Protest Song

In the article “The Return of the Protest Song”, Tillet writes about the turnback of protest music after their downstrend in 1960s and the redenifition of the kind of music. The coming back is the responsibility of the killings of Michael Brown and Eric Garner. They use music to say and express their aspiration of Civil Right. In the same time, hiphop was seen as a new form of political music, and it has an important influence and spread quickly. Before 1960s, writers wrote music lyrics base on political issue; however, recently, they have been writing from their inside that base on what they think, what they want to say. The protest music is not only traditional music, it also can be rap, or hip hop. In his article the message that the most important is that “"Protest songs don't have to be boring or ready made for the next Olympics. They just have to speak truth." In his article, Tillet claims that “For the first time since the late-1960s, the U.S. is seeing the revival and redefinition of "movement music”. He gives information of protest music’s development from late 1960 until now. Bob Dylan, who was a famous protest author late 1960s and known as a political singer, stated that he would not write for anyone, and he want to write
Protest music is not only political issue, it is also masses’ voice. They want to say truth, and express their pain and hope about some important political issues. Protest music can be traditional music, hip hop music, or rap music. There are many musican of protest music that Tillet refers to, such as Bob Dylan, rapper J. Cole, hip hop artist Lauryn Hill, and Alicia Keys. Also, there are many songs that their orbits are analysed clearly, like “Black Rage”, "Be Free", "Mississippi Goddam", or "I Can’t Breathe". The information is an answer about what protest music is, how its effects, and what examples