F. SCOTT FITZGERALD was the author who glamorized and criticized the new urban life and the jazz age.
His works, "The Great Gatsby" and "Tender is the Night" are products of his glamorization and criticism. They chronicle the excesses that happened in the "Jazz Age".
I have to say hip-hop because they have a lot of songs that use some upbeat tempos.
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