Early hip hop vs. modern hip hop The culture of hip hop‚ ever since its highest peak in the 1990s‚ or what is also known as the “Golden Era”‚ has been drained over the years. Some people might even be surprised at how Hip Hop began and what it meant in the 90s‚ and there is absolutely no denying it has evolved since its origins‚ from it starting in the Bronx‚ and going worldwide. However‚ was this transformation in hip hop for the better or for the worse? Hip Hop has unfortunately mostly become an
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Lauren Boike There are few hip hop artists who have had such an immense impact on the music world as Tupac Shakur. The West Coast rapper was born in New York City‚ and would enter the music business through a guest spot on a Digital Underground track in 1991. From those collaborations‚ it was a short step to Interscope Records‚ where he would create another two solo albums before launching into fame and fortune with the group Thug Life. Shakur’s career would be defined by controversy‚ legal problems
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"Hip-hop and Videos: Negatively Affecting Society and Youth Through Music" .Emerging in the 1970s in the South Bronx of New York‚ hip hop took America by storm‚ becoming one of the fastest growing genres. Hip hop is not only rapping‚ but an entire lifestyle that consistently incorporates diverse elements of ethnicity‚ technology‚ art‚ and urban life. However progressing into the 21st century‚ hip hop has took a tremendous turnaround and instead of providing a forum where hip hop once allowed for
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to a loving family we reside in a small but happy home with a white pickit fence and a little dog. Although my childhood was not quite this rosey‚ I must confess it was not quite as bad as MR shakur. His gestation period was spend in prison. His mother Afeni Shakur was in serving time on a boom charge. Tupac was rasied in the Bronx and where he learned and participated in theather at and early age. When he was 13 he had his first performance at Apollo theatre where he performed in a stage play of
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man of the Coup‚ will be stopping in Syracuse. According to an article in The New York Times Magazine‚ “Riley is radical royalty‚ which in hard-left circles helps offset the somewhat credibility-undermining fact that he’s also a legitimate hip-hop star‚ albeit one with a mostly cult following.” The article adds that “Riley is a rapper and activist who doesn’t want to see capitalism reformed‚ he wants to see it toppled.” It quotes Riley as saying that his “lyrics are talking about the people
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death and work of Tupac Shakur. “Screaming Thug Life ‘till I die” (“Life Goes On”). These words have a powerful meaning that most people ignore. Tupac Shakur coined this phrase. Although most people think that this phrase glorifies the “thug” mentality of gang violence‚ murder‚ robbery‚ and being a menace to society. In better perspective‚ most people thought this phrase was glorifying the negative stereotypes of black men. From the outside looking in most people thought that Tupac was just another
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Tupac "Changes" Lyrics combined with beat and tempo has the ability to change one’s whole outlook upon a certain subject. In Copland’s theory he states that music should be listened to only the beat. He thinks that music is supposed to be heard on only three planes; expressive‚ sensuous‚ and the musical plane. Yet Copland doesn’t talk about what lyrics add to these planes. In a song called "Changes" by Tupac Shakur ‚ lyrics to this song made it a brilliant example of Copland’s theory on all three
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In this essay I will be comparing the differences and similarities between Tupac Amaru Shakur and Christopher Wallace also knows as “Biggie” who both are male rappers and reined a pretty short but yet famous mid 90’s career in the music industry. I first would start off with Notorious B.I.G and his differences from Tupac. Biggie is from Brooklyn‚ NY‚ he was the only child raised by his mother Voletta Wallace‚ who lived in the poverty-stricken projects of Brooklyn. Biggie took to his surroundings
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4) Tupac starts the song with a very clear statement “I’m tired of bein’ poor and‚ even worse‚ I’m black” that announces what the song’s is going to talk about. In a decade where police brutality in Afro-American neighbourhood was a real debate‚ Tupac claims “Cops give a damn about a negro‚ Pull the trigger‚ kill a nigga‚ he’s a hero”. Problems are never far from you in these communities even for the younger “Give the crack to the kids‚ who the hell care? One less hungry mouth on the welfare!”. In
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Tupac Shakur was not just another ordinary rap artist. His songs hit close to home for so many people‚ and those people could relate to his music. As for myself‚ I have been listening to Tupac since I was a teenager. I remember cruising in my sister’s boyfriend’s Cadillac bumping music in the streets of Chicago. Tupac was his number-one most favorite rapper of all time. So of course‚ he had all his CD’s. Even though some of his rap songs have foul language‚ the song “Changes” has a different vibe
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