Scenario" Which album would you give to an 'Urban' kid to make him like rock?

Fair Warning album

The White Album

Bad Brains' self-titled debut.

Hard to top the basics:

Topping any list of rock albums -

Beatles - Sgt. Pepper or Abbey Road

Beach Boys - Pet Sounds

Great music is great music, and these are some of the best rock has to offer, and from the formative years of "the rock album".


But, for something more bluesy in origin, perhaps to tap a common ancestor with hip hop (obviously, we could break out some Meters, George Clinton, or later, funk-inspired Prince, etc., but I think that would violate the spirit of this challenge) - I think some of the pre-1980s stuff by Hall and Oates might be highly accessible, but also rightly categorized more as blue-eyed soul than rock.

While staying squarely in the rock genre (maybe) - Joe Cocker might fit the bill with one of his early albums or any of the Stones' albums from Beggars' Banquet (1968) through It's Only Rock 'n Roll (1974), with particular emphasis on Goats Head Soup.

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Scenario" Which album would you give to an 'Urban' kid to make him like rock?

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Well, it's kind of odd to tailor music taste based on a child's environment and upbringing because music can be enjoyed by individuals of all walks of life. There are plenty of individuals with relatively vanilla or conservative families that listen to heavy music which conflicts wholeheartedly with familial priorities or lessons.

There have been plenty of urban minorities who became involved in the hardcore (aside from more skinhead-oriented groups), punk, and metal scenes. Why did they identify with these bands? Because each individual found some appeal to the music. It was invigorating, empowering, or liberating. There's not always a reason why people gravitate towards certain musical styles.

Why would a white kid like me who grew up in semi-rural Louisiana among Cajuns, rednecks, pickups, hunting, fishing, and country music, be drawn to East Coast Hip Hop like Nas, Notorious B.I.G., Wu-Tang Clan, etc.? I didn't grow up on the streets. I didn't have a hard life, relatively speaking. I'm not involved in the drug scene and I honestly don't even have much ties to the black community. But for some reason, the music moves me in a profound way.

In my opinion, lyrics, rather than sound, might prove more impactful when trying to convert someone to a new musical genre or garner their attention to a certain style.

Find artists who espouse a message which the youth can identify with. They might enjoy the anticapitalist and anarchist ethos of Zack de la Rocha of Rage Against The Machine. They might identify with the lighthearted subject matter coupled with adolescent lamentation and rebellion of Suicidal Tendencies. They might enjoy more aggressive music that is often angry or dark for the sake of being so.

All you really can do is expose an individual to as much music as possible and see what sticks.

Foo Fighters--The Colour and the Shape

You have to break them in softly. There is no way they could go from one extreme to the other. With that being said I chose street sweeper social club.

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Beach Boys - Pet Sounds

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Dude...dont' be dense. The kid in question is:

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street kid who has never listened to anything except hip-hop and rap

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and you're giving him the beach boys? come on.