In Depth Case Study of Hip Hop Music * Introduction – describe what hip-hop is and attributes of the genre (200 words): In this case study I will be looking at music genre of hip-hop and how representations of gender‚ sexuality and race are reflected through this genre. Joseph Schloss describes hip-hop as ‘a diverse and vibrant culture that makes use of variety of techniques and approaches to serve many communities throughout the United States‚ in fact the world’ (Schloss:2004: p8). Music
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Pardon the pun‚ but when it comes to degrading and sexist representations of women in music‚ does hip hop deserve its bad rap? Almost exclusively blamed for the negative images of women in music videos‚ hip hop is often perceived as unforgivingly misogynistic. In hip hop and rap‚ many of the lyrics and images portray women of all ethnicities as sexual objects and depict the exploitation of and violence against women. The image of dozens of semi-naked women dancing provocatively around one blinged-out
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The term “hip hop” originates from the cultural grouping of African Americans living in the low-income areas of the South Bronx in New York City. Rap music has become a culturally originated music genre stemming from hip hop in the 1970s. Rap music can be defined as rhythmic speaking; almost poetically‚ stemming from Jamaican traditions‚ which included impromptu poetry (Chang‚ 2005) and synthesising‚ which is when DJs speak over the musical rhythms in a poetic form. This hip hop culture then
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as $2.50 a gram. As crack cocaine became a terrible and rising epidemic‚ hip-hop was going with it. It was in the 1980s that crack cocaine and hip-hop became a foundation in urban communities. Hip hop started off in New York when they used to have block parties and people would start rapping over beats or someone beat boxing and the dance crave of breaking and b-boying where people would move to the beat. Sadly hip hop artist started glorifying the crack epidemic by calling themselves Kurtis
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(Morris‚ 864). This country’s youth is unlike any others‚ we have much control over what we do‚ and music is something that evolves around all of us. In this essay‚ I will discuss the evolution of youth music ranging from early rock‚ to today’s hip hop stars‚ from a muliculturalistic point of view. Multiculturalism is " a term identifying the presence of several significant cultures" (Stark‚ 434). Without the presence of multiculturalism‚ music may not be as diversified and rounded as it is
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called banduria composed on the Iberian tradition. Other instruments including guitars‚ is also performed.It is original to Spain. Hip-hop[edit] Main article: Pinoy hip hop Filipino hip-hop is hip hop music performed by musicians of Filipino descent‚ both in the Philippines‚ and overseas‚ especially by Filipino-Americans. This article focuses first on Filipino hip-hop in the Philippines‚ and secondly on that in the USA. The Philippines is known
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There is a great deal of media stereotyping related to rap music‚ hip-hop culture and the economically deprived areas in which these art forms were born. Campbell explain‚ “ The common sense selection process of news organisations often dictates coverage of ‘negative’ minority news‚ whiles ‘positive’ stories about progress and success in minority communities tend to be shelved due to what journalists consider a lack of newsworthiness” (C Campbell‚ 1995‚ p.30) Recent growth in gun crime‚ and gun
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The “I Am Hip” chapter of the 1970 novel takes somewhat of a different turn. The two characters known as the ministers of information for Black Panther Party Party and the Red Guard (an Asian pro-communist organization) are discussing their past in a hotel room in the USSR and are planning to travel throughout Communist Asia. They hope to ultimately meet up with Mao Zedong. The Red Guard Party’s Minister of Information‚ also known as “RG” for short‚ talks about his past. He explains that he toured
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or allows participants involved in it to transcend the limitations imposed by gender/gender myths? Gender Degradation of Rap and Hip-Hop Music Dating back to the eras of the Beatles and the Rollingstones‚ music has always had an affect on the ways that people act‚ dress‚ and live their lives. With the arrival of rap and hip-hop music in the mid 1980’s‚ new lyrics and cultural values began to spread throughout the radio frequencies of every household and car in society. Rap
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culture that countered the white community. While the traditional white community put value in being clean-cut‚ stiff‚ and minimal‚ the black community was more vocal‚ more motley‚ and livelier. In Thomas F. DeFrantz’s “The Black Beat Made Visible: Hip Hop and Body Power”‚ he discusses how these differences begin to effect the performance of black art‚ and specifically black dances. DeFrantz discusses how these differences in culture commanded attention from the white community both positively from
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