House music is disco music in a more evolved form. It retains the regular, heavy beats of disco but has more electronic elements like synthesized basses and drum machine rhythms. House music is based on songs and draws from a wide number of genres, including jazz, Latin, and reggae.
House music emerged in clubs in Chicago and Detroit during the early eighties and appealed to the poor, the young, and the gay community. House music can be both instrumental and vocal, though vocal house music is more of a call to dance than containing actual lyrics. For instance, “Everybody Dance Now” by C+C Music Factory is a popular, catchy house tune that doesn’t do more than get people dancing. House became more popular as mainstream artists like Madonna incorporated it in her album, Ray of Light, and gave it a more pop angle.
