrazilian hip hopBritish hip hopCanadian hip hopChicano rapChinese hip hopDesi hip hopEast Coast hip hopFrench hip hopGerman hip hopIndian hip hopItalian hip hopJapanese hip hopKenyan hip hopKorean hip hopLatin hip hopMexican hip hopMidwest hip hopRomanian hip hopRussian hip hopSouthern hip hopSpanish hip hopTurkish hip hopWest Coast hip hopOther topicsOld school hip hop 2019 in hip hop music Two hip hop DJs creating new music by mixing tracks from multiple record players. Pictured are DJ Hypnotize (left) and Baby Cee (right). MC Hero performing rhythmic rhyming known as "rapping" in Huntsville, Alabama. Hip hop music, also called hip-hop[4][5] or rap music,[5][6][7] is a genre of popular music developed in the United States by inner-city African Americans and Latino Americans[8] in the Bronx borough of New York City in the 1970s. It consists of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping, a rhythmic and rhyming speech that is chanted.[ Hip hop as both a musical genre and a culture was formed during the 1970s when block parties became increasingly popular in New York City, particularly among African-American youth residing in the Bronx. However hip-hop music did not get officially recorded for the radio or television to play until 1979, largely due to poverty during hip-hop's birth and lack of acceptance outside ghetto neighborhoods.[17] At block parties DJs played percussivebreaks of popular songs using two turntables and a DJ mixer to be able to play breaks from two copies of the same record, alternating from one to the other and extending the "break".[18] Hip hop's early evolution occurred as sampling technology and drum machines became widely available and affordable.
What is "Home Alive"? (music and mission)
Home alive is a Seattle based collection of artists that offer practical and creative approaches to ending violence. They offered self-defense classes, workshops, and forums. They were founded after the rape and murder of Mia Zapata in 1993. they compiled a CD called Home Alive: the Art of Self Defense which included 44 tracks from various artists. The CD label was produced by Sony.
SPRINGSTEEN: What are some elements of his image/musical style, subject matter that make him similar to the earlier folk artist Woody Guthrie and his style of music, elements that are representative of Springsteen's part of the country.
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Career info on Kathleen Hanna .... 1 important song
Kathleen Hanna was the pioneer of the feminist punk Riot grrrl movement, singing for bands like Bikini Kill and Le Tigre. She released a lo-fi album under the name Julie Ruin. Song: Dancing in the dark.
9. LADY GAGA: * Describe briefly how she has developed an alternative fan base connected to her songs and her own experiences. * Name 2 songs that have made her special concerns about these experiences known to ALL listeners.
Lady Gaga embodies fascinating alter-personas, with art and fashion. She has reached massive techno dance success, and her fan base, known as little monsters, have connected to her songs that empower the LGBT community, embracing being different, and surviving sexual assault. Songs - Born this way, till it happens to you
LAURYN HILL'S song Doo-Wop (That Thing) Describe subject matter, give 3 examples of the words/language she uses, (& what it means) to give advice about relationships. * How does the video presents a social context/timeframe for what she's referencing.
Lauryn Hill's work was a self-conscious alternative to the violence and sexism of rap. The Doo-wop (that thing) was a call to action for social responsibility in relationships. She raps about girls having sex too fast and getting pregnant too soon, and men still living in their mom's basement and not taking care of their families trying to act macho. She references the 60s/90s. Hill admonishes the women in her audience to be more selective about their sexual relationships and to avoid being hypocritical about their personal conduct. e) She then turns to the men in her audience, opening up a rapidfire volley of wordplay that strips the so-called gangstas of their tough-guy trappings, exposing them as mother-dependent, sneaky, woman-beating, sexually immature hypocrites. "Doo Wop (That Thing)" is essentially a moral parable, delivered in terms that leaven Hill's righteous anger with lighthearted and up-to-date hip-hop jargon. She warns against materialism and easy pleasure. The song's music video was filmed in Manhattan's Washington Heights in New York City, with the video showing two Hills singing side by side at a block party. On the left side of the split screen, the 1967 Hill dressed in full retro-styled attire, complete with a bob cut and a zebra-printed dress, she pays homage to classic R&B and doo wop, and on the right side of the screen, the present-day 1998 Hill is shown in a homage to hip hop culture.[4] Slant Magazine's Paul Schrodt praised the "Doo Wop (That Thing)" music video, stating "The resulting split-screen music video is the most flabbergasting testament to what the neo soul movement is all about."
