Gangsta rap is a genre that reflects the harsh realities of the life in the ghettos. It portrays gang culture, violence, drugs, and especially sexism towards women. Gangsta rap glorifies sexism in their music; it utilizes misogyny, degrades and exploits women, depicts abuse toward them, specifically...
31 March 2012 Defining Rap and Hip-Hop Music and Its Controversies Rap music has become a significant component of American culture since its transformation into the mainstream. Since then, rap music has shown its positive and negative sides in many ways, rap music first began being an outlet into...
them are using women in very derogatory ways to gain their masculinity. Gangsta rap glorifies sexist, misogynist and patriarchal ways of thinking to attract mainstream culture (hooks). It has brought the “gangsta” rap into a dominant and very popular culture whose popularity continually increases with...
of Violence in Rap Music George Christopoulos – 1037247 300-301-VA IP – Topic: Violence Angelos Philippas 10/05/13 2750 Words Abstract The purpose of this research is to examine the integration of the theme of violence in the rap genre of music. In this paper, we analyse rap music from three...
products. Different avenues of media such as television, music and magazines are used to reach teenagers. What teens see on television, hear through song lyrics, and watch on music videos they believe to be real and a normal way of life. Some teenagers allow media to pressure them in hopes of being popular...
mass communication that speaks directly to society as a cultural form", and often reflects a collection and pattern of personal experiences. Hip-hop or rap, an art form and culture nearly thirty years old originating from The Bronx, New York, has provided a forum for Black and Latino youth to express their...
and the Department of Justice to conduct a study to determine whether firms in the movie, music recording and video game industries are marketing violent materials to young people.(2) The President's request came in response to concerns about the instances of senseless violence that have become a plague...
the urban and street lives of people all over. This hip hop song is “rapped” by Lil Wayne and has a rhythm and blues section sung by Bobby Valentino. Rap stems from poetry and is a way that artists do not sing, but poetically state what they are trying to get out in the song. It is said as if someone is...
believe that it has a great effect and some believe that music’s effect is not significant. According to the article Does rap music put teens at risk?, teens who listened to rap music had a significant rise in destructive behaviors. The article states: “After studying 522 black girls between the ages...
music videos that have vulgar language, are sexist, feature drug use and scantily dressed women, it is type of programming that makes me agree with critics that BET perpetuates negative images of black people, anti- intellectualism and has greatly failed the black community. Rap music has never been...
Outline Thesis: Rap music with explict lyrics often degrades women and cause vulnerable minds to emulate negative, aggressive behaviors. I. Introductinon 1. Exploitation of Women 2. Hip Hop Influence on Violence 3. Are Rappers Being Targeted? II. Exploitation...
Shah-Williams English 100 05 February 2009 Create The Music The genre called Rap originated in the Bronx, New York, in the mid 1970’ (Howard). Of the many legends of how Rap came to be the most popular has to do with the humble DJ’s and MC’s of the underground clubs. While the...
society in which we live nor by the popular culture which dominates our individual lives. Jazz rap is a subgenre of jazz as well as hip-hop, fusing the two to create a very unique sound. Jazz rap was developed in the late 1980s throughout the1990s. Usually involving a saxophone solo on top of repetitive...
between ages 2 and 18 spend up to more than seven hours a day in taking some type of media. Violence in the media has varies of negative effect in which violent behaviour is the most influence. The violence in the media helps encourage and persuade children and young people to freely express their abusive...
Why does rap music get a bad rap? Why does rap music get blamed for a lot of negativity that goes on within the black community? In 1992 a man named Ronald Ray Howard was charged with shooting a Texas state trooper to death while listening to a Tupac Shakur song called, “Soulja’s Story.” The...
Are Violent Video Games, Films & Gangster Rap Turning This Generation Into Psychopathic Killers? Are violent video games, films & gangster rap that dangerous & influential enough to make us do the most horrific things? It depends on what you think but if I was answering this question, in...
uses the mythos of the Old West to symbolize the tension between individuality and community that exists between artists and their fans. Public Enemy's rap, "By the Time I Get to Arizona" concerns the group's outrage at that state's unwillingness to make Dr. Martin Luther King's birthday a state holiday...
Shady LP. The LP also earned Eminem his first Grammy Award for Best Rap Album. His next two records The Marshall Mathers LP, and The Eminem Show, also won Best Rap Album Grammy Awards, making Eminem the first artist to win Best Rap Album for three consecutive LPs. This was followed by another studio...
begin to determine what their favorite movies are and who their favorite characters are. Some movies make many of their main characters extremely violent, such as Goodfellas and Scarface. These movies are considered classics and usually become very popular with kids at a young age. Kids see these kind...
instantly click on the MTV channel. The first things that appear on the screen are females dancing wildly half naked. According to the article, “Women Say Rap Videos Demean, Not Define,” a music video has portrayed a disturbing image of “somebody swiping a credit card down a woman’s thing-clad backside” (Thrash)...
spending every waking moment with his sweetheart. Now in days we listen to Rap music, and mainly its subgenre “gangsta rap,” is one of the most controversial forms of popular music today. Society describes gangster rap as overly violent, derogatory toward women, drug and gang oriented, and politically extreme...
