Music is always being created and the creator evolve everyday taking not only the United States by storm but the entire world. Moreover, rap is a style of music named for the style in which it is delivered. Incorporating lyrical flair over samples and beats, it can be set to many different styles of music including blues, jazz, and soul with Caribbean calypso, dub, and dance-hall reggae. It exploded into the mainstream in the 1980s and developed into numerous styles. Often political, some of rap's most famous stars have come from street gangs.
Drawing his inspirations from the Notorious B.I.G. and 2Pac; Pyrex Jones aims to follow the same loose and easy flow. He also wishes to incorporate some of the social problems including: hardships, difficulties of violence, and some of the ethnic and racial dilemmas. This transforms into a huge fan following because the common listener could easily relate to this kind of music. Instilled with a real hustler’s ambition, Pyrex Jones has been making buzz locally with mixed tapes such as Microwave Music 1, Mafia Muzik, and various videos and performances.
George Emmett talks about the evolution of hip hop culture and how it rose and spread. Emmett mentions that hip hop evolved during the 1970’s as a liberation movement. Hip hop is grounded in the traditions of U.s born blacks, first and second generation Latinos and Latinas, and people of Caribbean decent. Emmett shows that hip hop is a method for expressing their thoughts on social commentary, economy, racism and more. Rajakumar, Mohanalakshmi.
This mainly consists of wealth, power and beautiful women which are the goals of most youth in today’s contemporary society – in other words: The American dream. There are several codes and conventions that make up this genre of music video and my main example of this is ‘In Da Club’ by 50 Cent. [Image 2] In 50 Cent’s music video he directly addresses the audience with his lyrics. In hip hop music videos there is a frequent use of low angled/close up shots. The sole purpose of this is to demonstrate the power
However, the most important lesson that hip-hop taught me was to be thankful for what I have. When I listened to songs about people in the ghetto struggling to stay alive or living on the streets, I realized how good I had it as a kid. I began to have a new appreciation and view on life. Without my ability to learn about American culture and to listen to the music that comes from it, I would not be the person who I am
Compared to the other articles in my annotated bibliography I would say this is one of the most important articles because I need most of the information posted on the website. This website is fairly reliable because the article comes from the CQ Global researcher which was posted on July 1, 2008. This article is mainly biased against violators and undue influences on children in Sierra Leone. The goal trying to be accomplished by the article is to portray the negative results of using children in Sierra
Either way, Hip-Hop will continue to be one of the most popular genres worldwide. In the song Changes by Tupac Shakur, he expressed his views on various political subjects such as police brutality, the war on drugs and violence, black unity, and Black on Black violence. Police
Make Love Not War While the popular anthem of Sex, Drugs, and Rock ‘n Roll sent shock waves across America, the message of peace and love brought light to the new civil rights movement and the devastating war in Vietnam. At the center of this revolution was the hippie. Often referred to as freaks, stoners, and lazy, dirty, bums, the hippie experienced extreme social discrimination. What most failed to realize was that hippies were actually the most influential figures of the time period. Hippies were vital to American counterculture, fueling a movement to stretch accepted values, increase environmental awareness, and open ears to a generation of new music.
Hip-Hop artists are the role-models of most African-Americans. As they hear their favorite artists, they want to do the same things as them. Drugs are first in the songs for example; one of the most popular artists is 2 chainz. On one of his songs, the title is “crack”. It summarizes who he is and what he does, and African-Americans love it.
Stapleton tells us that many believe the concern over sexual violence is not as big a concern of racial problems. Stapleton throws us the idea that many hip-hop artists felt that hip-hop was being considered objectionable because white youth were consuming it. Stapleton uses this to reveal where a large amount of criticism is coming from in both racial and genre issues. Stapleton brings up a gathering of hip-hop artists and rappers showing us that serious discussions were being had about the genre and the changes in it. We see in Stapleton’s words how hip-hop has become a dangerous genre and how responsibility lies in the artists, managers, record companies, and parents when it comes to the music.