What is hip hop overall ? well hip hop is many things. one thing that hip hop is it's fashion. Fashion is a really big deal in the hip hop industry.…
Society saw the genre, formally known as hip-hop, as being negative until a variety of races came together in New York to listen to this particular type of music. I believe that hip-hop can be being good or bad, but it is meant to tell a story. McBride writes, through hip-hop they were able to come together as a community “ The Bronx became a music magnet for Puerto Ricans, Jamaican, Dominicans, and Black Americans from the surrounding areas.” In New York the teens use what we call graffiti to express themselves. The graffiti shows the art aspect of hip-hop.…
I agree with the author of Hip Hop Fashion, Masculine Anxiety, and the discourse of Americana, Nicole R. Fleetwood. Although I don’t regularly listen to hip-hop, it’s evident to even me that within the community there are several unspoken rules that must be followed to make it in the industry. In regards to fashion, the author discusses the way in which style and aesthetics are presented in hip-hop. The author goes on to write how an obsession to keep up this aesthetic is then brought forth, so much so that the “look” of hip-hop becomes the focal point. In both lyrics and music videos, the idea of having a lot of money and being able to afford nice clothes, cars, and houses is presented constantly.…
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…
The ‘graffiti wars’ say about social relations of inequality and power in cities is that power of the city is in the hands of the government and those higher in power. They are the one who want to have control over what rules public space and what does not. Officials have the power to put up private corporate advertising but choose to label public graffiti as disorderly or criminal. Graffiti challenges this social order and it is those from below with lower power and faced with multiple inequalities such as race, age, social class, such as impoverished black youth and the like, that are taking back their cities and expressing urban hip hop culture, just as seen by black and hispanic urban youth in the film Style Wars (quote). It is a tool to…
The culture and art of hip-hop is often misconstrued. There is history of struggle, uplifting music and dancing, and calls to action for social justice in the essence of hip-hop. The documentary “Rap: Looking for the Perfect Beat” validates the true meaning of hip-hop by explaining how hip-hop came about and what is truly means. The most significant aspect in the documentary “Rap: Looking for the Perfect Beat” is that it articulates how hip-hop is not something that stereotypically promotes gang affiliation, violence, and drug activity, but that hip-hop is essentially a unique form of art.…
The Hip Hop Lectures (Volume 2) are inspired by actual academic Hip Hop lectures taught in various educational institutes and organizations. The Hip Hop Lectures provide readers with an in-depth look at current topics plaguing Hip Hop culture. Throughout this book, the reader will be able to see how Hip Hop culture has evolved since the 1970s and how controversial issues still plague the multi-billion dollar…
The fashion in hip hop just wasn’t something that was a phenomenon in the United States, the culture of hip hop influenced countries overseas. Some of the countries that took to this hip hop culture and style were China, England, Norway, Australia, Korea, Brazil, Columbia, and France (Powell 56). They tried to mirror and dress as the artist they were seeing in hip hop. Fashion is a key part to the hip hop culture,…
Hip Hop started out in the 1970’s as a form of “cultural movement” for African-Americans in New York City. “Hip Hop consists of a stylized…
Instead of rapping about the ‘hood’ and getting involved in gang violence, these new artists are talking more about fashion and their relationships with other people. Instead of dressing in loose and baggy shirts with sagging jeans, artists are dressing in tighter and more fitting clothing. The rules and conduct of hip hop has progressed to a point where it is acceptable to wear types of queer inflected styles. Penney finishes his argument by point out that there need to be further revisions to hip hop’s conception of masculinity within African…
This paper will discuss how hip-hop has managed to grow from being a subculture in the South Bronx, to being common in almost every country around the world. Hip hop is usually seen as a genre of music instead of a culture. The culture that is hip hop is made up of the four components: DJing,…
What is the Africanist Aesthetic? It’s the African-based cultural forms and philosophical approach existing in the African Diaspora that continue to reflect similar musical, dance, and oral practices as those in Africa; though not African, enough resemblances in the performer's’ attitude and relationship to audience exist that cultural connections to African cultural practices are apparent. How does African culture continue to show in Hip-hop over time? Hip-Hop culture, since around the 1950s, has shown the world different aspects of the Africanist Aesthetic within its culture. Though it is understood that not everyone in hip-hop is considerably part of the Africanist Aesthetics, they still embrace the creation of hip-hop and its origins.…
Hip-hop had become accepted in the United States and worldwide making the graffiti culture appear in commercials and advertisements of Sprite and Nike. Marketing strategies started targeting young people with the whole notion of the graffiti culture as an artistic way to approach to the young generation. Graffiti is very criticized and still an unacceptable kind of art for some people. The most used media is spray paint cans, for the reason that is easy to transport, works great outside, and dries fast…
Hip Hop or also called Rap music, is a music genre formed in the United States in the 1970s that consists of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping; a rhythmic and rhyming speech that is chanted. Hip hop has changed in ways making people believe that it is dead and needs resurrection. From young groups like NWA and solo artists like Tupac and The Notorious B.I.G to Young Money and J. Cole and Kendrick Lamar. The evolution in hip hop such as topics, tones, and the desire for money and materialism have changed due to time.…
Graffiti was once labeled as street art which was frequently a prominent problem in urban cities; defacing or “tagging” public and private property was against the law. As time as evolved, so has the street art culture. Today, street art is one of most sought after and creative outlets for local artists. The culture around street art can be interesting in the fact that artists build their names and reputation with one piece of work at a time; sometimes when it starts to take over the city it gets the attention it has been wanting. Street art is now very innovative featuring many different art styles and often makes a commentary on a social issue and if it does not, then it was created to help change the city.…