Reflection on Live Music and Hip-Hop Culture

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Reflection Paper 5 – Live Music
The hip-hop culture features the integration of diverse elements and aspects that define its artistic attributes and their subsequent influences on the audience. Its characteristic features include the live-DJ culture, live music, and dance scenes whose integration with the quality production of hip-hop music evokes the desired reaction and response from the audience. Effective integration of these elements and the ability of an artist to understand the audience is integral to evoke positive reactions and responses from the audience. For instance, getting the desired reaction or response from the audience in a live performance demands understanding the crowd to establish a deep connection beyond the songs performed. Big Freedia’s performance at the Sports Vue bar in New Orleans reveals the essence of establishing a connection with the audience through live music. Plying his artistic prowess in the hip-hop variant, Bounce, Big Freedia is a household name in New Orleans, and her fan base is slowly expanding to other cities, including New YorkCITATION Dee10 \p 2 \l 1033 (Dee 2). He is a gay rapper commonly referred to as a “bounce” superstar by the New Orleans’ fans of the hip-hop music variant whose live performances highlight some of the challenges faced by gay artists trying to make a name for themselves in the highly homophobic hip-hop cultureCITATION Dee10 \p 4 \l 1033 (Dee 4). Lasting an exciting 20 minutes, Freedia’s performance separated the crowd of over 300 revellers across the gender divide Men went to the sidelines of the bar. At the same time, women whirled around the artist with a fearless embrace of their sexuality displayed by their erotic and sensual dance movesCITATION Dee10 \p 2 \l 1033 (Dee 2). The ga...