In 2013, rapper Nipsey Hussle released a mixtape named after the neighborhood in Los Angeles where he grew up: “Crenshaw.” Nipsey Hussle and other hip-hop artists, such as Kendrick Lamar and Snoop Dogg, who are from Los Angeles, and E-40, who is from the Bay Area, all show appreciation for their roots in their music. […]
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Billboard Hot 100 songs show trend of past decades’ influence
The easiest path to the past is through the radio, where current hits sound more like 1940s doo-wop, 1950s funk and 1980s dance music than the EDM and rap sounds that people have become accustomed to. A few of today’s top-10 Billboard Hot 100 songs take on distinct sounds that allude to songs and styles […]
arTistic Attention: Marissa Ochsner brings behind-the-scenes experience to music classes
It’s easy to become disenchanted by weekly discussions, typically made mandatory by participation grades. But here in A&E;, we want to help UCLA students realize that teaching assistants are not only students themselves. Outside the classroom, they are also people with backgrounds ranging from musical festival ring leaders to comic strip satirists. With the series […]
Alum’s record label Los Angeles Music Project mixes music, management
UCLA alumnus Joshua Brooks first began to experiment with mixing music after one of his friends bought him a set of turntables in 2001. Then a physical geography student, Brooks began playing at local parties, but he never expected to work full-time in music. However, the original gift prompted a musical career that has included […]
Student production group Lyon Entertainment explores feminism in videos
In videos that last less than 15 seconds, Marisa Huang and Ava Iranpour aim to show that an educated young woman can be free from social constructs through a combination of music, theater, cinema and fashion. “It’s this unique approach to art where we combine everything. It’s like a new form of cinema,” said Iranpour, […]
Hooligan embraces history, culture with production of ‘Hair’
During the whirlwind of the 1960s hippie movement, a show opened on Broadway that ushered in a new era of rock musicals, one that Hooligan Theatre Company has now taken on the task of producing – “Hair.” The show, with lyrics by James Rado and Gerome Ragni and music by Galt MacDermot, opens Friday in […]