battle rap‚ and political rap have swept the listeners of hip-hop off their feet. Hip-hop is a form of popular music that is compromised mainly of emceeing and deejaying. This genre of music originated in New York during the 70’s. American DJ Afrika Bambaataa‚ also known as the "godfather‚" were one of the originators of break-beat deejaying. Afrika Bambaataa is also known for giving hip- hop it’s name. The hip-hop culture is characterized by the four elements of rapping‚ breakdancing
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The decline of hip-hop Name: Georjette Jeanlouis Class: English CP Date: 6/6/2014 There are many definitions of this term called hip-hop; mainly hip-hop is not just a genre of music… or just a word. Hip-Hop is a lifestyle some people live by that is consisting of four elements-- such as break dancing‚ graffiti art‚ disc jockey‚ and master of comedy-- coining together to form this term called “Hip- Hop”. Hip-hop has taken America by the storm with their new fashion trends‚ latest music
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Rappers Delight - The Start of Hip-Hop and It’s Death Now what you hear is not a test‚ I’m rappin to the beat and me‚ the groove‚ and my friends are gonna try to move your feet see I am wonder mike and I like to say hello to the black‚ to the white‚ the red‚ and the brown‚ the purple and yellow. On January 5‚ 1980‚ New Jersey businesswoman and highly respected rhythm and Blues artist Sylvia Robinson and three young men from Englewood‚ New Jersey — Big Bank Hank‚ Master Gee and Wonder Mike — changed
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Is Hip-Hop Culture Really Dead? From Jamilah Evelyn’s “The Miseducation of Hip-Hop-Discrimination in Education”‚ Jason Hinmon talked about his personal experience as an African American student. As a senior in college he transferred to University of Delaware. Here‚ he felt abandoned and out of character. Hinmon felt that people‚ including the professors at University of Delaware‚ judged him of his dark skin and dreaded hair. Though the teachers thought he was some hip-hop criminal who is an unmotivated
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Hip-Hop versus R&B Rhythm and blues was considered strictly black music. The black culture is a phenomenal subject representing the life style‚ imagination and accomplishments of people. One of the most outstanding and unique characteristic that makes this culture one of a kind is the music I has produced. Music has a common characteristic that is unique to all cultures throughout the world. Today‚ I want to focus on the comparing of two music styles Hip-Hop versus R&B and the
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It all started with the birth of a nation. The shameful crimes that build this country rest on the backs of an enslaved people‚ yesterday in chains and with laws and today behind bars and within socialization. The tale is as old as our time. The first slaves were brought to the Virginia Colony in the early 1600s. they were simply indentured servant whom would be released after working an agreed number of years. They came to America on a voluntary basis. Soon after‚ that model of slavery was replaces
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began in the South Bronx. These block parties mostly comprised of DJs playing vernacular genres such as soul‚ funk and disco‚ DJ Kool Herc amongst them‚ was credited with the development of East coast hip-hop‚ his technique of isolating the ‘break’ from a hard hitting funk track and extending it by using two copies of the same record became very popular. He emigrated to America (1967) from Jamaica bringing with him the already popular DJ style of break-beat mixing used in Jamaican Dub music. He encouraged
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Rap music is a music genre that has been around since the late 1970s and early 1980s in New York City and was pioneered by a Jamaican immigrant by the name of DJ Kool Herc‚ who started transporting simple rap songs at his parties‚ which was also by the Jamaican tradition of toasting. Rap has been popular since the 1990s as artists like Biggie Smalls‚ Tupac‚ and N.W.A were all popular artists in rap in the 1990s and P. Diddy and Dr. Dre were well known producers at the time and they still are as of
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Immigration and American Popular Culture All of the different ethnic groups that migrated from their homeland to the United States left some kind of mark on American popular culture. The European immigrants during the 1930s created a very large splash in the public eye through the use of cinema. In addition‚ the Jamaican immigrants in South Bronx during the 1970s made a name for themselves by introducing a form of music called rap. In this paper‚ I will be analyzing and comparing the similarities
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hip hop throughout the years. Hip hop is where it all started and is the root of it all. Hip hop emerged in the 1970’s in New York City‚ specifically the South Bronx. The pioneer of it all was a DJ from Kingston‚ Jamaica who immigrated to the U.S. to start a better life; this pioneer was named DJ Kool Herc. There were many inspirations and influences in the creation of the musical genre. Jazz‚ blues‚ country‚ and rock n’ roll were just a few of the styles of music that were influential. Influential
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