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90S

Music in the nineties can be simply described as diverse. Diverse
meaning that music has been segregated into hundreds of groups. This
report will refer in detail to three genres of music: Alternative
Country, Rap, Alternative Rock. It will also cover certain aspects
indicative of the 90's. Alternative Country Music In 1990, a band
called Uncle Tupelo from Belleville, Illinois, released their debut
album. Titled No Depression, it featured a rough mixture of punk-rock
songs, but it also added something different: several toned-down,
acoustic ballads that had a distinct country flavor. A few years later,
that simple little song and album title became the name of an internet
fan club and chat group. It didn't stop there, in 1995, a magazine of
the same name went into publication, and "No Depression" soon became
the leading title for a progressive alternative country movement. Other
names include "insurgent country" "Americana," or simply "alt.country,"
the latter is a reminder of the role the internet has played in the
growth and publicity of this movement. For the most part, No
Depression or alt.country bands aren't much of a threat to the sales
figures of mainstream Nashville country artists. But the speed with
which this music has caught on has shown that a substantial number of
people have grown weary of the overproduced pop trends of 1990's
mainstream country music, and the limited range of styles and sounds
that are typically played on country radio stations. Rap Music Rap of
the late 70's and 80's, commonly called "old school", was made by DJs
scratching records and playing drum loops, with MCs rapping over the
resulting rhythms. As the genre progressed, hard-rock guitars and
hard-hitting beats were introduced by Run-D.M.C., the first hardcore
rap group, and the scratching techniques were replaced by sampling.
With their dense collages of samples, beats and white noise, Public
Enemy took sampling to the...