“Hip Hop has always been bragging’ and boasting and i’m better at this than you and i’m better at that than you”(Eminem). Hip Hop will forever be a competitive activity. Hip Hop is the streets. Hip Hop is a couple of elements that it comes from back in the days… that feel of music with urgency that speaks to you. It speaks to your likelihood and its not compromised. Its blunt. Its raw‚ straight off the street from the beat to the voice to the words. Although hip hop may seem to encourage adolescents
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The Golden Era of Hip Hop had a huge affect on people all around the world. It was an era where the young and the old all around the world connected. It brought people together. The Golden Era started from the year 1986‚ to the year 1994; The starting point is less disputed than the endpoint. The Golden Era was about innovation in content‚ inflow‚ and in production. In addition‚ the Golden Era was very influential‚ original‚ and creative. The 4-5 elements of hip hop did their part in the golden age
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1970’s among the African American and Latino communities‚ Hip-hop was born in South Bronx‚ New York City. Hip hop is a music genre that has a consistent backing beat‚ while the beat is playing the lyricist rhythmically speaks over the beat‚ which has become known as rapping. Throughout the 80s and 90s hip-hop gained popularity with major artists such as 2pac‚ Biggie Smalls‚ Dr Dre‚ and The Sugar Hill Gang. In the early days of hip hop‚ rappers primarily speak of their struggles in life. Several
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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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In the essay ”Hip-Hop wars”‚ Tricia Rose focuses on the debate in hip-hop about sexism and discrimination. Sexism in hip-hop can be divided into two groups. People in the first group use hip-hop’s sexism as a way to strengthen the image that black people are strange and subordinate‚ and facilitate anti-feminist situations. People in the other group are liberals who like hip-hop‚ they concern about sexism because hip-hop heavily relies on it. The images that degradation of black women is strongly
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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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Introduction (Talha) Hip-Hop is a popular style of dance that is known all over the world. People are very passionate about Hip-Hop dance. In fact‚ every year thousands of people compete in worldwide Hip-Hop competitions‚ with much more watching in live crowds and at home on TV. however‚ it can really be danced anywhere. With so many different styles‚ interesting music‚ a fascinating origin‚ and being able to wear anything you want when dancing‚ Hip-Hop can be very beautiful and definitely drop a
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are the history/cultural importance of Hip Hop? Source #1: Hill‚ Collins Patricia. From Black Power to Hip Hop: Racism‚ Nationalism‚ and Feminism. Philadelphia: Temple Up‚ 2006. Print. Patricia Hill’s l idea of writing this book was to gather different essays for each chapter that were written by African Americans that talks about how they dealt without having the right to stand up for themselves. The importance of this book is to talk about how Hip Hop paved a way for blacks to stay out of trouble
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Citation‚ Sampling‚ and the Development of Academia and Hip-Hop How does sharing benefit society? The sharing of ideas is what allows a culture’s collective body of knowledge to continue expanding‚ and all creators benefit from this expansion. Academics constantly analyze and borrow from each other’s works as they develop new theses and perform new research‚ and the world of hip-hop is no different from the world of academia in this sense. In hip-hop‚ sharing takes the form of sampling – artists sharing
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something you do‚ Hip hop is something you live A historical reflection of Hip Hop Name: Jake Parker Student number: 100072668 Date: Friday‚ March 30‚ 2007 Professor: Mark Adam Let ’s bring it back with that Ol ’ New York rap. Hip hop is amazing‚ straight up. It ’s not just the music‚ it ’s everything involved with the four elements of hip hop; the emceeing (rapping)‚ the DJing‚ the graffiti‚ and the break dancing. When I was younger I used to search for "hip-hop" and "rap" albums never
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