In what BUSINESS AND MARKETING WAYS did Madonna open the door for later female stars?
Madonna began early on in her career to exert an unusual degree of control over both her music and the creation and promulgation of her media image. a) Wrote or co-wrote many of the songs on her early albums b) Played an active role in the production process
NIRVANA - 2 albums, 2 titles, Describe the impact of the group via Kurt's songs and the personal background of their music.
Nirvana's debut album, Bleach. The album Nevermind, Smells like teen spirit. Kurt Cobain struggled with substance abuse and depression . He was thought of as a "spokesperson of a generation." Cobain's songs were about his relationships, such as "about a girl" and he was inspired to write "Polly" from Nevermind after hearing the story of a 14-year old girl who was kidnapped and tortured. Many of his songs from In Utero were inspired by human anatomy, single in utero.
Not a Pretty Girl: Give Artist /date/info on the content & sentiments expressed in it.
Not a Pretty Girl is the sixth studio album released by singer-songwriter Ani DiFranco on her own record label, Righteous Babe Records. It was released July 18, 1995. DiFranco expresses sentiments of not being the typical, submissive stereotype of a girl. She wants to be more than beautiful. She values independence over approval. The lyrics operate on at least two levels: (1) As a response to an individual, a man who has wronged the singer in some way (2) As a more general indictment of society's treatment of women. d) The track opens in a reflective mood, with the solo acoustic guitar playing a four-chord progression. e) DiFranco's performance of the lyrics creates an effect entirely different from that of seeing the words laid out on the page. f) DiFranco lays her lyrics over the structure of the song like ropes, tightening them here, loosening them there, and creating a sense of emotional intensity and musical momentum.
What is Paul's Boutique and why is it special in the area of Sampling?
Paul's Boutique is the second studio album by American hip hop group Beastie Boys. Produced by the Dust Brothers, the album is composed almost entirely from samples, and was recorded over two years at Matt Dike's apartment and the Record Plant in Los Angeles.
BEYONCE: Describe the reception of FORMATION in the music world and some 'social issues' addressed through the song and video. * CONTROVERSY relative to her performance of it at the Super Bowl. * LEMONADE: influences, content, release mode, and the boost to her unique presence. * Career: present status as 'icon' (reference K.LIEB chart)
People believed Bey was attacking the police but was speaking out against brutality and injustice. She wore a black panther inspired outfit as a celebration of black culture. Lemonade was a visual and music album inspired by Jay-Z's unfaithfulness and empowering black women. It talked about betrayal and how it relates to a black narrative. She mixes social justice with feminine power.
NIGHT OF THE LIVING BASEHEADS: Give name of group, date of release subject matter - special musical presentation (the group's personnel/image')
Public enemy 1988 - effects of crack on black community during 1980s special musical presentation (the group's personnel/image') Chuck D, Flava Flav, DJ Lord, Sammy Sam. There was an active interest in black issues. The video presents the difference between how white and black cocaine use is viewed.
SALT N PEPA: Give 2 hit titles and info on a song with special focus related to "relationships"
Push it, Let's talk about sex, what a man, shoop Their songs had a playful touch balanced with dongs relative to being proactive, self aware and responsible for one's sexual activity.
SELENA: Her genre, 2 titles, career/important awards, Importance of her success to her community
Queen of Tejano (Texas/American Music, Mexican/American music) She won numerous awards, and a grammy for best Mexican/Mexican American album, Selena live! Her contributions to music and fashion made her one of the most celebrated Mexican-American entertainers of the late 20th century. In 1994 appeared in Don Juan DeMarco with Johnny Depp and won a Grammy for her multi-million-selling album Amor Prohibido [Forbidden Love] (Number One Latin, Number Twenty-Nine pop).
