In Depth Case Study of Hip Hop Music * Introduction – describe what hip-hop is and attributes of the genre (200 words): In this case study I will be looking at music genre of hip-hop and how representations of gender‚ sexuality and race are reflected through this genre. Joseph Schloss describes hip-hop as ‘a diverse and vibrant culture that makes use of variety of techniques and approaches to serve many communities throughout the United States‚ in fact the world’ (Schloss:2004: p8). Music
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Pardon the pun‚ but when it comes to degrading and sexist representations of women in music‚ does hip hop deserve its bad rap? Almost exclusively blamed for the negative images of women in music videos‚ hip hop is often perceived as unforgivingly misogynistic. In hip hop and rap‚ many of the lyrics and images portray women of all ethnicities as sexual objects and depict the exploitation of and violence against women. The image of dozens of semi-naked women dancing provocatively around one blinged-out
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Rap Music: It’s Your Choice Rap is talking in rhyme to the rhythm of a beat. It is a form of music that stemmed from hip-hop culture; it began in the Bronx in the 1970’s. It evolved from storytelling through songs that express the essence of African American street culture. Rappers tend to make references of love‚ sex‚ violence‚ socio-political issues‚ crime‚ race‚ and anything that depicts their street life. For example‚ in an interview from Kronick Magazine‚ rap artist Eminem states‚ “…when I
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The term “hip hop” originates from the cultural grouping of African Americans living in the low-income areas of the South Bronx in New York City. Rap music has become a culturally originated music genre stemming from hip hop in the 1970s. Rap music can be defined as rhythmic speaking; almost poetically‚ stemming from Jamaican traditions‚ which included impromptu poetry (Chang‚ 2005) and synthesising‚ which is when DJs speak over the musical rhythms in a poetic form. This hip hop culture then took
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as $2.50 a gram. As crack cocaine became a terrible and rising epidemic‚ hip-hop was going with it. It was in the 1980s that crack cocaine and hip-hop became a foundation in urban communities. Hip hop started off in New York when they used to have block parties and people would start rapping over beats or someone beat boxing and the dance crave of breaking and b-boying where people would move to the beat. Sadly hip hop artist started glorifying the crack epidemic by calling themselves Kurtis Blow
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(Morris‚ 864). This country’s youth is unlike any others‚ we have much control over what we do‚ and music is something that evolves around all of us. In this essay‚ I will discuss the evolution of youth music ranging from early rock‚ to today’s hip hop stars‚ from a muliculturalistic point of view. Multiculturalism is " a term identifying the presence of several significant cultures" (Stark‚ 434). Without the presence of multiculturalism‚ music may not be as diversified and rounded as it is today
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The final thing to understand about indie music to understand the role of “authenticity” is the characteristics of indie music. There are many different sub-genres of indie including indie rock‚ indie folk‚ indie hip-hop‚ etc. However‚ Fonarow describes some characteristics of indie music‚ she states “Permeating the indie tradition is an espousal of simplicity and austerity‚ a hyper-evaluation of childhood and childlike imagery‚ a nostalgic sensibility‚ a technophobia‚ and a fetishization of the
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called banduria composed on the Iberian tradition. Other instruments including guitars‚ is also performed.It is original to Spain. Hip-hop[edit] Main article: Pinoy hip hop Filipino hip-hop is hip hop music performed by musicians of Filipino descent‚ both in the Philippines‚ and overseas‚ especially by Filipino-Americans. This article focuses first on Filipino hip-hop in the Philippines‚ and secondly on that in the USA. The Philippines is known
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There is a great deal of media stereotyping related to rap music‚ hip-hop culture and the economically deprived areas in which these art forms were born. Campbell explain‚ “ The common sense selection process of news organisations often dictates coverage of ‘negative’ minority news‚ whiles ‘positive’ stories about progress and success in minority communities tend to be shelved due to what journalists consider a lack of newsworthiness” (C Campbell‚ 1995‚ p.30) Recent growth in gun crime‚ and gun
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ever been listening to the radio and heard a “beeeeep” in some parts of the song you’re listening to? You know‚ the annoying sound that interrupts the song? The sound is a familiar one among those of us that listen to the radio‚ in particular Rap/hip-hop music stations. This noise is heard because it’s used to bleep out/censor the word that was previously there; the word was most likely ‘bad’ or offensive. Censorship is a growing concern for our society‚ whether it’s because of the lack of censorship
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