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    Mickey Hess looks at the use of multiple identities by rap musicians to obscure the conflicting contradictions between authenticity and marketability. Hip hop‚ having budded from a culture of oppression against African-Americans‚ grew as a medium of resistance. Hess cites Tricia Rose’s words‚ stating that hip hop‚ in the context of resistance‚ wages an “ideological warfare with institutions and groups that symbolically‚ ideologically‚ and materially oppress African Americans” (pp.298). Therefore

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    The world of hip hop would have you believe that rap is a very poetic way of expressing yourself through music. This can of course be true‚ but does what you hear from rap music sound very poetic to you? The influence that rap currently has on our children all around the world is unfortunately a very strong one. If you have not noticed many of the major leaders in the rap community try to get involved with good causes and political campaigns in order to make it appear that rap is a good thing. But

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    Hip Hop is made up of powerful lyrics and beats that are not only entertaining‚ but relatable to the challenges that most of us face today‚ particularly African Americans. Yes‚ some hip hop songs are on the indecent side‚ but that is not enough to say that hip hop degrades our society. Hip hop is one of the most popular and pursued musical categories in the United States. People can not take a few degrading hip hop songs and say that all hip hop music degrades the society. That is not fair to all

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    The Jazz Age Jazz music was an African American form of music derived from a mix of blues‚ ragtime. It was created in in the 1920’s solely for entertainment and the love of the sounds colliding with each other to make a tune .The "Jazz Age" was a period of many Political‚ Economic and Social changes when Americans cast aside old social conventions in favor of new ideas.(history) When the style of music “ jazz “ was created‚ it traveled fast. It went from New Orleans‚ to Chicago‚ to New York and

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    For hundreds of years music has played a role in society to either entertain‚ inspire and even for relaxation purposes‚ but in today’s time music is completely different we live in an era that for entertainment we can hop on our phones and watch a live television broadcast‚ to relax we can drive any where we want and have the pleasure to watch a beautiful sunset or watch the stars in the sky. Music plays a huge role in society today and I believe rap music plays a huge roll in today’s youth by inspiring

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    Racial Stereotypes in Rap Music Racial stereotypes can be seen in any type of music‚ especially in Rap music. The rap industry has become more and more stereotypical than other genre industries. Most rap artists are either from an African-American decent or have African-American decent in their blood‚ such as Kanye West and Lil Wayne. The rest of the minority rap artists are from other ethnicities in the rap industry such as‚ Eminem and Baby Bash. Rap music presents the stereotype‚ that most

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    Michael Jackson‚ who the artist or performer has contributed toward the development of jazz dance because his all dance is like the jazz dance‚ tap dance and hip hop dance. I have been watching many jazz dance for this class and Michael Jackson dance. The movement of Michael Jackson dances are looking like the jazz dance like his feet and arm are dancing. Michael Jackson is very famous because he was young and he can move or dance very fast with his music. Especially‚ he inspires young people so

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    Given the history and development of hip-hop in the United States‚ I do think this kind of artist-based social movement would be possible in the U.S. I retain this belief because it is my understanding that through the components of hip-hop‚ a social movement could arise as well as through the promotion of black lives. Hip-hop came around during the time of the “War On Drugs”. It was used by black artists to promote their struggles and their problems onto the country and promote the idea that their

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    Music is engraved in people’s brains whether they like it or not. People all rely on music for entertainment‚ self soothing and a way to express their feelings. However the question uppermost in my mind‚ is what kind of effect does it have on teenagers? The older generation often complain about the adverse effect that music has on young impressionable minds. Do they really mean music or the inclusion of questionable video and lyrics? Without a doubt‚ many of today’s music videos include high levels

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    Music is an expression of one’s thoughts‚ beliefs‚ and upbringing. The African music beliefs are that music must be functional and integrated into everyday life‚ music is not for the elite‚ and it is intertwined with the arts. When looking at the different genres in the United States‚ hip-hop is a genre that follows along these beliefs and was produced from these established values. The people sold during the slave trade would sing songs in the fields that would create a rhythm and functionality

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