INFO ON RIOTGRRL: BRIEFLY what is it / importance, etc *Name 2 groups
Riot grrrl was a feminist punk rock movement that began in the early 90s in washington state. The punk scene served as an inspiration for a musical movement in which women could express themselves in the same way men had been doing. Bands addressed issues like rape, domestic violence, and the patriarchy. 2 groups: brat mobile and heavens to betsy
SAMPLING: Describe 2-3 Issues raised, give 2 specific examples of an original product vs sampled usage (use in ..., problem, resolution)
Sampling is a foundation of hip hop music, with producers sampling funk and soul records, particularly drum breaks, which could then be rapped over. Musicians have created albums assembled entirely from samples, such as DJ Shadow's 1996 album Endtroducing. The practice has influenced all genres of music and is particularly important to electronic music, hip hop and pop. Sampling without permission can infringe copyright. The process of acquiring permission for a sample is known as clearance, a potentially complex and costly process. Landmark legal cases, such as Grand Upright Music, Ltd. v. Warner Bros. Records Inc in 1991, changed how samples are used; as the court ruled that unlicensed sampling constitutes copyright infringement, samples from well known sources are now often prohibitively expensive. Barry white In ecstasy when you lie down next to me Robbie williams rock dj The moon people "hippy, skippy, moon strut" and Christina agulera's aint no other man The chi-lites "are you my woman" and crazy in love by Beyonce Etta James "something got a hold on me" flo ride good feeling Luiz bouffa - "seville" somebody that I used to know by Gotye
name 3 other groups from the 2000s that are still major in the field and hits (metal)
Soundgarden - Black Hole Sun Alice in Chains - Dirt Pearl Jam - Better man
GROUPS: Name 3 important groups of grunge (NOT NIRVANA), give an album or song title for each and describe what makes the group distinctive (music work, personnel, impact etc)
Soundgarden - Superunknown (1994) Grammys for black hole sun and spoonman Alice in Chains - their 1992 album Dirt went quadruple platinum with songs like would? And them bones Dead moon- local Seattle Hero, kept genuine DIY ethic Album- in the graveyard 1988
SUB POP: Identify this (what is it, location, date started) and describe its importance in the Grunge scene of the 90s.
Sub pop was an Indie record label founded in Seattle in 1986. It started as a subterranean pop fanzine and then added band's tapes. They were the first label to sign many grunge bands.
Who are the Belleville Three? Name a famous tune from 'them' in this era of Techno.
The Belleville Three are Juan Atkins, Derrick May and Kevin Saunderson, three Detroit-based musicians credited with inventing the musical style known as Detroit techno. May famously described the Detroit sound he helped create as being "like George Clinton and Kraftwerk stuck in an elevator." Song: Going Backwards
Identify the band The Dead Kennedys (years, style, etc) What are the lyrics describing in their song Holiday in Cambodia?
The Dead Kennedys was part of the hardcore genre (punk rock) in the 80s. Their band name was controversial due to the assassinations of RFK and JFK. "Holiday in Cambodia" The lyrics brim with merciless sarcasm. c) The song is directed at the spoiled children of suburban yuppies, who Biafra suggests ought to be sent to forced labor camps in Cambodia—then in the grip of Pol Pot's genocidal regime—to gain some perspective on the magnitude of their own problems. d) The recording opens with a nightmarish display of guitar pyrotechnics, a series of Hendrix-inspired whoops, slides, scratches, and feedback, evocative of a war zone.
What is discussed in the lyrics of the song Born in the USA ?
The lyrics of the songs from Born in the U.S.A. can be seen as a dire commentary by Springsteen on the current state of the union. "Born in the U.S.A." tells the story of a returning Vietnam veteran unable to get a job or to rebuild his life, and its despairing message is characteristic of most of the songs on the album.
Thriller album - Describe, with statistics etc, the massive success of this album. *Give 2-3 hit singles from the album (Do NOT use THRILLER)
The top-selling album in history, with worldwide sales in excess of forty million copies The Number One album for thirty-seven weeks during 1983 -Billie Jean, Beat It and The Girl is Mine
KAREN CARPENTER: name 2 hits from the 70s; Name special issue was brought to the public's attention via her difficult person life (explain) and experience in "coping'.
Top of the World, yesterday once more -She struggled with family issues and maintaining her success in the music business when albums failed. Carpenter was married to real estate agent for a year and her brother richard suffered from Quaalude addiction. She passed away from Anorexia.