Spike Lee's films demand that people think about important racial issues, “Bamboozled” is no exception to the rules. Surely throughout America's violent history, African American's have been oppressed by many white people; however, to suggest that all white people feel the same and have acted the same...
They say, "instead of a music portraying truths, rights, love and respect, we see a popular sound that is demeaning, hateful, destructive and downward vulgar". Preposterous statement However, this statement is already being rejected by one of the billed panellists, VP Records' Cristy Barber as the most...
Australian music gained confidence throughout the 1980s, developing its own distinct 'Australian rock' sound. Midnight Oil was a popular band whose lyrics addressed social and political issues, such as Indigenous rights and environmental destruction. Several local rock acts also hit the world stage ...
Everyone has a favorite song and a song that they hate. I have always a fan of rap/hip-hop music, but rappers nowadays are just too much to handle. By saying too much to handle, I mean their music should not be considered as rap music. Lifestyle by Rich Gang is one the song that I cannot stand hearing it...
structure is its rap music. A majority of it is taken in by suburban whites and urban blacks as well. Rap is stories that are educated for individuals to hear about, and are experiences that happened in life by a rapper. The music, alongside with the rap videos that have a disturbing blend of rap, hip-hop dance...
criticized for corrupting teen's minds. Rap is being blamed for all the crimes and murders in cities all over America and heavy metal is being blamed for giving teens only dark images and thoughts in their minds. Although the media and public criticize rap and rock music and blame the music for...
Drake: The best rapper Rap started out as spoken word and put much emphasis on lyrics. It was practically poetry, the way rappers like Slick Rick and Biz Markie told stories relatable to the masses through their songs. As time went on, rap drifted away from putting emphasis on lyrics to putting emphasis...
cars instead of canvases. Break dancing, rap, and graffiti art were all need-induced innovations, and each enriched the others. Graffiti artists designed posters, stages sets, and fashions for local DJs and rap musicians. Break dancers followed the rhythms of rap. Scratching is a DJ or turntablists...
has inspired people from all socio-economic and cultural backgrounds all across the world. When hip-hop is discussed as an art form and not just as rap, it usually is meant to include the four elements: the DJ, the emcee, graffiti writing, and break dancing. Some of these were around before the words...
More than a century before rap exploded onto the American music scene, West African musicians were telling stories rhythmically, with just the beat of a drum for accompaniment. Meanwhile, folk artists from the Caribbean Islands were also telling stories in rhyme. Indeed, these singing poets from Africa...
to the song they are producing. Now I'm not a purist by any stretch of the imagination. I just like many others occasionally enjoy a catchy pop-rap song on the radio from time to time. If a song sounds good, has a good message and impeccable delivery you might catch me listening to it once or twice...
Hip Hop music, also known as rap music, is a musical genre made of a rhythmic vocal style called rap. Its rhythm varies in many different ways. It has slow rhythm at times, fast rhythm at times, and sometimes it is moderate. Hip Hop has been around for many years, the main instruments that are used are...
genres I like, but one I love the most is rap. I like rap because its encouraging, empowering, and I can relate to it. I think if there was not any rap life would not be as good. Rap is crazy to me because it is not any thing but a poem with a beat. Rap is a very encouraging genre I always want...
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explicitly, emceeing, with stating that “at its core, hip hop’s aesthetic contains three components: music, or “beats,” lyrics and “flow” ---- or the specific way in which beats and lyrics are combined.” Cobb explains that since hip hop is often more of a discussion of politics and commerce versus a level...
Ryan Soffronoff Period 11 11/29/11 The Notorious B.I.G. “Birthdays was the worst days, now we pop champagne when we thirsty.” This simple lyric exemplifies the development of Christopher Wallace from a troubled boy living in the ghetto to The Notorious B.I.G., one of the most successful rappers...
the country during his childhood. He began writing raps and acting at a very young age. As a young man in his twenties he released a critically acclaimed debut album entitled “2Pacalypse Now.” This album garnered respect because with his lyrics he told stories of the society he lived in. He rapped...
on our lives. I feel that some popular music does have an effect on the audience’s lives. Music affects my life. I love rap music. I love it because the rappers I listen to rap about the same struggles I go through in life, like growing up poor, losing family members and friends, dealing with drugs...
America in the middle of 1950s. Essential for a band needs one or several vocalists. This genre are played guitar, drums and others very heavily. The lyrics usually talk about the stress that comes from love breaking or something else. Rock music makes the singers feel release, when they are stress, after...
