another world through the music of various artists‚ particularly those of rap or R&B. Whether I was taking my daily train ride to school in Oakland or resting on my bed in the late evening‚ my pocket cradled my portal to the melodies‚ the rhythms‚ and most importantly the voices of many artists. Wherever I was‚ my earphones could instantly take me the worlds of those artists. My phone
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called ziggurat They kept themselves united under Hammurabi’s code You obey Hammurabi’s code Praise Hammurabi’s code Break Hammurabi’s code And you’ll be saying oh no! Libraries were found (x4) Awww Yeah! This rap was a project for World History and we had to come up with a rap that went over the culture of Mesopotamia‚ it is to the tune of Crank Dat Mesopotamia (from the Greek‚ meaning ’between two rivers’) was an ancient region in the eastern Mediterranean bounded in the northeast by the
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How has rap music has promoted misogyny in the adolescence of modern American society? Bibliography D‚ Davey. "The Hip-Hop Community Works to Address Misogyny Issues." Rap and Hip-Hop. Ed. Tamara Thompson. Detroit: Greenhaven Press‚ 2013. Current Controversies. Rpt. from "Oakland ’s Townhall on Misogyny‚ Teen Violence & the Influence of Rap Music w/ Too Short." www.daveyd.com. 2012. Opposing Viewpoints in Context. Web. 4 Feb. 2014. This article elaborates on the negative effects of Rap
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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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the rap music has many themes that involve many themes racism‚ drug addiction‚ Rap Music is considered to be the voice of the African American youth. He also stated the types of rap music; lifeline and hard-core rap‚ commercial or soft rap; the commercial or the soft rap is all about social messages that addresses social messages between the races and classes which describes problems and frustrations that exist between teenagers and parents on the other hand the lifeline or the hard core rap is divided
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others speak of anger. Music that most of the time have an bad effect on people are rap‚ hip hop and trap music. Just because of the violence and inappropriate things being said in the lyrics. Sometimes these kind of music can change an individual. Critics of rap‚ hip-hop and trap music state that this music objectifies women and promotes gang violence.Critics of rap suggest that this is because the lyrics in many rap songs promote the idea of women as nothing more than sexual objects. There is also
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Rap Music and Females Rap music over time really has started to downgrade females. In the rap world‚ women are just accessories to the male rappers. Many females don’t pay attention to the lyrics‚ but to the beat of the song. If they were to listen to the lyrics‚ they would realize how degrading it is. Women should be respected more instead of called out of their name. The younger artists are more degrading which causes younger children to start treating females in ways they shouldn’t. Today
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I could have never predicted that my life would come crashing down on a hot summer day at the Nautica Courts. It was the final round of the local rap battle tournament. My opponent had just delivered a killer freestyle that destroyed any hopes of a comeback. It was a fatal blow. An effortless pun on my clearance-bought clothes and my braces would forever brand me as a clown. The crowds taunts swamped me in humiliation. My opponent’s intimidating stare solidified his clear win. A shiver went down
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spokesmen".[7] Christopher Weingarten of Spin gave the album 9 out of 10 and wrote "A child of the ’80s and a student of the Internet‚ Killer Mike is as exciting and wildly unclassifiable as hip-hop gets: New York noise and country shit‚ nods to when rap was punk and crunk was pop‚ Ice Cube before he needed hooks‚ David Banner before he needed to whisper‚ and Willie D before he needed anybody."[8] Sputnikmusic staff Sobhi Youssef praised the El-P’s synth-bass-heavy production and Mike’s lyricism noted
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SEXUAL IMAGES IN RAP VIDEOS FOXY BROWN AND DA BRAT Hip-hop is fast becoming the expressive manifestation of the past and the present medium by which African American and Latino-American express their views .Black women have less access to power‚ wealth and protection and have used sex as a means to gain that access. Today women in hip-hop define their own worth on what they can do by how much skin they show on TV. This presentation and subsequent paper is takes a critical look at two female
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