...Brandon Woody English 3604-201 Dr. Reginald Martin July 15, 2015 Future & Financial Illiteracy in Rap Hip-Hop has grown exponentially from its meager beginning in New York City, with influence globally resembling religion in the way it impacts the lives of its most fervent followers. Rap, Hip-Hop?s musical component, has provided outlets for artistry and entrepreneurship for individuals in the inner city who wouldn?t otherwise have one. Despite the positive effects that the musical genre has had on countless lives, it has fairly been criticized for its glorification of misogyny, violence, and drug use; unfortunately, tendency to promote fiscally reckless behavior is often ignored. A rather popular song on urban radio over the...
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...How do I Connect to Hip Hop\ Rap music? The way I connect to hip hop music is not the same as the author article opinion of hip hop music and black females, Its a positive tool to me. This paper will explain my point of view as a black female that have lived and learned much of what the rappers are raping about, in this generation. The rhythm of the beat in Rap music is what I enjoy the most; When I began to feel the beat I become one with the music ; and notice that my body began to rock unconsciously. Some people many not enjoy the lyrics of rap music because they don't understand the message or the language that rappers speak. when people don't understand rap/ hiphop music they should not downgrade the artist or their music, before they educate themselves about the music, style and history of the artist....
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...As a child my mother would always play 90’s R&B or rap in the house all hours of the day. Most would say you enjoy it because you grew up on it. That’s not the case I ventured out into other types of music and always came back. My querencia would have to be music. The genre that I enjoy the most and I have never lost interest in is Rap/Hip-Hop. I mostly listen to underground Rap/Hip-Hop. Most people immediately ask if I listen to the stuff rap that is played on the radio. I always have to explain to them that they are not the same at all. Most underground or independent Rap/Hip-Hop artists have 100% control over their lyrics and what type of beats are produced. In my opinion most underground rappers could sell out and become a well-known radio...
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...ASL 102 Reaction Paper 1 I read an article about a deaf hip hop group called Silent Mob. What I learned when reading this article is that deaf people like to play music just like any hearing person does. They may not be able to hear it or hear it well but they can feel it. They pump the bass up extra loud so that they are able to feel the beet. What surprised me is that one of the members of Silent Mob James L. Taylor III took music classes and sang in the gospel quire. I also learned that when deaf rappers rap they move their arms wildly to the music but aren’t always in sync with the music. Their hand movements spell out the words to those who sign. What also surprised me is that deaf people like music and actually have groups. I wouldn’t expect that since they are unable to hear I wouldn’t expect them to play music on a radio or play music themselves like having their own group. When I read the title of the article I thought that the article was going to be about how deaf people like music and dancing, something of that sort. I didn’t expect it to be about an actual hip hop group made up of deaf individuals. That was pretty interesting. When reading this article titled “Hip Hop For The Deaf And Def” I was excited because I just didn’t expect there to be deaf music groups. I thought it was really cool that James L. Taylor III grew up in a bad area but turned his life around with this deaf hip hop group. I also hope that more people become aware of groups such as...
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...How the group met and got started Today I am going to talk to you all about an American hip hop group from the mid 1990’s called the fugees. The fugees represent several different elements of music styles such as hip hop, soul Caribbean and reggae. The members of the group the Fugees include Rapper Wyclef Jean, singer/ rapper Lauryn hill and rapper Praas Michael. The name Fugees came from the term refugee meaning someone fleeing from a foreign country, they looked at it as since there are many displaced Haitians who look up to the United States for political and social asylum the term refugee is used as a derogatory term for Haitians in general. Pras and Wyclef were both born in Haiti and moved to the United States as children they are both also cousins. Wyclef is the son of a pastor and Pras is the son of a deacon. They both grew up in Brookyln, New York and then later moved to Newark, New Jersey as teenagers. Lauryn as a child listened to her parents Motown 1960’s soul records. Lauryn came from a musical family, her mother sang at weddings and played the piano, and her brother played the saxophone, guitar, drums and harmonica. Lauren had been singing in her church choir and in gospel groups with her family members since she was a little girl. Her first public musical appearance was at an Amateur Night in a show called its ShowTime at the Apollo she sung her version of a Smokey Robinson song called “who loves you” and was booed for her performance. As a 13 year old freshman...
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...Research Paper 1: Sean “Puffy” Combs Who is Sean “Puffy’ Combs? How did he get to where he’s at today in his career? Sean Combs was born on November 4, 1969 in the Harlem District of New York City. His father was murdered on the streets of upper Manhattan when he was three years old. His widowed mother worked three jobs at once and was able to get enough money together to purchase a home in Suburban Mount Vernon, New York. Even though they moved his mother maintained her ties to Harlem, It was there in Harlem young Combs gained a remarkable cultural education, taking in the creations of the legendary hip hop founders Grandmaster Flash, Run D.M.C, KRS-One and many more. Combs got his nick name from a childhood...
