upper echelon while making his audience feel his struggles. Life After Death was an autobiography that plays as a landmark for hip hop. The album is certified diamond and has been credited by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA)‚ as being one of the best-selling rap albums of all time. This album deserves to be in the top five because it shows rap music as an art form that prior to‚ it was not. It unveils a dark gritty lifestyle and colors it with magnificent word play. It gave a
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thugs because of the trending clothing styles. According to Holsey (2013)‚ gangster rap is‚ “a subgenre of hip-hop music that evolved from hardcore hip-hop and purports to reflect urban crime and the violent lifestyles of inner city youths.” Holsey’s quote states that gangster rap comes from the experiences of frustrated black youths that live in the ghetto. Maultsby (2006) states‚ “Hip-hop became a popular symbol of urban black life to the wider American society‚ embodied by the young black male
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DJs like Kool Herc needed help to keep up the talking that had become just as popular as the music they were playing. This became the job of the MC. Herc’s first MCs were Coke La Rock and Clark Kent‚ and they added their own commentaries to the songs. Coke La Rock made up rhythmic poems that gained in popularity and were the first raps. Others soon followed‚ and rap music was born. The genre has been written off many times as a fad by people who didn’t understand it
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over competitors and overall benefits (Soloman et al. 2014‚ p.225). According to Gerrit (2014‚ p.1)‚ Beats Electronics is a company in the market of high-end audio systems which focuses on the three moieties; personal audio‚ audio software and online music streaming services. In conjunction with soaring product sales‚ it can be annotated that Beats Electronics monopolises the audio equipment industry targeted at today’s youth. With regard to positioning‚ Beats by Dr. Dre was positioned in the the remunerative
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Top 40 Singles Chart 03-04-2011 Pop 18 Keep Your Head Up 3:11 Andy Grammer www.sites.google.com/site/ring2mobile/ Pop 12 Stick Around 4:03 Azure Slow Jam Lighters (feat. Bruno Mars) 5:04 Bad Meets Evil www.sites.google.com/site/ring2mobile/ Hip Hop; Rap 80 If I Die Young 3:43 The Band Perry www.sites.google.com/site/ring2mobile/ Country 56 Best Thing I Never Had 4:13 Beyoncé www.sites.google.com/site/ring2mobile/ Pop 20 Love On Top 4:28 Beyoncé www.sites.google.com/site/ring2mobile/ Pop
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Dr. Dre is a music artist‚ producer‚ 6 grammy award winner and founder and owner of Beats Electronics. Hip-Hop music‚ technology and entrepreneurship all come together through Dre. Dr. Dre is the founder of Beats Electronics which are high quality headphones and speakers used all over the world. His musically talented knowledge of sound brought together with technology of HDMI cables from Monster‚ Inc. grew into business ownership and success. Isn’t it interesting how music‚ technology and business
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Introduction Hip-hop and rap as a whole tend to be lumped together as bad for society‚ or the dragging down of American culture. The debate on the influence of music effecting the actions of America’s youth has remained salient for decades. The upcoming genre of ‘Rap’ or ‘Hip-Hop’ in recent years has sparked controversy because of the references to violence and sex portrayed in many song lyrics. Not only has the issues of drugs and crime been associated with hip hop‚ but the diminishing perception
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is performed in time to a beat. Rapping is often associated with and a primary ingredient of hip hop music‚ but the origins of the phenomenon can be said to predate hip hop culture by centuries. It can also be found in alternative rock such as that of Cake and the Red Hot Chili Peppers. Rapping is also used in Kwaito music‚ a genre that originated in Johannesburg‚ South Africa and is composed of hip hop elements. Since the early 21st century‚ it has been possible to hear rap in every major language
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blues‚ and hip-hop‚ most Americans do not realize that they are the essential components to the evolution of African American Vernacular Literature. In fact‚ it is the key factor that brought African American culture into the limelight in America. Since the first black peoples in America were slaves‚ and were not allowed to read or write‚ the African American Vernacular Traditions began as completely oral communications in the form of church songs‚ blues‚ jazz‚ rhythm and blues‚ and hip hop. The African
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fondly known as the “Godfather of Gangsta Rap‚” was one of the most authoritative African-American forces of the hip hop and rap revolution in the 1990s. Eazy-E‚ hailing from Compton‚ California‚ became an unstoppable‚ dynamic force in the hip-hop and rap community after his wild success in the rap group known as NWA. His innovative and explosive music stylings continue to influence the music industry today and have ensured his legacy will live on for years to come. Born September 7th‚ 1964 as Eric
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