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    2017 Hip-Hop vs 2000s Hip-Hop Many‚ if not all fans of 2000s Hip-Hop are disgusted with the change that has happened to the genre of Hip-Hop. In the past 17 years Hip-Hop has gone from the transformation from a “gangster rap” feel to Rockstar oriented‚ bass slamming‚ and punk rock influenced. The artists are also getting popular much faster‚ with social media artists are common to blow up in popularity at the age of 17. Older fans are even more disappointed with the new fashion that is brought with

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    Rap and Hip-Hop music has been around since Grandmaster Flash and Furious Five with their track‚ The Message. Music in general is a major influence in a child’s or teenager’s life. According to the Kaiser Family Foundation‚ the average child listens to more than 2 1/2 hours of music daily. (1). www.livestrong.com Is this a good or bad thing for teenagers around the world? Rap music does not really make problems for teens who live in a balanced/healthy lifestyle. According to the American Academy

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    Hip hop is a cultural movement that began its journey during the early 1970s‚ among African American young children’s residing in the South Bronx in New York City. Afterwards‚ became popular outside of the African American community in the late 1980s and by the 2010s it became the most listened-to musical genre in the entire world. Furthermore‚ it consists of four fundamental elements‚ which represent the different manifestations of the culture: rap‚ turntablism‚ b-boying‚ and lastly graffiti art

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    Hip-hop was born in the South Bronx during a time where people of color were overwhelmed by poverty‚ poor living conditions‚ substance abuse‚ and gang violence. Black leaders of these communities acknowledged the consequences of these destructive conditions and the detrimental effect they would have on the African-American community. These individuals knew that in order for Black youths to survive‚ they needed to be provided with an alternative future to explore. The solution to this issue was to

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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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    English 1301.06 November 14‚ 2014 How Women Are Portrayed In Hip Hop Videos For Years‚ video girls have been a major part of hip hop music and videos‚ but what is the cost? Are girls losing themselves in the glitz and glam of being a video girl? This video covers just that: what image women are giving out by being in these Hip Hop videos. These viewpoints come from a few different people who all have different roles in the Hip Hop world. The video also talks about the negative roles such as “walking

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    see that most of the current genres of music were rooted in older genres such as jazz. This essay in particular will discuss hip hop which has roots stemming from jazz‚ blues‚ and also gospel music. In Understanding Black American Aspects in Hip Hop Cinema by Tani Sanchez‚ we see an excerpt where music scholar Craig Werner establishes a three step process in which hip hop music is associated with the gospel. These steps include “(1) acknowledging the burden; (2) bearing witness; (3) Finding redemption”

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    One of the most important aspects in this module was showing that hip hop is a positive thing instead of a negative one like most perceive. The creation of the Hip Hop Culture helped black teenagers‚ as well as other minority teens to find something of their own in a country where they weren’t welcome by its other inhabitants. “Inspired by the DJs of the tenement blocks‚ black teenagers created hip hop‚ a celebratory subculture with its own language‚ its own music‚ dance‚ fashion and graffiti.” (Rap:

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    How does Hip Hop Cause Violence? “They say I’m all about murder murder and kill kill‚ But what about Grindhouse and Kill Bill? What about Cheney and Halliburton? The back door deals on oil fields? How is Nas the most violent person?” – Nas The first chapter of Tricia’s Rose The Hip Hop Wars debates about the issues of violence in the urban America and its association with hip hop. Rose explain that there are five central elements that are the underlying factors of the destruction of minority communities

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    Hip-Hop versus R&B Rhythm and blues was considered strictly black music. The black culture is a phenomenal subject representing the life style‚ imagination and accomplishments of people. One of the most outstanding and unique characteristic that makes this culture one of a kind is the music I has produced. Music has a common characteristic that is unique to all cultures throughout the world. Today‚ I want to focus on the comparing of two music styles Hip-Hop versus R&B and the

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