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...Reflecting on American Music, Politics and Culture (5-7 pages) Identify and analyze a genre or subgenre of music (ex. hip hop, gansta rap), or musical phenomenon (ex. feminist music, anti-war music) that we’ve encountered in class and make a case for its contribution to American political culture. Has it had an identifiable social impact? If so, what has been the impact? Why is it significant? Discuss the music/phenomenon in terms of production quality, aesthetic values and strategies, relationship of sound and lyric content, access to the mass media, social functions, and political orientation. (Note: reference must be made to actual pieces of music and/or performances.) Identify the key individuals and organizations that support or oppose the development of this music/phenomenon. Describe the reactions of various constituencies (young/old, women/men, black/white, upper class/lower class, etc.) to this art. Who is the audience for this music? How do they use it (ex. listening, relaxing, dancing, entertaining, educating, making a statement, protesting)? What does it mean to its audience in terms of culture, community, and political expression? What is your reaction to this art/phenomenon? What have been the social, political, economic and cultural successes/failures of this art? Things to remember: A. You will need to consult class materials (readings, movies, lectures, etc.) along with your own research and incorporate them into your paper. B. Make...
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...MUS360 TR 4PM Research Paper The genre of music called “Hip Hop,” originated back in the 1960’s with the help of a Jamaican native and Dj, named Kool Hurc aka, Clive Cambell. Since the evolution of hip hop, the style of music has become one of the main branches of an artistic culture that consists of b-boying (break dancing), graffiti, and MC-ing. All of which have tremendously influenced many aspiring artists, their physical images, the ever-changing sound of hip hop, and other elements that relate to the hip hop culture. A lot of people claim that hip hop and rap can only be about violence, aggression, sex, and money in order to sell or be popular. Another view on hip hop and rap is that it’s too violent, and inappropriate to audiences. That it’s not even music but just a bunch of crap, when in reality, it’s like poetry. The lyrics that artists write come from personal experiences, and perceptions of what they see in the world they live in. Hip hop and rap is more than just music. One of the primary sources I found is a review/article published in “The New York Times” called “The Uncluttered Hip-hop of De La Soul”, written by Peter Watrous, in which Watrous critiques the performance and the group De La Soul at a show. This review of Del La Soul is relevant to the history of hip hop course because it makes a point in which gives an argument for positive recognition of not only De La Soul, but other hip hop groups with similar style of music. These groups don’t write about...
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...The musical art form of rap has its historical roots embedded in African culture. Thousands of years before traditional, African American rap hit the streets of the Bronx, West African griots had been rhythmically telling stories to their peers while playing simple instruments. This form of communicating messages while speaking over a beat provides the original framework for the development of contemporary rap. After African natives were shipped along the Middle Passage during the era of slavery, they would often find themselves spiritually depleted and turned toward the power of song for refuge from their horrid lives. In the fields, a designated song leader would sing a phrase of a song and the other slaves would follow with the subsequent...
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...Feburary 3rd, 2015 HIP HOP: MORE THAN JUST A MOVEMENT. In our everyday lives, we always see art in some form, which involves our senses. For example, we see visual art by using our eyesight. Another famous form of art, which involves our sense of hearing, is music. Music is vast that it has so many genres and subgenres. One genre, that is quite popular in today’s world, is hip-hop. Most people view hip hop as a movement, but i consider that its more than just a movement. Hip Hop is a median to express yourself. The shared ideology of Hip Hop is that it is a platform to portray art and beliefs through lyricism, abstract art, clothing, etc. Hip Hop is a subcultural movement, which was formed in the 1970s in South Bronx, New York. African Americans mainly started this movement, but now it is diversified. It has various components, such as “DJing”, rapping, graffiti art, and break dancing. Hip Hop gained a lot of popularity for its fashions. Its authorial power and influence highly impacts the fashion world. Many rap artists have successful cloth lines, which are quickly adopted by the followers. Language, in Hip Hop, plays a vital role. Slang terms gained its popularity after it was being used in raps. Some say that rap is the modern day poetry. Rapping also known as “MCing”, is basically a mixture of rhymes and beats to produce a meaning or even a message. Many rappers incorporate historic events or figures in their raps to compare things. Rap Artist Tupac Shakur...
