Beethoven's Use Of Personal Themes In Hip Hop Music

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chordophones in his pieces inspired Jay-Z and Lil Wayne to use those same instruments in the intro and chorus of their song “Mr. Carter”. The instrumental styles in most of the hip hop songs today have a similar set up to Beethoven and Mozart of the classical era. Even Jay-Zs’ and Busta Rhymes’ lyrical choices were inspired by Beethoven’s pieces in the Late (romantic) period. In this period, Beethoven’s work had a more personal theme relating to things that were going on in his life at that moment rather than his previous theme of nature related ballads. Modern day artists have adopted this strategy by speaking about personal experiences and tragedies. Last but not least, modern day artists in any genre have used Beethoven’s strategy

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