Robbie starts off the EP with his first single "Fam," a song
Robbie starts off the EP with his first single "Fam," a song
Just like poetry, rap has a way of challenging you to think about the words in front of you in different ways. Jay-Z states that people do not know how to listen to the entirety of the music, only choosing to pay attention to the beat. Similarly, rap can be deceptive. Jay-Z explained that listeners tend to take a literal interpretation and make fast opinions, and in order to fully appreciate the work just like any poetry piece you must listen to the song (even the trivial ones) and figure out what is really being said (Carter 78…
(212). After watching “Tupac Resurrection” changed her views on hip hop by stating “The two-hour screening time was for me an epiphany and an entirely new world opened up: a world of beats, words, images, insights, raw expressions that were positively transporting.” (Rountree 212). She also provides detailed examples, explaining how hip hop has inspired young people’s lives, mentioning the film “The Hip Hop Project.” Kazi helps youths overcome their personal issues in their lives by writing songs about issues that affect their personal lives.…
I do feel sympathy for the kidnappers Bill, and Sam because they had to keep up with Johnny the little boy. Bill and Sam had to play Cowboys and Indians with Johnny. Johnny was a very energized kid, and was a bit crazy. The parents aso made Bill, and Sam pay money for keeping Johnny, but while they kidnapped him Johnny had fun there, and his parents never really asked about where he was, and didn’t worry, or care. Johnny was trying to cut Bills hair off, Bill was laying on the bed, and Johnny was practically on top of Bill, and trying to cut his hair off while Bill and Sam are freaking out.…
1) McBride argues about / describes / criticizes a nightmare that made him re-evaluate his perceptions of hip-hop he said here about the first paragraph where the nightmare gets deeper,because before he know it he heard the the pitter-patter of the little feet, their offspring,cascading through his living living room,cascading through his life,drowning him with the sound of his hypocrisy. 2)About the hip hop Mcbride said music seemingly without melody, sensibility,instruments,verse,or harmony,music with no beginning,end, or ,middle,music that doesn’t even seem to be music. 3)James McBride tells us his views on Hip Hop Rap and shows us how difficult it was for him to come to terms with this new music. James grew up in the Bronx, which…
One of these arguments is somewhat too supportive. That argument, according to Rose, is “For some, all expression in commercialized hip hop, despite its heavy manipulation by the record industry, is the unadulterated truth and literal personal experience of fill-in-the blank rapper…” (Rose, 6). In other words, these supporters believe that everything that these rappers are talking about are true events (Rose, 6). The problem with this argument is the blind trust that these supporters are giving the rappers.…
The History of Hip Hop Today, Hip Hop is a worldwide genre that has swept the globe with passion and soul. What started out as a generally “black culture genre,” is now accepted and done by every race and culture, and even in different languages. Rappers such as Run DMC, Doug E Fresh, Grandmaster Flash, and Kurtis Blow put a stamp on the Hip Hop world and gave it its popularity and momentum. The history of Hip Hop and how people used Hip Hop as a voice for African-Americans, shows how the evolution of Hip Hop is a great thing for the world. What is Hip Hop, and what is the history of it?…
Perhaps one of the most influential hip hop artist ever is Tupac. Tupac wrote poems with his most famous being “The Rose that Grew from the Concrete.” Which is about how it does not matter who you are you can do what you want if you put your head to it. When you first hear most hip hop artist at first you may think they are a slob that does not deserve their fame and money, but as for one artist named Marshall Mathers he has grown a reputation of just a bad human but if you were to ask him he said he did whatever it would take to provide for his family and rap was his only option. So before you judge a hip hop artist from one song look up for his more emotional songs or his story because most hip hop artist grew up in some of the worst conditions you can think…
Modern hip-hop has started to embody the earlier roots of hip-hop, transitioning into the politicized art form it once was. Due to the ongoing and continuous violence and systemic racism perpetrated against the black community, as well as increased access to media, the United States has become increasingly polarized, creating a black community that feels betrayed and dejected. Subsequently, hip-hop artists have turned to the microphones to take a stand. Jasari X, and Mick Jenkins, both exemplify the ongoing and systemic oppression perpetrated against black people by demonstrating the tremendous affect prejudice and discriminatory violence has on a group of people.…
