Wilson May 14‚ 2010 Hip-hop as a Cultural Movement What first comes to mind nowadays when you hear the word ‘hip-hop’? Most people think of a gangster embellished in large diamonds‚ sporting baggy clothes‚ huge cars‚ all with a general disregard for the welfare of humanity. It wasn’t always like this: hip-hop was originally born as a recreational activity‚ used as an outlet to cope with poverty. The notion of hip-hop has clearly changed in a big way since the advent of hip-hop culture back in
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The Cultural Impact of Hip Hop Music The Main Impact of Hip-hop music is on the Kids of today. The music‚ slang and clothing are a couple of examples of heavy influences. Why can’t they be more like ... actually kids today are pretty much the same are their parents and grandparents were when it comes to creating their own culture. Only now‚ instead of flappers‚ hippies or punks‚ we’ve got a generation of youths influenced by hip-hop culture. It’s hard to argue that the current domination of
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By Ronald Roach As a cultural movement‚ hip-hop manages to get billed as both a positive and negative influence on young people‚ especially on Black and Latino youth. On one hand‚ there are African American activists‚ artists and entrepreneurs‚ such as Russell Simmons‚ who seek to build a progressive political movement among young hip-hop fans and who have had modest success with voter registration efforts. On the other hand‚ there’s no shortage of critics who denounce the negative portrayals
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Hip Hop Hip hop is a broad conglomerate of artistic forms that originated as a specific street subculture within South Bronx communities during the 1970s in New York City. It is characterized by four distinct elements‚ all of which represent the different manifestations of the culture: rap music (aural)‚ turntablism or "DJing" (aural)‚ breaking (physical) and graffiti art (visual). Despite their contrasting methods of execution‚ they find unity in their common association to the poverty and violence
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Professor Marini Research Paper; 12pm Hip Hop Phenomenon Barack Obama once stated‚ “The thing about hip-hop today is it ’s smart‚ it ’s insightful. The way they can communicate a complex message in a very short space is remarkable (Morgan 927).” Hip Hop has evolved through the years by the people who participate in it. The message in the lyrics that hip hop artist speak are usually directed to the youth community. Hip Hop is spread throughout the world. Hip Hop was started by the youth and is continuing
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Back then‚ when I hear “Hip Hop”‚ I associated it with egoistic rappers and gang violence. It was my least favorite music genre because rap artists only rap about their shopping list and other meaningless topics. It came to the point where I asked‚ “What is Hip Hop?” I was so curious that I decided to use it as an English research topic. From that point on‚ my opinion on Hip Hop changed completely due to the fact that there’s more to it. As I researched on what Hip Hop is‚ I found out that it isn’t
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we know just have many genres to satisfy the cultural and social tastes of our modern society. Hip Hop is a genre of music that has significantly grown the last couple of decades. It’s increased popularity has brought it to the forefront of globalization. Technological advances has made it easy for Hip Hop to spread out globally. This occurrence of globalization is a key example that as our cultural borders are broken down by technology‚ our own cultural and social practices become fluid. Although
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“Hip-hop reflects the truth‚ and the problem is that hip-hop exposes a lot of the negative truth that society tries to conceal. It ’s a platform where we could offer information‚ but it ’s also an escape.”- Busta Rhymes (Hip Hop Quotes) Hip hop does contain a largely negative influence into the American society by black men getting into violence‚ assaulting black women physically and concerning about their education‚ their employment and their incarceration. The hip hop music influence young black
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BRINGING HIP HOP BACK TO THE 70’s You’re standing amongst a crowd in a circle‚ side by side‚ next to people you don’t know. Crowds going wild in New York‚ South Bronx and your bumping to the music‚ with an extensive amount of energy that you’re allowing yourself to give to this one individual in the center whose dancing‚ break-dancing. The boy is called a b-boy and few people know this but that it what started this fascinating music called early Hip-hop. During the 1970’s‚ Hip hop was starting
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“Hip-Hop‚ The Renaissance” By Christopher Bowman Christopher Bowman “Hip-Hop‚ The Renaissance” They say "they never really miss you til you dead or you gone" So on that note I’m leaving after the song. A wise MC by the name of Shawn Corey Carter told me this as his Black Album gave me identical eclectic vibes I felt listening to the likes of Digable Planets‚ Big L‚ Big Daddy Kane‚ Big Pun‚ Common‚ Mos Def and others artists born of “The Renaissance”. I have come to inform you all
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