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    Kieran Jolivette Ms. Bezet English IV‚ 6th Hour 11 October 2012 Musician Musicians play instruments for a living and may work in symphony orchestras‚ bands‚ rock groups‚ or jazz "combos." Most musicians study for many years before they become professionals. They usually train in some area of specialization such as popular or classical music. Musicians who specialize in the trumpet‚ trombone‚ clarinet‚ saxophone‚ organ‚ or a rhythm instrument such as the piano‚ string bass‚ drums‚ or guitar

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    for upcoming hip hop artists who "rapped" to their audience the struggles of the everyday black individual. The styles of artists later became more "Afrocentric" which meant that the music revolved around expressing self worth. Artist such as Afrika Bambaataa introduced his style of music to the world having his music known as the earliest form of hip hop. As for women‚ they were interested in promoting the idea that they were from "Mother Africa". Women hip hop artist were fascinated by the idea

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    The Development of Hip-Hop and Rap throughout the Twentieth Century: The Outline Art. Throughout history‚ mankind has always expressed his emotions‚ ideas‚ and opinions in the form of art. Whether it be a caveman painting on the wall of his cave‚ or Galileo and his ceiling in the Sistine chapel‚ art has always existed in some form or another. But history’s greatest art and the geniuses behind it are all found in the past century right here in the U.S. of A. These masterpieces are classified as ‘hip-hop

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    Fight The Power Analysis

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    Ridge‚ Ellie. ""Fight the Power": Two Rappers’ Insight into Politics | The Daily Californian." The Daily Californian. N.p.‚ 26 Feb. 2016. Web. 22 Apr. 2016. Ridge’s article focuses on the importance of rap music and the strong political influence that is possesses. In general‚ music has an incredible power to engrain thoughts and speak ideas freely to a widespread audience. When young African Americans of the 1970s were born into staggering poverty‚ they expressed their anger and dissatisfaction

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    Hip Hop in History

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    Introduction: Hip Hop in History: Past‚ Present‚ and Future Author(s): Derrick P. Alridge and James B. Stewart Source: The Journal of African American History‚ Vol. 90‚ No. 3‚ The History of Hip Hop (Summer‚ 2005)‚ pp. 190-195 Published by: Association for the Study of African-American Life and History‚ Inc. Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/20063997 Accessed: 27/10/2009 14:22 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of JSTOR’s Terms and Conditions of Use‚ available at

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    It all started with the birth of a nation. The shameful crimes that build this country rest on the backs of an enslaved people‚ yesterday in chains and with laws and today behind bars and within socialization. The tale is as old as our time.   The first slaves were brought to the Virginia Colony in the early 1600s. they were simply indentured servant whom would be released after working an agreed number of years. They came to America on a voluntary basis. Soon after‚ that model of slavery was replaces

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    Do you know why “New School” become so popular in the late 1980s? Hip-hop starts at the 1970s‚ the beginning of hip-hop is starting by DJ Kool Herc. All of the early artists of hip-hop‚ deejays or MCs‚ were named ’Old School’. ’New School’ was a given name to separate the different style of hip-hop depends on when does it born and what was added. New school rap came out and became popular because the new technology of drum machine came out‚ the new generation of musicians‚ and a new type of image

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    Rapper's Delight Analysis

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    Rappers Delight - The Start of Hip-Hop and It’s Death Now what you hear is not a test‚ I’m rappin to the beat and me‚ the groove‚ and my friends are gonna try to move your feet see I am wonder mike and I like to say hello to the black‚ to the white‚ the red‚ and the brown‚ the purple and yellow. On January 5‚ 1980‚ New Jersey businesswoman and highly respected rhythm and Blues artist Sylvia Robinson and three young men from Englewood‚ New Jersey — Big Bank Hank‚ Master Gee and Wonder Mike — changed

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    Evolution Of Hip Hop

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    Evolution of Hip-hop Hip-hop has many credited fathers; all who have enhanced hip-hop-adding their own style and feel to the new more relatable sound. Hip-hop began as a solution for young people who could not relate to other genres of music such as‚ funk‚ soul‚ and disco. As more faces joined the evolution‚ hip-hop changed and transformed into something much larger than anyone could have ever imagined Despite what the media or rumors state‚ hip-hop originated in the poverty-ridden streets of Bronx

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    Bikers‚ Emo‚ Graffiti‚. Goths‚ Hip- hoppers- Have you ever heard these words‚ dear parents? These are the youth subcultures‚ which your good children belong to. Nowadays the life of many young people is influenced by popular culture. The youth follow certain stereotypes that are imposed on them through TV‚ movies and music. In their lifestyle they try to imitate the images of their idols. Very often young people refuse to recognize the official culture. Instead‚ they become the supporters

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