Hip-Hop versus R&B Rhythm and blues was considered strictly black music. The black culture is a phenomenal subject representing the life style‚ imagination and accomplishments of people. One of the most outstanding and unique characteristic that makes this culture one of a kind is the music I has produced. Music has a common characteristic that is unique to all cultures throughout the world. Today‚ I want to focus on the comparing of two music styles Hip-Hop versus R&B and the
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Tupac Shakur: A Hip-Hop Inspiration Music is a cultural journal that expresses the realities and emotions of life in a poetic way. For the African American culture‚ music has always been a statement for many controversial topics such as racism‚ religion‚ politics‚ education‚ crime‚ and violence. In the 1990’s‚ Hip-Hop became the newest cultural and artistic voice for the African American population. Genres such as jazz‚ blues‚ rock-n-roll‚ and gospel that once dominated the musical culture
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past 30 years hip hop has grown and influences many ages‚ genders and races. Often hip hop reflects on the outlook on their life. The hardships‚ violence‚ struggles‚ economic and political problems. African american music was heard at every corner in all time periods. The genre of hip hop profoundly the voice of america and influencing the nation.It all started around the same man known as DJ kool herc. Jamaican Born and raised in the bronx new york created the blueprint for hip hop music and culture
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Essay The Influence of Hip Hop on Today’s Youth “After silence‚ that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.” This profound statement from English writer‚ Aldous Huxley‚ demonstrates the importance that music obtains in today’s society. Simply‚ music is a form of expression‚ not limited to any specific genre. Although this expression is not limited to one genre‚ there is one that seemingly obtains the title of most controversial. The Rap/Hip-Hop genre has been harshly
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Hip-Hop was brought into the U.S by a gathering of Jamaican settlers in the 70’s. One of the Jamaicans‚ Clive Campbell‚ A.K.A Kool Herc started‚ making instrumentals out of two turntables. While another man from the Bronx‚ Theodore Livingstone‚ A.K.A Grand Wizard‚ incidentally found the scratching sound of the turntable. Rap was made as a between social marvel of New York’s poorer segments (Harlem‚ Soho‚ Greenwich Village‚ Bronx‚ Queens‚ and Brooklyn). Rap turned into a developed type of Jamaican
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Rap and hip-hop first started to come together in the 1970 ’s‚ but didn ’t really materialize and become popular until the 1990 ’s. With a huge surge in popularity and growth in the 1990 ’s‚ it seemed that rap and hip-hop had started a cultural phenomenon that still has noticeable effects easily seen today in music and also in pop culture. A cultural phenomenon is an idea‚ trend‚ or movement that shapes and defines that time period. During the 1990 ’s‚ rap and hip-hop spread like wild fire across
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Masculinity in American Society and Hip-Hop Never cry or show any emotion‚ when things happen take it like man‚ do not get mad‚ get even. These along with many other rules are makeup “the Guy Code” believed to shape what masculinity in American society. “’Bros before Hoes’: The Guy Code” by Michael Kimmel discusses a set of epigrams and analyzes American masculinity. These ideals of what is takes to be a “man” are often portrayed by hip-hop artists in today’s mainstream music industry. Kimmel
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think of music being art‚ we more than often think of the blues‚ broadway or pop. We think of this as artful music because of the story being told‚ and how beautiful it is to listen to. We as a society often don’t find hip hop and rap beautiful‚ we think it’s harsh and ugly. Hip hop and rap is very popular in the year 2016 much like broadway style dancing was in 1923. Anyone can spout words out of their mouth and call it singing‚ but that does not make it beautiful‚ and meaningful. Music has been
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II. Civil Rights‚ Racial Justice‚ and Civil Liberties - Civil Rights- dejure and defacto equality; integration Headquarters – South‚ Northern Cities Examples – Martin Luther King‚ Jr. (N.A.A.C.P./Black Church) The Strategy in action - Racial Justice – defacto equality; seperation to achieve equality or to create a black state‚ economy‚ or society Headquarters – Northern Cities‚ West‚ National Chapter (N.O.I./B.P.P.S.D.) Example 1: Honorable Elijah Muhammad‚ Malcolm X (Malcolm Little) Muhammad
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Three of the main music genres of today’s world is Hip Hop‚ Latin Pop‚ and R&B and I believe these artists have nothing in common but their passion for music have been able to make history throughout their lyrics. All of this artist might come from all kinds of different background and beginnings and although that is different about each of them their love for music and lyrics is what really brings them together as one. Hip hop was started in the 1970’s as a combination of rhythmic music and rap
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