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...bull that can’t be stopped, there’s not a disco that I Coke La Rock can’t rock”. (DJ Coke La Rock 1973) This line spoken by Coke La Rock was the birth of rap and hip-hop music. This one bar made Coke La Rock the very first rapper in Hip-Hop and birthed a new genre of music, we now know today as Rap music. John McWhorter, Opio Lumumba Sokoni, and Desi K. Robinson all have written about their different views and opinions on the good the bad and the ugly of rap music. They all offer different arguments on the effects of rap music. Rap music began as a way for black families to focus on bringing families together and uplifting each other’s spirits in times of heartache and pain. However, now since its humble beginnings so much has changed and developed but the spirit of its heart and soul stays the same. John McWhorter argues in his article, “Mean StreetsTheater,” (2003) on the negativity of rap music and the violence that it promotes. He argues that the violence of rap music is causing the rappers to be murdered. He goes on to say that not only are rappers being murdered but also they’re being murdered in front of their children, exposing their children to the violence. Today in our society many agree with his point of view and are causing some to doubt the cultural significance of rap. This article goes on to say that rap music is the biggest problem for the negative images of African Americans. He argues that rappers depict African American woman in negative barbaric ways....
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...Shall Always Remain the Same: Hip-Hop from a Protagonist’s Point of View The Hip-Hop culture and all it stands for has saturated a generation in an unprecedented way. It has begun to shape and unify a diverse population of people. Hip-Hop, for many, provides an outlet to express your thoughts and for others, Hip-Hop is a lifestyle. The influence of Hip-Hop has become universal. It has transcended from a cultural genre to having a larger audience not made up of solely African Americans. It has gone from the slums, to the suburbs, and into larger corporate rooms. McDonald’s, Addidas, Nike, Coca Cola, Sprite, and other corporate giants have capitalized on this phenomenon. Although critics of Rap music and the Hip-Hop culture seemed to be fixated on the messages of sex, violence, and harsh language Hip- Hop has potential to unify individuals and promote change. This genre of music has transformed generations across the country. Hip- Hop possesses a level of maturity and a sense of cultural belongingness that has become a protest form for people all over the world. The art form, now simply known as Hip- Hop, began with three New Yorkers: Busy Bee Starski, DJ Hollywood, and DJ Afrika Bambaataa; they are credited for creating the term Hip-Hop. It all began in the early 1970’s with house parties and basement beat shaking music in upstate New York. The beats were very melodic, Africanized, and soulful. Hip-Hop is music for Blacks and Latinos...
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...with singer Wanz, “Thrift Shop”, has been proclaimed the most popular rap song since the inception of the Hot 100 Rap Songs chart (Billboard Staff & Ramirez, 2014, March 6). Additionally, in January 2014 the duo won in the categories Best Rap Song, Best Rap Album, Best Rap Performance, and Best New Artist at the 56th Grammy...
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...Bhavna Menon Global Hip Hop 2014 Documentary Review – 8 Mile The construction of authenticity and the performativity of race in 8 Mile While it may not appear so upon first viewing, 8 Mile is a comprehensive platform to interpret the complex sociocultural fabric of hip-hop and rap music. It offers the viewer insight into the importance that rap assigns to the process of establishing authenticity while implicitly divulging the various dimensions of identity politics of race. We see that Jimmy B-Rabbit, despite being a white boy in an African-American dominated town is firmly grounded in several types of authenticity that facilitates his entry and success in the gangsta rap world. The first and most obvious dimension of rap authenticity is the racial. Jimmy being white and trying to rap immediately generates questions of cultural property and appropriation. In a black-dominated rap venue called The Shelter, Jimmy begins his rap battle with Lil Tic. We see that white involvement in black art forms are immediately problematic when Lil tic raps “they [audience] don’t laugh cuz you’re whack, they laugh cuz you’re white with a mic”. Jimmy’s presence in the battle is scorned because he is white and rap is considered to belong to black people. Lil Tic calls him a “wigger that invented rhymes for money”; a “wigger” is slang for a white person who tries to emulate or acquire African-American cultural behavior and tastes. The suggestion that Jimmy “rhymes for money” is the ultimate...
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...tupac Hip-hop music is generally considered to have been pioneered in New York's South Bronx in 1973 by Jamaican-born Kool DJ Herc. At a Halloween dance party thrown by his younger sister, Herc used an innovative turntable technique to stretch a song's drum break by playing the break portion of two identical records consecutively. The popularity of the extended break lent its name to "breakdancing"--a style specific to hip-hop culture, which was facilitated by extended drumbreaks played by DJs at New York dance parties. By the mid-1970s, New York's hip-hop scene was dominated by seminal turntablists DJ Grandmaster Flash, Afrika Bambaataa, and Herc. The rappers of Sugarhill Gang produced hip-hop's first commercially successful hit, "Rapper's Delight," in 1979'. The local popularity of the rhythmic music served by DJs at dance parties and clubs, combined with an increase in "b-boys"--breakdancers--and graffiti artists and the growing importance of MCs, created a distinctive culture known as hip-hop. For the most part, hip-hop culture was defined and embraced by young, urban, working-class African-Americans. Hip-hop music originated from a combination of traditionally African-American forms of music--including jazz, soul, gospel, and reggae. It was created by working-class African-Americans, who, like Herc, took advantage of available tools--vinyl records and turntables--to invent a new form of music that both expressed and shaped the culture of black New York City youth in the...
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