Rappers today all have, or should have, their own unique style. If not their own unique style, they should come with their own sound, look, and background. For example, five names which I selected tend stand out among others in the Hip-hop community. These names being: Drake, Future, Kendrick Lamar, J.Cole, and Eminem. Drake, a Canadian rapper-singer, is currently one of the highest selling artists today. His style and pop-rap sound has found a way to produce hit after hit. Future is a southern rapper from Atlanta, Georgia who comes with his own unique “Trap” style and “Mumble” rap that is a major influence on up and coming rappers currently entering the industry. Kendrick Lamar, a rapper from Compton, California is an artist whose style is
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Along with four other sources, the lead source seems to point toward New York. To be more specific, it takes you to the Brooklyn and Bronx area of New York. In his award winning book “Can’t Stop Won’t Stop: A History of Hip-Hop Generation” journalist Jeff Chang locates the foundations off Hip-hop in these areas. It is also in this same area where Chang finds Clive Campbell, also known as the “Godfather” or “Founding Father” of Hip-hop. Clive was DJing at his sister’s birthday party, on August 11th, which they called the “Back to School Jam”. They hosted the party at the recreation room of their apartment building at 1520 Sedgewick Avenue, which at the time could only hold a few hundred people. At this party, Clive Campbell, also known as DJ Kool Herc, used two turntables and a mixer to create his extended drum breaks for the audience, which became known as breakdancing. Break dancing, along with DJing, MCing, and graffiti are elements of …show more content…
These groups and artists are just a few out of the many names that could have been mentioned from this period. One group in particular from this early period in Hip-hop’s history managed to reach untold heights of acclaim and criticism, esteem and notoriety, is the “unapologetically violent and sexist pioneers of gangsta rap “,N.W.A. The groups original founding members consisted of Eazy-E (Eric Wright), Dr.Dre (Andre Young), Ice Cube (O’Shea Jackson), DJ Yella (Antoine Carraby), Arabian Prince (Kim Nazel), The D.O.C (Tracy Curry), and MC Ren (Lorenzo Patterson). The group brought in many of the noisy, extreme sonic innovations of Public Enemy and adopted a self-consciously violent and dangerous lyrical stance. Initially, the group 's relentless attack appeared to be serious, vital commentary, and it even provoked the FBI to caution N.W.A 's record company, but following Ice Cube 's departure in late 1989, the group began to turn to self-parody.
Along with four other sources, the lead source seems to point toward New York. To be more specific, it takes you to the Brooklyn and Bronx area of New York. In his award winning book “Can’t Stop Won’t Stop: A History of Hip-Hop Generation” journalist Jeff Chang locates the foundations off Hip-hop in these areas. It is also in this same area where Chang finds Clive Campbell, also known as the “Godfather” or “Founding Father” of Hip-hop. Clive was DJing at his sister’s birthday party, on August 11th, which they called the “Back to School Jam”. They hosted the party at the recreation room of their apartment building at 1520 Sedgewick Avenue, which at the time could only hold a few hundred people. At this party, Clive Campbell, also known as DJ Kool Herc, used two turntables and a mixer to create his extended drum breaks for the audience, which became known as breakdancing. Break dancing, along with DJing, MCing, and graffiti are elements of …show more content…
These groups and artists are just a few out of the many names that could have been mentioned from this period. One group in particular from this early period in Hip-hop’s history managed to reach untold heights of acclaim and criticism, esteem and notoriety, is the “unapologetically violent and sexist pioneers of gangsta rap “,N.W.A. The groups original founding members consisted of Eazy-E (Eric Wright), Dr.Dre (Andre Young), Ice Cube (O’Shea Jackson), DJ Yella (Antoine Carraby), Arabian Prince (Kim Nazel), The D.O.C (Tracy Curry), and MC Ren (Lorenzo Patterson). The group brought in many of the noisy, extreme sonic innovations of Public Enemy and adopted a self-consciously violent and dangerous lyrical stance. Initially, the group 's relentless attack appeared to be serious, vital commentary, and it even provoked the FBI to caution N.W.A 's record company, but following Ice Cube 's departure in late 1989, the group began to turn to self-parody.