John Adams & Steve Reich

John Adams's "Shaker loops" was very interesting, at some points it almost reminded me of the song "A thousand Miles" by Vanessa Carlton. It gives you the feeling that you were running or chasing something.  This style of music and expressing these fleeting emotions are widely used in pop music especially songs that are pertaining to love and exploration. On the flip side, Steve Reich with his "It's Gonna Rain" has been instrumental (literally) in rap and hip hop with the ability to sample a voice and make a beat or instrumental with it. For Example, Kanye West uses this same technique in "Gotta Have It" when he samples James Brown's voice, minus the other instrumentals. The repetitive nature could be very annoying, but if used correctly and add other instrumentals, it can be very pleasing to hear.