Music and its Relationship with Humor and Politics

Music and… Playlist | Peer Review
Name: Group #: Music and Humor Playlist
Definition of their topic
The topic in this essay is Music and Humor Playlist. In this essay, the author highlights how humor plays an essential role in shaping messages in music.
Description of how music relates to their topic
Musicians, he argues, compose music with humorous aspects to convey stories in a more comical approach. For instance, the author gives an example of parody music that relies on humor to ridicule or criticize a given subject or object.
Description of social factors
The music suggested by the author is 8 Grapes by Ryan Higa and David Choi (Higa & Choi, 2018). Critical social factors identified are concepts like autotunes and rhyme generators that have made modern hip-hop artists do shoddy work in music production. For instance, the music lacks originality, and the lyrics are often meaningless.
Description of musical characteristic(s)
According to the author, the unrecognizable music lyrics rely heavily on autotunes and consist of random ad-libs that mimic modern rap. The rhythm was consistent with pop music.
Connection to playlist topic
The music connects to the topic because it uses humor (grapes in the mouth) to ridicule rap music of the current generation.
In this playlist, what are two things the author did well and two things that they should try to improve for the next version of their playlist?
The author did well in providing a background and choosing a piece of music that resonates with the topic. However, areas like the definition of theories needed citation where the audience can follow and learn more. Further, the author could improve on highlighting which theory best applies to their choice of music.
Did the author pick a good topic—meaning a topic that is not an emotion or textbook chapter title? If not, suggest how they could change their topic to make it work.
The author chose a good topic because listeners often experience it and are creative yet less talked about. ...