Is Hip-Hop/Rap Poetry? Over the past several years‚ hip-hop’s/music standing has been tumbling. Criticizers of the genre often arguably point at the extreme cursing‚ degradation of women‚ and adoration of the "gangsta" lifestyle as major flaw in rap songwriting. However‚ it is important that these characteristics only describe a small section of hip-hop. Most rap songs are actually very poetic‚ as they feature the rhythms and verses‚ poetic devices‚ and themes that are crucial elements of traditional
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moves had people thinking it was the end of all innocence. Then in the 1980’s Hip Hop Rap became increasingly popular. Many people viewed this new music as stupid and disgusting. It was seen as a ghetto‚ spoken word‚ vulgar‚ type of music. An example of this stereotype is the views of Hip Hop/ Rap through James McBride’s perspective. In James McBride’s essay “Hip Hop Planet” he shares with us his views on hip hop/ rap music and how hard it was for him to appreciate it. Overtime people began to appreciate
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rhythms; that was how the Hip Hop or Rap was born. For instance‚ the first Rap song was “Rapper’s Delight” by the Sugarhill Gang‚ hearing this music is like hearing rhymes over a disco song notably being inspired in the hits from the beginning of the 80s. They were the first band to use the word “rapper” before that they were known as MC’s which stands for “Masters of Ceremony” when in fact they were the ones that had to make the crowd dance. In addition‚ they made the Rap a genre that could be heard by
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realized that he needs to do more to help the urban culture that has been significantly neglecting God. The most influential rappers of today’s time rap nothing more than sex‚ money‚ drugs‚ and women. Lecrae the author of the song “Nuthin” uses symbolism‚ conflict‚ and tone to create the theme. The theme of Lecrae “Nuthin” song would be that the rap industry needs to be more than sex‚ money‚ drugs‚ and women. The first literary element is symbolism. In the verse‚ “the truth is for a few designer
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Mathers LP” was one of Eminem ’s best selling albums and one of the best rap albums of all time. One reason why “The Marshall Mathers LP” was such a great impact to the rap community is because after the great success of his previous album “The Slim Shady LP” no one expected a white rapper to be able to follow up with a better album‚ like Eminem did. Another reason why “The Marshall Mathers LP” had such a great impact on rap is because he was the first rapper to spark protest from the gay and lesbian
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Rap was able to greatly influence both American music and poetry. People were first outraged at how the new music was played‚ but eventually it began to spread just like any other new music genre that had been introduced to the American people. Whitman’s new ways writing poetry‚ free verse‚ also set in motion another new way of writing poetry. Which also contributed to rap and other genres of music waiting for a breakthrough. Whitman was one of the people to first set free verse in motion‚ and multiple
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Porównanie systemów politycznych Polski i USA Porównanie systemów politycznych obydwu krajów może nastręczać nieco trudności‚ głównie ze względu na specyfikę ich kształtowania na przestrzeni dziejów. Co najważniejsze‚ USA to kraj o długiej i nieprzerwanej tradycji demokratycznej‚ w którym wszelkie poważne zmiany dokonywały się (może z wyjątkiem wojny secesyjnej i jej skutków) drogą ewolucji‚ przez co system polityczny wypracowano poprzez ciągle opieranie się konsensusie. Polska tymczasem to kraj
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The author of “Rebellion Through Music” is Heather Wendtland‚ who majored in sociology and minored in psychology. She addresses the idea of Caucasian females‚ mainly teenagers‚ using rap and hip-hop music to express their feelings. The essay was written to analyze and interpret a cultural phenomenon for a second-semester composition class at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. I agree with Wendtland that youths of the 20th century use music to show their rejection of authority. However‚ there
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spent a lot of time on his songs‚ tried to understand what his slang words in the song. And tried to know his personality or his opinion throughout the songs. As far as I know that Eminem is the only rapper who called themselves a Rap God and actually proved it. The song “Rap God”‚ which was released in October 2013‚ as the third single comes from Eminem’s eight album‚ The Marshall Mathers LP2. Eminem spits a total of 1‚560 words on this super-lyrical track. It earned him an entry in the 2015 Guinness
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to be the main target audience for marketers‚ due to the fact that they are the largest consumers. Young Americans are also the ones who thrive off hip-hop and rap‚ it has been evolved into everyones culture. Advertisers have turned hip-hop and rap into a superficial money gain. Rappers and hip-hop artists are forgetting what started rap and hip-hop to become apart of society with out the depth. One day the roots of African American culture may be lost in the mix of
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