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    turntable. Rap was made as a between social marvel of New York’s poorer segments (Harlem‚ Soho‚ Greenwich Village‚ Bronx‚ Queens‚ and Brooklyn). Rap turned into a developed type of Jamaican name music which is an instrumental subgenre of reggae music. The rapper would record his voice over a pre-recorded base of percussions‚ bass and horns (Scaruffi‚ 2004). The forerunners of rap were circle racers‚ or "spinners"‚ (A.K.A. Djs)

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    classic rap reflects the trendy music that youths of our

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    “The schools in a portion of Boston stretching from just south of South Boston through Roxbury and into Dorchester are districted with a similar effect: the predominantly black areas are cut away from the predominantly white areas.” Morgan v. Hennigan‚ U.S. District Court for Massachusetts‚ 1974 THE SEEK BUTTON on the Ford’s radio is working. The downtown recedes. Miles of neighborhoods fill the windshield. The SEEK function locks on someplace in stereo‚ college FM probably. “Yeah‚” a new friend

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    Black Behavior

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    Black Noise: Rap Music and Black Culture in Contemporary America (Music Culture) By Tricia Rose Black Noise: Rap Music and Black Culture in Contemporary America (Music Culture) Description: From its beginnings in hip hop culture‚ the dense rhythms and aggressive lyrics of rap music have made it a provocative fixture on the American cultural landscape. In Black Noise: Rap Music and Black Culture in Contemporary America‚ Tricia Rose‚ described by the New York Times as a "hip hop theorist‚" takes a

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    The article “Hood Politics”: Racial Transformation in Hip-Hop by Richard Spradlin it argues that hip hop music is a vehicle for gaining an understanding black individuals identities. However‚ it also claims that rap can deconstruct and rebuild the black identity‚ in regards to one’s self-perception or judgment of society “in a racialized way” (Spradlin 2016‚ 43). This author uses Lamar as an example of an artist that has inspired the reconstruction of “the narrative

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    possible. There are many different types and styles of music‚ the most influential being Hip-Hop/Rap music‚ followed by Rock and Roll. Music is often a mood-altering device used to make the listener feel a sense of belonging‚ happiness‚ or sorrow. The different genres of music can be used to describe a certain group of people‚ whether it be by clothing‚ style‚ attitude‚ or sometimes ones social class. Hip-Hop/Rap music is believed to have the most influence on the way a listener of that genre‚ acts and

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    ANDREW. "One Day It ’ll All Make Sense": Hip-Hop And Rap Resources For Music Librarians." Notes 65.1 (2008): 9 Hess‚ Mickey. Icons Of Hip Hop : An Encyclopedia Of The Movement‚ Music‚ And Culture. n.p.: Greenwood Press‚ 2007 Jackson‚ Brenda‚ and Sharon Anderson. "Hip Hop Culture Around The Globe: Implications For Teaching." Black History Bulletin 72.1 (2009): 22-32 2 Nov. 2012. LEACH‚ ANDREW. "One Day It ’ll All Make Sense": Hip-Hop And Rap Resources For Music Librarians." Notes 65.1 (2008):

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    Walk This Way Analysis

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    It may be surprising to learn that the first rap song to bring the genre to a wide mainstream audience wasn’t even originally a rap song. By every definition‚ “Walk This Way”‚ written in 1975 by Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler and Joe Perry‚ was your classic rock song. With air-guitar-worthy guitar riffs and cocky‚ brash vocal delivery of thinly veiled‚ extremely sexual lyrics‚ it was the track that set Aerosmith on the road to the Rock ‘n Roll Hall of Fame (Run-DMC and Aerosmith‚ 2007). A decade later

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    Censorship

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    Have you ever been listening to the radio and heard a “beeeeep” in some parts of the song you’re listening to? You know‚ the annoying sound that interrupts the song? The sound is a familiar one among those of us that listen to the radio‚ in particular Rap/hip-hop music stations. This noise is heard because it’s used to bleep out/censor the word that was previously there; the word was most likely ‘bad’ or offensive. Censorship is a growing concern for our society‚ whether it’s because of the lack of censorship

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    end of each chapter. Hip hop is an art form that is closer to poetry‚ and it tells a story about growing up and what is going on in the world now. “Rap was the voice of this culture‚ the linguistic analog of hyperkinetic dance moves‚ vividly painted subway cars‚ and skillfully mixed break beats”(Bradley‚ Duboise XX). Source #3: Piekarski‚ Bill. "THE RAP ON HIP-HOP." Library Journal 129‚ no. 12 (July 15‚ 2004): 47-50. Academic Search Complete‚ EBSCOhost (accessed March 6‚ 2013). This article summarizes

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