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    Hip-hop is the latest expressive manifestation of the past and current experience as well as the collective consciousness of African-American and Latino-American youth. But more than any music of the past‚ it also expresses mainstream American ideas that have now been internalized and embedded into the psyches of American people of color over time. A part of the learned mainstream American culture is sexism and misogyny. Hip-hop culture is frequently condemned for its misogynistic exploitation

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    Effects of Hip-Hop | Malachi Norman English 101April 8‚ 2013Professor Stayton MWF 9:00 am | From the beats to the lyrics‚ the current generation of youth is engrossed in hip-hop culture‚ tending to idolize the artist behind the songs. Since the 1970s‚ hip-hop has influenced American culture tremendously. In the past‚ hip-hop held a central focus around inequality‚ empowerment and overcoming hardships. Today‚ hip-hop talks more about sex‚ money‚ a male dominant social standing‚ and drugs. Hip-hop‚

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    old and what’s new. Once you understand the foundation of hip-hop and realize its lyrics‚ beats‚ fun‚ and dance – the age of the music don’t really matter. Do you ever participate in the what’s “real” hip-hop argument? I can’t do that. When I came up a hip-hop record could be an instrumental and didn’t even have words‚ so I don’t even understand that shit! Apache‚ by the Sugar Hill Gang is a break beat from a record that’s not even hip-hop. Chic’s Good Times‚ the very first rap record‚ is a disco

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    Christian Hip-hop VS Secular Hip-hop Donald Payne COM/170 6/12/12 Faith lbarra Christian Hip-hop VS Secular Hip-hop Hip-hop is a form of popular music that’s comprised mainly of emceeing and deejaying. As hip-hop continues to evolve into a successful enterprise‚ it has emerged into trends‚ such as clothing styles‚ improper dialogue known as slang‚ and an overall general mindset. While the secular industry of hip-hop promotes sex‚ drugs‚ and violence‚ to name a few; the Christian objective

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    East Coast Hip-Hop

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    Compared to the original form of Hip-Hop it became well known and recognised for the positive some-times being afro centric and realistic lyrics that often had some depth of meaning into what was currently going on in the “people’s lives”. East Coast Hip-Hop combined various genres of music and sounds one of the largest example’s being Jamaican dancehall toasting where DJ’s played the rhythm

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    December 2016 Hip Hop vs Rap When I think of Hip Hop‚ I think of mainly guys beatboxing. Beatboxing is a form of vocal percussion primarily involving the art of mimicking drum machines using your mouth and voice. Hip Hop artists such as Doug E. Fresh and Vanilla Ice used the beatboxing style of rhyming in a lot of music in the mid 80’s and early 90’s. Another thing that comes to mind is men walking around with boom boxes up close to their face rhyming to the music melodies being played. Hip Hop is described

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    Hip Hop Planet Thesis

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    Your essay‚ Hip Hop Planet‚ was very stimulating in which you discussed about how hip-hop has transformed and became a demanding voice for several. Initially‚ you stated that you were a jazz lover and when you were first introduced to rap at a party in Harlem you believed that the hit song “Rapper’s Delight” by The Sugar Hill Gang was the most ridiculous thing you ever heard. In addition‚ you claimed that your worst nightmare was if “My daughter comes home with a guy and says‚” Dad‚ we’re getting

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    The Underling Messages- Misogyny with Hip-Hop Misogyny is vigorously common in the realm of Hip-Hop and the Black community is observed as one of its most noteworthy disciples. The physical‚ mental‚ and rhetorical brutality against women that is portrayed through the music has materialized onto the treatment of Black women among men in our society and is especially prevalent within Black men. Despite the fact that the illustrations and issues with misogyny are clear‚ equivocalness still dwells in

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    Since the inception of hip-hop‚ the sound and the feeling of hip-hop has transformed into a whole new sound. Hip-Hop has changed drastically. The feeling and sound of hip-hop has stretched to a whole different sound which makes us question‚ is this hip-hop? Hip Hop evolved in the 1970’s‚ credited to African Bambatta. In the Bronx it was the mainstream to see everyone gathered at the block parties to see all the DJ’s. From that one block party‚ there was more and more giving those DJ’s their name

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    Wilson May 14‚ 2010 Hip-hop as a Cultural Movement What first comes to mind nowadays when you hear the word ‘hip-hop’? Most people think of a gangster embellished in large diamonds‚ sporting baggy clothes‚ huge cars‚ all with a general disregard for the welfare of humanity. It wasn’t always like this: hip-hop was originally born as a recreational activity‚ used as an outlet to cope with poverty. The notion of hip-hop has clearly changed in a big way since the advent of hip-hop culture back in

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