Task 6

Task 6

Choose a musical genre/ genres to feature in your magazine. List the names of bands/artists that are part of this genre, a brief history of the genre and

the type of imagery associated with it.

I am going to relate my magazine to Q magazine as this magazine focuses on the genres- R&B/Hip-Hop

It also has an extensive review section, featuring: new releases (music), reissues (music), music compilations, film and live concert reviews as well as radio and television reviews. It uses a star rating system from one to five stars, indeed the rating an album receives in Q is often added to print and television advertising for the album in the UK and Ireland. It also compiles a list of approximately eight albums, which it classes as the best new releases of the last three months.Much of the magazine is devoted to interviews with popular or new musical artists. The magazine is well known for compiling lists; it has made lists ranging from "The 100 Greatest Albums" to the "100 Greatest Rock Lists". The most famous of these is the classic "50 bands to see before you die". Every other month Q and its sister magazine Mojo have a special edition magazine — these magazines have been about musical times, genres, or very important musicians. Often promotional gifts are given away with the magazine, such as cover-mounted CDs or books. The January 2006 issue included a free copy of "The Greatest Rock and Pop Miscellany … Ever!", modelled on Schott's Original Miscellany. Every issue of Q has a different message on the spine. Readers then work out what the message has to do with the contents of the magazine. This practice — known as the "spine line" — has since become commonplace among British lifestyle magazines, including Q's movie-centric sister magazine Empire, and the football monthly FourFourTwo. Usual features include The Q50, wherein the magazine lists the top 50 essential tracks of the month; Cash for Questions, in which a famous celeb answers question sent in by readers, who win £25 if their question is printed; Ten Commandments, where a particular singer create their very own ten commandments by which to live; and Rewind, in which the magazine takes us back in time through the history of music through archive issues of Q. On March 4, 2007, "Q" named Elvis Presley the greatest singer of all time. Q's current editor is Paul Rees, former editor of the UK edition of Kerrang!, another musical Emap publication based on heavier rock/metal music. In 2006 Q published a readers' survey; the 100 Greatest Songs Ever, won by Oasis' Live Forever. In the April 2007 issue, Q published an article containing the 100 Greatest Singers, won by Elvis Presley

Hip hopHip hop music, also called hip-hop, rap music or hip-hop music, is a music genre consisting of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping, a rhythmic and rhyming speech that is chanted. It developed as part of hip hop culture, a subculture defined by four key stylistic elements: MCing/rapping, DJing/scratching, break dancing, and graffiti writing. Other elements include sampling (or synthesis), and beatboxing.While often used to refer to rapping, "hip hop" more properly denotes the practice of the entire subculture. The term hip hop music is sometimes used synonymously with the term rap music, though rapping is not a required component of hip hop music; the genre may also incorporate other elements of hip hop culture, including DJing and scratching, beatboxing, and instrumental tracks.

Hip hop as music and culture formed during the 1970s when block parties became increasingly popular in New York City, particularly among African American youth residing in the Bronx.[17] Block parties incorporated DJs who played popular genres of music, especially funk and soul music. Due to the positive reception, DJs began isolating the percussive breaks of popular songs. This technique was then common in Jamaican dub music,[18] and was largely introduced into New York by immigrants from Jamaica and elsewhere in the Caribbean, including DJ Kool Herc, who is generally considered the father of hip hop. Because the percussive breaks in funk, soul and disco records were generally short, Herc and other DJs began using two turntables to extend the breaks.

Hip hop music in its infancy has be described as an outlet and a "voice" for the disenfranchised youth of low-economic areas,[22] as the culture reflected the social, economic and political realities of their lives.

EXAMPLE-

Hip hop Artists

Kendrick lemar Drake

Jay-z Kanye WestChris brown

Rihanna

Example of hiphop magazines

One of the things that VIBE consistently do throughout their various editions of magazine is that they will always use the large, bold and thick title VIBE. Also this form of title is one that is used with other music magazines such as ‘NME’ this clearly demonstrates that a large title must be a lot more appealing to the audience while it is on the shelves. Also VIBE will have one or more famous artists on the front of their cover, more often than not the artists they use are generally hip-hop, rap and R&B. This immediately shows to the reader what type of magazine it is just from it’s front cover, making it very clear from the front that the magazine is based on music, specifically in the Hip-Hop, Rap & RnB area.

VIBE always make the image of the artist/s the largest one on the magazine cover, this demonstrates that they want to make it clear to the reader what the magazine will specify in for its best and main story. The purpose in doing this is that VIBE believe in they promote their most interesting story on the front cover and give the reader just a taste of what is inside.

Latest songs the hip hop artists have released maybe upcoming tracks

Hip hop style- images of the artists and what trend they are going for

Gossip stories about artists

Upcoming shows events

Reviews

Google research on Hiphop

Hip hop music has spawned dozens of sub-genres which incorporate a domineering style of music production or rapping. The diversification process stems from the appropriation of hip hop culture by other ethnic groups.There are many varying social influences that affect hip hop's message in different nations. It is frequently used as a musical response to perceived political and/or social injustices. In South Africa the largest form of hip hop is called Kwaito, which has had a growth similar to American hip hop. Kwaito is a direct reflection of a post apartheid South Africa and is a voice for the voiceless; a term that U.S. hip hop is often referred to. Kwaito is even perceived as a lifestyle, encompassing many aspects of life, including language and fashion