Bounce Music

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This article, from the New York Times, introduced me to “bounce,” a style of rap that has been embraced in the culturally diverse New Orleans. The article begins by introducing Big Freedia, a popular bounce artist that performs all over the country. Big Freedia was a male, but transitioned into her preferred body through a sex change.

After describing a few of Freedia’s performances, the article explains what bounce music is all about. The twenty-year-old genre features a consistently fast beat, and lyrics that are primarily about sex and violence – so much so that bounce has not yet been widely accepted outside of New Orleans.

Seeing as we are discussing gender objectification in songs, I thought it would be a good idea to research any genres of music that pertain to this objectification. We all assume that rap is the most-guilty genre of gender objectification, but this may not hold true after listening to some bounce music.
Click here to listen to Big Freedia's "Azz Everywhere"