Compare And Contrast Essay On Rap Vs Modern Hip Hop
Early hip hop vs. modern hip hop
The culture of hip hop, ever since its highest peak in the 1990s, or what is also known as the “Golden Era”, has been drained over the years. Some people might even be surprised at how Hip Hop began and what it meant in the 90s, and there is absolutely no denying it has evolved since its origins, from it starting in the Bronx, and going worldwide. However, was this transformation in hip hop for the better or for the worse? Hip Hop has unfortunately mostly become an abomination and has directed to something completely opposite. It has changed from being a soulful and influential movement to being a big paycheck for young adults. This collection of ignorance and disrespect is due to rise in salaries, 90’s hip …show more content…
Although almost all of those arguments are irrelevant, there is one that sticks out more because many people believe that this is true. {25 Things Everyone Thinks About Hip-Hop (But Nobody Will Say)}, “If you have strident political opinions and you want to make change happen, music might not be the best medium to address your cause...their decision to be "political" is more about branding than it is about creating real positive change”. This belief that political raps are almost useless, and are not real, is just simply a hundred percent wrong. (Top 20 Political Hip Hop Songs) “The Message was one of the earliest manifestations of Hip-Hop the articulated the pain, struggle and trials of living in the Bronx during the Ronald Reagan era. It’s like jungle sometimes, it makes me wonder how I keep from going under, the chorus says.” Grandmaster Flash was a pioneer of hip hop, and made an instant classic with this song “The Message” not only was this one of the first implications of political stances in hip hop, but it was so effective that it made a whole new style, and purpose for hip hop songs. Therefore, one of the most influential, and important songs was indeed a political
The culture of hip hop, ever since its highest peak in the 1990s, or what is also known as the “Golden Era”, has been drained over the years. Some people might even be surprised at how Hip Hop began and what it meant in the 90s, and there is absolutely no denying it has evolved since its origins, from it starting in the Bronx, and going worldwide. However, was this transformation in hip hop for the better or for the worse? Hip Hop has unfortunately mostly become an abomination and has directed to something completely opposite. It has changed from being a soulful and influential movement to being a big paycheck for young adults. This collection of ignorance and disrespect is due to rise in salaries, 90’s hip …show more content…
Although almost all of those arguments are irrelevant, there is one that sticks out more because many people believe that this is true. {25 Things Everyone Thinks About Hip-Hop (But Nobody Will Say)}, “If you have strident political opinions and you want to make change happen, music might not be the best medium to address your cause...their decision to be "political" is more about branding than it is about creating real positive change”. This belief that political raps are almost useless, and are not real, is just simply a hundred percent wrong. (Top 20 Political Hip Hop Songs) “The Message was one of the earliest manifestations of Hip-Hop the articulated the pain, struggle and trials of living in the Bronx during the Ronald Reagan era. It’s like jungle sometimes, it makes me wonder how I keep from going under, the chorus says.” Grandmaster Flash was a pioneer of hip hop, and made an instant classic with this song “The Message” not only was this one of the first implications of political stances in hip hop, but it was so effective that it made a whole new style, and purpose for hip hop songs. Therefore, one of the most influential, and important songs was indeed a political