Rebecca Walker James Thomas 12-11-12 1 I liked most about the story before hip-hop was hip-hop was when Rebecca walker got her clothes the Nike kicks that were red and white and her suit that was grey and red.2 (a) She got crackle energy because the music like took over her body and she went crazy dance in parties on the block at the corner (b) it helped them by letting figure out what life means to them and how much music is fun and dancing all the time. (c) it provide them time for them self’s
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Pg.1 Hip Hop and R&B Draft Monique Gee 4/13/2014 Com/155 Daniella Bianchi-Laubsch Pg.2 Since the beginning of time music has been a major inspiration to most people. Music helps us to come through some of the toughest times in our lives as well as celebrating the highlights of our lives. There is not just one music genre that moves or inspires us most people are ecletic in a music sense. Although‚ different music genres evolve from others and
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Love Hip-Hop‚ he share his views on why white kids love hip-hop‚ Kitwana also acknowledges the shifts in hip-hop from an old generations radical views of hip-hop into a new cultural movement were young whites begin emulating blacks as cool due to technology advances that has made Hip-Hop mainstream. Mainstream connects hip hop and popular culture which creates an acceptance for hip-hop and alters the way young Americans look at race‚ giving people around the world a chance to embrace Hip-Hop. In return
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that I think had a great effect on many sub-cultures all over the world‚ and was one of the first hip hop songs to have a really universal meaning is: “Where is the Love‚” by The Black-Eyed Peas. In this song‚ they question everyone’s ideologies regarding prejudice‚ and outlet their feelings towards racism‚ war‚ intolerance‚ greed‚ United States politics‚ terrorism‚ media‚ and love. Their hip hop sub-culture is seen in their clothing‚ and lyrics. However‚ they agreed to mainstream or sacrifice
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While Hip-Hop is a relatively new cultural movement that is largely prevalent all over the world now‚ it originates in much earlier Black North American history as far back as the era of enslavement. It is still misunderstood as solely a form of music although it is rather an entire culture consisting of dance‚ "deejaying"‚ and visual art (usually in the form of graffiti) in addition to rap. However‚ in the larger culture of hip-hop‚ rap is the linguistic code that is used in an artistic manner
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“Empire State of Mind‚” is a combination of both Hip Hop and R&B. It consists of spoken words‚ singing and instrumental music. It is immediately introduce with a clarity of strong beats‚ concise and sharp rhythm. Jay-Z begins the first segment with elaborating on his physical location in New York. I consider the lyrics as precise and rapid with such clear diction but with such a fast tempo. Due to the high pressure from the beats it is pretty challenging to focus on the words. Yet I’m hearing the
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Title: Hip Hop High School Theresa Anderson a.k.a. Tee-Ay‚ the main character‚ gets a taste of the hip hop culture as she enters her new high school. The school is full of beat boxers‚ rappers‚ and break dancers. The students have their own lingo‚ and everyone in the school has some kind of nickname. Students aren’t as interested in making good grades‚ as they are in partying‚ drinking‚ smoking‚ and gang banging. Tone The tone of the story varies a lot. It goes from funny‚ to sad‚ to intense
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Given the history and development of hip-hop in the United States‚ I do think this kind of artist-based social movement would be possible in the U.S. I retain this belief because it is my understanding that through the components of hip-hop‚ a social movement could arise as well as through the promotion of black lives. Hip-hop came around during the time of the “War On Drugs”. It was used by black artists to promote their struggles and their problems onto the country and promote the idea that their
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of his emotions and recorded them to music. This is how he successfully gets through his day. Rap music or better known as Hip Hop was originated in the Bronx. Artist like: Biggie and Tupac has effected artist like Jay Z and Andre 3000. Tupac and Biggie have a similarity with Jay Z and Andre 3000‚ they all speak their reality and relate to a lot their fans. Breakdancing and Graffiti are two of the four elements of Hip Hop. Although some people believe Hip Hop influences African American teens in
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Hip-Hop has been a substantial part of African American society since it emerged in the 70’s. Hip-Hop was created as a musical expression of the low and middle working class of African Americans. Social‚ economic‚ political views along with the condition of African American lives are expressed through hip-hop. The cultural aspect of hip-hop contains various different aspects of its significance on society. The historical aspect of hip-hop contains information about how hip-hop was created and how
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