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    Racial Issues in Music

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    played a substantial part in the music industry. They have evolved from playing jazz music‚ to creating electronic and providing people with rap and hip-hop. However over the years‚ African American race has been portrayed in a negative perspective. Rap and Hip Hop music and their videos depict them as to being violent‚ criminals‚ and unruly. Articles all over the internet have the same remarks to pose “Rap these days is all about bitches‚ hoes‚ and drugs.” In a sense‚ rap is generalized by a few songs

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    gained‚ much deserved‚ respect when the film was accepted into the Sundance Film Festival. In the documentary‚ release in the summer of 2012‚ Ice-T shows the birth of hip-hip by literally starting at the place that is credited with the dawn of hip-hop music‚ New York City. As the film goes on‚ Ice-T and his film crew make their way through all the major sites in hip-hip culture‚ such as Detroit‚ Los Angles‚ Compton‚ and Long Beach‚ California. The entire film is made up of interviews that are filmed on a

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    Hip Hop Vs Cuban Rap

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    Hip-hop is a genre of music that emphasizes lyrical skills over instrumentation. The style developed as an American subculture and gained worldwide popularity. In the 1980s and 1990s‚ many Cuban youths developed a taste for hip-hop‚ which prompted them to make extra efforts to access the music. At the time‚ the US restricted its interaction with Cuba; hence‚ the Cuban youth had limited access to American radio and television programs. The difficulty in accessing popular music encouraged the Cuban

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    Music in Education

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    Music can affect the body in many health-promoting ways‚ which is the basis for a growing field known as music therapy. However‚ you can use music in your daily life and achieve many stress relief benefits on your own. One of the great benefits of music as a stress reliever is that it can be used while you conduct your regular activities so that it really doesn’t take time away from your busy schedule. Music provides a wonderful backdrop for your life so that you can find increased enjoyment from

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    Gang Vs Club Analysis

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    trends change the meaning of these words. Words such as “gang” and “club” have evolved‚ and since evolving one has arose as a positive word and the other a negative. These changes in connotations develop when an event becomes significant enough to be a part of the media and become ingrained in history. Then from then on these words cannot ever go back to meaning anything different because of a popular following and spreading. Both “gang” and “club’ are defined as an association or organization

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    Gangs Essay MLA Format

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    cousin‚ student is killed by gang related activities and gun violence. James C. Howell and John P. Moore of “ History Of Street Gangs in the United States says that “ Street gangs has been around ever since the emergence on the East Coast around 1783 ‚ as the American Revolution ended “ . But over the past years gangs have changed their reputation and what they’re really are. Back then 20 years ago gangs were actually a form of civil disobedience and political resistance. Gangs such as the Businessmen

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    Rap and hip hop historically served as a vehicle to recognize and empathize marginalized voices. Conveying a sense of dissatisfaction with personal‚ communal‚ and global conditions‚ rap music becomes a mode of edutainment and a calling for social change. However‚ the grating deliverances of rap songs can ironically alleviate the anger of the community simply through representation and shared narratives. Filipina American rapper and producer Ruby Ibarra continues to rise in fame and engages in this

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    Short Story Of Gangs

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    keeping close to the buildings. Daniel and Joseph Avery were dangerous; catch their eye‚ come into their orbit‚ and you would become their victim. They stalked the streets like warlords‚ their dogs always by their side‚ their gang of sycophants never far away. The rest of the gang had split up and were begging for money or cigarettes. Alone‚ they were invisible or abused; together‚ with the dogs as their messengers and the Brothers as their

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    Funk Music

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    originally applied "funk" to music with a slow‚ mellow groove‚ then later with a hard-driving‚ insistent rhythm because of the word’s association with sexual intercourse. This early form of the music set the pattern for later musicians. The music was slow‚ sexy‚ loose‚ riff-oriented and dance able. Funky typically described these qualities.(wikipedia) There are so many different kinds of music throughout the world‚ even in this country alone. There’s rock and roll‚ hip hop‚ R&B‚ rap‚ soul‚ and many more

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    Running head: GANGS: THE EFFECT ON SOCIETY 1 Gangs: The Effect on Society 2 Abstract Crime is a growing problem in cities around the United States. A big part of this problem can be attributed to gangs. The number of people who get injured or killed by gang violence continues to rise. Some people feel the criminal justice system

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