The article "Hip Hop Therapy" by Edgar H. Tyson explains the results of a study in which researchers explore a form of therapy for troubled teens that uses rap music’s lyrics. Although in the past these experiments including rap music and troubled youth have focused on the negative effects‚ this study utilizes a combination of previously effective therapeutic theories to affect them positively. It makes sense that these researchers are trying and tap into this rarely used genre‚ since it is such
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decline of hip-hop Name: Georjette Jeanlouis Class: English CP Date: 6/6/2014 There are many definitions of this term called hip-hop; mainly hip-hop is not just a genre of music… or just a word. Hip-Hop is a lifestyle some people live by that is consisting of four elements-- such as break dancing‚ graffiti art‚ disc jockey‚ and master of comedy-- coining together to form this term called “Hip- Hop”. Hip-hop has taken America by the storm with their new fashion trends‚ latest music. Although
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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 attended
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Hip-Hop as a Commodity As Alexis de Tocqueville stated in a description about Americans‚ “the recollection of the shortness of life is a constant spur to him. Besides the good things that he possesses‚ he every instantly fancies a thousand others that death will prevent him from trying if he does not try them soon.” In a country that promoted commodification and mass production‚ American society thrived on its quest for new and exciting things. Nearly two centuries after his report‚ what was
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Like so many things that have achieved massive success in the United States and around the world‚ hip hop has had to endure its fair share of obstacles. Hip hop is an art form that is inherently postmodern‚ progressive‚ and urban‚ and one that includes modes like street graffiti‚ breakdancing‚ and rapping – all which have had some degree of difficulty finding respect in a country trying desperately to hold onto the past. When Jazz came to the American scene in the early twentieth century‚ it too
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Hip-hop has been emerged in the early 1970s and took over the world since. There are so many reasons why hip-hop is so popular‚ not only in the states‚ but all around the world. One of the reasons is that hip hop is used as a representative of people’s thoughts‚ minds‚ and voices. People express their hidden feelings‚ and silently and peacefully protest through songs. It is considered to be a non-violent way of fighting. What makes hip-hop special is that “hip hop isn’t just music-it’s also attitude
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article‚ “Getting Real about Global Hip Hop‚” describes global hip hop as something that should not be looked at as related to the hip hop from America (Bynoe‚ 78). Bynoe describes global hip hop in this manner because she firmly believes that hip hop is not really hip hop if it does not relate back to the culture from which it came (Bynoe‚ 78). According to Bynoe‚ “Hip Hop culture is indeed based on improvisation and adaptation‚ but…are based in turn on a Black American perspective and understanding
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Many believe that hip hop is the birth of jazz. Professor Sanchez states that hip hop closely relates to jazz by following a three-step process of experience oriented poetry‚ “(1) Acknowledging the burden; (2) bearing witness; (3) Finding redemption” (Sanchez 5). A notorious hip-hop song from the 1980’s which incorporates the three-step process associated with jazz is “The Message” by Grandmaster Flash. The song “The Message” speaks of the burdens of living in a crime ridden urban America‚ the numerous
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Are Women Disrespected in Advertising‚ Music‚ and Video Games? Society today has come a long way. America has made great lengths of improvements in both technology and women rights. Both of these are great advancements in their respective areas but together‚ are they advancing enough? Women have won rights in voting‚ owning land‚ and earning high end jobs‚ have they yet to earn the right to be respected in different social aspects? Women today are getting disrespected in advertising‚ video games
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Literary Roots of Hip-hop Lyricism Introduction Rap is easily heard as a play of words‚ a sampling of music rhythms and melodies‚ and for the passers-by‚ a taunt against another taunt. But for those who will listen closely‚ rap lyrics may be full of history‚ a love story‚ political critique‚ innuendo‚ sarcasm as well as wit (Rose‚ 1994‚ p 14). The past decades had hip-hop fill up a cultural lexicon of vocabulary‚ characters and culture. Accordingly‚ the lexicon has been fed by hip-hop artists that
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