greed for women who degrade themselves for the limelight‚ as well as the glorification of the use of illegal drugs and the sales of it. The media has presented music‚ specifically rap‚ to be associated with negative connotations of blackness‚ “letting commercialized hip hop become a nearly constant caricature of gangstas‚ pimps‚ and hoes‚ we’ve come to equate black poverty with black street life. Mainstream music is still more “censored” and does not always focus on content rather than form. It is
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Darling 1 Mrs. Butler AP English 11 Children and Violence Over the past 30 years‚ behavior in children has worsened. Growing up used to less traumatic just a few decades ago. Children back then worried about things such as a flat tire on their bike and hoped that their teacher wouldn ’t give them too much homework. (Anderson‚ 1) Children and adolescents have among the highest rates of conventional crime victimization and‚ in addition‚ suffer from some crimes like sexual abuse and family
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business regardless if they were popular at one point. As mixes change the genre of music either adapts or evolves into a new one. For instance‚ rap music once used snare drums‚ guitars‚ and fast passed monotone lyrics. Over time‚ the meaning of the lyrics changed and with that the “beat” fallowed. Rap changed from party time‚ to violence‚ to being gangsta‚ to something that cannot be defined‚ so naturally an undefined mixing style occurred‚ losing its edge‚ becoming less popular. The three most
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English 101‚ Section LLC December 11‚ 2013 Essay 3.2 (Hip hop) First Draft Dr. Boyce Watkins debates with Michael Eric Dyson on whether or not hip hop artists should be held accountable for their words. Both off these men already know‚ all of the artist should be held accountable‚ however if we can put the artist to task to stop making that kind of idiotic music‚ will we have the power to stop that machine that has rob us blind but still put out recording artists slaves that get plenty
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Discovering Blackface Minstrelsy and its Relation to Music Today Jocelyn Labombarde Word Count: 1‚996 9/19/2013 When I first came into this class‚ I knew very little about blackface minstrelsy beyond the basic concept that it included white men blackening their faces and putting on shows to mock African Americans. I had heard of Stephen Foster and some of the more famous minstrel composers and knew the general time period in which minstrelsy was common. Much of
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Clifton Smith Business Ethics Nov. 1‚ 2012 Ice-T and Time Warner Case Amendment I Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion‚ or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech‚ or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble‚ and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. Ice T ’s Introduction: "This next record is dedicated to some personal friends
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attitude" to begin with? To answer this we must look at the culture. The values we Americans tend to have‚ make the alternative life style very appealing‚ this in conjunction with the glorified gang life style portrayed through the lyrics of the "Gangsta" rap artists all influence the young impressionable mind. This may make the child feel a sense of power‚ identity‚ or family‚ reflecting on the child ’s attitude. Also one must look at
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Latika when she laughs at his singing. The characters actions appear over the top and unnecessary and reveal his reactive personality. Boyle also uses music to emphasize Salim’s dark nature. The track Gangsta Blues is played after Salim’s murder of Maman. The track is in the style of an American gangster rap with dark tones and deep repetitive deeps creating a tense and unnerving mood for the audience. Salim never appears to show remorse for his violent actions. He firstly murders Maman then rapes Latika
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CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE: AFRICAN AMERICANS AT THE MILLENNIUM & CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR: THE TRIUMPH OF BLACK POLITICS: 1980 TO THE PRESENT 1. How did Reginald Lewis become the wealthiest black man in America? a. He was a music producer‚ for people like Michael Jackson. b. He founded the computer company Microsoft. c. He was a successful businessman. d. He was a well-known actor in several films‚ under the name Denzel Washington. 2. How did the economic situation for blacks change in the late twentieth
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with his legal and personal drama; you could not get away from Tupac in the 1990’s. From the womb to the day Tupac Shakur died he went through the struggles many self-proclaimed “gangsters” these days do as well; but using these problems he took the rap and hip-hop game to another level. Tupac Amaru Shakur‚ originally named Lesane Parish Crooks was born June 16th‚ 1971 in Brooklyn‚ New York to Billy Garland and Afeni Shakur (Kreps). Afeni Shakur was a part of the extremely radical Black Panther Party
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