In the article "Danger Mouse's Grey Album, Mash-ups and the Age of Composition," Phillip Gunderson talks about Danger Mouse's attempt to combine the Beatles White Album with Jay-Z's Black Album. I believe that Gunderson states an argument that music has racial boundaries. He does this to point out that Mash-ups can have a positive impact on how society views music. His argument points out the fact that African American hip-hop is a descendant of sixties-era British Rock which is a descendant of African American blues. With this he says that mash-ups draw attention to the racial boundaries of music.
Mash-ups can bring alot to the music industry and to the people listening to it. They mix together two different songs and with this they make a new genre. Gunderson states that they break boundaries, and if you listen to the different mash-ups you will see that they do. When you bring together two different songs you can also bring in two different types of people. If you like the Beatles then you will want to listen to their mash-up with Jay-Z and by listening to it you here another type of music. This can break the boundary between "black music" and "white music" by blending the different styles together and by doing this you bring different races together. Mash-ups gives people a chance to listen to a song that they really like and to experience a new song at once. When Danger Mouse did the mash-up he was bringing together different cultures of music just like we as people try to do that with the different cultures of society and Gunderson was stating that in his article. When you listen to the Mash-up of Nirvana and Destiny's child, you get to listen to both the pop side of music and rock. Some people didn't enjoy the mixture of the two but others enjoyed it. The video below is a Mash-up of "Smells Like Booty" a fusion of Destiny's Child and Nirvana.
The Grey Album brings a mixture of culture into the music industry. This album "highlights the culture industry's specious opposition of white 1960s Brit-pop and twenty-first century black American hip-hop." Not to many people know that present music has been taken out of music from the 60s and earlier. Music as come a long way and has evolved in each generation going all the way back to songs sung on the plantation. Phillip Gunderson points out this fact. He tells us in the article that Danger Mouse uses the Grey Album to show people that "African American hip hop is in many ways a direct descendent of sixties-era British rock." In return British Rock is a descendent of early twentieth century African American blues which is also connects to Christian spirtuals sung on plantations. Some people may not know it but music today has its own background and that each genre of music comes from one another. Danger Mouse reminds his listeners about the becoming of popular music. The mash-up crosses the line of race, gender, and class when it comes to music. You learn the history of music and people can start to break down the differences in music because if you really think about it and learn the history of it you'll see that genres of music come from each one.
Mash-ups can bring alot to the music industry and to the people listening to it. They mix together two different songs and with this they make a new genre. Gunderson states that they break boundaries, and if you listen to the different mash-ups you will see that they do. When you bring together two different songs you can also bring in two different types of people. If you like the Beatles then you will want to listen to their mash-up with Jay-Z and by listening to it you here another type of music. This can break the boundary between "black music" and "white music" by blending the different styles together and by doing this you bring different races together. Mash-ups gives people a chance to listen to a song that they really like and to experience a new song at once. When Danger Mouse did the mash-up he was bringing together different cultures of music just like we as people try to do that with the different cultures of society and Gunderson was stating that in his article. When you listen to the Mash-up of Nirvana and Destiny's child, you get to listen to both the pop side of music and rock. Some people didn't enjoy the mixture of the two but others enjoyed it. The video below is a Mash-up of "Smells Like Booty" a fusion of Destiny's Child and Nirvana.
The Grey Album brings a mixture of culture into the music industry. This album "highlights the culture industry's specious opposition of white 1960s Brit-pop and twenty-first century black American hip-hop." Not to many people know that present music has been taken out of music from the 60s and earlier. Music as come a long way and has evolved in each generation going all the way back to songs sung on the plantation. Phillip Gunderson points out this fact. He tells us in the article that Danger Mouse uses the Grey Album to show people that "African American hip hop is in many ways a direct descendent of sixties-era British rock." In return British Rock is a descendent of early twentieth century African American blues which is also connects to Christian spirtuals sung on plantations. Some people may not know it but music today has its own background and that each genre of music comes from one another. Danger Mouse reminds his listeners about the becoming of popular music. The mash-up crosses the line of race, gender, and class when it comes to music. You learn the history of music and people can start to break down the differences in music because if you really think about it and learn the history of it you'll see that genres of music come from each one.
