They enjoy material wealth, physical pleasures and their leisure time. A main paradox in the novel deals with happiness and sadness which are both such large extremes. It is impossible for the characters to feel sad unless they have been happy before. Because there is no such thing as sadness in the World State it shows that none of the characters have experienced real happiness. In modern society many people live off of prescription drugs and many more take them for no other reason but to have a good time.
Because what Lupe Fiasco says on this microphone is going to come back to Wasalu Jaco. When the music cuts off, you have to go home and live with what you say." That quote right there is a testament to Lupe and how he is different he is the best rapper out there because he is real. He doesn’t try to be something he is not and he raps about things that matter, things that will change your life if you just listen. Most of us are walking through this world blind and need to open their eyes.
Karen Gemio English 12 10/22/14 Essay pattern Smokers and non-smokers have many different values and very few similarities. Smokers obviously smoke and non-smokers don’t smoke. Smokers have side effects in their life that can destroy them, and non-smokers have better life and can progress in the future. Smokers tend to spend lots of money by buying cigarettes all the time instead of buying something more necessary. They can’t stop smoking because they get addicted to it.
They all tried to make it seem like Jay was a terrible man, when really, all he ever wanted was to be accepted by everyone. The one thing I will remember most about Jay was the amount of generosity he had. I’m not just talking about the endless nights of parties he had for people to be entertained and have a good time, however. Jay was one of the wealthiest men I ever knew, but he didn’t flaunt it like the other wealthy people I have known throughout my life. Jay didn’t spend his money on himself, and spoil himself with extravagant things.
Manney Bustos Dr. Holly Stave SCRT 181W 8 September 2013 “Blurred Lines” and “Battered Bitches”: When Misogyny Becomes Expressive and Embracive “Bitch I’ma kill you! You don’t wanna fuck with me — Girls neither --- you ain’t nothing but a slut to me…”¹ this is the opening chorus of one of the many ballads sported by the infamous Eminem. To the tweens and good-girls-gone-bad, he is a misunderstood ‘bad boy’ sex god. To the overcompensated and rebel-high intellects, he is a performance breakthrough and ‘artistic voice for the ages’; the guys down the street still allude to him as poetic Greeks of old. As is the case for most viral phenomena, there are those who aren’t too keen on hip-hop Elvis’s lyrical prose.
Lil Wayne is the best musician in our era, but his music shows no respect and consistency for young girls, including other rappers as well. In
Does “Gangster” rap promote violence, influence teens to engage in illegal activities and encourage homophobic and misogynistic feelings? THESIS: Gangster rap does not influence teens that some illegal things are cool and it doesn’t promote violence, because for the most part they are just rapping about their own life experiences before they starting rapping. Rappers also use some offensive language because thats how they were raised and in the black community a lot of it is acceptable so its all they know. PROPOSAL: I chose to talk about gangster rap and the effect, if any, that it has because I think gangster rap is the interesting type of rap. Also because most of my all time favorite rappers were known as being gangster
This surprises me because I never would’ve thought that Hip Hop is a culture, especially the fact that it started out as a peaceful youth community. While I was researching, I’ve decided to look up the various rap artists during the 80s. Now the question is, is Hip Hop music always about egoistic rappers and gang violence? Of course not. These artists wrote about various meaningful topics - unity, social issues, politics, and the search for identity.
Mastering Discipline Pump It Up! “Without hard work and discipline it is difficult to be a top professional” ~ Jahangir Khan Music Makes You Lose Control “Music makes you lose control” is a very popular Hip Hop song written in 2005, produced by rapper Missy Elliot. This song implies that the power of music will make you give up your free will. However, keep in mind that the act of controlling and disciplining yourself needs to get generated from within, not from external sources. Music can definitely influence emotions by pushing the body to move to a beat, unlike other provocations.
Most popular music nowadays does not promote anything important or resourceful. In a reference to ‘rap’ music, the song, ‘turn my swag on’, Soulja Boy, is a prime example of unimportant music. The song touches upon being ‘fly’ and having a lot of money. Rapper, Professor D, expresses shock at the number of rappers wasting exposure and talent by rapping about things that’s socially irrelevant. On a contrary, they can be doing the exact opposite, (Bottero, 2008,p8).