Metal vs. Rap (contrast essay)
Can you honestly recall watching a television commercial without a catchy jingle or song playing in the background? If you have, these commercials are probably few and far between one another. Music is everywhere nowadays, and is divided into a multitude of musical genres. Heavy metal and rap, more specifically, are two very distinct classifications of music. Heavy metal and rap differ from each other by the music, the bands and the fans. The musical, or instrumental, aspect of heavy metal and rap are contrasting in many points of views. It should initially be noted that heavy metal is actually a "subcategory" of metal music itself. Other subcategories include: death metal, black metal, speed metal, and many more . . . Yet, metal is called heavy metal, simply because it is a better-known term. Rap, on the other hand, doesn't precisely have any subcategories, but withholds similarities with many other musical genres, such as: Hip-hop, reggae, blues, urban, etc . . . The beat and lyrics for both metal and rap, however, makes for an excellent example of how they oppose each other. On one hand, a metal song will display, either on the guitar or on the drums, a medium to fast beat. This rhythm could be a mix of fast guitar and sl
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Approximate Word count = 1019
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)
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