Lancaster ENGL- 1301 18 September‚ 2012 A Response to “Hip Hop: A Roadblock or pathway to Black Empowerment” Geoffrey Bennett’s article Hip Hop: A Roadblock or Pathway to Black Empowerment illustrates the influence hip hop and rap music has had on not only the music industry but mainstream culture‚ African Americans to be specific. Geoffrey Bennett‚ a senior English Major from Voorhees‚ New Jersey goes over many aspects of how hip hop came to be “the forefront of American attention.” He starts
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The Positives and Negatives of Hip-Hop In Geoffrey Bennett’s essay titled‚ “Hip-Hop: A Roadblock or Pathway to Black Empowerment‚” he speaks about the positive and negative effects that hip-hop has on the Black Community. Bennett goes all the way to the beginning of hip-hop‚ which he says took place in the early 1980s with rappers such as Run DMC‚ Public Enemy‚ Sugar Hill Gang and many others. The author then speaks about how hip-hop grew not only in the young black African American culture but
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especially for black women. Even with many new genres arising from the contemporary music scene ‚ hip-hop has maintained it’s leading popularity. In Jennifer McLune’s “Hip-Hop’s Betrayal of Black Women”‚ Hip-Hop is portrayed as a negative contender in the advocacy of female activism. Through the argument in this article‚ it can be understood that hip-Hop music more often that not‚ degrades women and what it means to be female. Any person who has taken time to listen to more than one Hip-Hop‚ or rap song
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Hip Hop is a musical and cultural genre that has become prominent over the last three decades. It was a way of allowing individuals to express themselves through music‚ dance‚ and dress to assist in finding their own identity. Hip Hop has more recently gathered a negative image on how women are portrayed in the industry. Hip Hop music videos in particular are said to objectify women‚ specifically black women in a hypersexual manner. This portrayal of the black women has arguably had an effect on
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Hip hop is now a popular kind of music and is known and liked throughout the world. This kind of music goes back to the 1970s‚ at that time it was an underground urban development. It was born in south Bronx‚ New York. As the hip-hop movement began at society’s margins‚ its origins are shrouded in myth‚ enigma‚ and obfuscation. music that is mostly rap‚ a rhyming speech that is chanted along with some music. It consists of a stylized rhythmic. The usage of literary devices and a lot of lyrics along
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Jonathon Bidelspach AFA 2000 Unit IV Paper Hip-hop music is known as one of the most popularizing and popular genres in our modern society. Most of hip-hop music is considered vulgar‚ offensive‚ and meaningless‚ which can be easily displayed by hip-hop artists such as Soulja Boy and Lil’ Wayne. However‚ who gets lost in translation is the artist who conveys true meaning in their lyrics and sticks with the original roots of the music. For hip-hop’s short life‚ there has been dramatic change in
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“Hip-hop reflects the truth‚ and the problem is that hip-hop exposes a lot of the negative truth that society tries to conceal. It ’s a platform where we could offer information‚ but it ’s also an escape.”- Busta Rhymes (Hip Hop Quotes) Hip hop does contain a largely negative influence into the American society by black men getting into violence‚ assaulting black women physically and concerning about their education‚ their employment and their incarceration. The hip hop music influence young black
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listening too‚ but my favorite type of music I enjoy the most is a combination of hip hop and rap music. This is my favorite type of music because it tells stories I can relate to‚ there are many different types of hip hop and rap music‚ and I can listen to it in whatever kind of mood I am in. Hip hop has so many different forms from spoken word‚ rap and R&B all of which have shaped the culture of hip hop. The term hip hop is often misconceived as many think it promotes violence and drug use‚ all
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Professor Marini Research Paper; 12pm Hip Hop Phenomenon Barack Obama once stated‚ “The thing about hip-hop today is it ’s smart‚ it ’s insightful. The way they can communicate a complex message in a very short space is remarkable (Morgan 927).” Hip Hop has evolved through the years by the people who participate in it. The message in the lyrics that hip hop artist speak are usually directed to the youth community. Hip Hop is spread throughout the world. Hip Hop was started by the youth and is continuing
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“Hip-Hop‚ The Renaissance” By Christopher Bowman Christopher Bowman “Hip-Hop‚ The Renaissance” They say "they never really miss you til you dead or you gone" So on that note I’m leaving after the song. A wise MC by the name of Shawn Corey Carter told me this as his Black Album gave me identical eclectic vibes I felt listening to the likes of Digable Planets‚ Big L‚ Big Daddy Kane‚ Big Pun‚ Common‚ Mos Def and others artists born of “The Renaissance”. I have come to inform you all
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