Merriam-Webster’s dictionary defines homophobia as the irrational fear of, aversion to, or discrimination against homosexuality or homosexuals. While society has made great strides towards becoming more accepting of the LGBTQ community, there is still a portion of the population that has not changed. And in hip hop culture today, it can be seen by many that homophobia is still prevalent. Joel Penney is quite aware of this as his article entitled, “We Don’t Wear Tight Clothes”: Gay Panic and Queer Style in Contemporary Hip Hop, is centered on the aforementioned idea.…
As the only rappers were Black, only Black people were able to truly identify with their statements. They began to rap about social issues, such as police brutality, and distanced themselves from associating with other racial groups. Hip-hop as a genre was only identifiable as ‘Black culture’ and left those of other races in the dust: one of which was Asian people. There were few Asian American DJ’s, rappers, b-boyers, and graffiti artists during the time that hip-hop was really developing as a genre, and of those who did consider themselves…
“I got my 12-gauge sawed off, I got my headlights turned off, I’m ‘bout to bust some shots off, I’m ‘bout to dust some cops off, Die, Die, Die Pig, Die!,” a quote from Ice-T most controversial song “Cop Killer” had everyone in rage. With words like these being said and being published without modifying the lyrics should say something about the artist and producer. From the society point of view, they would see this as hatred words being said as literal words towards cops and the artist intending to do something towards them. In reality and the artist point of view of creating a song, artists express themselves lyrically but need to also have respect in what they say. This is why the producer did not do anything about his song because they knew Ice-T was just expressing himself, and this being said, this goes to all the artists out there creating music and expressing their feelings with the music they create.…
The rule is one of the most important elements to maintain efficient and well-functioning civilization, but rules are also limit people’s individuality to conform to exemplary form and create mundane and limit one’s individuality. To express one’s individuality, and to escape cruel reality, people try to connect stories larger than themselves which one wouldn't explore unless rules limit individuality. Karen Armstrong’s “Homo Religious,” Armstrong explains how people seek ekstasis to escape the reality. Primitive social people have regularly sought ekstasis, escaping the norm, through religion. In Azar Nafisi’s “Reading in Lolita in Tehran,” Nafisi shows how People who are under oppressive religious rule, Nafisi’s students, escapes the harsh…
Language play a big role for hip hop rappers because it is difficult for them to speak English since they never learned it and speaking Japanese was also hard for them to write lyrics due to different hardships and struggles. In the 1990’s Japanese record companies drop some rapping albums, but it failed to make big hits. After, failing a couple of rapping albums Japanese record companies try to make the Japanese lyrics the same as American hip hop artists. Japanese hip hop artist find it hard to rhyme Japanese lyrics and talk about words like violence and drugs. Different culture has there own struggles and stories to…
By the 1990's rap artists like, DJ Jazzy Jeff and The Fresh Prince, Curtis Blow and Biz Markie were no longer accepted in the rap music" (Toms, 2006, p1). Those rap artists were considered as roll models, because those rap artists relayed positive messages to their listeners (Toms, 2006, p1). "The majority of today's rap culture involves a lot of explicit material and negativities" (McGarrell). According to McGarrell, This new form of rap music glorifies big money, degrading of women, drugs, alcohol, and guns. Many rap artist lyrics are explicit and degrading to women, while rap artist might be expressing what they have seen or the everyday struggles in life.…
Rap is becoming an increasingly popular genre of music specially with today’s youth as it is somehow considered a part of the youth culture. Today, it is featured increasingly among popular advertisements, radio and even on television shows. Rap is genre wherein you can express challenges and experiences in life in a form of a story. Although that is sometimes the case, rude and inappropriate themes are also expressed in rap.…