East Coast vs. West Coast Throughout the nineties there was an movement in hip hop‚ the infamous East coast rap vs West coast between rap musicians. It was a separational movement that caused both sides to end the lives of two most influential rappers in the music industry‚ Notorious B.I.G and Tupac Shakur. Both rappers with similar backgrounds have changed the music scene completely with one sudden movement. Known mainly for their rivalry against one another and compared because of the backgrounds
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Bianca Phillips Eng.101/Baker 11/9/11 Does Violent Lyrics Cause Violence Some people believe music has become a reason for children turning to violence. Are violent lyrics making children act out violently? Then there’s the other side that say stop blaming music for violence. I believe violent lyrics can cause someone to act out violently‚ because songs with violent lyrics can prompt thoughts of violence. Songs that talk about shooting and killing each other can make the listener more
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Rakim Mayers better known as ASAP Rocky‚ is an American rapper and music video director. Born and raised in the New York neighborhood Harlem‚ he is a member of the hip hop collective A$AP MOB‚ from which he adopted his moniker. When he was 12 years old‚ his father went to jail in connection with selling drugs. A year later his older brother was killed near his apartment‚ which inspired him to take rapping seriously. Mayers
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READY TO DIE In 1994‚ Hip Hop artist Notorious B.I.G released his debut album Ready to Die under the Bad Boy Records label. This was marked as the first release on their label. Ready to Die made the Notorious B.I.G. a star and vaulted Sean "Puffy" Combs’ Bad Boy label into the spotlight as well. It’s recognized as one of the greatest hardcore rap albums ever recorded. The album reached quadruple platinum with infamous tracks Juicy‚ Big Poppa and One More Chance. In June of 1995‚ the single
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Did you know that one of the most successful music artists of our time at one point had to think about working at a restaurant just to make ends meet? Yes‚ this is one of the things that happened to Drake. Aubrey Drake Graham has not only become one of the greatest artists of the 21st century‚ but he has also peaked many people’s interest with his diverse upbringing and interesting back story. He can relate to so many people and this is one of the reasons people love him. Aubrey Drake Graham was
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Straight Outta Compton is a movie about 5 young men back in the 1980’s who portrayed their life in L.A California Compton into rap music. These five young men were known as‚ Ice cube played by O’Shea Jackson Jr‚ who was the songwriter of the group. Eazy-E Played by Jason Mitchell‚ who was the main singer of the group Dr. Dre played by Corey Hawkins who made the beats of the groups song’s‚ Mc Ren played by Aldis Hodge and Dj Yella played by Neil Brown who was the DJ in NWA’s Group. Their Groups Name
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Quentin Tarantino and the Director as DJ MICHAEL RENNETT I 1990S‚ TIMOTHY CORRIGAN DEFINED A NEW KIND OF film auteur as “celebrity‚” exemplified by Quentin Tarantino‚ Spike Lee‚ and Oliver Stone. He describes these directors as selfpromotional machines‚ in which “the artistic expression of contemporary directors is fully bound up with the celebrity industry of Hollywood” (38–39). Essentially‚ contemporary directors are marketing themselves as a specific brand‚ and the films created by each auteur
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albums worldwide. As stated in ‘The Guardian’ newspaper online Nicky Minaj’s music is appealing at young boys and girls. With the genre of hip-hop‚ pop‚ rap and R&B Nicky have made a connection with different fans appealing and matching their genre. Also we can see she has succeeded in her career as she has more than 18 million followers on twitter and instagram‚ she’s been portrayed
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“Runaway Love” Ludacris does a remarkable job of portraying his message about the struggles that some adolescents are faced with. “Runaway Love”‚ by Ludacris‚ featuring Mary J. Blige (2007)‚ represents the theme of struggle through hip-hop and rap music. It is about little girls who are “stuck up in the world on their own.” They have to take care of themselves because the people they are around do not care about them. They range from nine to eleven years in age‚ and their goal in life‚ at such a
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disco to heavy metal‚ punk rock to soft rock. Now hip-hop and rap seem to be the current musical infatuation in our era. Yet we’re forgetting that somewhere in that time frame‚ around the 1970’s a music form known as reggae emerged from the little island of Jamaica‚ and with it came a man that will never be forgotten. His name was Robert Nesta Marley although he was better known to us as Bob Marley and he changed our world forever. Marley’s music was unleashed on America and the world in the mid
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