Hip Hop Analysis
Hip-hop
Many view the influence of hip hop music and culture as negative, degrading, promoting crime and generating, a generation of reckless young individuals. I was among the many, however after viewing the documentary of “The Art of Rap” my perception has slightly changed. The five elements of hip hop which is knowledge, writing, emceeing, rhyming, and style, does make hip hop an art indeed, which I think, many artists have not considered the impact. So much of the language is degrading to women and it creates a negative relationship within the family structure. Although hip hop music and culture may last, many American has been affected by it, in the past, the present and possible in the future.
In the past, the documentary stated hip hop dated back to the Zulu nation when someone wanted to talk about (degrade) someone else, this went on until one person gave in or started a fight or someone stepped in and broke it up. In the early …show more content…
I was watching a religious program one night, Eminem and Beyoncé was performing, rapping and singing a religious song. I started to change the channel but after watching the documentary which he was on talking about his suicide attempt, I decided to listen to the song, to really listen to the words. Ice-T said, “Who would have thought a white man would be known as the best rapper of all times”. And I thought to myself, now he has made a change, and who knows how many lives he will touch or influence to make a change.
In collusion, hip hop culture may be around for a long time, it is now and was in the past, it already has stood the test of time. What will (the artist) do with it, to make not only America but the world a better place? Because hip hop influences the lives of so many young people today, why not change it, give the words a respectful meaning, and may it a positive influence instead of
Many view the influence of hip hop music and culture as negative, degrading, promoting crime and generating, a generation of reckless young individuals. I was among the many, however after viewing the documentary of “The Art of Rap” my perception has slightly changed. The five elements of hip hop which is knowledge, writing, emceeing, rhyming, and style, does make hip hop an art indeed, which I think, many artists have not considered the impact. So much of the language is degrading to women and it creates a negative relationship within the family structure. Although hip hop music and culture may last, many American has been affected by it, in the past, the present and possible in the future.
In the past, the documentary stated hip hop dated back to the Zulu nation when someone wanted to talk about (degrade) someone else, this went on until one person gave in or started a fight or someone stepped in and broke it up. In the early …show more content…
I was watching a religious program one night, Eminem and Beyoncé was performing, rapping and singing a religious song. I started to change the channel but after watching the documentary which he was on talking about his suicide attempt, I decided to listen to the song, to really listen to the words. Ice-T said, “Who would have thought a white man would be known as the best rapper of all times”. And I thought to myself, now he has made a change, and who knows how many lives he will touch or influence to make a change.
In collusion, hip hop culture may be around for a long time, it is now and was in the past, it already has stood the test of time. What will (the artist) do with it, to make not only America but the world a better place? Because hip hop influences the lives of so many young people today, why not change it, give the words a respectful meaning, and may it a positive influence instead of