Hip-Hop History: It’s More than Just Rap Music. “Hip Hop is not music‚ it is not dance‚ it is not art … it’s culture. Hip Hop is a culture based on music. Not that the music is the nucleus‚ but it is the pulse. You take the music out of Hip Hop and you lose such an importance piece‚ the driving force.” – Mysnikol‚ Comedian Hip-hop originated in the 1970s in the crime-ridden neighborhoods of the South Bronx by Kool Herc who was a Jamaican DJ. Prior to its name now it‚ hip hop as we know
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The History of Graffiti The writing on walls has been a creative act of self expression for thousands of years. Beginning with cave paintings depicting the everyday life of tribes of early humans to political messages in the early days of the Roman Empire. Since then‚ the writing on walls has evolved to a more modern platform. It has evolved into a phenomenon that we now call Graffiti. The roots of this once subculture artform is not entirely established in certainty. Graffiti
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completely unaware what their children are listening to on a daily basis. Hip-hop is special in the fact that it can evoke communication that can transcend barriers‚ and we often see that with children learn the lyrics they listen to and make it apart of their lifestyle whether it be unconsciously or consciously. A style of music created in Ghana‚ which merges hip-hop and highlife is called Hip-Life. Traditionally‚ highlife
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An importance role of hip-hop was to to bring about social change for poor‚ marginalized people of color through creating national awareness of the oppression they were experiencing at the hands of white America‚ also known as conscious rap (Orejuela‚ 2015‚ pg. 111). Since discussing social issues in hip hop music became a theme with the hope that “it may begin to saturate other arenas‚” ultimately the goal then became to‚ “dominate public‚ and especially‚ media discourse” (Forman & Neal‚ 2012‚ pg
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debut album from the artist The Weeknd‚ it is the retail compilation of three previously free projects that included House Of Balloons‚ Thursday‚ and Echoes Of Silence. 3. There are two guest appearances on the album that include well known hip-hop and r&b artist’s Drake and Juicy J. 4. Majority of the tracks on the album are lengthy‚ with some songs being as long as 8 minutes. 5. The Weeknd himself‚ was involved in the writing of 29 of the 30 tracks on the album‚ and also produced
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music also has a lot of bass in it. People usually play this music very loud. People usually can hear the cars coming down. The cars make the windows of houses shake. Then there is hip hop rap. This music usually has half naked women dancing in their videos. Most elder people don’t like this music. In conclusion‚ music appeals to a lot of different people. Music can be heard just about every in the world. Music will always be around. All types are popular but these are the most popular.
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Reading “Before Elvis there was nothing.” John Lennon FROM AMERICANIZATION TO GLOBALIZATION I The USA‚ the country which had been an importer of influences has become in the twentieth century a major exporter of them. The whole world imports products and services from the USA. The majority of the world’s best known celebrities are from the USA. In many areas of life‚ American popular tastes and attitudes have conquered the world. The United States became the first nation in history to build
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WHAT TO KHOW ABOUT GRAFFITI I am absolutely sure that everybody here has heard words like “graffiti” or “street art”. But I’m not sure that you know the exactly meaning of it or its history. Am I right? Don’t you know? So today I will expend your knowledge about graffiti. Wikipedia tells as that Graffiti is writing or drawings scribbled‚ scratched‚ or sprayed illicitly on a wall or other surface in a public place. I can’t contend with that‚ but I understand the word “graffiti” as something
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These violent expressions are dangerous and involve not only other men‚ but can carry to the abuse of women and children. Misogyny is very present in modern day music and media. In Hip Hop the rappers tend to focus on materialism things such as money and chains. Hip Hop sends many messages to men. The men of hip hop tend to be homophobic and intolerable to of other sexualities‚ gender identity‚ and race because they are insecure with themselves and
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call them out on their personal opinions‚ they will say‚ “It is my opinion‚ and that’s all that matters.” In Paul Kix’s article “Hip-Hop Is No Longer Cooler than Me‚” he states his opinion about the fact that Hip-Hop has lost its value and coolness. In his view‚ Hip-Hop used to mean something. Nowadays people just rap about nonsense. Kix’s own personal view of hip-hop is his opinion‚ but other people might totally differently. However‚ in Joan Ryan’s article “We Are Not Created Equal in Every
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