Tupac Shakur Final Draft Tupac Shakur was one of the greatest rappers of all time. As good as he was a rapper, he was a well known poet even though many people considered him a thug. He wrote many poems that expressed how he was feeling and talked about other people’s lives. The poem “The Rose That Grew From Concrete’’ is one of my favorite poems from him. It inspired me to never give up on my dreams and no matter how hard it gets and no matter how many struggles you have to go through, at the end it’s all worth it.
Unlike Lil Wayne, who spends his time buying unnecessary cars, drugs, guns and all other unnecessary things. Rick Ross has a bad heart and he puts his money into charities that cater to people who also have the same problem. Though Lil Wayne is known to be unwise with his spending habits, he makes sure that he takes care of his teenage daughter. He also gave back to his home town New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. Lil Wayne is also making sure his daughter is getting a great education.
That also supports his attempt to connect with the audience because everyone in life wants to attain some type of goal. T.I. uses the element of pathos by sharing his bad experiences with the law, which most people can relate to. In his lyrics, he says, “A sophisticated convict, superficial, still official, multimillion dollar, money is the object”. That means although he may have been locked up, he still keeps it classy.
His first album, 2pacalypse now, was a success among many of the underdogs of America. It made Tupac one of the first socially conscious rappers of the early 90’s because the album spoke on many of the problems going on in society. Many people were able to relate to Tupac, regardless of where they were from. Though Tupac was a born leader, he had many legal problems as well. He had constant run-ins with the law which made his leadership very controversial.
As a result, she ended up living her life as a prostitute in order to survive. In this song, Tupac raises the awareness of how important it is for people to show concern and care for one another, particularly our youth. The way people live their lives has an effect on an entire community. “Trapped” was a song by Tupac that bridged a connection between drugs and police brutality, and the mental and physical destruction of a race. There is another song that stands out that Tupac wrote almost twenty years ago that made him look like a prophet, the song is called, “Keep Your Head Up”.
Most people may not even realize it, but songwriters incorporate world events into the songs we hear every day. Take for example, “The southern rapper Young Jeezy, who recorded The Recession last year…” (RPC 89). He sings about the economy in a lot of his songs because it’s a way that singers/songwriters use their music to reach out to people who do not watch or care to watch the news. It is a way of using entertainment as an informative tool. “Sometimes normal musical imagery crosses a line and becomes, so to speak pathological, as when a certain fragment of music repeats itself incessantly, sometimes maddeningly, for days on end.”(100).
“Rap as an art form, began as personal narrative, telling the individual stories of urban lives ignored by the mainstream media.”(Rose, p.2-3). “It used to be a respectful, decent form of music, however, it has turned bad, into utter crap listened to by posers.”(“Rap”). When people are conversing and the word “rap” comes up, blacks and whites complain about the misogyny, materialism, drugs, and violence present in the lyrics and videos. There are many different forms of rap and they fall under two categories: the language of empowerment and the language of oppression. Conscious rap deals with empowerment and consists of “songs that are responsible, thought provoking, and/or inspirational toward positive change or a cry of protest against social injustice”.
Berry often imitated Nat king Cole’s crisp vocal lines. Rhythm and Blues are a serious part Chuck Berry’s background; he claims influences from artists including T- Bone Walker, Charlie Christian, and Carl Hogan. Like many musicians, Berry paid his dues working toward musical success and personal failures. As a youth, he had a few run-ins with the law and served time until he was 21 for armed robbery. During his time in jail, Berry joined a Gospel group and practiced his songwriting abilities.
Gangsta rap and American Culture Should censorship come at a price of complete social exile. In “Gangsta Rap and American Culture” Micheal Eric Dyson a baptist minister, father, and prestigious writer and educator explains his views on Gangsta rap both good and bad. Micheal Eric Dyson background allows him to understand how rap came to be. However Dyson doesn't agree with how the government accuses gangsta rap for the downfall of black youth. All in all Dyson's main points to his argument is understanding how rap came to be, the negative and positive images that gangsta rap portrays to the black community, and acknowledging that rap music shows true beliefs about growing up in bad black neighborhoods.
"Our expectations have gotten too low." Beyond the media, Daniels argues, "ghetto" is a staple of many youth subcultures. What troubles certain onlookers is when youthful fans not only listen to the urban sound of hip-hop but also borrow from certain rappers' attitudes and lyrics, freely using dirty slang words. The lyrics tend to downgrade women and society has adapted to this behavior. She describes women are not treated how women should be