Hip Hop is a musical and cultural genre that has become prominent over the last three decades. It was a way of allowing individuals to express themselves through music‚ dance‚ and dress to assist in finding their own identity. Hip Hop has more recently gathered a negative image on how women are portrayed in the industry. Hip Hop music videos in particular are said to objectify women‚ specifically black women in a hypersexual manner. This portrayal of the black women has arguably had an effect on
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Mass Comm. Research November 11‚ 2013 Mini-Research Assignment 4 For my content analysis and quantitative research I will analyze the popular television show Love and Hip Hop: New York. I chose this show because I feel that it encompasses all things contribute to the representation of women in the media. This show is reality TV docu-drama that follows the lives of five celebrity women on their journey through life‚ love and their respective careers. Along with the women there are a few men that
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Picture seeing a ballerina standing right next to a hip hop freestyler. Both look like different species of an animal‚ and have completely contrasting aspirations. However‚ although it is thought ballet and hip hop could never use the same elements‚ ballet and hip hop have several similarities. Similarities include music‚ movement‚ and strength. These similarities however‚ all include differences. First‚ ballet and hip hop are similar and different in music. The dance styles are similar in music
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Literary Roots of Hip-hop Lyricism Introduction Rap is easily heard as a play of words‚ a sampling of music rhythms and melodies‚ and for the passers-by‚ a taunt against another taunt. But for those who will listen closely‚ rap lyrics may be full of history‚ a love story‚ political critique‚ innuendo‚ sarcasm as well as wit (Rose‚ 1994‚ p 14). The past decades had hip-hop fill up a cultural lexicon of vocabulary‚ characters and culture. Accordingly‚ the lexicon has been fed by hip-hop artists that
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Research Analysis Essay The Influence of Hip Hop on Today’s Youth “After silence‚ that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.” This profound statement from English writer‚ Aldous Huxley‚ demonstrates the importance that music obtains in today’s society. Simply‚ music is a form of expression‚ not limited to any specific genre. Although this expression is not limited to one genre‚ there is one that seemingly obtains the title of most controversial. The Rap/Hip-Hop genre has been
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Introduction The previous research paper was based on an analysis of how hip-hop music videos portrayed violence. It was a qualitative research paper as different aspects of violence were explored and explained in great detail in relation to the every day lives of hip-hop and non hip-hop fans. The paper also explained what brought Hip-hop about and what it was created to fulfill in the music industry. American RnB and Hip-hop artist Rihanna‚ was used as an example throughout the research paper to
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From Jazz to Hip Hop New genres of music often start off with an underground following. As the music evolves it eventually loses its subversive feel. It is no longer revolutionary nor a creative art form‚ thus it becomes a product of popular culture found amongst the demographics of MTV. One popular style of music that grew by countering American culture is jazz. Today jazz is often compared to hip-hop; both art forms have grown from an underground following to counter American culture. Furthermore
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Many people wonder what the difference between hip-hop and rap is. Hip-hop and rap varies in many different ways that most people cannot recognize. Hip-hop‚ and even rap‚ have been around for a while. They both have changed in many ways over the years. Although people think they are the same thing‚ they are not. Hip-Hop and rap is often confused for one another‚ but there are many differences between the two. In the early 1970s a musical genre was born in the neighborhoods of the South Bronx. Gifted
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the Hip-hop Movement AN OVERVIEW The Harlem Renaissance and the Hip-Hop Movement are a culmination of co-related cultural art forms that have emerged out of the black experience. White people understood black people more through their expression of art during both movements. Both movements brought about a broad cross-racial following and‚ ironically‚ in both instances brought about a better understanding of the black experience for white America. The bridge between Be-Bop and Hip-Hop was
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Misogyny in Hip Hop | 3.5.2012Dr. Tshombe WalkerAFR 1503 | Tina Marie | Misogyny in Hip Hop culture refers to lyrics‚ videos‚ or other aspects of hip hop culture that support‚ glorify‚ justify or normalize the objectification‚ exploitation or victimization of women. Misogyny in hip hop music instills and perpetuates negative stereotypes about women. It can range from innuendos to stereotypical characterizations and defamations. Overt misogyny in rap and hip hop music emerged in the
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