ENG 110-08 From Fly-Girls Joan Morgan What qualities of hip-hop music and rap artists does Morgan admire or appreciate? What fears does she have for rap’s female fans and for the artists themselves? To what extent do you agree with Morgan’s assessment of the misogyny‚ anger‚ and despair expressed by hip-hop? Although Morgan addresses the negatives to hip-hop music and rap‚ she also highlights what she appreciates and admires about it. The things she values in this style of music is
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Detroit ’s Hip-Hop scene in 1995‚ Jimmy struggles to find his voice. The people of Detroit know 8-mile Road as the city
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changing and evolving. Hip hop is a musical genre which developed alongside hip hop culture‚ and is commonly based on concepts of looping‚ rapping‚ freestyling‚ DJing‚ scratching‚ sampling and beatboxing. The music is used to express concerns of political‚ social‚ and personal issues. Hip hop started as a blend of late 60’s jazz poetry‚ the influx of Caribbean migrants and their musical influences and the 1960’s and 70’s political and gang cultures of inner city New York. Hip hop’s local roots can
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Mcglone WSC 001 December 10‚ 2013 Lately‚ there has been a lot of commotion about the assumption that specific kinds of music are wrongly influencing the younger generation‚ mainly focusing on Hip Hop artists such as Lil Wayne‚ Jay-Z‚ and Eminem. Some people are even going so far as to blaming Hip Hop for the most horrific and violent events of our time. Researchers‚ parents and other adults of the generation before claim that this music has a negative effect on their children. I disagree with
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Kieran Jolivette Ms. Bezet English IV‚ 6th Hour 11 October 2012 Musician Musicians play instruments for a living and may work in symphony orchestras‚ bands‚ rock groups‚ or jazz "combos." Most musicians study for many years before they become professionals. They usually train in some area of specialization such as popular or classical music. Musicians who specialize in the trumpet‚ trombone‚ clarinet‚ saxophone‚ organ‚ or a rhythm instrument such as the piano‚ string bass‚ drums‚ or guitar
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What is the definition of “rhetoric”? Hip hop culture is an extension of the African American Oral Tradition. According to Gwendolyn D. Pough‚ “bringing wreck” means: According to Gwendolyn D. Pough’s “I Bring Wreck‚” the rhetorical strategy of “bringing wreck” is used by Black female MCs to: As discussed in lecture‚ Queen Latifah’s “U.N.I.T.Y.” is: Why does Gwendolyn D. Pough compare Common’s “I Used to Love H.E.R.” with Erykah Badu’s “(Hip Hop) Love of My Life”? In Patricia Hill
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Korean Music Awards in February 26‚ 2015. Jay Park announced that he is preparing to make a comeback into Korean hip-hop with an all rap
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the culture of hip-hip‚ understanding the origins of the art is pertinent to the goal. The Ice-T directed film‚ “Something From Nothing”‚ explores the perspectives and personalities of both present-day and early hip-hop pioneers. Ice-T 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
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"Teenagers today lack moral values and self-discipline. Do you agree?" Moral values and graciousness‚ in the past‚ were prominent in most teenagers. Majority of the youths then learnt respect‚ courtesy‚ consideration‚ decency‚ propriety‚ honesty and righteousness from a young age‚ and had enough self-discipline to hold to these values. However‚ these moral values and self-discipline are slowly diminishing over the years‚ as most of the younger generation are gradually disregarding these ethics.
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Hip Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes Black death: Homicide is the leading cause of death for Black men aged 15-34 49% of gunshot victims in the USA are Black men aged 15-24 Black men are 14 times more likely to be the victims of homicide than other races 1 in 4 Black women over 18 are sexually assaulted Black women are 35% more likely than white women to be physically assaulted. These figures are completely out of proportion with the percentage of the overall American population that is Black. But
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