New Orleans is home to many amazing artistic and entertaining creations. Perhaps one of the most exciting and fun to be a part of is the bounce music scene. With enchanting beats and an undeniably catchy repititon, there is no music like bounce music. The sounds are hypnotic; a D.J. and an M.C. or two get the crowd bouncing. the beats are generally borrowed for other popular songs and scratched in a way that the beat "bounces."
The dancing is more of a talent show than a dance. Girls can end up on tables, chairs, or even booty popping on a handstand. These really are talented dancers. By any stretch of the imagination, booty popping sounds like a relatively natural motion; but, trust me, it takes talent.
Bounce music was an ultra-male dominated genre until recently. Now most of the very popular M.C.'s are cross-dressers, but this is just a temporary phenonemon. It does not take away from the wimsy of the music though. I am hoping to become, with the help of some others, the future face of the bounce music scene. Thats right, bounce shows are coming to a club near you (that is if your in New Orleans). Hopefully, this fantastic, catchy genre will spread like it should; but, until then, bop biggy biggy bounce wop wop wop wop.
This is a interesting description of a type of dancing that many people are not familiar. Maybe you should try going into more detail about what exactly bounce dancing looks like. Since this is a blog maybe you could post a video that shows people bounce dancing. Also you should go into more detail about why many of the MC's are cross dressers, and explain why this is a temporary phenomenon.
ReplyDeleteI second Chris' comment about the cross dressers. Admittedly, that one definitely stood out to me and I wanted to know more about it.
ReplyDeleteFor the lowdown on this, check out the 7/25/2010 NYT Magazine article "New Orleans's Gender-Bending Rap." The real story here is that this local variant of rap is performed by gay and cross-dressing artists. This is not "a temporary phenomenon" of bounce, but a central part of the art forma and of its appeal to its audience. Rap culture is traditionally homophobic (and misogynistic) so this gender-bending variant raises all kinds of interesting questions about gender and sexuality for you to explore, particularly given your aspirations to be a bounce MC (what are "ultra-males"?) Proofread: "wimsy" "thats right"
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