10/25/12 UWP 102i Definition Rough Draft Essay Hip Hop Benefitting or Blacklisting Black Culture? Hip Hop as a musical genre has gone through much change not only in the content of the music‚ but the message conveyed and how many would say it has in some ways defined black culture in the last 20 years. A significant amount of hip hop music nowadays is geared towards painting this unrealistic image of hyper-materialism‚ sexism‚ and violence that ultimately assists in dragging black culture
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reference to hip-hop. I: Introduction Increasingly over the past twenty years‚ hip-hop has transformed from “marginalised to mainstream” (Motley & Henderson‚ 2008‚ p.243) as more and more of the world’s youth follow the genre. With these growing numbers all over the world there is simultaneously growing concern that hip-hop is increasingly homogenised as artists adopt the genre. This essay will address both the homogenous and hybrid aspects of hip-hop‚ arguing that true hip-hop must contain
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At-Risk youth in need of intervention oftentimes do not seek proper help and instead deal with their issues and frustrations internally‚ turning to music (specifically Hip Hop/Rap) as an outlet in response to the poor social conditions in their environment (Alvarez‚ 2012). There is a direct correlation between where a young person is raised (relating to their SES) and their social/emotional outcomes. Urban youth who grow up in poverty and/or are exposed to violence and drugs‚ are likely to be at
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Hip Hop Music Should Be Heavily Censored Here On Out Hip hop music is a way that a person can express themselves. Over the years hip hop music has created many opportunities for individuals to make money. Hip hop music has many people that likes and dislike the language usage. Hip hop music should be heavily censored because of the language used in the records‚ disrespecting of a culture and the misrepresentation of themselves and others. The selection of words used in hip hop had gain and
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February 15‚ 2012 The Positives and Negatives of Hip-Hop In Geoffrey Bennett’s essay titled‚ “Hip-Hop: A Roadblock or Pathway to Black Empowerment‚” he speaks about the positive and negative effects that hip-hop has on the Black Community. Bennett goes all the way to the beginning of hip-hop‚ which he says took place in the early 1980s with rappers such as Run DMC‚ Public Enemy‚ Sugar Hill Gang and many others. The author then speaks about how hip-hop grew not only in the young black African American
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with compositions of music that blur the lines of genre and classification. Whether this is due to an artist who was previously categorized within one genre and branched out‚ or if the music bears similarities to the prototype of multiple musical genres‚ there can be confusion and hesitation regarding classifying certain pieces of music. Runnin’‚ also known as The Pharcyde Song‚ by Pharcyde is one of these confusing pieces when the rapping is parsed apart from the instrumental music. To begin this particular
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English 101 September 11‚ 2013 For the love of Music Everyone expresses themselves in a variety of ways getting lost in their own world only to be understood by them‚ this lost realm in which people enter is very vague‚ there isn’t much to it but the feelings and emotions brought upon by the music. Certain songs or artists/bands seem to strike very emotional ties with many people and that includes me‚ but idea of what music is undefined. Music doesn’t take shape or size but it essentially forms
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TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction 2 The Beginning of Hip Hop 3 Hip Hop Influence on Fashion 5 Moodboard 8 Color Story 9 Collection Look 1 10 Look 2 11 Look 3 12 Look 4 13 Look 5 14 Target Market 15 Conclusion 16 Bibliography 17 INTRODUCTION In the 1970s‚ black people in United States‚ who are African American was living in limited environment. They can’t get the same facilities like the white people. This suppressed
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“Divorced from skin color‚ sound quality‚ scene or history‚ Hip-Hop (and therefore its more prolific offspring‚ rap) and punk share every important defining factor: heavy bassline‚ repetitive and melodically simple or devoid vocals focused on internal rhyme‚ minimalistic instrumental hooks‚ and lyrics about nihilism‚ social concern‚ poverty and oppression”(Ross Hsu). Hsu asserts that despite the fact that Hip-Hop and punk have different cultural and historical backgrounds‚ they are similar because
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“I got twenty-five dollars on my dresser‚ and if I give it to my hoe she gone bring back more”‚ a lyric from “Cash Money Millionaires” by hip-hop star Lil Wayne. Would hearing this lyric encourage someone to become a pimp? Hip hop music does not affect its listener’s behavior; it only expresses situations that are already happening. In “How Hip-Hop Holds Blacks Back‚” by John McWhorter‚ he states “By reinforcing the stereotypes that long hindered blacks‚ and by teaching young blacks that a thuggish
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