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introduction:

Music is truly the one universal language. There are three of the more successful styles in the west, reggae,punk, and rap.

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reggae
A. One successful style of popular music is reggae
1. Born on the caribbean island of jamaica in 1960s.
a. spread throught the world in the 1970s.
2. developed from kind of Afro-Caribben music called mento.
a. Some musicaian changed mento into a music style called ska by adding a hestarion beat.
b. musician changeed ska, and reggae was born.
3.Reggae's special sound comes from reversing the roles of the instruments
a. Guitar plays rhythm and bass plays melody.
4. An importamt influence on reggae music was the Rastafarian cult.
a. Unusual sound mixes
b. extra-slow tempos
c. strange lyrics
d. mystical-political themes
5. Bob Marley--best known reggae musician
a.
2.punk
topic sentence: punk is a style of rock music that began in the mid-1970s s a reaction precious forms of rock.
supporting sentence: the punk look
punk music
punk has evolved into other styles
concluding sentence: pop punk is another new punk style.

3.rap
topic sentence:rap is a type of dance music in which the singers--rappers--speak in rhythm and rhyme rather than sing.
supporting sentence: rap in USA
style change
concluding sentence: most rappers are young black males, but there have been female rappers such as queen latifah and white rappers such as the beastie boys and eminem.

conclusion:

To sum up, popular music changes constantly. No matter popularity or disappear qucikly, all contribute to the power and excitement of popular music un our time.