lazy‚ stupid‚ dirty‚ worthless nobody‚” (Nigger‚ a brief history). The use of the word “nigger” strips away the individuality of a person. Nigger is evident in hip hop music‚ the civil rights movement‚ pop culture‚ and is now used as a term of endearment. The genre of hip hop music inspires use of the generalizing term “nigger”. Hip hop music allows the term “nigger” to be a normal thing to say. When nigger is used in a song it gives people of every race an excuse to use it. Certain words from
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Jazz vs. Hip Hop It is exceedingly interesting the way American culture is unoriginal in every way. Just about every aspect of American culture is in some way based on and/or influenced by people of another nationality as well as people of much different ethnicities than that of the typical white-protestant American. This is proven true through what Americans eat‚ the way they dance‚ and even the music they listen. Although America is the birthplace of both jazz and hip-hop‚ neither was really
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sales figures are obvious testimonies to its popularity and commercial success. This was made particularly evident in October 2003 when‚ according to the recording industry bible Billboard magazine‚ all top 10 acts in the United States were rap or hip-hop artists;1 and again in 2006‚ when the Academy award for Best Song went to It’s
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The face of hip-hop is one that changes almost every five years. Every four to five years we see a distinct change of sound in the genre creating room for up and coming artists to make an impact in the industry. From what we’ve seen as of late‚ the era of Soundcloud rappers have taken hip-hop by storm generating new talent almost every day. Few of the artists have been able to separate themselves from the pact‚ making them some of the hottest newer acts in the game. While we know acts like Drake
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Evolution of Music Genres (Hip-Hop/R&B) Music is truly a gift to humanity that can be used in a multitude of ways. Music is used in ways of conveying emotion and creativity; it can also be used in celebration or setting the mood for a certain event. Whether music fans notice or not‚ the evolution of music is occurring now. Certain music genres have been thrusted into the limelight of the current state of music and also the future of it as well. The first new genre that has emerged from the pack
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Michael Render‚ a rapper better known by Killer Mike‚ gave a short history lesson on a talk show about hip-hop. He goes on to state that it was created approximately in the late 1960’s in the less fortunate communities of America. Specifically‚ in the areas of the Bronx or New York‚ children surrounded by the street gangs‚ decided to create a Hip Hop movement that included rap music‚ breakdance‚ “djaying‚” and graffiti in order to make an alternative to the violence of the street gangs. Later in
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References: All-movie.com. (2007). An inconvenient truth plot synopsis. Retrieved December 17‚ 2007 from http://wc03.allmovie.com/cg/avg.dll?p=avg&sql=1:342290 Gilliam‚ T. (2007). Black youth and politics project – hip-hop and politics. Retrieved December 15‚ 2007 from http://blackyouthproject.uchicago.edu/primers/reviews/hiphop.pdf Golub Collection. (2007). The Broad Art Foundation. Retrieved December 15‚ 2007 from http://www.broadartfoundation.org/collection/golub
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you that hip-hop has gone global. From Brazil to England to France to Japan to India to South Africa‚ young (and some old) people are finding a voice‚ a sense of style and even a sense of self in hip-hop. While it might appear as though people have shallowly appropriated the style and sounds and aren’t truly feeling the movement‚ this isn’t necessarily so. Sure‚ there are those -- what some Americans would call imitators or wannabees -- who are merely moving through the elements of hip-hop on their
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Alma Echeverria Professor Gordon English 2336 – CRN 35993 9 Mar. 2013 Essay Exam #1 “The Message” speaks to idea that it is “…testif[ying] against their captors”(XXXVII). Grandmaster Flash and the Furious five state in the beginning of their song‚ “Got no money to move out‚ I guess I got no choice”; which lets you know that they are captive of the situation they live in (82). As much as they try to get far away from the violence and poverty they live in‚ they cannot do so‚ they are captive
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huge following on social media‚ Skate is one of the most prominent up-and-coming rappers/hip-hop artists in the music industry. Recently‚ at the 2015 Teen Choice Awards‚ he received a nomination for "Choice Music: Next Big Thing‚" and earlier this week‚ he released his first full-length album titled Maloski. Without a doubt‚ I have to admit that I am quite impressed. While I sometimes find that many hip-hop songs sound repetitive and monotonous‚ this is definitely not the case with the tracks on
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