The Literary Roots of Hip-hop Lyricism Introduction Rap is easily heard as a play of words‚ a sampling of music rhythms and melodies‚ and for the passers-by‚ a taunt against another taunt. But for those who will listen closely‚ rap lyrics may be full of history‚ a love story‚ political critique‚ innuendo‚ sarcasm as well as wit (Rose‚ 1994‚ p 14). The past decades had hip-hop fill up a cultural lexicon of vocabulary‚ characters and culture. Accordingly‚ the lexicon has been fed by hip-hop
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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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individual because it can stimulate and provoke multiple responses—physiological‚ emotional‚ cognitive‚ and behavioral. But‚ every genre of music gives its own message to teenagers. Some may enforce positive actions‚ while some condone negative actions. Rap has the negative status of objectifying women and promoting gang violence. On the other hand‚ rock has a positive reputation because it helps people cope with their problems and identify with their peers. Everyone‚ teenagers included‚ is susceptible
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not only the media but politicians and other members of society. This has been due Rap artist’s explicit view on society from the Black perspective. The extensive use of curse words has been just one battle between rappers and American censorship. However‚ one theme that has caused great controversy‚ most apparent in the ‘Gangsta Rap’ genre‚ is misogyny and sexism. In a study of the 2005 U.S. Billboard Charts‚ Rap
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Big Payback Notes • Early conflict in the the fiscal underpinnings of hiphop. There was significant backlash from urban purists (essentially those living and breathing hiphop’s four elements by DJing‚ MCing‚ breakdancing‚ and graffiti tagging in its raw street setting) who disliked the commerical sensibiltiies of the Sugar Hill Gang and the mercenary attitudes of rap’s first music label Sugar Hill Records. Term “hiphop” begot cultural factions between those who saw themselves as lubricant partygoers (the
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Good vs. Evil: Rock and Hip Hop Written by: Chanel Auguste In 1965‚ The Rolling Stones early hit‚ "I Can’t Get No Satisfaction"‚ is taken off of many radio station’s play lists after they received complaints of the lyrics containing sexually suggestive lyrics. 1980‚ Pink Floyd’s hit single "Another Brick in the Wall (Part II)‚ with its chorus of kids chanting "We Don’t Need No Education"‚ is banned by the South African government; Children upset about inferior education‚ adopt the song as
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was in economic ruin as it tried to convert back into a peacetime economy o Inflation due to debt o Loss of jobs and the closing of factories • Unemployment rates soared The General Strike • Labourers across Manitoba organised the One Big Union (OBU) that was meant to fight for labourer’s rights • Strikers demanded a general living wage‚ eight hour work days‚ and the right to unionize • Businessmen organised themselves as The Citizen’s Committee of One Thousand who needed the security of their
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evolved from playing jazz music‚ to creating electronic and providing people with rap and hip-hop. However over the years‚ African American race has been portrayed in a negative perspective. Rap and Hip Hop music and their videos depict them as to being violent‚ criminals‚ and unruly. Articles all over the internet have the same remarks to pose “Rap these days is all about bitches‚ hoes‚ and drugs.” In a sense‚ rap is generalized by a few songs and the messages poised by the songs are assumed to
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the greatest rap artist of all time‚ then who else is? LL Cool J is widely known amongst the hip-hop community as the grandfather and originator of many different styles and types of rap‚ but in my opinion the greatest rap artist of all time definitely goes to Tupac Amaru Shakur. Tupac Amaru Shakur was born on was born June 16‚ 1971 in New York City and his first name means “Shining Serpent‚” and his last name “Shakur” means “Thankful to God.” At the time in the 1990’s where gangster rap
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Everett A. Benjamin calls for more discussion on the racist and to a lesser extent the misogynist implications of black female representation in contemporary rap music videos. According to her‚ the objectification of women stems from a historical portrayal of AfricanAmericans as an inferior race; the overtly sexual images in videos by rap artists such as Snoop Dogg are not only derogatory to women‚ but also reinforce pre-constructed racist ideas in American society. In addition to this‚ she makes
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