At Cornell West, reading on African American music: from Bebop to rap; West discussed three major points regarding African-American music. West also discusses how African American music has alienated young people. African-American music, its rhythmic effects make no sense with the status quo according to West. African-American music is a reflection on African-American culture since the beginnings of slavery. According to West, “First, the rise of the United States as a world power focused international attention more specifically on the cultural forms and styles indigenous to the United States. » As the United States grew in power, African American music developed with social freedom and linguistic wealth rather than pecuniary wealth. For example, Jazz, with its melody and vocalization, shows the frustrated aspirations and aggressive emotions of African Americans. Western agreement is that jazz developed in socio-economic and political contexts as a "cool" style of the early 1950s by artists like Chet Baker and David Brubeck. West agrees, because jazz paved the way for different types of music today. African-American music has become distorted over time. Second point We...