Rap Music: A Misinterpreted Art Form By Enoch Noel Submitted to Ms. Jones Oct. 9‚ 2001 Oral Communication T-Th-4pm Outline Thesis Statement: Social acceptance for rap music is my goal and in order for me to reach it‚ I will have to answer the questions what is rap‚ who founded it‚ and how much influence does the news and media have upon rap music. Introduction I. History of Rap Music A. When‚ and who founded it? B. What is Rap music? II. Compare and contrast parent’s view about rap music. A. How
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defining rap music‚ some define it as poetry in the form of music. Even though rap music is thought of as a form of art‚ it is highly debated as a controversial social issue. Author Sid Kirchheimer from " Does rap put teens at risk" makes a claim that rap music is a detriment to our youth. He believes that negative behaviors is the outcome of people watching and listening to rap music. Author Curtis Aron from "Rap Music: Is It As Bad As Some People Think?" Thinks otherwise and claims that rap music
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Rap Music and Females Rap music over time really has started to downgrade females. In the rap world‚ women are just accessories to the male rappers. Many females don’t pay attention to the lyrics‚ but to the beat of the song. If they were to listen to the lyrics‚ they would realize how degrading it is. Women should be respected more instead of called out of their name. The younger artists are more degrading which causes younger children to start treating females in ways they shouldn’t. Today
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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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spokesmen".[7] Christopher Weingarten of Spin gave the album 9 out of 10 and wrote "A child of the ’80s and a student of the Internet‚ Killer Mike is as exciting and wildly unclassifiable as hip-hop gets: New York noise and country shit‚ nods to when rap was punk and crunk was pop‚ Ice Cube before he needed hooks‚ David Banner before he needed to whisper‚ and Willie D before he needed anybody."[8] Sputnikmusic staff Sobhi Youssef praised the El-P’s synth-bass-heavy production and Mike’s lyricism noted
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’The Soldier’ by Rupert Brooke is an Italian sonnet that plays with the idea of war being romantic. The whole poem is a metaphor for what he believed the war meant to him. In the first verse‚ he is saying that if he died in battle‚ even in some corner of a foreign field‚ he will forever belong to England. He then uses a series of metaphors to state that England is what raised him‚ gave him an identity and that his soul will be immortal because he died fighting for his country. In the second verse
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The Media’s deceptive characterization of Rap Music If the average person is asked to picture an image of a rapper‚ images of a man with his body covered in tattoos‚ wearing gold chains with smoke pouring out of his mouth and swearing to every second word he says would be some of the first things to come to his or her head. If the person is asked again to describe how they picture a rap music video to be like‚ her or she would probably describe the video centered on a rapper with the features previously
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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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In the mid 1980’s‚ the music industry was shaken up with the birth of gangster rap. Artists such as Schoolly D and N.W.A produced hits such as "PSK What Does It Mean" and "F**k Tha Police." This new music genre portrayed images of gangs‚ guns‚ violence‚ and sexism‚ yet it was well received and became very popular in the span of just a few years. By the early 1990’s‚ gangster rap had a home at the top of the charts. Some of the artists responsible for this were Dr. Dre and Eazy-E‚ both former members
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