Hip-Hop Comparison Quinton Frizell ENGL112 March 13‚ 2011 Nelly Aguilar Growing up in the 1980’s and the 90’s I became a huge fan of Hip-Hop music. My friends and I used to sit around for hours listening to our favorite rappers on the radio and watching the videos on television. We would argue for hours about who was a better lyricist and why. Now as I have grown older and the music I have grown to love and still listen to has changed‚ I find myself asking a very good question. What has
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How I Feel About Hip Hop Music Untie the blindfold‚ and open your eyes and see the true meaning of hip hop. In my eyes hiphop has a meaningful message. If you really pick through the lyrics you can realize hip hop is simply a cry for help. Hip Hop is a good message for kids‚ its deep‚ and very powerful. Hip hop is good for kids because it has meaningful stories to tell. These stories explain the struggles some people go through their everyday life. In an article‚Six Reasons You Should Let Your
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has been credited as a pioneer of the conscious hip hop movement‚ which focuses on social issues.[51] Subjects touched upon on Lupe Fiasco’s Food & Liquor include absent parents‚ terrorism‚ Islam and religion‚ war‚ and prostitution.[51] Fiasco attributes his interest in social issues to his highly cultured upbringing‚ as he describes his mother as "very intellectual" and his father as a "Renaissance man".[51] He rejects the misogyny common in hip hop‚ which he discusses in the song "Hurt Me Soul"
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Hip Hop Culture began in the South Bronx‚ New York in the late 1970’s. In the beginning‚ Hip Hop music was the artistic expression of the black teenagers living in the South Bronx or inner city. Back then‚ the genre has been considered representative of the voice of the black community. Over a short amount of time‚ Hip Hop music has become an industry‚ and a major influence on mainstream culture in the United States. Commercialism dilutes its messages so that the genre no longer truly represents
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While Hip-Hop is a relatively new cultural movement that is largely prevalent all over the world now‚ it originates in much earlier Black North American history as far back as the era of enslavement. It is still misunderstood as solely a form of music although it is rather an entire culture consisting of dance‚ "deejaying"‚ and visual art (usually in the form of graffiti) in addition to rap. However‚ in the larger culture of hip-hop‚ rap is the linguistic code that is used in an artistic manner
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Are we being fooled by The Hip-Hop Industry? A lot of us today really enjoy hip hop music‚ maybe because of the catchy beats‚ addictive hooks‚ or glamorized artiste that write and perform the songs‚ but do we really understand the power behind the messages in these songs. About two years ago I was introduced to the teachings of Evangelist G Craig Lewis‚ he stated that Hip Hop really is not all it is cut out to be but instead a satanic religion used to sway the mass to serve and alternative master
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Brad Weiss’s ethnographic research on popular culture‚ hanging out in barbershops and bus stands‚ seamstress tables and video halls‚ was carried out in the northern Tanzanian city of Arusha. In “Street Dreams and Hip Hop Barber Shops” Weiss does a great job observing the everyday life of the people in Arusha. He explores how globalization and neoliberalism affect the mindset of a community and shows the reader how gender role‚ media‚ and self-fashioning can play a big role in a person life. Weiss’s
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Journey to the End of Hate One song‚ 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
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Rebecca Walker James Thomas 12-11-12 1 I liked most about the story before hip-hop was hip-hop was when Rebecca walker got her clothes the Nike kicks that were red and white and her suit that was grey and red.2 (a) She got crackle energy because the music like took over her body and she went crazy dance in parties on the block at the corner (b) it helped them by letting figure out what life means to them and how much music is fun and dancing all the time. (c) it provide them time for them self’s
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The Ramones’ style was a reaction against the heavily polished music that controlled the mainstream in the 1970’s. Who influenced Hip Hop hero Grandmaster Flash? Grandmaster Flash carefully studied the styles and skills of earlier DJ’s such as Pete Jones‚ Kool Herc‚ and Grandmaster Flowers. As a teenager‚ he began to experiment with DJ gear in his bedroom‚ eventually forming and
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