Nolan Jackson September 23, 2010 Society and Social Behavior Roderick Graham Nerdcore Hip Hop Nerdcore Hip Hop is the newest genre of music that nobody knows about. Created in the late 1990's by Nerdcore Legend Damian Hess a.k.a MC Frontalot, Nerdcore Hip Hop lyrics are a combination of the common hip hop style mixed with "nerdish" type themes. Most of the rappers that perform Nerdcore are self pro-claimed nerds. I am now going to describe some of the elements of the Nerdcore culture which is symbols, language, values/beliefs, and norms. Since majorities of the Nerdcore artist are "nerds" at heart, most of them are very well educated.
Is the glass half full or half empty? It's based on your perspective quite simply. We're the same and we're not know what I'm saying listen. I aint better than you I just think different. Nujabes, one of the best rappers ever who dedicated his life to the music (hip hop) was not a popular artist because people are not used to listen to metaphorical music.
He is completely ignoring the true stance of the opposing position and offering an exaggerated and misrepresented version. Most rappers get money and move out of their old neighborhoods, away from the old life style which is obvious proof that they don’t find thug life a topic of celebration. It is important to remember that by embracing their roots rappers may not be celebrating where they came from but rather the success of overcoming the struggle to get where they are now. Often throughout the article McWhorter uses rap lyrics to prove how violent and degrading they are which is a logical fallacy called circular reasoning. We understand that the lyrics are offensive, that doesn’t add to his argument that they are detrimental to society when considering the counter argument that society produces the music, not the other way around.
Thus, this section will only discussed two noteworthy songs on the album. “King’s Dead” with Future, James Blake, and Jay Rock is a song that Kendrick utilized to portray the perspective of the supervillain antagonist Killmonger. This is the peak of the album because not only does it correlate to the movie through perspectivism but it also correlates to the real world through numerous references. Kendrick Lamar in “King’s Dead” challenges Killmonger through his lyrics which say “Yea, miss me with that [explicit]. You ain’t really wild, you a tourist (a tourist)” and “I was absent.
Well he has one hell of a legacy. He posed as Jesus on the cover of the Rolling Stones , or should I say yeezus , he accused president bush that he doesn't care about black people , he's a rapper against homophobia , that's right yeezus is fine with you being gay. Now you're thinking this is absurd and rude but really this is awesome , one man who defies your norms and wants to be what is different out there , a man with so much confidence he says he is the next Mandela as well and what's wrong with that ? After all Mandela did save a nation. "My greatest pain is that I'll never be able to see myself perform live" this is a quote that will live on for ages and be used by many artist who believe they are great , it is this simple quote that put kanye's ego into one line and explains it , he loves himself and loves what he has become from his humble beginnings to now , one of the most powerful people alive.
O'Reilly doesn’t realize that most black people have been put into situations where their race automatically targets them as a source for belittlement. Comments like "and he speaks so well," indicates the assumption that most black people don’t speak very well. A headline on the Fox News website said “Obama’s Hip-Hop BBQ Didn’t Create Jobs”. It featured a picture of basketball legend Charles Barkley, Comedian Chris Rock, and rapper Jay-Z. Although Jay-Z is a hip hop artist, he did not perform at the barbeque.
prospero was furious, and traps and enslaves him. Shakespeare presents caliban as ugly using other characters dialogua. For example, trinculo thinks that hi ‘smells like a fish’. This is using a simile to compare him. Trinculo takes a closer look, and observes that he is ‘legged like a man’ with ‘fins like arms’, so ha concludes that he must be ‘an islander that hath lately suffered by a thunderbolt’.
Uh, Dona-tell me who you are again, dude, Cause I don't Gattamelata clue what you do. Renaissance Artists: That's because you mutants are too immature. You wouldn't know genius if it pissed in your sewer! We got the talent, and the minds, and the rhymes so sweet, We're like your NES game, cause we can't be beat! Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Yo, go ahead and hate, we'll just skate on by.
You didn't lift. Come on Man this is god given, only thing I gotta do is just show up. [Verse 1:] Yeah, yeah, Superhero in the flesh Even at my worst I'm the best For the finish I stretch. When they advance me the check Could've bought my way to heaven, but I blew it on my neck. Instead, what you expect when you ain't have shit, And they ain't paying half of what you asking.
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. What is a thug? Many people consider a thug to be some big gangster- who sells drugs, has been in trouble with the law, is rebellious, etc. According to Tupac Shakur, the term "thug" means the underdog, not a criminal or someone who is going to hit you over the head in the street- as the media portrays the word (Shakur 122). Even though the images of some rappers seem to send the wrong messages, Tupac's songs are where his real messages are.