Rap, which originated in the black ghetto of New York in the last century, cannot be called singing in the strict sense, it should be called: speaking. It's just a special way of speaking with rhythm and rhyme, which later evolved into a musical culture.

rap, is a black slang word, translated as "talk", rap, can also be called "rebuke". There is a lot of rap culture, and the first one was not so aggressive. It wasn't until the eighties of the last century that hardcore rap rose, and the rap industry triggered an unprecedented "mudslide". Hardcore rap is different from entertaining rap, full of destructive power, and the lyrics are mostly critical of society, so it has been criticized by many people, but it deeply reflects the reality of society.

Secondly, there is also a mudslide, which is gangster rap, which is more exaggerated than hardcore, full of gangster violence and women's troubles. Genitalia and fuck are the words that appear most frequently in gangster rap.

The phrase "Nyima" is a phrase that comes to mind in the song.

At that time, the gang rappers were all singing with their lives, and if they said too many ugly things, they would be killed if they didn't pay attention.

Hardcore and gangster rap are involved in too many social and political issues. In the face of racism, blacks used rap to mock for many years.

Some rappers, not just singers, they are politicians, they are poets.

They are not here to entertain their listeners.

Liu Pian didn't think about doing those rap music that was too serious. Both hardcore rap and gang rap have a birth background, and the social background at that time gave birth to such a culture. But now, not to mention that those social contradictions are gone, but at least they are not as exaggerated as before.

However, so far, rap is still one of the mainstream music cultures in the American music scene, and it is much weaker in China.

The environment is like this.

In the following days, in addition to continuing to produce the pop rap music in hand, Liu Pian also helped Xiao Min remix and produce two songs of "Fireworks", which were uploaded to the Internet.

The original song finally appeared, and the American people still welcomed it. However, there is Ada's cover version, Xiao Min's song can't make too big waves after all, and can only look up at Ada's cover version dominating the major charts.

Xiao Min was not very comfortable in her heart, but her skills were not as good as others, so she could only pinch her nose and admit it. Although watching Ada's cover version did not bring direct benefits, the value and influence of the invisible increase have increased too much.

In the past few days, Ida has become a little celebrity in the academy, and there are reporters who come to interview. Xiao Min is also famous, and some people even come to her to buy music copyrights. But after experiencing this, Xiao Min has no plans to sell.

As for Liu Pian in the dark, there are also many people who pay attention to him, but he is already famous, and these are just icing on the cake.

In a classroom, Ida sat next to Xiao Min and said happily: "Xiao, your songs are popular now, and many people are in love with these two songs." ”

Xiao Min saw Ada's bright smile, and his heart was always a little awkward, it sounded as if people were boasting that his song was very powerful, but in fact it didn't seem to be the case.

Squeezing out a smile, Xiao Min said modestly: "You are more popular than these two songs now." ”

Ida shook her head: "But I know, I'm just a cover, not as good as yours." Friends, don't listen to the rumors outside, this is your song, you have to believe that you are the best. ”

Xiao Min sighed faintly in his heart.

"Shaw, do you still want to sing a new song in the final?" Ida asked again.

"Probably so. Xiao Min said lightly, "Liu Pian will sing with me." ”

"Wow, that must be a musical feast, I've wanted to see your boyfriend sing for a long time, it must be cool. ”

"He's the coolest thing in my heart. ”

Ida grinned and said, "I really envy you for having a boyfriend like Liu, it must be his talent that attracts you, right?"

Xiao Min smiled but did not speak.

"What attracted me to that guy Larry was his musical talent, but unfortunately he only rapped. Ida shrugged.

Rap....

Xiao Min was slightly stunned, and suddenly seemed to understand why Liu Pian wanted to write a rap song.

Improvised?

.....

Liu Pian did decide to make a chorus song temporarily, but the system had the final say on what song she knew. The system gave Liu Pian a rap song, and he could only pinch his nose to sing it.

In order to practice this extremely difficult song, Liu Pian did not spend a lot of deception, and almost filled the skill of singing skills.

But even so, Liu Pian practiced for a long time before he got a little shape.

