In Depth Case Study of Hip Hop Music * Introduction – describe what hip-hop is and attributes of the genre (200 words): In this case study I will be looking at music genre of hip-hop and how representations of gender‚ sexuality and race are reflected through this genre. Joseph Schloss describes hip-hop as ‘a diverse and vibrant culture that makes use of variety of techniques and approaches to serve many communities throughout the United States‚ in fact the world’ (Schloss:2004: p8). Music
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Pardon the pun‚ but when it comes to degrading and sexist representations of women in music‚ does hip hop deserve its bad rap? Almost exclusively blamed for the negative images of women in music videos‚ hip hop is often perceived as unforgivingly misogynistic. In hip hop and rap‚ many of the lyrics and images portray women of all ethnicities as sexual objects and depict the exploitation of and violence against women. The image of dozens of semi-naked women dancing provocatively around one blinged-out
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The term “hip hop” originates from the cultural grouping of African Americans living in the low-income areas of the South Bronx in New York City. Rap music has become a culturally originated music genre stemming from hip hop in the 1970s. Rap music can be defined as rhythmic speaking; almost poetically‚ stemming from Jamaican traditions‚ which included impromptu poetry (Chang‚ 2005) and synthesising‚ which is when DJs speak over the musical rhythms in a poetic form. This hip hop culture then took
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the music industry‚ specifically the rap/ hip-hop industry‚ in the 21st century world been allowed to use themes that include‚ but are not limited to‚ murder‚ drugs‚ sex‚ rape‚ misogyny‚ suicide‚ and more? What are the effects of such content found in contemporary‚ 21st century‚ rap and how does this affect listeners and future generations to come? Rap in the 21st century is no longer constructed the same way as it used to be. In the past‚ hip-hop had special meanings‚ like fighting for human
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into the lyrics‚ which are written to explain of a daily life that has digressed into drug use‚ sexual behavior‚ violence‚ and racial slurs. “We Are Young”‚ Fun’s current number one single on the Billboard Charts‚ idolizes the essence of being young in a bright ballad. The chorus “We Are Young/ So let’s set the world on fire” encompasses the stereotypical conceptions of Youth’s reckless behavior (Fun). Aided by the bright piano in the background‚ and the background chorus‚ which evokes a sense of
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ain’t shit but hoes and tricks”-Snoop Dogg. These are lyrics from‚ gangster rapper‚ Dr. Dre’s song entitled‚ “Bitches Aint Shit”. Regrettably‚ this sort of language is prevalent in hip-hop music. Women are often stigmatized and presented as nothing more than objects for the satisfaction and entertainment of men. Men in hip-hop regularly refer to women with debasing and offensive names without consequence‚ and this treatment has not just begun recently. Unfortunately‚ this degradation of women has been
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as $2.50 a gram. As crack cocaine became a terrible and rising epidemic‚ hip-hop was going with it. It was in the 1980s that crack cocaine and hip-hop became a foundation in urban communities. Hip hop started off in New York when they used to have block parties and people would start rapping over beats or someone beat boxing and the dance crave of breaking and b-boying where people would move to the beat. Sadly hip hop artist started glorifying the crack epidemic by calling themselves Kurtis Blow
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(Morris‚ 864). This country’s youth is unlike any others‚ we have much control over what we do‚ and music is something that evolves around all of us. In this essay‚ I will discuss the evolution of youth music ranging from early rock‚ to today’s hip hop stars‚ from a muliculturalistic point of view. Multiculturalism is " a term identifying the presence of several significant cultures" (Stark‚ 434). Without the presence of multiculturalism‚ music may not be as diversified and rounded as it is today
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the certain gender .In the documentary Hip Hop: Beyond Beats & Rhymes by Byron Hurt it speaks out about how in music videos male have the more dominant power and girls are just seen as props or sex objects‚and females are called out of the names because they don’t dress like a lady.In the book We should all be feminists by Adichie she explains how she is a women who just wants the same respect and power as men instead of feeling inferior.Mainstream hip hop culture contradicts
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The final thing to understand about indie music to understand the role of “authenticity” is the characteristics of indie music. There are many different sub-genres of indie including indie rock‚ indie folk‚ indie hip-hop‚ etc. However‚ Fonarow describes some characteristics of indie music‚ she states “Permeating the indie tradition is an espousal of simplicity and austerity‚ a hyper-evaluation of childhood and childlike imagery‚ a nostalgic sensibility‚ a technophobia‚ and a fetishization of the
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