Whether positive messages or negative‚ fans envy the lives that musicians in the 1990s sing about. The decade began with an attraction towards street-life‚ pain and agony in music with bands like the Nirvana and Metallica. Even in other genres like rap music‚ gang-life and drugs became commonly bragged about. N.W.A‚ Tupac Shakur‚ and Christopher Wallace (Notorious B.I.G) all expressed this life in the hood. In addition‚ pop artists utilize their flawless physical features to sell their music. Madonna
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(38)‚ 22‚ Retrieved from http://elibrary.bigchalk.com Brackett‚ Nathan Brackett‚ Nathan (2003‚ March 20). Ten ways to save hip-hop. Rolling Stone‚ 36‚ Retrieved from http://elibrary.bigchalk.com "Hip-Hop ’s Bad Rap." Narr Tapper‚ J.‚ Ross‚ J. (Host). (2001‚ June 12). Hip-Hop ’s Bad Rap [Transcript] Cable News Network. Retrieved from http://elibrary.bigchalk.com Galil‚ Leor Galil‚ Leor (2012‚ May 10). SCRATCH AND STITCH. Reader‚ (34)‚ 12‚ Retrieved from http://elibrary.bigchalk.com Bothwell‚ Beau
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Clan is one of the most influential hip hop groups of all time. With its unique production style‚ intense and vivid lyrics and mainstream consumer appeal‚ Wu-Tang was one of the artists that revolutionalised soul and transformed it into the modern rap that we hear today. Without their influence a significant part of both African American culture‚ and American music would simply not exist. The Wu-Tang are pioneers in their own right‚ and in this essay I intend to discuss the emergence of hip hop into
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end of each chapter. Hip hop is an art form that is closer to poetry‚ and it tells a story about growing up and what is going on in the world now. “Rap was the voice of this culture‚ the linguistic analog of hyperkinetic dance moves‚ vividly painted subway cars‚ and skillfully mixed break beats”(Bradley‚ Duboise XX). Source #3: Piekarski‚ Bill. "THE RAP ON HIP-HOP." Library Journal 129‚ no. 12 (July 15‚ 2004): 47-50. Academic Search Complete‚ EBSCOhost (accessed March 6‚ 2013). This article summarizes
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and East coast rap stars Tupac Shakur and the Notorious B.I.G. (Jordan‚ 2011). Taking over the West coast Tupac dominated his side of the map. While the Notorious B.I.G. aka Biggie was representing the East coast with a new style of Rap that streamed thought the city of New York. Fans from coast to coast have recognized the up coming new rap stars and the talent that they have brought to Hip-Hop. Each side of the coast supported either Biggie or Tupac. With the new style of “Gangsta Rap” that had been
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the greatest rap artist of all time‚ then who else is? LL Cool J is widely known amongst the hip-hop community as the grandfather and originator of many different styles and types of rap‚ but in my opinion the greatest rap artist of all time definitely goes to Tupac Amaru Shakur. Tupac Amaru Shakur was born on was born June 16‚ 1971 in New York City and his first name means “Shining Serpent‚” and his last name “Shakur” means “Thankful to God.” At the time in the 1990’s where gangster rap
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of young americans ‚ giving the people a voice. Hip Hop Nation goes from being a mere method of advertisement to a way to voice your opinions . “African Americans across the country who identified with [rap] were informed by it a medium through which to share national culture. In the process‚ rap artists became the dominant public voice of this generation” (Kitwana 10) “Historically‚ African Americans have shown a strong degree of racial solidarity‚ largely because they had common problems and saw
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The Literary Roots of Hip-hop Lyricism Introduction Rap is easily heard as a play of words‚ a sampling of music rhythms and melodies‚ and for the passers-by‚ a taunt against another taunt. But for those who will listen closely‚ rap lyrics may be full of history‚ a love story‚ political critique‚ innuendo‚ sarcasm as well as wit (Rose‚ 1994‚ p 14). The past decades had hip-hop fill up a cultural lexicon of vocabulary‚ characters and culture. Accordingly‚ the lexicon has been fed by hip-hop
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Sociology 241 Course Paper Question #1: Using Hagedorn’s analysis of the Hamburgs‚ and the Conservative Vice Lords in Chicago‚ and the Crips and Bloods video’s analysis of gangs in LA‚ discuss how Hagedorn’s concept of demoralization‚ and Cornell West’s concept of nihilism‚ have an objective basis in the historical structure of Chicago’s and LA’s racism. In John M. Hagedorn’s book A World of Gangs he states‚ “An increasingly frustrated and demoralized population will reluctantly turn to
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Is Hip-Hop/Rap Poetry? Over the past several years‚ hip-hop’s/music standing has been tumbling. Criticizers of the genre often arguably point at the extreme cursing‚ degradation of women‚ and adoration of the "gangsta" lifestyle as major flaw in rap songwriting. However‚ it is important that these characteristics only describe a small section of hip-hop. Most rap songs are actually very poetic‚ as they feature the rhythms and verses‚ poetic devices‚ and themes that are crucial elements of traditional
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