1. { Pop Music In the 2000s

2.  Music during this time lacked distinction  Much of what was happening in the late 90s continued into the early 2000s  Not many original genres were created  Trend in combining different styles In the 2000s

3.  Auto-Tune  Pitch correction software  Rise of Internet Media Player Programs  RealPlayer  QuickTime  iTunes  YouTube Trends in the 2000s

4.  Teen Pop still popular in early 2000s  ‘NSYNC, Backstreet Boyz, Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera  R&B popular in early 2000s  Southern Hip Hop dominant  Ludakris  Lil’ Wayne  Juvenile  Outkast  Lil Jon  Mike Jones  Indie Rock  Electronic Music Trends in the 2000s

5.  Marshall Bruce Mathers III  Also known as Slim Shady  From Detroit, Michigan  Hip Hop  Record Producer  Actor Eminem

6.  Has sold over 80 million albums worldwide  Has won 13 Grammys  Has won an Academy Award fro Best Orginal Song  “Lose Yourself”  Has Sold over 120 million singles worldwide  Known as the best-selling artist of the 2000s Eminem

7.  Uses serious as well as humorous subject matter  Carries a concept over a series of albums  Complex rhyme schemes; complex rhythms  Bends words so that they rhyme  Use of multisyllabic rhymes  Rhymes that contain two or more syllables  Use of rhythm  Syncopation  Displacement of beats and accents so that strong beats become weak and vice versa Eminem: Rapping Style

8. { THURSDAY, YOU WILL WORK WITH ELECTRONIC DANCE MUSIC or EDM