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kendrick lamar has won the pulitzer prize. now rap musics intent is to speak out in protest. -cardi b! -[trills] the one and only rihanna. i feel like i finally got my purpose back. -i like our music! -[laughs] how do you feel about breaking drakes streaming record? its insane. [kacey] these days, with the genre lines being so blurred, the possibilities are endless. ♪ dont believe me? just watch! ♪ [theme music] ♪ i know a place ♪ where the grass is really greener ♪ [jason] t...

even when it sounds like nothing shes ever tried before." [audience cheering] beyoncé released an album last night, and the internet went insane over it. kendrick lamar has won the pulitzer prize. now rap musics intent is to speak out in protest. -cardi b! -[trills] the one and only rihanna. i feel like i finally got my purpose back. -i like our music! -[laughs] how do you feel about breaking drakes streaming record? its insane. [kacey] these days, with the genre lines being so blurre...

♪ oppa gangnam style [gayle] the digital revolution has rocked the music business, changing the way we buy, play, and discover new music. "1989 sounds exactly like taylor swift, even when it sounds like nothing shes ever tried before." [audience cheering] beyoncé released an album last night, and the internet went insane over it. kendrick lamar has won the pulitzer prize. now rap musics intent is to speak out in protest. -cardi b! -[trills] the one and only rihanna. i feel like i fi...

Like the chainsmokers in their song closer. ♪ we aint ever getting older [nate] its got this dembow rhythm, which shows up in a lot of these tracks. duh, duh, duh-duh, duh, duh-duh, duh, duh-duh, duh. ♪ im in love with the shape of you ♪ [nate] it sends ed sheerans shape of you to the top of the charts, but the original djs and singers behind reggaeton and dancehall, theyre like, wait, what about us? we just got left in the dust. so we would do well to think about, okay, where are these ar...

And, like, translate them into this totally different, you know, genre. [music] all of a sudden, this tropical house paradigm starts to show up in other artists, like the chainsmokers in their song closer. ♪ we aint ever getting older [nate] its got this dembow rhythm, which shows up in a lot of these tracks. duh, duh, duh-duh, duh, duh-duh, duh, duh-duh, duh. ♪ im in love with the shape of you ♪ [nate] it sends ed sheerans shape of you to the top of the charts, but the original djs and si...

Really tamed edm. ♪ what do you mean? [jason] what do you mean? is what youd call tropical house, which is basically genteel, caribbean-light dance music, with, like, edm elements, influenced by reggaeton and dancehall. and so tropical house became huge in the 2010s. ♪ couldnt find you anywhere ♪ when you broke down, i didnt leave ya ♪ [hanif] where are u now? was written as a traditional justin bieber ballad. and skrillex and diplo bring it into, you know, the kind of electronic music, ...

♪ too hot (hot damn!) ♪ [nate] but it also takes some of the concepts of 2010s music, like the edm drop, but in this way thats more inspired by james brown than it is by calvin harris. ♪ cause uptown funk gonna give it to ya ♪ ♪ saturday night and we in the spot ♪ ♪ dont believe me? just watch! aaow! ♪ [steven] by the mid 2010s, the influence of, like, mainstream pop really tamed edm. ♪ what do you mean? [jason] what do you mean? is what youd call tropical house, which is basic...