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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many people consider to be the heart of the Hip Hop scene. People always said that if you can make it in New York‚ you can make it anywhere else. He tried exactly that. He began creating music soon after the divorce of his parents. His depressive feelings fueled the energy that came through on his verses. His beats were quite different. He didn’t use any of the new catchy beats storming the youth. He fought to bring back the classic style that put Hip Hop in New York on top. Joey describes the scene
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Straight Outta Compton or Death Certificate . . . it does come off as the kind of powerful mid-career album those acts should’ve been able to make as hip-hop’s elder spokesmen".[7] Christopher Weingarten of Spin gave the album 9 out of 10 and wrote "A child of the ’80s and a student of the Internet‚ Killer Mike is as exciting and wildly unclassifiable as hip-hop gets: New York noise and country shit‚ nods to when rap was punk and crunk was pop‚ Ice Cube before he needed hooks‚ David Banner before he needed
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Hip-Hop music has always been equated with fashion in our society and Kanye West has platforms for artists before and following him to be more creative with their work in both sectors. Being a rapper and producer was not a common occurrence in the hip-hop industry and Kanye was initially refused at the doors of labels because nobody at the time believed that could work. Labels were further uncompliant when West presented songs with religious references‚ such as "Jesus Walks" because such lyrics were
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sure they understand that putting “im in a gang lol dont mess wit me #swag #turnup” in your Instagram bio and making your username ILOVEWEED420 does not make you a gang member. It just further proves your suburban roots. Bad behavior at school also does not count as gang behavior‚ it just ruins your reputation and gets you into unneeded trouble. Real gangsters gets in gun fights‚ are responsible for black market trades‚ and killing people. A normal suburban kid who has had absolutely no exposure to
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I chose to read Joan Morgan’s From Fly-Girls to Bitches and Hoes for my next reading journal article. She begins with background information of current hip hop and rap lyrics‚ and the language they choose to use. Much of the diction used in their songs are insensitive towards women of all kinds. However‚ Morgan points out that the rappers are not to be entirely blamed. For centuries‚ women have used their sexuality as an advantage in order to progress through social and work situations. “Sex has
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Listening to Rap: Cultures of Crime‚ Cultures of Resistance Julian Tanner‚ University of Toronto Mark Asbridge‚ Dalhousie University Scot Wortley‚ University of Toronto This research compares representations of rap music with the self-reported criminal behavior and resistant artirudes of the music’s core audience. Our database is a large sample of Toronro high school studenrs (n = 3‚393) from which we identify a group of listeners‚ whose combination of musical likes and dislikes distinguish them as rap
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Rap: Detrimental To Our Youth “Money‚ cash‚ h**s‚ money‚ cash‚ chicks/Sex‚ murder and mayhem- romance for the street/Only wife of mines is a life of crime/F*** the law‚ keep dealing! I led a life you can write a book on/Sex‚ murder and mayhem‚ romance for the street/Man‚ and I tell ya‚ it’ll be the best seller.” (Jay Z‚ Money‚ Cash‚ H**s) From rapping about the ills of society and the injustice and inequality of the 1970’s to the lyrics of Jay Z‚ rap has taken a turn for the worst. Although rap
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At only 22 years old‚ Joey Bada$$ is already solving complex real-world problems through his new album ALL-AMERIKKKAN BADA$$ with his conscious hip-hop music. His style contests political‚ cultural‚ social and economic issues in his music. A topic that‚ while it has been mentioned by other rappers in the past couple years‚ it hasn’t been tackled for the entirety of an album. The important issues covered in each song is a really good way to open up these subjects to the world. Within todays cultural
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believe that we would all agree that Kanye West is one of the most talked about artists in modern pop culture. However‚ throughout his many outbursts‚ media mishaps and questionable views of his image the media cannot deny his contributions to the Hip-Hop and music cultures. Kanye West successfully brought self-conscious‚ thought-provoking music to a genre that had pride in glorifying‚ violence‚ drug use‚ sex and negativity among African Americans. He was a successful contender to Gangster Rap when
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