Shannon Eng 22 Maddox March 9‚ 2013 The Evolution of Hip-Hop The world of music alone is always evolving‚ however we’ve come to a conclusion that the message the artist convey in hip-hop music in this generation are not helping out or paving the way for the next generation. The focus is to inform the readers that "smoke weed everyday" or "finding Molly" getting women is not what the hip-hop scene is all about. Hip-hop artists tell stories‚ or teach listeners about the everyday
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Analysis: Hip hop has undeniably progressed into a largescale sensation that has captivated the world. This paper is based upon hip-hop history and African heritage. This analysis approaches a vast view of hip-hop‚ its influences‚ struggle and beauty of these music genre. I name certain artist‚ their musical effects on political movements and events within the context of African American music and history. Page 1 provides the beginning of hip-hop‚ which includes the birthplace of hip-hop‚ and the
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In the 1950’s Rock n Roll came to the scene and shocked everyone. The new sexual language and sex appealing dance moves had people thinking it was the end of all innocence. Then in the 1980’s Hip Hop Rap became increasingly popular. Many people viewed this new music as stupid and disgusting. It was seen as a ghetto‚ spoken word‚ vulgar‚ type of music. An example of this stereotype is the views of Hip Hop/ Rap through James McBride’s perspective. In James McBride’s essay “Hip Hop Planet” he shares
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“Woman in Hip-Hop” Although hip-hop generally contains male emcees‚ there has been a plethora of female emcees in the earlier hip-hop days that have made a positive impact on the hip-hop community and the culture itself. Hip-Hop started in 1970 by DJ Kool Herc‚ but it wasn’t until 1979 that the first female emcee emerged. Her name was Wendy Clark A.K.A “Lady B”. She began spinning hip-hop records on WHAT 1340 AM in Philadelphia. She expanded hip-hop outside of New York to Philadelphia.
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With the help of technology hip-hop has become a global movement. This newfound globalization has connected different people by one love of the hip-hop culture. Some ways in which people connect through hip-hop include international organizations and competitions. A prime example is Hip Hop International (HHI)‚ the creators of MTV’s America’s Best Dance Crew. HHI puts on a world competition each year for dance crews to compete for a world title in Las Vegas. While it is a competition‚ it is also
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Hip-hop is one of the biggest and popular music genres in the world. Hip Hop is a genre that a person on a microphone is rhyming over a beat. Hip-Hop has been around over 40 years and has created different movement throughout the years. A few movements are the Native tongues‚ Roc a fella‚ and Young money. But the biggest movement is when Hip Hop all started. When Hip-Hop first came out‚ it helped all the African American unified with one another and even Puerto Ricans. To begin with‚ Kool Herc created
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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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Hip-hop music has been a part of my musical repertoire from early adolescence‚ and more recently‚ an art form I have been interested in exploring from a more critical and academic perspective. I’ve wanted to extend my knowledge beyond hip-hop as a pastime and into hip-hop as a social tool with the power to create‚ reproduce‚ and challenge dominant social life. This consideration facilitated my research question: “How is homosexuality represented in hip-hop music and communities?” Due to hip-hop’s
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What is “Hip Hop”? In today’s society‚ Hip Hop is commonly referred as a style of popular music‚ rap. However‚ Hip Hop is not just a rap‚ but a culture where ‘rap’ is often used synonymously with it. The ‘Hip Hop’ culture is known to originate from the South Bronx of New York City in the early 1970s as a liberation movement in the form of a diverse culture. This culture has since grown continuously innovating various different forms of additional elements leading the tradition to grow worldwide;
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Place Hip hop is a form of art that has been popular for the past twenty years. Although people in recent years often mistake rap music as vulgar and ill-mannered‚ the hip hop community continues to provide a great way to channel emotion and soul into their music. In his article‚ “The State of Rap: Time and Place” Jeffrey Louis Decker illustrates the black nationalism within the hip hop community by exploring how Black Nationalism can be accounted for within the hip hop music. Before hip hop was
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