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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Best Rapper The words of another person can be very influential and persuasive and by me saying that I am going to enlighten you on why I think the best rapper of this time is Kendrick Lamar. With me being born in 1994 while there was the notorious Tupac‚ who died in the year of 1994 also‚ and were famous for his raps and statements he put in his lyrics. So therefor I never go to listen to the so called heir of rap with my own expectations. In result of that I have a keen sense to balance Kendrick
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end social and/or political injustice for said oppressed. Because of the injustices of the past (inflicted upon POC by non-POC) along with the current injustices and oppression that POC have to deal with every day‚ people need to look deeper into hip hop than just another music genre that everyone has access
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The world of hip hop would have you believe that rap is a very poetic way of expressing yourself through music. This can of course be true‚ but does what you hear from rap music sound very poetic to you? The influence that rap currently has on our children all around the world is unfortunately a very strong one. If you have not noticed many of the major leaders in the rap community try to get involved with good causes and political campaigns in order to make it appear that rap is a good thing. But
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believe that we would all agree that Kanye West is one of the most talked about artists in modern pop culture. However‚ throughout his many outbursts‚ media mishaps and questionable views of his image the media cannot deny his contributions to the Hip-Hop and music cultures. Kanye West successfully brought self-conscious‚ thought-provoking music to a genre that had pride in glorifying‚ violence‚ drug use‚ sex and negativity among African Americans. He was a successful contender to Gangster Rap when
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(nobody).” The artists’ lyrics explain that this girl is extremely sexually appealing and that they want to have sex with her. Pernisco then goes on to state that hip hop videos appeal to young females and males due to the common stereotypes of “expensive vehicles‚ female dancers‚ and over-the-top scenes or situations” (121). In the realm of hip hop‚ “Perfect” exhibits the genre rap. The music video holds many of the stereotypes to further express the song’s genre‚ rap. The stereotypes in this song include
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to tell stories with the help of a beat and a drum. America first introduced rap music as a kind of street art in the 70s and became country-known by the 90s. Many people debate whether there is a difference between rap and hip-hop‚ but that topic is simply very clear. Hip-hop has an
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Music on American Culture Nicole Gilmore Com/156 Oct. 1‚ 2012 Virginia Fontana Growing up in a middle class area and attending public schools. I have experience seeing youth being easily influence by the hardcore lyrics that hip hop music has put out. Teens that are in violent gangs‚ and spending most of their time behind bars at a very young age. Rap music has caused bad social behavior toward our American youth and young adults in many different areas and communities. Rap music
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Sean “P. Diddy” Combs NAME DATE CLASS PROFESSOR’S NAME [pic] Sean “P Diddy” Combs Sean Combs also known as Puff Daddy is one of the most influential music composers/ producers in hip hop today. He has overcome poverty after growing up on the hard streets of Harlem New York to become one of the biggest names of today’s celebrities. Of course he didn’t attain this goal without a lot of hard work in producing number 1 hits with artists such as Mary J. Blige and the Notorious BIG
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