2/4/14 I AM LEGION Am I legion? I don’t really know but I know after listening to this group’s new rap/dubstep ep I think so now. They didn’t really promote it that much thinking it wouldn’t be a smash hit album. But after everybody heard about it they...
to affects my awareness to it. For example, if I am listening to rap I am listening to it for the beat and the ability it has to pump me up. Chances are that I am not analyzing the song in any way. I am not listening to it for the lyrics; I am listening to it on a run to get myself mentally prepared....
the history behind the lyrics. What I already know is “gangsta rap” came out of the 90’s and Death Row records supported this. Also, there were so many great artists in every genre. Last but not least is that N.W.A started “gangsta rap” but if you ask anyone about “gangsta rap” the two diverse artists...
watch are BET, MTV, and VH-1. These channels cater to audiences of different ages, gender, and music preferences. These channels feature different Rap/Hip-Hop, Mainstream Rock, and Alternative Rock videos. The frequency of illicit drugs and alcohol found in music videos is very common; this medium...
Gangsta rap pioneer Dr. Dre was born on February 18, 1965. A music fan from the start, Dre started working as a DJ in his teens. His first major success came with the rap group N.W.A. and he later co-founded Death Row Records in 1991. In 1992, his first solo album The Chronic became a huge hit. Dre started...
philosophy. What was ten years ago four differents disciplines, the MC’s battle, the break dancers, the dj’s and the graffitists is put behind leaving rap in the line light. An other aspect is that New York City and the east coast is not the only owner of the culture anymore, the west coast started to raise...
raised by his mother. He was inspired to rap by his older cousin at the age of 12. His influences were Nas, Tupac , and Eminem which is probably the reason that he developed a style of telling stories in his music. By the age f 15 J. Cole had notebooks of lyrics but no beats of his own to record them on...
Assignment 2 Today’s Hip-Hop Today’s hip-hop industry is a joke compared to the 90s era of hip-hop. Hip-hop use to be all about who had the best lyrics, deepest word play and the “sickest” flow. Now a days it all about the catchiest song hook, or the best beat to the song. Caring less about the song’s...
younger generations. African-American women are especially effected because the have a direct correlation with the music, considering most of the women in rap videos are of African-American race. When young ladies see these women in the videos, and all the men that want them, they become negatively influenced...
just ask me and ill tell you straight up no if,thens,or buts, Hey yo brian im not lieing make another beat and U'll be saying good bye U trying to rap to hard just fall back And ill be gettin the winnin plaque your older so i told ya im gonna be good you makin yourslef look like robin hood dont...
over others is that subject matter and influences have not been ‘regurgitated’ from existing artists of the genre. Nas took no inspiration from other rap artists; he was only influenced from his surroundings and his experiences within Queensbridge. The inspiration for this album is based on Nas’s perspective...
raised by his mother. He was inspired to rap by his older cousin at the age of 12. His influences were Nas, Tupac , and Eminem which is probably the reason that he developed a style of telling stories in his music. By the age f 15 J. Cole had notebooks of lyrics but no beats of his own to record them on...
issues to other issues such as crime and everyday life. Jamaican dancehall music has actually been blamed for the rise in Jamaican crime due to its violent nature. According to en.wikipedia.org/wiki Crime is defined as the breach of a rule or law for which a punishment may ultimately be prescribed by...
audience. These early raps incorporated similar rhyming lyrics from African American culture, such as The Dozens. DJ Herc and the Herculoids were the first hip hoppers to gain fame in New York City and after them more MC teams quickly sprouted up such as Melle Mel witch is the first rap lyricist to call himself...
the Billboard charts. United States recording artist T.I. and Pharrell provide back-up vocals. Many people believe that the true interpretation of lyrics of this song promote rape. This song really became controversial after the MTV Video Music Awards show. After Thicke, along with female recording artist...
coast but in the entire country. He found new angles on familiar hip-hop topics with a devilish flow and smooth beats that never stray away from his lyrics or the message he is telling to his fans. In 2011, Kendrick was chosen along with Meek Mill, Mac Miller, and Big K.R.I.T to be on the cover of XXL...
controversy, it was much less dark than anticipated, and I would not have found it stood out from any other sketches they have done as particularly vulgar, possibly only the last line Chris spoke did cross a line “They’re going to die anyway”. I think someone people may not have realised the children...
General is often considered the father of reggaeton, blending Jamaican reggae into a Latinised version.[9][10] It was common practice to translate the lyrics of Jamaican reggae song into Spanish and sing them over the original melodies, a form termed "Spanish reggae" or "Reggae en español." Meanwhile, during...
to affects my awareness to it. For example, if I am listening to rap I am listening to it for the beat and the ability it has to pump me up. Chances are that I am not analyzing the song in any way. I am not listening to it for the lyrics; I am listening to it on a run to get myself mentally prepared....
between mainstream and underground rap is that we now have different standards for underground artists and mainstream artists. While style has always been the make-or-break factor for radio-based artists, underground artists can find success with sophisticated lyrics, in spite of often 2nd rate beats...