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-How can social issues, such as race and religion affect how someone views a certain genre of music? -Russ

I think that issues such as race and religion can effect peoples opinions when listening to music in many different ways. For instance, when moms listen to songs by lil wayne or other rappers they are generally offended by the vulgar language and disrespect towards women. To others it isn't really a factor when they chose to listen to rap. Differences in opinions like these are reasons why there are so many different genres of music, or so i believe.

-Why didn't Disco achieve the same mainstream success that Rock N Roll did? -Riley

According to the article, disco was heard about in underground ways. Either a disk jockey would put his music out, the dance clubs would play the music, or magazines would talk about it. Compared to Rock N Roll who already had a stable fan basis, I'm sure it was more difficult for people to get their disco music heard about. Also, because of the controversy between races on the topic, disco was not played on the radio therefore stopping exposure to a larger audience.