How close do you have to be to an experience to understand it? The black experience differs immensely from any other racial experience‚ not solely because of the huge amount of adversity the black community was forced to face over a long period of time‚ but also because of the surplus of positivity that came from this adversity. Through struggle‚ the black community created its own distinct forms of visual art‚ music‚ dance‚ poetry‚ and style. It created a culture that countered the white community
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something deeper in hip hop other than diamond chains‚ nice cars‚ nine millimeter hand guns‚ and gang signs. Hip hop has roots that most MC’’s feel has strayed over the years. Not only has it strayed but original hip hop is not as popular as it once was. Hip hop has become a culture‚ that open doors of different avenues of artistry. Hip hop has done so much into emphasizing the importance of art and movement that there is a number of people that will keep us reminded what hip hop really was. These
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Hip-Hop was brought into the U.S by a gathering of Jamaican settlers in the 70’s. One of the Jamaicans‚ Clive Campbell‚ A.K.A Kool Herc started‚ making instrumentals out of two turntables. While another man from the Bronx‚ Theodore Livingstone‚ A.K.A Grand Wizard‚ incidentally found the scratching sound of the turntable. Rap was made as a between social marvel of New York’s poorer segments (Harlem‚ Soho‚ Greenwich Village‚ Bronx‚ Queens‚ and Brooklyn). Rap turned into a developed type of Jamaican
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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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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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Outlines “Voice of the Streets: The Birth of a Hip-Hop Movement” Author: Jackson Allers Title: Voice of the Streets: The Birth of a Hip-Hop Movement Topic The topic is hip-hop and social issues. Thesis The author claims that Arab hip-hop was not an insular clique any more and its music can have impact on the larger society as the responses from this Arab hip-hop movement. Main points When Jackson interviews the MCs‚ he finds bribes might happen during the events Ground Zero: Jackson looks
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Hip Hop Music Should Be Heavily Censored Here On Out Hip hop music is a way that a person can express themselves. Over the years hip hop music has created many opportunities for individuals to make money. Hip hop music has many people that likes and dislike the language usage. Hip hop music should be heavily censored because of the language used in the records‚ disrespecting of a culture and the misrepresentation of themselves and others. The selection of words used in hip hop had gain and
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and hip-hop are two of the most popular genres of music. Rapping is a form of art‚ that lets any person express their views of life from whomever or wherever they may be‚ rich or poor. Their history traces back to the schoolyards and ghetto neighborhoods of the South Bronx‚ with young children just putting a beat to the stories about their lives and hidden truths of the world. Now‚ rap and hip-hop top the Billboard charts‚ and have emerged as two of the most influential cultural forces of our time
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As early as the developmental stages in the womb of our mothers‚ every person has a reaction to music. The reaction maybe completely different‚ but in some way every single individual exhibits some type of feeling towards the rhythms and the words of the various genres of music among society today. Hip-hop and Neo soul are two genres of music that is often compared to one another but are different. Some people might think of them as a weird group of people. Just a handful of these artists are sometimes
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Hip Hop as a Force for Social Change In the Triton Talk‚ Using Hip Hop and Arts as Forces for Social Change‚ Phillip Jacobs discusses the societal impact of hip hop and the changes it has caused. Social change‚ as defined by Cliff Notes‚ “refers to any significant alteration over time in behavior patterns and cultural values and norms…changes yielding profound social consequences” (Social Change Defined). Jacobs claims that hip hop is influential in society in many ways; he brings up several examples
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