Assignment #3 The Islamic Roots of Hip Hop Culture In the following dissertation‚ some unfamiliar truths about hip hop`s interrelation and co-dependence with Islam will be uncovered and discussed incorporating well-known music paradigms and historical facts‚ in order to reveal the religions` influence and association with the genre of hip hop. There can be little doubt that hip hop music has evolved as a global phenomenon. It has become increasingly difficult to find countries‚ or even regional
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Hip Hop Is Dead “Hip Hop is dead” this was a very bold statement that a world famous rapper from Queens by the name of Nas said when he released his 2006 album “Hip Hop Is Dead”. This album Nas released on December 19th turned a lot of heads and created a huge amount of controversy. Nas is a part of southern hip-hop‚ which has been blamed for the downfall of hip-hop. Yet many of the fellow southern rappers from the south have made statements that go against this album. Artists such as Ludacris
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Hip-hop has been the voice of the African Americans for many generations. Therefore‚ It was African Americans voice back then. it helps African Americans express their struggles and problems . Today hip-hop is all about sex‚money and drugs. In addition This has made the generation today brutal. Furthermore Hip-hop is no longer the voice to help the struggles‚ but the key to problems. Because of hip-hop music today teens education is at state because of how artists make the streets seem like a fine
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Rap and hip-hop first started to come together in the 1970 ’s‚ but didn ’t really materialize and become popular until the 1990 ’s. With a huge surge in popularity and growth in the 1990 ’s‚ it seemed that rap and hip-hop had started a cultural phenomenon that still has noticeable effects easily seen today in music and also in pop culture. A cultural phenomenon is an idea‚ trend‚ or movement that shapes and defines that time period. During the 1990 ’s‚ rap and hip-hop spread like wild fire across
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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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rise of hip hop music in the 1970s and 80s has caused people to be more angry and depressed. This change in mood in America resulted in more crime during the peak years. Hip hop music was revolutionary; there had been nothing with similar percussive sounds‚ rapping‚ and distinctive (fairly simplistic) bass lines. Many of the sounds used in hip hop music are harsher and more electronic. In 1979 hip hop music was recorded and played on public radio for the first time. In the 1980s hip hop was diversified
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80’s it became rap and Hip-Hop. The Birth of Hip Hop originally started in the streets of New York in the 1970’s. It later began to be widely known in the early 80’s as it generally became a musical art form that has been around for over 20 years. It’s derive came from a young generation of Black people and Latino-Americans in the slums of Bronx to send political messages and reach a particular audience to help create change. Hip-Hop was formed and the foundations of hip hop were laid down. It is
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Task A People’s ideas about gender can be influencede by the portrayal of woman in hip-hop music videos. The videos that have been studied in class include; ‘Candy Shop’ by 50 cent‚ ‘My House’ by Flo Rida and ‘Sweat’ by Snoop Dogg. All three of these videos demonstrate women in a provocative mannar. The woman appear to all have dark skin‚ dark features‚ long legs‚ a toned body and big breats. In ‘Sweat’ by Snoop Dogg’s the lyrics state he is talking about a brown eyed girl‚ ‘I’m lookin’ in your
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These violent expressions are dangerous and involve not only other men‚ but can carry to the abuse of women and children. Misogyny is very present in modern day music and media. In Hip Hop the rappers tend to focus on materialism things such as money and chains. Hip Hop sends many messages to men. The men of hip hop tend to be homophobic and intolerable to of other sexualities‚ gender identity‚ and race because they are insecure with themselves and
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Rap and hip hop historically served as a vehicle to recognize and empathize marginalized voices. Conveying a sense of dissatisfaction with personal‚ communal‚ and global conditions‚ rap music becomes a mode of edutainment and a calling for social change. However‚ the grating deliverances of rap songs can ironically alleviate the anger of the community simply through representation and shared narratives. Filipina American rapper and producer Ruby Ibarra continues to rise in fame and engages in this
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