Kayla Nguyen Mr. Stewart AP Language & Comp. 11 September 2014 Dreaming America Ms. Hip Hop tells us about stereotypical New York and California today. Are they really all they are cracked up to be? Many people, like Ms. Hip Hop, dream of going to these places because of their story, but don't know what the real legacy behind each of them are. 1.
The 1920's era went by such name as how things got bopoular or how everything got big at the time got big. the 1920's jazz was big time because it was new era at the time because it was new american and the flappers. the age intolerance and the age of wonderful nonsense under and moniker the era embodied the beginning of modern american either technology , radio,, flappers, red scare, the great depression and jazz how it changed americans life during that time. Some people wonder how jazz started and changed America with music. The jazz Age was in the 1920s, but jazz actually began earlier than that.
The Beat Generation was a significant cultural movement of young people formed in the 1950s after World War II. They rejected conventional society and favoured originality, individuality, experimentation with drugs, free sexuality, modern jazz and eastern religion like Zen Buddhism. Many famous people have emerged from the movement like Allen Ginsberg, Jack Kerouac and Gregory Corso who are well known examples of beat literature. When comparing Beat poetry to songs in the last decade surprisingly they explore similar topics, use comparable sound techniques and share relevant styles. ‘Howl,’ by Allen Ginsberg, ‘Bowery Blues,’ by Jack Kerouac and ‘Bomb,’ by Gregory Corso share familiar traits with the lyrics from ‘Where is the love?’ by the Black Eyed Peas.
Oh Ken Kesey, You’re Cuckoo. One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, with its meaningful message of individualism, was an extremely influential novel during the 1960's. In addition, its author, Ken Kesey, played a significant role in the development of the counterculture of the 60's; this included all individuals who did not conform to society's standards, experimented in drugs, and just lived their lives in an unconventional manner. An issue of Time Magazine during this decade recalled Ken Kesey’s novel to be, “A roar of protest against middle brow society’s rules and the invisible rulers who enforce them.” (Lehmann-Haup) This protest would be the main mind set of the upcoming 1970s generation in America. Once an LSD consumer, Ken Kesey, defines the importance of freedom throughout his world renowned Post-Modern novel, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest.
The history of hip-hop started in the late 60s and is a still a very thriving culture. The Hip-Hop culture was started by black and latino ghetto in New York, and then took over the streets. Dancing, Movies, and many other forms of entertainment were all being derived from Hip-Hop. But mainly Hip-Hop is associated with the 70s, and it’s all about rapping, break dancing, street sports, and other everyday things in an urban lifestyle. That is what Hip-Hop is, But this is how it started.
Armed with a desire to change the world, young people took to song lyrics and innovative sounds to communicate their ideas on how the world and society should be shaped. As a result of the baby boom of the 1940s to the 1950s, over half of the population in the sixties was under 30 years old (“The Counterculture”). The youth was apparent all over the country, as the need to rebel against the conservative beliefs of adults ignited a willingness to challenge authority, increased social tolerance, changed attitudes about gender roles, and increased political interest, thereby creating the counterculture. As the decade progressed, tensions grew within American society that only seemed to attract more and more followers to the movement (Law). The American civil rights movement, for example, became a key element of counterculture and seemed to represent exactly what these young Americans stood for.
Hip-hop, while opposed to rap, generally defines the whole culture. Rap formed during the 1970s with the rise in popularity of block parties in New York, particularly among African American youth residing in the Bronx. Rapping developed as a vocal style in which the artist speaks along with an instrumental or synthesized beat. The roots of rapping are found in African-American music and ultimate African music, with roots originating from the griots of west African culture. The African American traditions of signifyin' (an early form of wordplay), the dozens (game of spoken words between two communities) and jazz poetry all had an influence on rap music.
Musical Revolution In Lipstick Traces, by Greil Marcus, history is represented not as a linear time line, but rather a loop of events that repeats itself. Although it is not exactly the same events that cause the repeat, it happens in a similar fashion of speech and publicity. Marcus uses several historical movements such as the Dadaists, and Heretics to reinforce the actions of the Sex Pistols, a band from the 1970’s managed by Malcolm McLaren in England, who were starting a cultural revolution. The Dadaists, from the early 1900’s, Heretics, and Sex Pistols all use similar methods to change history. They all have similar speech styles, language, and ways to deliver their messages.
Hip-Hop: Ascension and Changes through Time In the essay “From the Margins to Mainstream: The Political Power of Hip-Hop” Katina Stapleton takes us through the civil power behind the inception and delivery of hip-hop music and the challenges the genre faces in its growing future. Stapleton begins by giving an account of hip-hops creation in the 70’s streets of New York City. Stapleton explains the communal aspect of early hip-hop and the intense social implications it had. Hip-hop is exposed as a subversive cultural force pitting artful lyrical expression against physical violence in the youth of that time period. Hip-hop generated cliques of youth banding together under a common identity provided by hip-hop.
Essay On Hippies In Real Life Psychedelic patterns, protests for peace, and an open-minded easygoing way of life are all directly associated with the hippie revolution of the 1960s. Some of the effects, however, have had a permanent impact on modern society. This stems from the whole history of the hippie movement; the circumstances of the times drove a new way of thinking. In Danny Goldberg’s article, “In Defense of Hippies”, from Dissent magazine, he says: " Hippies emerged from a society that had produced birth-control pills, a counterproductive war in Vietnam, the liberation and idealism of the civil rights movement, feminism, gay rights, FM radio, mass-produced LSD, a strong economy, and a huge number of baby-boom teenagers. These elements allowed the hippies to have a mainstream impact that dwarfed that of the Beats and earlier avant-garde cultures."