HEADBANGERS BALL: INFO -What is it, format, content, info years in existence (general).
Was a music TV program that aired on MTV from 1987 to 2003. It was one of the most popular shows on MTV. It featured video premiers and grunge performances of heavy metal bands.
Give information on the background of the rise of Chicago house music & Techno in 1980s American music
a genre called house music (named after the Warehouse, a popular gay dance club) was developing in Chicago. 1. The Chicago house scene was pioneered by Frankie Knuckles, a DJ from New York who worked at the Warehouse from 1979 until 1983. 2. Knuckles introduced New York turntable techniques to Chicago, manipulating disco records to emphasize the dance beat—the drums and bass—even more strongly. 3. Many house recordings were purely instrumental, with elements of European synth-pop, Latin soul, reggae, rap, and jazz grafted over an insistent dance beat. 4. By the mid-1980s, house music scenes had emerged in New York and London, and in the late 1980s, the genre made its first appearances on the pop charts, under the guise of artists like M/A/R/R/S and Madonna. 5. In the 1990s, techno music began to diversify into dozens of specialized subcategories.
MADONNA: Give information on controversial aspects of her music & 2 videos with song titles
a) "Papa Don't Preach" (1986), in which a pregnant young woman declares her determination to keep her baby and urges her father to lend his moral support b) "Open Your Heart" (1986), for which the video portrays Madonna on display at a sleazy peepshow attended by dozens of men c) "Express Yourself" (1989), in the video for which she appears alternatively as a cross-dressing figure, dominating a tableau of male industrial workers, and as a submissive female stereotype, crawling under a table with a collar around her neck d) "Like a Prayer" (1989), for which the video included images of group and interracial sex, burning crosses, and an eroticized black Jesus
Give information on the production, content, impact of the video for the song Thriller
a) Starts out depicting a horror-movie scene, which eventually turns out to be on the television screen being watched by two lovers b) In a conclusion that pairs an old white voice with a new black style, horror-movie star Vincent Price comes from out of nowhere to perform a "rap" about the terrors of the night. (1) This "rap" describes some typical horror-film situations, but its language is occasionally spiced up with current pop-oriented slang—"the funk of forty thousand years." Michael Jackson's music videos a) were carefully, creatively, and elaborately produced; b) brought his work to the attention of another segment of the music public; c) helped boost the power and prestige of MTV; and d) were the first by an African American artist to be programmed with any degree of frequency on MTV.
NWA: Give 2 titles from their debut album. Describe briefly their role in the emergence of gangsta rap and its ultimate mainstream success but also the CONTROVERSY it brought with it.
as an American hip hop group from Compton, California. They were among the earliest and most significant popularizers and controversial figures of the gangsta rap subgenre, and are widely considered one of the greatest and most influential groups in the history of hip hop music.[6] Active from 1987 to 1991,[1] the rap group endured controversy owing to their music's explicit lyrics which many viewed as being misogynist, as well as to its glorification of drugs and crime.[7] The group was subsequently banned from many mainstream American radio stations. In spite of this, the group has sold over 10 million units in the United States alone. Drawing on their own experiences of racism and excessive policing, the group made inherently political music.[8] They were known for their deep hatred of the police system, which has sparked much controversy over the years. N.W.A released their debut studio album, Straight Outta Compton, in 1988. With its famous opening salvo of three tracks, the group reflected the rising anger of the urban youth. The opening song "Straight Outta Compton" introduced the group, "**** tha Police" protested police brutality and racial profiling, and "Gangsta Gangsta" painted the worldview of the inner-city youth
PAUL SIMON GRACELAND album: What important social concerns presented themselves when he decided to collaborate with South African artists. *Name 1 hit from the album (do not use Graceland) and 1 South African artist he worked with.
resulting in some awkward political issues for Simon. a) Simon broke a United Nations boycott on performing and recording in South Africa, but he claimed that he was in no sense supporting the ideology of the South African government. b) The success of Graceland helped bring black South African musicians and styles to a much wider and racially more diverse audience than they had ever been able to reach "You Can Call Me Al" Joseph Shabalala
