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Hamilton’s story is famously told through music that veers wildly from the traditional Broadway show, including hip-hop, soul, pop, and rhythm and blues, and performed by a racially diverse cast ...
"My Shot (Rise Up Remix)" is a song recorded by The Roots featuring Busta Rhymes, Joell Ortiz, and Nate Ruess from The Hamilton Mixtape. The song peaked at number 16 on the R&B/Hip-Hop Digital Song Sales chart. [18] It was featured in the credits of the filmed version of the musical on Disney+.
Composed over a seven-year period from 2008 to 2015, the music draws heavily from hip hop, as well as R&B, pop, soul, and traditional-style show tunes. It casts non-white actors as the Founding Fathers of the United States and other historical figures. [1] [2] [3] Miranda described Hamilton as about "America then, as told by America now". [4]
"Alexander Hamilton" is the opening number for the 2015 musical Hamilton, a musical biography of American Founding Father Alexander Hamilton, which premiered on Broadway in 2015. Lin-Manuel Miranda wrote both the music and lyrics to the song. This song features "alternately rapped and sung exposition". [1]
The musical relates the life of Alexander Hamilton and his relationships with his family and Aaron Burr. The book, music, and lyrics of the musical, including this song, were composed by Lin-Manuel Miranda. [1] The song describes the Compromise of 1790 from Burr's perspective.
It’s fair to ask whether “Hamilton” still packs the power it had seven years ago when it premiered off-Broadway or six years ago when it won 11 Tony Awards or pre-COVID or pre-Donald Trump ...
Cabinet Battle #3 is not in the original Hamilton musical - rather, it is in a subsequent album released by Lin-Manuel Miranda, entitled The Hamilton Mixtape. [11] As before, Washington introduces the issue on the table: a proposal drafted by Benjamin Franklin to end the slave trade and emancipate all current slaves in America.
"Yorktown (The World Turned Upside Down)" is the twentieth song from Act 1 of the musical Hamilton, based on the life of Alexander Hamilton, which premiered on Broadway in 2015. Lin-Manuel Miranda wrote both the music and lyrics to the song. It recounts the story of the Battle of Yorktown.