Idalmy Santos Professor Germinario English Composition 1 22 October 2013 The Effects of Rap Music on Teens Rap music has been around since the early 1970’s. It became popular rapidly‚ and expanded to different parts of the world. From its beginning‚ the rap culture has not been well liked‚ but the people who do listen to it get hooked on it quickly. For example‚ teenagers are huge fans of rap music. Although rap music is so popular‚ it is becoming an issue in society. It has had a negative
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How to be a Successful Music Producer Music in this generation has been deprived. This has been said because in the time this generation lives in; music has lost its meaning and the real sound of soul. Through long research these facts can be found that proves so and can also teach‚ the new generation about the history of music. One important thing these books‚ websites and many other sources teach is that music is more then just a sound; it is more then just notes. “To some‚ music is a way of
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In the Year 2000 Every decade has something it is remembered by. For the sixties it was the groovy tunes. The seventies were remembered by experimentations in new more potent thrills‚ and the eighties were remembered by the terrible fashion taste. But what is to be remembered of the years of 2000. There is a war going on and the country is ruled by a complete utter moron in lamence terms. The music has gone downhill where it’s not cool unless its rap or some pop idol. There are controversies
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Rap Rap started between the years of 1979 and 1984‚ Mostly in West and East of America. Rap from this period is now called ‘Old School Rap’. Rap started by people rhyming in poems and using beats with it‚ poetry was a great influence on rap‚ mostly Old School Rap. They typical instruments in the Rap beat could basically be any beat‚ usually a short 4-8 loop with alot of base. Some of the most famous rappers include‚ Tupac Shakur‚ Biggie Smalls (Notorious B.I.G) Nas‚ Jay-Z and Eminem. Old
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Over the decades the musical culture in America has changed considerably. From psychedelic to rock n roll‚ disco to heavy metal‚ punk rock to soft rock. Now hip-hop and rap seem to be the current musical infatuation in our era. Yet we’re forgetting that somewhere in that time frame‚ around the 1970’s a music form known as reggae emerged from the little island of Jamaica‚ and with it came a man that will never be forgotten. His name was Robert Nesta Marley although he was better known to us as Bob
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Derek Meade Mills History of Rock December 4‚ 2011 Final Term Paper RUN-DMC RUN-DMC I was in the first semester of my senior year in high school. It was 1986 and “Walk This Way” was on the airways. I found myself really enjoying this “Rap” song by this group Run-D.M.C.. I would later find out that it was an Aerosmith song re-made. At the time I didn’t and couldn’t believe it because I had never heard of Aerosmith before or any of their songs. I actually
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Pop Music 73% of teens in America listen to popular music‚ which is also known as ‘pop’ music (Murray). There are so many different music genres in the world and it’s amazing how pop music can capture 73 percent of the teen’s attention. Pop music offers an endless variety of styles and meanings to the listening audience. Although I listen to many other music genres‚ I listen to pop music a lot more often. And there are reasons why 73 percent of other teens do too. Pop music is such a diverse genre
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To gain better understanding of the use of therapeutic communication a review of an interview on Larry King Live involving Christina Aguilera regarding “Rock the Vote” was used. The interview was a discussion of the importance for the young voter to be involved in the upcoming presidential election. “Rock the Vote’s” purpose is to engage and build the political power of young people in order to accomplish progressive change in the country. “Rock the Vote” uses music‚ popular culture and new technologies
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Reconnecting with rap and reggae music during his rehabilitation at Benin Home is no small point Beah makes. Listening to Run-D.M.C.‚ one of the early pioneers of new school hip hop (It’s Like That‚ - {That’s Just the Way It Is} ) was a bridge to artists‚ beats and rhymes Beah’s childhood rap and dance group enjoyed and performed‚ such as Eric B and Rakim (I Know You Got Soul). This bridge became a link between fond memories of pre-war childhood and being able to increasingly live more fully in the
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The article "Hip Hop Therapy" by Edgar H. Tyson explains the results of a study in which researchers explore a form of therapy for troubled teens that uses rap music’s lyrics. Although in the past these experiments including rap music and troubled youth have focused on the negative effects‚ this study utilizes a combination of previously effective therapeutic theories to affect them positively. It makes sense that these researchers are trying and tap into this rarely used genre‚ since it is such
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