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(Encyclopedia) Notorious B.I.G. (aka Biggie Smalls): see Rap music. ...Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five
(Encyclopedia)Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five: see Rap music. ...Puff Daddy (aka P. Diddy, Puffy, or Diddy)
(Encyclopedia) Puff Daddy (aka P. Diddy, Puffy, or Diddy): see Rap music. ...rock music
(Encyclopedia)rock music, type of music originating in the United States in the mid-1950s and increasingly popular throughout much of the world. A turning point in rock music occurred in the mid-1970s in the ...Compton
(Encyclopedia)Compton, city (2021pop. 95,740), Los Angeles co., S Calif., a suburb between Los Angeles and Long Beach; inc. 1888. It has aircraft, electronic, and ste...electronic music
(Encyclopedia)electronic music or electro-acoustic music, term for compositions that utilize the capacities of electronic media for creating and altering sounds. Initially, a distinction must be made between the te...Doowop Music
(Encyclopedia) Doowop (also spelled doo-wop or doo wop) music, American popular vocal music style, c. late 1940s-early 1960s. Doowop is a form of vocal harmony mu...computer music
(Encyclopedia)computer music, term used to describe music composed or performed with the aid of a computer. The first substantial piece of music composed on a computer was the Illiac Suite (1956) by the avant-garde...concrete music
(Encyclopedia)concrete music: see electronic music. ...country music
(Encyclopedia)country music, American popular music form originating in the Southern and Western United States. Country music is directly descended from the folk songs, ballads, and popular songs of the English, Sc...Browse by Subject
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