English 101‚ Section LLC December 11‚ 2013 Essay 3.2 (Hip hop) First Draft Dr. Boyce Watkins debates with Michael Eric Dyson on whether or not hip hop artists should be held accountable for their words. Both off these men already know‚ all of the artist should be held accountable‚ however if we can put the artist to task to stop making that kind of idiotic music‚ will we have the power to stop that machine that has rob us blind but still put out recording artists slaves that get plenty
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many people consider to be the heart of the Hip Hop scene. People always said that if you can make it in New York‚ you can make it anywhere else. He tried exactly that. He began creating music soon after the divorce of his parents. His depressive feelings fueled the energy that came through on his verses. His beats were quite different. He didn’t use any of the new catchy beats storming the youth. He fought to bring back the classic style that put Hip Hop in New York on top. Joey describes the scene
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At only 22 years old‚ Joey Bada$$ is already solving complex real-world problems through his new album ALL-AMERIKKKAN BADA$$ with his conscious hip-hop music. His style contests political‚ cultural‚ social and economic issues in his music. A topic that‚ while it has been mentioned by other rappers in the past couple years‚ it hasn’t been tackled for the entirety of an album. The important issues covered in each song is a really good way to open up these subjects to the world. Within todays cultural
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The Truth of Music Many individuals are confused about the message that hip hop and rap send to their audiences. Some say rap and hip hop are a bad influence on society. Others believe rap and hip hop are a representation of themselves and their lives on a personal level. Felipe Andres Coronel‚ also known as Immortal Technique‚ is a Peruvian born American rapper as well as an urban activist. His music is hardcore‚ violent‚ graphic‚ and also very credible. One of his more political songs explain
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A game-changing artist and an impervious celebrity‚ Lil Wayne began as his career as a near-novelty — a preteen delivering hardcore hip-hop — but through years of maturation and reinventing the mixtape game‚ he developed into a million-selling rapper with a massive body of work‚ one so inventive and cunning that it makes his famous claim of being the “best rapper alive” worth considering. Born Dwayne Michael Carter‚ Jr. and raised in the infamous New Orleans neighborhood of Hollygrove‚ he was a straight-A
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society. There are many music genres‚ let’s talk about rap. Rap music is defined as "a form of rhythmic speaking in rhyme‚ usually from its culture. Rap is a combination of rhyming and poetry to a musical beat. Rap is a kind of music in the hip-hop culture. Hip-hop and rap differ in three main features; musical attributes‚ culture and community message. Rap is a mix of poetry or poetic lyric‚ beats and their rhyming. The subject of rap can vary from relationships to mainstream media. Rappers like to
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sure they understand that putting “im in a gang lol dont mess wit me #swag #turnup” in your Instagram bio and making your username ILOVEWEED420 does not make you a gang member. It just further proves your suburban roots. Bad behavior at school also does not count as gang behavior‚ it just ruins your reputation and gets you into unneeded trouble. Real gangsters gets in gun fights‚ are responsible for black market trades‚ and killing people. A normal suburban kid who has had absolutely no exposure to
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I chose to read Joan Morgan’s From Fly-Girls to Bitches and Hoes for my next reading journal article. She begins with background information of current hip hop and rap lyrics‚ and the language they choose to use. Much of the diction used in their songs are insensitive towards women of all kinds. However‚ Morgan points out that the rappers are not to be entirely blamed. For centuries‚ women have used their sexuality as an advantage in order to progress through social and work situations. “Sex has
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Straight Outta Compton or Death Certificate . . . it does come off as the kind of powerful mid-career album those acts should’ve been able to make as hip-hop’s elder spokesmen".[7] Christopher Weingarten of Spin gave the album 9 out of 10 and wrote "A child of the ’80s and a student of the Internet‚ Killer Mike is as exciting and wildly unclassifiable as hip-hop gets: New York noise and country shit‚ nods to when rap was punk and crunk was pop‚ Ice Cube before he needed hooks‚ David Banner before he needed
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Hip-Hop music has always been equated with fashion in our society and Kanye West has platforms for artists before and following him to be more creative with their work in both sectors. Being a rapper and producer was not a common occurrence in the hip-hop industry and Kanye was initially refused at the doors of labels because nobody at the time believed that could work. Labels were further uncompliant when West presented songs with religious references‚ such as "Jesus Walks" because such lyrics were
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