Hardcore rap is too hard, fast-paced, powerful, and destructive. When Liu Pian sang, he felt that he was singing, and it was clearly a quarrel. He recalled those street shrews in Jiangcheng, and scolded people in the Jiangcheng dialect with a great sense of rhythm, and it was very rhyming.

Accompany the aunt with accompaniment, and the absolute force can be made into an excellent ghost animal video.

On this day, in the academy, just after class, a black man suddenly walked into the classroom and asked Liu Pian when he entered the door.

The black man was wearing sunglasses, and Liu Pian didn't recognize who he was, until he walked to the windowsill outside the classroom, and after the black man took off his mask, he couldn't see the person clearly.

Billy enthusiastically gave Liu Pian a bear hug, "Lin, long time no see." Uh, no, I should call you Willow now, you guy, you're finally willing to take off your mask?"

Liu Pian took off her mask, which caused a sensation in the Chinese entertainment industry, and even Billy, who was far away across the ocean, heard about it. After learning that Liu Pian had come to the United States, he couldn't wait to come to visit, but the last time he pounced.

"The mask is just a disguise. Liu Pian smiled, "If necessary, in the future electronic music performances, maybe I will also wear a mask, after all, many people only recognize clowns, not me." ”

"Whatever, there are more DJs in masks. ”

"By the way, how did you get here?"

"Actually, I came to USC to see you a month ago, but you don't seem to be there, and your girlfriend said you went to make a movie?"

"No, it's a part-time director. ”

"Uh.... Well, when I didn't say. Billy was speechless, "But you're still welcome to the United States, you guy, you made a lot of noise when you came, you wrote the fireworks, I've heard it, it's very good." ”

"You're not just here to compliment me, are you?"

"Of course not. Billy shook his head, "I want to meet you, Mars is also coming to Los Angeles, find a time, I'll take you to meet American DJs, right? ”

"Okay. Liu Pian nodded, "When I'm done with this time, you know, I'm accompanying my girlfriend to participate in the campus singer competition." ”

"What's the point of interest in this kind of competition?" said Billy, a little dismissive, "a bunch of stinky students arguing with each other. ”

"I'm also a student. ”

"Ahem. Billy looked embarrassed, "I'm sorry, I always forgot who you really are." ”

"You have to learn to respect your students, many of them are very talented in music, they just lack a little bit of experience. ”

Billy shrugged nonchalantly, "If it were you, I'd try to be respectful."

Liu Pian rolled her eyes, too lazy to argue with Billy. The first time I met this guy at the Magic Capital Music Festival, this guy who doesn't slip away in black is a nobody's attitude, and he only recognizes people who are of the same level or better than him.

Liu Pian raised her hand and looked at her watch, "I'm going to class, let's talk later." ”

“OK。 Billy nodded, "Don't forget the agreement between us, Mars misses you as a friend." ”

"He's supposed to miss my music. ”

"Haha. ”

Liu Pian waved his hand, "Bye-bye." ”

"Wait. Billy stopped talking, "That's. . . What about God Y? Didn't he come to the United States?"

"Unfortunately, no. ”

Billy was disappointed, "Isn't it that he won't leave Huaxia until he takes off his mask?"

"Maybe." ”

.....

Two days later, the weekend, the finals officially began.

The first round was a solo song, and this time Xiao Min simply sang a song she used to have in Chinese: "Bubble". Although the lyrics are different from cultural differences, the music melody is universal, and this song from China also brought surprises to the foreign listeners present.

The effect is not bad.

When Ida came on the stage, she covered a song by an American female singer, and won full applause with her excellent singing skills.

The third singer, a boy, is also from the Conservatory.

In the end, this final was reduced to an internal struggle in the conservatory.

At the beginning of the second round, with the first round of scoring in order, Xiao Min's Chinese song still failed to fully capture the hearts of the judges and appeared in the third.

The first to appear is Ada, and his partner is his boyfriend Larry. When these two people get together, that's "rapping", one speaks, the other sings.

This kind of combination is not uncommon these days, and the collaboration between rappers and pop singers has become ubiquitous.

Backstage, Liu Pian silently watched the performance of the two, listened to the cheers of the scene, and quietly took Xiao Min's hand.

"It's okay, no one can take away the honor that belongs to us, we will take it back!"