Critical Analysis redeeming Rap music
“Redeeming the Rap Music Experience”
The influence of rap on black urban youths has become a major part to the modern day music industry. Berry uses the article to show that through rap music, low income black youth are able to develop empowering values and ideologies, strengthen cultural interaction and establish positive identities. This is done by describing different components of urban black culture associated with rap which enhances the struggle for black significance in pop culture. His beliefs are supported by using rap artists and their music to show how significant it has grown to be a dominant form of expression but also a controversial issue for urban black youths. The thesis that rap music as cultural expression is supported in a way that shows that this is how we are informed about the lifestyle and problems taking place in black neighborhoods. Sex, violence, and racism are controversial issues within the article also supports Berry’s argument.
Berry describes how music is conveyed as a way for rappers to connect with their audience by providing the history of how this form of expression came about. Explaining how Blues was formed by slaves who needed some type of way to tell their story defines it as a style of which the audience their aiming for identifies with their life. Walton for example defines the blues as a composition grounded in individual experience and one with which the audience tends to identify. Jazz is also used a form of expressing one’s feelings or thoughts. Soul music in the past was presented as rebellious, prideful, and powerful due to the status of urban black youths. In today’s society it is viewed as distinct experiences because of the slang, aggressive delivery and lyrical storylines in the music. Berry implies that the urban environment is important to the rap music culture. Michael Dyson suggests that our society has trouble accepting rap music because it scandalizes issues such as racism, sexism, classicism, and
The influence of rap on black urban youths has become a major part to the modern day music industry. Berry uses the article to show that through rap music, low income black youth are able to develop empowering values and ideologies, strengthen cultural interaction and establish positive identities. This is done by describing different components of urban black culture associated with rap which enhances the struggle for black significance in pop culture. His beliefs are supported by using rap artists and their music to show how significant it has grown to be a dominant form of expression but also a controversial issue for urban black youths. The thesis that rap music as cultural expression is supported in a way that shows that this is how we are informed about the lifestyle and problems taking place in black neighborhoods. Sex, violence, and racism are controversial issues within the article also supports Berry’s argument.
Berry describes how music is conveyed as a way for rappers to connect with their audience by providing the history of how this form of expression came about. Explaining how Blues was formed by slaves who needed some type of way to tell their story defines it as a style of which the audience their aiming for identifies with their life. Walton for example defines the blues as a composition grounded in individual experience and one with which the audience tends to identify. Jazz is also used a form of expressing one’s feelings or thoughts. Soul music in the past was presented as rebellious, prideful, and powerful due to the status of urban black youths. In today’s society it is viewed as distinct experiences because of the slang, aggressive delivery and lyrical storylines in the music. Berry implies that the urban environment is important to the rap music culture. Michael Dyson suggests that our society has trouble accepting rap music because it scandalizes issues such as racism, sexism, classicism, and