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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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‚” “hoes
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Effects of Hip-Hop | Malachi Norman English 101April 8‚ 2013Professor Stayton MWF 9:00 am | From the beats to the lyrics‚ the current generation of youth is engrossed in hip-hop culture‚ tending to idolize the artist behind the songs. Since the 1970s‚ hip-hop has influenced American culture tremendously. In the past‚ hip-hop held a central focus around inequality‚ empowerment and overcoming hardships. Today‚ hip-hop talks more about sex‚ money‚ a male dominant social standing‚ and drugs. Hip-hop‚
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Task A People’s ideas about gender can be influencede by the portrayal of woman in hip-hop music videos. The videos that have been studied in class include; ‘Candy Shop’ by 50 cent‚ ‘My House’ by Flo Rida and ‘Sweat’ by Snoop Dogg. All three of these videos demonstrate women in a provocative mannar. The woman appear to all have dark skin‚ dark features‚ long legs‚ a toned body and big breats. In ‘Sweat’ by Snoop Dogg’s the lyrics state he is talking about a brown eyed girl‚ ‘I’m lookin’ in your
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HIP-HOP: STARTED FROM THE BOTTOM AND NOW WE ARE HERE Rasheeda Brown AP English 12 In order for one to understand the genre Hip-hop‚ one must know the origination‚ the changes over the years‚ and the impact hip-hop has on today’s society. Hip-hop has been around for more than a few decades and it has been considered to be one of the most controversial subjects for quite some time. Some people say hip hop encourages hate and violence‚ others say it encourages self believe and tackle social and
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that I think had a great effect on many sub-cultures all over the world‚ and was one of the first hip hop songs to have a really universal meaning is: “Where is the Love‚” by The Black-Eyed Peas. In this song‚ they question everyone’s ideologies regarding prejudice‚ and outlet their feelings towards racism‚ war‚ intolerance‚ greed‚ United States politics‚ terrorism‚ media‚ and love. Their hip hop sub-culture is seen in their clothing‚ and lyrics. However‚ they agreed to mainstream or sacrifice
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Hip Hop Is Dead “Hip Hop is dead” this was a very bold statement that a world famous rapper from Queens by the name of Nas said when he released his 2006 album “Hip Hop Is Dead”. This album Nas released on December 19th turned a lot of heads and created a huge amount of controversy. Nas is a part of southern hip-hop‚ which has been blamed for the downfall of hip-hop. Yet many of the fellow southern rappers from the south have made statements that go against this album. Artists such as Ludacris
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Hip hop is more than just music‚ it’s considered a culture. A culture filled with many elements and talent. The culture of hip hop has a beginning‚ middle‚ and a long future ahead. Many people have views on what hip hop is and what it is supposed to be‚ much of it is negative and dim. What people with negative views don’t know is hip hop has helped many people throughout the years it has been around. The innovations of hip hop have affected many things other than music throughout the years and it
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movement‚ hip-hop manages to get billed as both a positive and negative influence on young people‚ especially on Black and Latino youth. On one hand‚ there are African American activists‚ artists and entrepreneurs‚ such as Russell Simmons‚ who seek to build a progressive political movement among young hip-hop fans and who have had modest success with voter registration efforts. On the other hand‚ there’s no shortage of critics who denounce the negative portrayals of Black people‚ especially women‚ in hip-hop
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Women‚ namely African American‚ have played a crucial role in Hip Hop culture: from the beginning with Cindy Campbell the sister of Kool Herc — who demonstrated her entrepreneurship of promoting his block parties; the idea of entrepreneurship is still deeply seeded in Hip Hop today—to Debra Lee‚ the president and CEO of BET. However‚ accounts of hip hop often downplay‚ or completely leave out‚ the contributions of women to hip hop as artist‚ entrepreneurs‚ producers‚ writers‚ etc. Women have influenced
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