Lyrics - the soul of a song

popular words in lyrics

Lyrics are a set of words that make up a song. The meaning of lyrics can either be explicit or implicit. Some lyrics are abstract, almost unintelligible, and, in such cases, their explication emphasizes form, articulation, meter, and symmetry of expression.

Some lyrics can be considered a form of social commentary.                                          

It contains political, social, economic themes, and aesthetic elements.

Freestyle Rap

Freestyle rap commonly refers to rap lyrics which are improvised through a cappella or with instrumental beats.

It is similar to other improvisational music such as jazz. A rap group from Los Angeles describes it as being "like a jazz solo". Rap battles are sometimes improvised in this way.

In the book How to Rap, Big Daddy Kane and one member of Freestyle Fellowship note that originally a freestyle was a written rap on no particular subject – Big Daddy Kane says, “in the ’80s when we said we wrote a freestyle rap, that meant that it was a rhyme that you wrote that was free of style… it’s basically a rhyme just bragging about yourself.”

Contemporary Rhythm and Blues

Rhythm and Blues, often abbreviated to R&B, is a genre of popular African American music that originated in the 1940s. In the 1980s, a newer style of R&B developed, becoming known as contemporary R&B.

Contemporary R&B is a music genre that combines

• Hip Hop
• Soul
• R&B  
• Funk

Although the abbreviation “R&B” originates from traditionalrhythm and blues music, today the term

R&B is most often used to describe a style of African American music originating. Some sources

refer to the style as urban contemporary.

Hong Kong Music (Cantopop)

In 1960, Hong Kong English pop had peaked until the mid-1970s. After the Chinese language had become an official language in 1974, Cantopop's popularity increased dramatically due to the improved status of the language and the large Cantonese Chinese population in the city.

Eason Chan is a prominent male singer in Hong Kong's music industry. There is no doubt that he is one of the most dominant male singers in the post-1997 era of Hong Kong music industry. 

• Praised by Time magazine as a front runner in the next generation of Cantopop
• Considered by some to be Hong Kong's third "god of song"
• Album "U87" was nominated by Time Magazine as "Five Asian Albums Worth Buying" in 2005

In 2010, Eason Chan comes to Melbourne and Sydney for his Duo concert series.

In his earlier years, the artist trained to be an architect, but gave this career path away after being signed to record label 'Capital Artists'. He has written at least 29 songs of note. Eason Chan is the second non-Taiwanese singer to win Taiwan's Golden Melody Award. 

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References:

• Trea, W. (2003). Old Hong Kong. Asia books Ltd
• en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eason_Chan