Kurt Vonnegut’s essay “Obscenity” manages to blend together satire‚ personal experiences‚ and Vonnegut’s dark sense of comedy into an off topic but interesting experience. With lines such as “I cannot believe that Victoria herself would have suffer a moment’s genuine dismay if I had shown her the picture of my asshole which I drew for my book Breakfast of Champions.” (4) That can make you wonder whether Vonnegut is actually intellectual or more visceral as the essay lunges towards its conclusion
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The Effects of hip hop/rap Music on The Younger Generation Today The dynamic era of hip hop emerged in the 1970s through the streets of Bronx‚ New York City. Now twenty five years old and still counting‚ the world of hip hop is at a new level. Lil’ Wayne‚ Kanye West‚ Rick Ross‚ 2 Chainz‚ and Plies are just some of today’s biggest icons in the world of hip hop. Having record hitting tracks that jump off the charts‚ these rappers are definitely the image the younger generation looks up to. Though
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called ziggurat They kept themselves united under Hammurabi’s code You obey Hammurabi’s code Praise Hammurabi’s code Break Hammurabi’s code And you’ll be saying oh no! Libraries were found (x4) Awww Yeah! This rap was a project for World History and we had to come up with a rap that went over the culture of Mesopotamia‚ it is to the tune of Crank Dat Mesopotamia (from the Greek‚ meaning ’between two rivers’) was an ancient region in the eastern Mediterranean bounded in the northeast by the
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I could have never predicted that my life would come crashing down on a hot summer day at the Nautica Courts. It was the final round of the local rap battle tournament. My opponent had just delivered a killer freestyle that destroyed any hopes of a comeback. It was a fatal blow. An effortless pun on my clearance-bought clothes and my braces would forever brand me as a clown. The crowds taunts swamped me in humiliation. My opponent’s intimidating stare solidified his clear win. A shiver went down
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The following six questions are addressed in a critique of an article entitled: Controversial Rap Themes‚ Gender Portrayals and Skin Tone Distortion: A Content Analysis of Rap Music Videos. This article was published in the Journal of Broadcasting and Electronic Media and written by Kate Conrad‚ Travis Dixon‚ and Yuanyuan Zhang. Kate and Yuanyuan are PhD students in the Department of Speech Communications at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Travis is Assistant Professor of Speech Communication
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In the 1980s‚ we saw many different genres of music emerge‚ genres such as Pop‚ Rock‚ and R&B. But a new genre emerged that sparked a lot of controversy: “Gangsta Rap” otherwise known as Hip Hop. Rappers/Rap groups such as NWA‚ Run DMC‚ Big Daddy Kane‚ and more changed the industry with catchy tunes and lyrics that talked about hard topics like slavery‚ violence‚ and police brutality. These lyrics sometimes caused major conflict‚ whether between races or with civilians and police. Hip Hop was very
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Songs that have profanity in them shouldn’t be played at a school because some people don’t use that type of language in their speaking. People might get offended of the song’s message while having vulgar language. Other people think it is okay to swear or even listen to songs with those types of words in them. Some people don’t use that type of language. Parents wouldn’t want their teenagers teaching their 3-4 year old siblings those lyrics because they might say it in school and not know what they
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Controversy Surrounding Rap Music and its Effects on Society There are a lot of questions about rap music- Where are Biggie and Pac? Who’s the GOAT? Should whites be allowed to rap? Does rap music affect teenagers? In my opinion‚ what we see can affect us as much as what we hear. A large percentage of what we watch on music channels includes videos that show things that society shuns: violence‚ misogyny‚ drugs and sexuality. Here’s another question: Why are ‘vulgar words’‚ violent and sexist
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world of music has endless types of music‚ country‚ pop‚ electronic‚ jazz‚ blues‚ and tons more. One of these types of music are rap‚ a toneless‚ beat driven‚ fast paced‚ rhyming song. On the opposite side of the musical spectrum is music of Broadway‚ a musical type of music used in a lot of theatre productions. These two types of music are interesting to compare‚ since while they appear very different at first‚ the two types of music actually have a few things in common. Although the rap genre and
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Rap and Moral Character Various critics have railed against the alleged harms of rap music. It is misogynistic and promotes violence (especially toward women)‚ crass materialism‚ and street crime. Virtually all of the arguments about rap focus on its alleged effects—harmful or‚ occasionally‚ beneficial. Yet such arguments are difficult to prove. While not suggesting we abandon approaches like this‚ the focus on effects ignores another important moral argument—rap music is both a sign of
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