Music is an art form and source of power. Many forms of music reflect culture and society‚ as well as‚ containing political content and social message. Music as social change has been highlighted throughout the 20th century. In the 1960s the United States saw political and socially oriented folk music discussing the Vietnam War and other social issues. In Jamaica during the 1970s and 1980s reggae developed out of the Ghetto’s of Trench town and expressed the social unrest of the poor and the need
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The Hip Hop Defense Everyone has an opinion about the influence of hip--hop music on our nations youth. Many people‚ such as politicians and the ultra conservative‚ feel the influence is destructive and incites violent behavior. Some people‚ for instance the media‚ believe hip- hop glamorizes inappropriate behaviors and actions while promoting the demoralization of women in general‚ but more specifically black women. Few people are willing to speak out and defend hip-hop music as communicative
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Place Hip hop is a form of art that has been popular for the past twenty years. Although people in recent years often mistake rap music as vulgar and ill-mannered‚ the hip hop community continues to provide a great way to channel emotion and soul into their music. In his article‚ “The State of Rap: Time and Place” Jeffrey Louis Decker illustrates the black nationalism within the hip hop community by exploring how Black Nationalism can be accounted for within the hip hop music. Before hip hop was
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An interesting occurrence that has resulted from globalization is how individuals from various nationalities‚ socio economic background and religions have connected to the hip-hop culture making it a linguistic phenomenon. (Alim‚ 2006) In the past many have considered this type of English as "just a reflection of US culture‚ or music‚ [and] cannot be included as part of ordinary language use". (Pennycook‚ 2003‚ p. 517) Yet as our societies evolve‚ we are seeing how "the global role of rap in
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modern day 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. Since hip-hop has come to the forefront‚ it has changed. Hip-hop has revolutionized‚ it wasn’t always how many people see it today. It revolutionized into the sounds and tunes that we now hear and to what most people‚ more specifically the younger population‚ has grown to love about it today. Hip-hop first originated
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Hip-Hop Artists: Role Models in the Music Industry Introduction: -Ice Breaker: Name and what is your favorite music artist? (preferably hip hop artist) -When you hear the term hip hop‚ what comes to mind? What is hip-hop? A culture and form of ground breaking music and self expression with elements that consisted of the elements of graffiti art‚ DJing‚ MCing‚ and breaking. It began in the 1970s as an underground movement in the South Bronx area of New York City. Hip hop is used as an
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In the late 1970’s a new‚ popular form of urban youth culture emerged in the Bronx‚ New York that changed the face of popular music and American culture. Throughout its development‚ hip-hop has become a vastly commercialized component of popular American culture; however‚ it took the efforts of many pioneers and innovators to shape modern hip-hop culture and music. By exploring hip-hop’s origins‚ one can better understand its evolution and its influence on different social groups throughout the United
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Do Guns Provide Safety? At What Cost? I am one of many Americans who believe that guns protect families. People who own firearms are supposed to be responsible and liable. There is controversy about whether gun possession really heightens personal safety and to what degree does gun violence factor in increased medical expenses. If less gun-related issues can come to a cease‚ than I believe health care cost would decrease sufficiently. I believe that people should have the right to bear arms
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Alessi The article ’’Hip-Hop Causes Violence‚’’ focuses on society’s generalization that rap music promotes‚ encourages‚ and thus causes violence. For the most part‚ the author of the article defends the genre‚ claiming that there is limited evidence that supports the argument that listening to violent storytelling has a direct effect on everyday life‚ which scientifically is very hard to prove. The author states that there are many other forms of entertainment outside of hip-hop that encourage violence
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Hip hop is a musical genre which developed alongside hip hop culture‚ defined by key stylistic elements such as rapping‚ DJing‚ sampling‚ scratching and beatboxing. Hip hop began in the Bronx of New York City in the 1970s‚ primarily among African Americans‚ Jamaican Americans‚ and‚ to an extent‚ Latino Americans. The term rap is often used synonymously with hip hop‚ but hip hop denotes the practices of an entire subculture. Rapping‚ also referred to as MCing or emceeing‚ is a vocal style in which
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