Shannon Eng 22 Maddox March 9‚ 2013 The Evolution of Hip-Hop The world of music alone is always evolving‚ however we’ve come to a conclusion that the message the artist convey in hip-hop music in this generation are not helping out or paving the way for the next generation. The focus is to inform the readers that "smoke weed everyday" or "finding Molly" getting women is not what the hip-hop scene is all about. Hip-hop artists tell stories‚ or teach listeners about the everyday
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Exploratory Paper Mrs. Dickens RHT 160-052 15 February 2008 Is Hip Hop Dead??? I can still recall the first hip hop album I listened to. It was Reasonable Doubt by Jay Z. I remember how I instantly fell in love with the lyrics. I hadn’t heard anything like it before‚ primarily because I only listened to R&B and some watered down rap music. The lyrics were hard hitting. They meant something. I could his hunger through the speakers as he rapped his song entitled “Can I Live” which said “Well
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Assignment for Media with Cultural Studies Level Two Youth Cultures‚ Subcultures and Industry Hip-Hop Culture This essay aims to examine the importance of the Hip-Hop culture in 21st century society. It will begin with consideration of the history of Hip-Hop‚ discussing its stylistic adaptations‚ cultural preferences and concerns‚ referring to the studies of black culture by Ellis Cashmore and Mark Neal. Within this I will explore the ethnicity and authenticity of the culture‚ with reference
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Hip-hop is one of the biggest and popular music genres in the world. Hip Hop is a genre that a person on a microphone is rhyming over a beat. Hip-Hop has been around over 40 years and has created different movement throughout the years. A few movements are the Native tongues‚ Roc a fella‚ and Young money. But the biggest movement is when Hip Hop all started. When Hip-Hop first came out‚ it helped all the African American unified with one another and even Puerto Ricans. To begin with‚ Kool Herc created
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The Hip Hop Defense Everyone has an opinion about the influence of hip--hop music on our nations youth. Many people‚ such as politicians and the ultra conservative‚ feel the influence is destructive and incites violent behavior. Some people‚ for instance the media‚ believe hip- hop glamorizes inappropriate behaviors and actions while promoting the demoralization of women in general‚ but more specifically black women. Few people are willing to speak out and defend hip-hop music as communicative
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Alessi The article ’’Hip-Hop Causes Violence‚’’ focuses on society’s generalization that rap music promotes‚ encourages‚ and thus causes violence. For the most part‚ the author of the article defends the genre‚ claiming that there is limited evidence that supports the argument that listening to violent storytelling has a direct effect on everyday life‚ which scientifically is very hard to prove. The author states that there are many other forms of entertainment outside of hip-hop that encourage violence
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expression and as a result new found identities are beginning to emerge. An interesting occurrence that has resulted from globalization is how individuals from various nationalities‚ socio economic background and religions have connected to the hip-hop culture making it a linguistic phenomenon. (Alim‚ 2006) In the past many have considered this type of English as "just a reflection of US culture‚ or music‚ [and] cannot be included as part of ordinary language use". (Pennycook‚ 2003‚ p. 517)
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Tradition” Hip-Hop as well as many other artistic cultural forms we practice today can be related back to African culture and various traditions. Author of The Roots and Stylistic Foundations of the Rap Music and Tradition‚ Cheryl Keyes‚ discuss’ the spirit‚ style‚ tradition‚ emotions‚ culture and the delivery of music. Keyes says that many of these practices can be traced back to the West Afrikan Bardic Tradition in particular. When asking many old-school‚ and culturally involved hip-hop artists about
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on the headlines are the bad and the ugly never the good. One picture that is often skewed by the media is that of hip hop. It is often heard that this genre is a negative influence on children‚ as the message put out by these rappers is not appropriate for today’s youth. The lifestyle is too violent and the lyrics are too harsh. All this is skewed in the wrong direction. As the hip hop genre is impactful and helpful for the youth of the world. The genre speaks to a variety of topics; from hard hitting
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Hip-hop music has been a part of my musical repertoire from early adolescence‚ and more recently‚ an art form I have been interested in exploring from a more critical and academic perspective. I’ve wanted to extend my knowledge beyond hip-hop as a pastime and into hip-hop as a social tool with the power to create‚ reproduce‚ and challenge dominant social life. This consideration facilitated my research question: “How is homosexuality represented in hip-hop music and communities?” Due to hip-hop’s
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