Q-Methodological Study of Attitudes towards Rap Music Abstract The aim of this research is to investigate attitudes towards rap music using Q-Methodology. Previous research shows varied findings‚ some suggesting that rap music can cause deviant behaviour and some suggesting that rap music can be beneficial. The method to investigate attitudes in this research involved asking participants to mark their level of agreement on different statements about rap music on a scale from -4 to 4. The data was then
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Have you ever wonder where hip hop started and what does it mean to other people in different parts of the world? What hip hop means to me i think is that it just music but to other people it might mean more since they relate to it. I agree that there’s more to hip hop because some people relate to the songs because the artist who sing it is probably going through what people are going through too. The first reason why I think there’s more to hip hop is because in the movie that we saw rappers use
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Everyone knows what music is and that different instruments make many sounds‚ but do people know how preceding generations formed and influenced their descendants’ music? Not a lot of people know the changes that music went through during certain time periods. The Renaissance was a rebirth of creativity and a change in many areas. There were political‚ economic‚ and religious events in the periods around 1400-1600 that led to many changes. During the Renaissance‚ music was used for religious reasons
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representations of women in music‚ does hip hop deserve its bad rap? Almost exclusively blamed for the negative images of women in music videos‚ hip hop is often perceived as unforgivingly misogynistic. In hip hop and rap‚ many of the lyrics and images portray women of all ethnicities as sexual objects and depict the exploitation of and violence against women. The image of dozens of semi-naked women dancing provocatively around one blinged-out rapper has become standard in music videos. Similarly‚ pimps
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Influence of Hip Hop & Rap Hip hop and rap as a musical genre is a very controversial subject for nearly everyone. Its influences are powerful‚ both positive and negative. There are many positive influences of hip hop‚ and a few examples are the breaking down of cultural barriers‚ the economic impact‚ and political awareness of pressing and urgent issues. Though there are many positive influences‚ there are many negative influences as well. Some of the more heated debates of the negative influences
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Throughout the complex history of our world‚ there are two things that have always been the same age: people and music. From the banging of rocks in the caveman age‚ to the classical era‚ to modern rap‚ music has gone through an evolution with human beings every step of the way. In every point in time‚ it can be stated almost certainly that by examining song lyrics‚ artists always reflect their own or other people’s feelings‚ emotions and ideas. “The Revolution” by The Beatles is a perfect example
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Rap is Crap "She ain’t nuttin but a hoochie mama Smackin’ on your lips‚ put your hands on your hips She ain’t nuttin but a hoochie mama Oh I love those big brown eyes and the way you shake your thighs‚ acting like you’re so damn cute..." Rap music with lyrics like this play on the radio and in home stereos every day. Rap music pounds messages of sex and violence into the minds of young adults leaving behind their sexist and repetitive influential messages. Music has a very powerful influence
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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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about music‚ can music change the world? If so‚ how? This is a big question‚ which until today‚ is a very controversial topic. For that reason‚ I will narrow my question down to "can music influence the world?". This seems to be a much more specific question. So‚ let’s start off with the definition of "music". What is it? Music is an art of sound in time that expresses ideas and emotions in significant forms through the elements of rhythm‚ melody‚ harmony‚ and color. Some types of music can be
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Turkish Influences in Classical Music The intersections between cultures and musical traditions can result in interesting and/or drastic changes in one’s music compositions. Significantly‚ in the mid-18th century‚ this was called The Age of Enlightenment or The Age of Reason. It was due to socio-political changes‚ the Turkish Influence caused a dispute between religion and a mind that is curious to want to know and understand through reason based on evidence and proof. It was also in this period
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