What is hip-hop? Many believe hip-hop is synonymous for rap music‚ but it goes beyond that. Hip-hop is a form of art and culture‚ style‚ and language‚ and for many‚ a way of life (Fernando‚ 1994). The graffiti you see on bridges‚ the dances you see in the clubs‚ the hardened attitude that the boy who sits behind you in film class has‚ the slang you here kids yell at the park‚ this is hip-hop. In the 1980s the subculture at that time was deejaying‚ emceeing‚ graffiti‚ and break dancing. All played
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Hip-Hop Comparison Quinton Frizell ENGL112 March 13‚ 2011 Nelly Aguilar Growing up in the 1980’s and the 90’s I became a huge fan of Hip-Hop music. My friends and I used to sit around for hours listening to our favorite rappers on the radio and watching the videos on television. We would argue for hours about who was a better lyricist and why. Now as I have grown older and the music I have grown to love and still listen to has changed‚ I find myself asking a very good question. What has
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Cheyenne Gaines Dione Sibley Freshman Comp 12:30- 1:50 Hip-Hop’s Betrayal of Black Women Analytical Summary In Hip-Hop’s Betrayal of Black Women published in Z Communications online magazine July 1‚ 2006‚ Jennifer Mclune responds to Kevin Powell’s Notes of a Hip Hop Head by vividly expressing to feminist and African American women that “Hip Hop owes its success to the ideology of woman hating. It creates‚ perpetuates‚ and reaps the rewards of objectification.” In Powell’s quote he begins
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How I Feel About Hip Hop Music Untie the blindfold‚ and open your eyes and see the true meaning of hip hop. In my eyes hiphop has a meaningful message. If you really pick through the lyrics you can realize hip hop is simply a cry for help. Hip Hop is a good message for kids‚ its deep‚ and very powerful. Hip hop is good for kids because it has meaningful stories to tell. These stories explain the struggles some people go through their everyday life. In an article‚Six Reasons You Should Let Your
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Hip Hop Culture began in the South Bronx‚ New York in the late 1970’s. In the beginning‚ Hip Hop music was the artistic expression of the black teenagers living in the South Bronx or inner city. Back then‚ the genre has been considered representative of the voice of the black community. Over a short amount of time‚ Hip Hop music has become an industry‚ and a major influence on mainstream culture in the United States. Commercialism dilutes its messages so that the genre no longer truly represents
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Lancaster ENGL- 1301 18 September‚ 2012 A Response to “Hip Hop: A Roadblock or pathway to Black Empowerment” Geoffrey Bennett’s article Hip Hop: A Roadblock or Pathway to Black Empowerment illustrates the influence hip hop and rap music has had on not only the music industry but mainstream culture‚ African Americans to be specific. Geoffrey Bennett‚ a senior English Major from Voorhees‚ New Jersey goes over many aspects of how hip hop came to be “the forefront of American attention.” He starts
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Burns-Ardolino Research Methods April 22‚ 2007 Positive Women in Hip Hop: Feminism in a Patriarchal Society I. Summary Despite the negative images that we are over exposed to‚ can society identify positive women in hip hop? As hip hop promises to become main stream‚ it is gradually morphing into a component that will eventually be accepted as popular culture. However‚ the degradation of women continues to be a staple of the hip hop culture. In rap music women are commonly referred to as “bitches
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Hip-Hop: A New Generation Hip-hop was born out of the Bronx during the 1970s. Artists such as Grandmaster Flash‚ DJ Kool Herc and Afrika Bambaata mixed funk‚ soul and Jamaican "toasting" (chanting over music) to create a type of hip-hop. Since its early formation‚ hip-hop has become one of the world’s biggest-selling musical genres. Its influence on Western society is far reaching and hip-hop is often referred to as a "culture". Hip-Hop has had a notable influence on fashion‚ language‚ art and
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Hip-hop music and tattoos are important to many teenagers of society today because these are forms of self expression. Although‚ these forms of expression‚ along with any form of expression‚ convey positive and negative message because as people‚ we have positive and negative emotions. Why are these forms of expression so popular in teens? And why is it mostly teens?We should pay close attention to the negative effects of these cultural trends because it shapes the the people of today‚ the future
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The Effects of Hip-Hop in Our Culture There are many differing opinions on whether or not Hip-Hop has a detrimental effect on our culture and youth today. The question I ask is whether it is life portraying art‚ or art portraying life? Anytime there is an increase in crime‚ and a decrease in the number of high school graduates there must be something left to blame. Although it may seem easy to say that the media has an effect on the way we see things around us‚ to what extent is that true
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