Kieran Jolivette Ms. Bezet English IV‚ 6th Hour 11 October 2012 Musician Musicians play instruments for a living and may work in symphony orchestras‚ bands‚ rock groups‚ or jazz "combos." Most musicians study for many years before they become professionals. They usually train in some area of specialization such as popular or classical music. Musicians who specialize in the trumpet‚ trombone‚ clarinet‚ saxophone‚ organ‚ or a rhythm instrument such as the piano‚ string bass‚ drums‚ or guitar
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N.W.A (an abbreviation of Niggaz Wit Attitudes)[1][2][3] was an American hip hop group from Compton‚ California‚ widely considered one of the seminal acts of the gangsta rap and west coast hip hop sub-genres‚ sometimes credited as the most important group in the history of rap music.[4] Active from 1986 to 1991‚ the rap group endured controversy due to the explicit lyrics that many considered to be disrespectful to women‚ and glorifying drugs and crime. The group was subsequently banned from many
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Inside Out Hip-hop WORKSHEET A Jo For many people hip-hop is synonymous with rap music‚ but I’d say it refers to a whole subculture that emerged with rap in the United States – especially New York – in the late 1970s and has since become truly international. Rapping (or ‘MCing’) and DJing are the two main components of hip-hop music. Maybe you could describe rap as a form of expression that is somewhere between speech‚ poetry and song. Other parts of hip-hop culture are specific styles of dancing
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O’shea Jackson or more widely known as Ice Cube was born June 15‚ 1969‚ in the South Central area of Los Angeles. He is son of Doris‚ a hospital clerk/custodian‚ and Hosea Jackson‚ who worked as a groundskeeper at UCLA. He went to William Howard Taft Charter high school and studied at the Phoenix Institute of Technology‚ and with the help of his parents he was able to navigate the tricky streets of South Central L.A that were getting shaped by drugs‚ guns‚ and violence. O’shea Jackson was a good
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Snoop Dogg was amazed at his work. Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg also made a production together. This was called‚ “Nuthin but a ‘G’ Thang.” This song introduced the world to G-funk‚ which incorporated musical samples and melodies from funk with gangsta rap. Gangsta Rap was “founded” by Dr. Dre‚ and often refers to gang related violence‚ which Snoop Dogg was against‚
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who travelled as poets and lyricists‚ contributed greatly to the lyricism of East coast hip-hop; the music of the Last Poets‚ Gil Scott-Heron and Jalal Mansur Nurriddin‚ had great importance to the development of east coast hip hop with their early raps and rhythm. The furthermost direct influence on East coast hip-hop was the Jamaican style of ‘Toasting’‚ which consisted of chanting over African American R&B records. African American sailors introduced Toasting’ in the 1960s at dances termed ‘Blues
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just all around uplifting mood you get from listening to rap music. Rap music has always been under microscope for its brand of misogyny.(Hip-Hop Objectifies Women But So Does Society) While the blame for violent teens has shifted towards rap music‚ it still has a small bit of positive supporters. When you listen to rap music your first thought is "God No turns this mess off." Yet us‚ as in society lacks to see the positive in the lyrics. Rap music was one of the beginning ways that people sought
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(also known as emceeing) and DJing. When combined with break dancing and graffiti art‚ these are the four components of hip hop‚ a cultural movement which began in New York City in the 1970s‚ predominantly by African Americans and Latinos.[1] The term rap music is sometimes used synonymously with hip hop music‚ though it is also used to refer specifically to the practice of rapping. Origins of hip hop The roots of hip hop are found in West African and African-American music. The griots of West Africa
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different types of music. It is produced and supported by primarily blacks around the world. Beginning in the early 1940s‚ rhythm and blues music embraced genres as jump blues‚ club blues‚ black rock‚ and roll‚ doo wop‚ soul‚ Motown‚ funk‚ disco‚ and rap. It was first coined in 1949 by Jerry Wexler‚ who became prominent with Atlantic Records. Southern soul was originated by James Brown and Ray Charles. On many of the early soul records‚ Charles would take a traditional religious song and transform
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become a dominant global youth culture with music‚ art‚ fashion‚ films and Tupac an icon within this culture a “Black Elvis”. Hip Hop has many different sub genres such as conscious‚ gangsta‚ party rap and with emcees in the different genres according to their subject matter. The paper will explore Changes a conscious rap song that was recorded by Tupac in 1992‚ at a time when African Americans were affected by the beating of Rodney King by Police Officers‚ which led to the Los Angeles Riots of 1992
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