(First rap) “Diving into the Deep end” This is about to begin‚ watch as i illustrate my shit in pen. Dangerous on the mic‚ my lyrics Un- erasable like glue stuck to your shoe stuck to yo mind your in for a treat clap your toes to the beat suh open your time to hear me out. My raps gonna tower‚ reach new heights‚ gonna reach the top of the charts. powering my steps toward my goal‚ to set the pace‚ settle the score my hands so sore‚ but i grow so bore of hearing the same thing
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“I got twenty-five dollars on my dresser‚ and if I give it to my hoe she gone bring back more”‚ a lyric from “Cash Money Millionaires” by hip-hop star Lil Wayne. Would hearing this lyric encourage someone to become a pimp? Hip hop music does not affect its listener’s behavior; it only expresses situations that are already happening. In “How Hip-Hop Holds Blacks Back‚” by John McWhorter‚ he states “By reinforcing the stereotypes that long hindered blacks‚ and by teaching young blacks that a thuggish
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Case Study # 3 Rollin’ in a ‘Sclade 1. Cadillac’s “new customer” can be described as a subculture for many reasons. A subculture can be defined as a group whose members share beliefs and common experiences that set them apart from others. In 1998‚ when GM introduced its first Escalade‚ a new customer based was created for Cadillac. Prior to this new product‚ the customer base of Cadillac primarily consisted of upper-middle class‚ aging‚ Caucasian drivers. The conception of the Escalade extended
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The 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
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I have always been puzzled with why do I like music about violence? And does this violence in music cause violence in the world we live in? But this class has got me thinking that Im asking the wrong questions the better question is why is the world that we live in so violent that it produces music as painful as rap. Much like rap is the focus of watch dog groups and shunned by authorities jazz was in its hay day. Jazz is music based partly on the blues. The blues is music about sex‚ violence and
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The article "Hip Hop Therapy" by Edgar H. Tyson explains the results of a study in which researchers explore a form of therapy for troubled teens that uses rap music’s lyrics. Although in the past these experiments including rap music and troubled youth have focused on the negative effects‚ this study utilizes a combination of previously effective therapeutic theories to affect them positively. It makes sense that these researchers are trying and tap into this rarely used genre‚ since it is such
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March 3‚ 2003 -- Teens who spend more time watching the sex and violence depicted in the "reel" life of "gangsta" rap music videos are more likely to practice these behaviors in real life‚ suggests one of the first studies to specifically explore how rap videos influence emotional and physical health. After studying 522 black girls between the ages of 14 and 18 from non-urban‚ lower socioeconomic neighborhoods‚ researchers found that compared to those who never or rarely watched these videos
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To understand the culture of hip-hip‚ understanding the origins of the art is pertinent to the goal. The Ice-T directed film‚ “Something From Nothing”‚ explores the perspectives and personalities of both present-day and early hip-hop pioneers. Ice-T gained‚ much deserved‚ respect when the film was accepted into the Sundance Film Festival. In the documentary‚ release in the summer of 2012‚ Ice-T shows the birth of hip-hip by literally starting at the place that is credited with the dawn of hip-hop
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Rashia Fisher‚ better known as Rah Digga‚ is continually praised as one of the greatest rap MCs of all time despite nearly a decade of inactivity‚ well-known for her throaty vocals and scathing lines. Born December 18‚ 1974 in New Jersey‚ Rashia earned 1340 on her SATs‚ attended a private school in Maryland‚ and studied electrical engineering at the N.J. Institute of Technology‚ accomplishments that undoubtedly influenced her present-day determination to inspire children to stay in school. She says
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The music industry is one of the most lucrative forms of entertainment today. Music is the one thing that is universal‚ it overrides any language‚ and is accessible to everyone all over the world. Pop‚ Rap‚ Hip-Hop‚ Classical‚ any genre can bring a whole range of emotions to any individual‚ music is powerful. It is when people start to mess with the message and idea of music for a quick buck‚ does a problem arise. The greedy have taken advantage of a market‚ that can not fight back‚ and does not
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