House of genres



I don't know if you guys ever asked people what their perfect person would look like/ be from .
But if you did, you might tell me i'm right when I say I heard many answers that sounded like this;
A Brazilian body, A swedish face, An African skin tone , etc etc .. ( these were just examples, i'm not referring to anything. )
However this shows that mixes of different cultures apparently would make the perfectly looking person .

So why not with music ?
Soooo many different genres of music all around us, so many we don't even know the differences anymore:
-Soul
-Blues
-Funk
-Gospel
-Sounding
-Skat
And I can go on and on and on

If a mix makes something perfect, why not integrate this in music ?
Well if I was the first person to be thinking this, maybe I wouldn't be sitting here writing my blog right now at 2am. I'd love to think I would be tanning on my private boat instead ..

Anyways, back to business
All these genres existed long before Hip hop and therefor we can hear influences of them all in hip hop songs.
I personally LOVE when the piano is integrated in new contemporary music, which is influence from classical music.

Listen to this song, the soft tone of piano playing Beethhoven's Fur Elise, and Nas' strong voice just make the perfect mix. It's like mixing black with white, water with oil;  You'd expect something weird and contrasting, but the final product is pure ' eargasm '
I'm sure Beethoven wouldn't have agreed with the idea at first, but after a listen I'd imagine him chilling to the beats :)

Song: Nas- I can 


Another mix I like is the one of hip hop with soul samples.
Kanye west is a God in this genre ( and I'm not only saying this because I'm a huge fan of Kanye )
Listen to this

Song: Kanye West- Through the wire



Bonus: mix of hip hop and funk . Delicious Jumpy sounds


Song: Biggie Smalls- Juicy 





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