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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Joseph Waits Professor Longoria WRC 1023.059 4 Feb. 2013 Influence of Video Games on American Youth: Corruption or Improvement? Parents across the nation are dumbfounded with the amount of violence and sexual content that lies in modern video games. Companies such as Microsoft and Sony are selling millions of copies of video games every year; with the quality and graphics getting better‚ children are continuously exposed to gore-filled violence. Enraged parents believe that Xbox and Playstation
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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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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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Today’s youth is tomorrow’s nation. And today’s youth are our students. Students do pay a vital role in the society and how a society is shaped generation after generations. The formative period of an individual is during the student phase and hence it is known to be the crucial time of life. What is being sown today is what shall be reaped later. Education is where a student gets formed from. Education is in-fact character building in students. It through education that he understands the facts
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American music was heavily influenced by the European culture. When the English migrated to America‚ they brought with them their musical traits. This is commonly referred to as the European American Stream. There are a few common musical traits that the Europeans brought to America: ballads‚ call-and-response‚ and cantillation. Ballads are a type of song that tells a story centered around a historical event or a tragedy. The unique trait or characteristic of a ballad is its repeating melodies. These
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can be interpreted in many ways that all come back to one central idea. J cole has changed the way I think about world . When I was young kid‚ about four or five years old I was exposed to rap music. My family would listen to old rap music and the current rap music at that time‚ which would be 50 cent and Nelly. Ever since I have been listening to rap music. Since I was young‚ I didn’t notice the messages that rap music sent and I didn’t know any of the words. We didn’t listen to any poetic rappers
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ENG 101 1/21/12 Essay #3 Childhood Obesity Obesity occurs when an individual has more body fat then what is considered healthy for their height. People who have excess body fat are more likely to develop health issues then non-obese people. Sadly‚ obesity has become an epidemic in our nation‚ spreading throughout both the adult and adolescent communities. “Recent studies have shown that 17 percent of the nation’s 6- to 19-year-olds are obese‚ and that more than a third are overweight. Those
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considered to be the greatest composer in the history of jazz music and one of the greatest musicians of the 20th century. He composed over 2000 works and performed numerous concerts during his musical career. A compilation of some of his most popular music is collected on a CD called‚ “The Popular Duke Ellington.” Duke Ellington can be considered important for numerous things. To choose a few reasons‚ Duke Ellington is important for his music‚ influence on people‚ and being a superfluous composer in his century
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obsession with a doll culture representing this physical perfection without the media influences that cause me to highlight my hair‚ weekly manicure my finger and toe nails‚ live in a tanning salon‚ get up an hour early to blow dry my hair and put on my makeup‚ starve myself until my tummy is concave and hate my thighs? Yup‚ I am a Barbie Girl without the luxury of plastic creation. Flash back to 1959: the country has been through two world wars and a depression. But do you think this history was of
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