Hip-Hop/R & B Music Analysis
One of the main genres in music is Hip-Hop/R&B, because it is pop culture and a huge part of the youth community today. This genre has a good beat to it and it is easy to listen to and the lyrics relate to the lives of its listeners. Artists in the Hip-Hop/R&B genre portray sex in many different styles. Some artists use a romantic style while others use a humorous style that is very vivid. Artists choose to write about sex in their lyrics because it is controversial and it draws the attention of today’s youth. Sex is controversial because most people are not comfortable talking about it in an open setting.
Artists use different languages in their lyrics to portrait sex. The words and metaphors they use make their styles different and it makes …show more content…
One thing that sometimes comes with humor is a bad attitude toward women. You can tell the attitude and humor based on the lyrics such as, “See I meet this woman from Hawaii, Stuck it in her ass and she said “aiee” lips was breakfast, pussy was lunch, then her titties busted open with Hawaiian punch.” As you can see the lyrics are very humorous by having the woman’s breasts filled with Hawaiian punch because she was from Hawaii. It is also degrading to women because it doesn’t speak of them very highly he uses the word fuck which is associated with sex without love. Humor may be used to portray sex because it lightens the mood and kind of makes fun of sex so it doesn’t seem quite as bad, and is accepted easier by some people. Another artist that uses humor is Pretty Ricky who also uses strong language with humor. In the lyrics of “Playhouse,” by Pretty Ricky, the lyrics are very strong and an example of this is, “Yeah, I’ll be your lover man your sneaky freaky kinky brother man your undercover man you my Wendy, and I’m your Peter Pan.” These are strong lyrics because he uses the metaphor of Wendy and Peter Pan as sex characters, and everyone knows Wendy and Peter Pan from children’s movies. This style of strong language in lyrics is used to attract people that are comfortable with sex and understands it but again it is very degrading to
Artists use different languages in their lyrics to portrait sex. The words and metaphors they use make their styles different and it makes …show more content…
One thing that sometimes comes with humor is a bad attitude toward women. You can tell the attitude and humor based on the lyrics such as, “See I meet this woman from Hawaii, Stuck it in her ass and she said “aiee” lips was breakfast, pussy was lunch, then her titties busted open with Hawaiian punch.” As you can see the lyrics are very humorous by having the woman’s breasts filled with Hawaiian punch because she was from Hawaii. It is also degrading to women because it doesn’t speak of them very highly he uses the word fuck which is associated with sex without love. Humor may be used to portray sex because it lightens the mood and kind of makes fun of sex so it doesn’t seem quite as bad, and is accepted easier by some people. Another artist that uses humor is Pretty Ricky who also uses strong language with humor. In the lyrics of “Playhouse,” by Pretty Ricky, the lyrics are very strong and an example of this is, “Yeah, I’ll be your lover man your sneaky freaky kinky brother man your undercover man you my Wendy, and I’m your Peter Pan.” These are strong lyrics because he uses the metaphor of Wendy and Peter Pan as sex characters, and everyone knows Wendy and Peter Pan from children’s movies. This style of strong language in lyrics is used to attract people that are comfortable with sex and understands it but again it is very degrading to