Creativity

            User generated content websites such as YouTube and Twitter allow users to contribute and create their unique contents and share their views. Since everyone has different thoughts on the same topic, such websites became gathering platforms for discussing trending topics. In many cases, the topic discussed can quickly becoming a buzzword, and spreadout among many different groups of people.

           Mash-up, the editing and combing pieces from vast different types and forms of media, have proven to be successful in some cases. In the "Disney Tolerates a Rap Parody of Its Critters. But Why?", the article talked about how by putting a rapper-style,hip-hop music with Disney's cartoon together can be interesting and good to both Disney and music producers.

           Lyrics in Rap Culture are often explicitly written, and many albums have warning sticker, reminding the listeners of its content. However for cartoon, which caters more towards kids, will have a different theme than that of Rap music. It is interesting to see that the animated characters' doing the signing with their exaggerated singing and facial expression, and the hip hop music playing in the background.

           Because hip hop music and cartoon characters are two very different forms of entertainment, putting these two types of media into one piece nicely proven to be no easy task. To overcome this challenge, music producers would have to source over and think through many aspects, and in this process, that producer would have to create upon his previous knowledge, or will need more information to better improve his work. Such an inflow and outflow of new ideas and thoughts with others encourages communication, and therefore fosters intellectual creativity.

Barnes, B. (2007, September 24). Disney Tolerates a Rap Parody of Its Critters. But Why? Retrieved October 1, 2017, from http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/24/business/media/24crank.html