West coast hip hops effect on music Purpose: Explain to audience how the influence of rap music more especially from the west coast has on music today Introduction: Many people enjoy music today; the artistic expression of sound has proven to have an effect on people. This is most true when it came to west coast hip hop which featured explicit lyrics of rebellious inner youth that gave voice to the ghettos of America. No previous form of rap or music came with such an attitude and controversy, artist like ice t and n.w.a spoke of the trials of living in tough neighborhoods, crime and social injustices.. West coast hip hop for one made music listeners politically conscience of social injustices such as flagrant abuse by the police, perpetuation of racial discrimination. Secondly they were pioneers of self promotion i.e. mix tapes and other means independent funding.
Byron Hurt’s Hip Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes is an oppositional reading about masculinity in Hip Hop culture, which is strongly influenced by American cultures dominant discourse. This documentary goes in depth of how hip hop has become commercially viable and strengthens different stereo types. An oppositional reading was done throughout this documentary, Byron Hurt touched on many different subjects including; Violence, how women are portrayed in hip hop, as well as manhood. Byron Hurt was a fan of hip hop once upon a time but he was able to take a step back and assess hip hop through a different lens and challenge what is ingested by hip hop fans. In the documentary Byron Hurt visits Daytona Beach, Florida during spring break and found that in most of the youth’s freestyles there was something that had to do with a weapon, women, and violent actions.
The drug innuendo has been popularized by gang related hip-hop, but it recently became a primary component in various forms of hip-hop music to achieve a particular image. References to drugs such as marijuana, cocaine, and codeine enhance this desirable image marketed as attractive to a young audience. It’s unlikely that an artist in this field will achieve success without assuming a confident and nihilistic demeanor. The inescapable messages reach the public easily and begin to ingrain the acceptance and glorification of drug abuse in their minds. The predominance of drug experimentation and regular use among young adults in college and high school is quite remarkable.
Jose R. Lopez Morin’s article is about the life of Americo Paredes. The article tells how Paredes got started in defining the Mexican culture, writing books, poetry, and stories about the culture. Morin and two other men had the chance to interview Paredes. In the interview they discussed why Paredes did not like the way the United States was putting a bad image on Mexicans and the way they were treated. This article is very useful, because it talks about why he wrote his books and did the works that he did.
Brandon Tracy Response Essay First Draft Due: 02/04/11 There has always been a strong relationship between music and altered states of consciousness. Since man first discovered the art of music humans have been using drugs and music along side of each other to help expand our understanding of our inner selves and the universe we live in, but sometimes enlightenment comes at a high price. Drug use can be detrimental to our bodies, mind, and soul, but as long as they are used responsibly they can also be beneficial . In a 1991 Rollling Stone magazine's James Henkie interviewed Jerry Garcia, the lead guitarist of the classic jam band The Grateful Dead. In the interview Jerry talks a little bit about how drug use has affected his life.
His lyrics in the album are more poetic rather than geared toward the party scene. Kendrick Lamar is trying to promote a movement of black representation and carry the listener through a journey through the nation of Wakanda and the movie Black Panther. To further guide the journey through lyricism Kendrick Lamar in engages in perspectivism to immerse the listener. In the song “Paramedic!” he starts the song by stating that “I am Killmonger no one’s perfect but no one’s worthless” and in “King’s Dead” he says “All hail King Killmonger” (CITE). Killmonger, the supervillain, is the aggressive of the movie and in the song “Paramedic!” and “King’s Dead” Kendrick Lamar is rapping from Killmonger’s perspective.
Tupac Shakur and His Influence on Crime Tiffany N. Shatto Louisiana State University Shreveport Sociology 320 Fall 2012 November 28, 2012 Cathy Scott, an award winning journalist goes behind the scenes to give readers an inside look at the September 6, 1996 shooting of the internationally famous rapper Tupac Shakur, in her book The Killing of Tupac Shakur. Tupac was a self proclaimed outlaw whose lyrics have been considered counterproductive and influences the violent lifestyle and survival ethic amongst Black youth and young adults. Observational learning by children and adolescents does not only limit itself to the home environment and surrounding community, but also extends to media and social icons. Rap music has grown at a staggering rate over the past thirty years and has greatly influenced social and cultural norms. The violent and often degrading lyrics of gangster rap have now become main-stream and is highly romanticized by young black and white youths, alike.
The sixties generation had some of the most influential music of our time. These different genres of music from the sixties impacted society in distinctive ways. Folk music brought politics into a new light for young Americans. Along the same lines, soul music exposed society to new thoughts and experiences. Rock music also shocked humanity with harsh lyrics and wild instrumentation.
If someone turned on the radio right at this moment they would hear an abundance of swear words, references to sex, stanzas exclaiming how much they love a certain drug, a verse about how someone dodged a bullet, in a literal sense, or lyrics objectifying women. Inappropriate allusions in songs are negatively changing our youth and ultimately our country as a whole. Society believes that violent music and other violent media outlets are the reason big massacres occur in America. For example, Pat Stack pointed out an instance after the Columbine shooting where “some right wing American shock-jock being interviewed as to why the massacre had happened. The music of Marilyn Manson, video nasties, and lack of parental control were all cited.” Two of those three reasons fall into the category of music violence and prove that derogatory words and phrases changes the youth negatively.
All of these things have great influence on the youth. Hip hop went from being a relatively underground style, to being a major style herd throughout the world. Some people not only think of Hip Hop as a negative influence because of its provocative language and meaning, but also because of the effect on the black community. This is where there conspiracy of Hip Hops influence on the youth plays its role. The minds of those it influences are being controlled by Hip Hops music, fashion, and slang.