reference to hip-hop. I: Introduction Increasingly over the past twenty years‚ hip-hop has transformed from “marginalised to mainstream” (Motley & Henderson‚ 2008‚ p.243) as more and more of the world’s youth follow the genre. With these growing numbers all over the world there is simultaneously growing concern that hip-hop is increasingly homogenised as artists adopt the genre. This essay will address both the homogenous and hybrid aspects of hip-hop‚ arguing that true hip-hop must contain
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“Divorced from skin color‚ sound quality‚ scene or history‚ Hip-Hop (and therefore its more prolific offspring‚ rap) and punk share every important defining factor: heavy bassline‚ repetitive and melodically simple or devoid vocals focused on internal rhyme‚ minimalistic instrumental hooks‚ and lyrics about nihilism‚ social concern‚ poverty and oppression”(Ross Hsu). Hsu asserts that despite the fact that Hip-Hop and punk have different cultural and historical backgrounds‚ they are similar because
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Place Hip hop is a form of art that has been popular for the past twenty years. Although people in recent years often mistake rap music as vulgar and ill-mannered‚ the hip hop community continues to provide a great way to channel emotion and soul into their music. In his article‚ “The State of Rap: Time and Place” Jeffrey Louis Decker illustrates the black nationalism within the hip hop community by exploring how Black Nationalism can be accounted for within the hip hop music. Before hip hop was
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The Evolution of Hip-Hop and Transformation of Rap Music Hip-hop‚ not to be confused with the musical genre‚ is a form of musical demonstration and artistic culture that has remained popular since its emergence in the 1970s. It can be categorized as a cultural movement that includes four primary elements: Disk jockeying (DJing)‚ rapping (emceeing)‚ break dancing‚ and graffiti art. It gave birth to a new musical genre known as “rap‚” a rhythmic style in which lyrics are spoken or chanted. Over the
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Music as social change has been highlighted throughout the 20th century. In the 1960s the United States saw political and socially oriented folk music discussing the Vietnam War and other social issues. In Jamaica during the 1970s and 1980s reggae developed out of the Ghetto’s of Trench town and expressed the social unrest of the poor and the need to over-through the oppressors. The 1980’s brought the newest development in social and political music‚ the emergence of hip-hop and rap. This urban musical
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Hip hop is a musical genre which developed alongside hip hop culture‚ defined by key stylistic elements such as rapping‚ DJing‚ sampling‚ scratching and beatboxing. Hip hop began in the Bronx of New York City in the 1970s‚ primarily among African Americans‚ Jamaican Americans‚ and‚ to an extent‚ Latino Americans. The term rap is often used synonymously with hip hop‚ but hip hop denotes the practices of an entire subculture. Rapping‚ also referred to as MCing or emceeing‚ is a vocal style in which
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simple and requires much more thought. Globalization has created new paradigms into how we perceive "English and has become locally adapted and institutionalized to create different varieties of English around the world." (Pennycook‚ 2003‚ p. 516) Some of these new blends may have little to do with communication but rather a voice of self expression and as a result new found identities are beginning to emerge. An interesting occurrence that has resulted from globalization is how individuals from
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Shannon Eng 22 Maddox March 9‚ 2013 The Evolution of Hip-Hop The world of music alone is always evolving‚ however we’ve come to a conclusion that the message the artist convey in hip-hop music in this generation are not helping out or paving the way for the next generation. The focus is to inform the readers that "smoke weed everyday" or "finding Molly" getting women is not what the hip-hop scene is all about. Hip-hop artists tell stories‚ or teach listeners about the everyday
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Quitting Hip-Hop Quitting Hip-Hop is about a woman named Michaela Angela Davis who can no longer reconcile her love of a great rap beat with the derogatory images of women pervasive in much of today’s music and videos. This article address’ the intended audience of parents and teens‚ it will inform the negative influence hip hop music videos has on society‚ and how she gets through the struggles of how she was a part of that influence. I believe the audience intended to read this article
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Music has been around since the beginning of civilization. Music was used to tell myths‚ religous stories and even warrior tales. Since the beginning of civilization music has greatly progressed. Music still tells a story‚ now we just have many genres to fulfill the cultural and social tastes of our modern day society. Hip-hop is a genre of music that has significantly grown the last couple of decades. It’s increased popularity has brought it to the forefront of globalization. Since hip-hop has come
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