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    Since the creation of gangster rap‚ blacks began to be viewed as thugs because of the lyrics used in raps. Rappers were also viewed as thugs because of the trending clothing styles. According to Holsey (2013)‚ gangster rap is‚ “a subgenre of hip-hop music that evolved from hardcore hip-hop and purports to reflect urban crime and the violent lifestyles of inner city youths.” Holsey’s quote states that gangster rap comes from the experiences of frustrated black youths that

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    Many people wonder what the difference between hip-hop and rap is. Hip-hop and rap varies in many different ways that most people cannot recognize. Hip-hop‚ and even rap‚ have been around for a while. They both have changed in many ways over the years. Although people think they are the same thing‚ they are not. Hip-Hop and rap is often confused for one another‚ but there are many differences between the two. In the early 1970s a musical genre was born in the neighborhoods of the South Bronx. Gifted

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    Rap is a popular type of music in today’s society‚ but it didn’t just come to be. In the 1970’s rap emerged from other types of music to become what it is today. Rap is influenced and inspired by other types of music. Its influences are closely related to each other. Rap music has derived from various types of music. In a world in which people are constantly confronted with violent acts such as rape‚ assault‚ murder‚ school shootings and other violence’s‚ society is eager and anxious to find and

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    educated‚ love one another‚ or Bring the Noise. Public enemy seemed to recognize these problems that this nation faced and still faces today. They made songs soulie focused on fixing political and social issues. Turning rap into an alternative genre‚ or also known as conscious rap. Conscious rap is a subgenre of Hip-Hop that puts awareness and knowledge on cultural‚ political‚ philosophical‚ and economic issues we face (Reference). It seemed like at the time‚ many rappers were taking this responsibility

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    Rap 6

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    The tone of act five is immediately dfferent than the previous act because the tone for act four shows that Faustus is now afraid of his death. During act 4 he wasn’t afraid of death as he just accepted. As he watched the Pope is brutally abusing others he is somehow enlightened. In a way he would have lost his cool because now he is afraid to die. What is happening in this situation is that Faustus is relying on the Good Angel to come back and protect his soul‚ The first scholar wants Helen because

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    RESERACH AND ANALYSIS PROJECT Topic 8 The business and financial performance of over a three year period By : ACCA Number: November 2014 Table of Contents Part 1 Introduction................................................................................... 1.1. Reasons for choosing this topic.......................................................... 1.2. Reasons for choosing the organization

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    Murphy Alexander @02660619 Similarities Between Rap and Poetry Poetry and rap have been around for many years and have been used to appeal to the senses of audience members of many different ages‚ races‚ cultures. Poetry and rap are similar in many unique ways. One may look upon poetry and rap as two different genres‚ however‚ rap can actually be classified as a form of modern day poetry. Rap often talks about different ideas and subjects than most poems‚ however they hold similar formats to poetry

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    Areas to focus in OBU RAP and reasons of failure: Areas to focus: a. Referencing is of utmost importance. (see note c in next section) b. When analysing a financial statement‚ they don’t just want this increased by a % or a reduction. They want u to investigate why such occurre. NOTE:They also do not want maybes‚ probably and could be‚ they want u to give definitive reasons while referencing your conclusions. c. use of IT skills must be demonstrated. Can be easily done with excel sheet. Reasons

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    produces music as painful as rap. Much like rap is the focus of watch dog groups and shunned by authorities jazz was in its hay day. Jazz is music based partly on the blues. The blues is music about sex‚ violence and pain. Not music to create any of the above but more so a way for the artist to share and heal. The music serves the listeners the same. The music heals them by letting them share there pain by saying the verses in there head. This is what "gangsta"

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    also the future of it as well. The first new genre that has emerged from the pack late last year was Trap Soul. Trap Soul is a variation of of the R&B/Hip Hop genre that music fans have never heard before. Trap Soul offers a more vocal aspect of the rap music it is feeding off of; by incorporating an even dosage of singing and rapping along with melodious beats in the background. Drake‚ Bryson Tiller‚ Tory Lanez‚ and Austin Post can be seen as the founding fathers of this genre‚ wile also being some

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