In conclusion, Bennett wraps Hip Hop up in metaphors and imagery and gives it to his readers to interpret. Is Hip Hop good or evil? As it changes we can only hope it will choose a side that perhaps does not encourage the dropouts and gang bangers, but then Hip Hop isn't that, Hip Hop. It is a culture and represents such a huge margin of our population, perhaps it can be used as a teaching tool, and that of a learning tool as…
In the Light of Hip-Hop American culture has been driven in various directions fueled by different trends which have captivated the minds and hearts of millions of people. One trend, which is a music genre, has given rise to controversy and heated debates on whether it is a good or bad influence. Hip-Hop music has changed the American culture and its effects have reached extensive grounds universally. As the Hip-Hop music started to become an important aspect of American culture, it was not understood by many and some even thought of the music as objectionable. In the article, "Hip Hop Planet," James McBride speaks about the rising impact of Hip-Hop music which he had been ignorant towards for many years since he perceived the music to be irritating.…
Unquestionably we live in an advance-centralized world, the network has been in our lives from any aspect anyone can think of. It became a pivotal vehicle for our lives. From the help of the Internet hip-hop progressed into one of the utmost influential forces. The reason for this is that, contrasting any other ranges of music; hip-hop is entrenched in a larger power. The hip-hop genre is conceivably one of the most persistent and prevailing cultural forms as of now, it’s evidently different from other forms of culture because it arose inside and established in a discrete subgroup.…
Urban hip-hop culture started in the mid 1970s as the originate and public expressions within spray painting composing, deejaying, break moving, and rap music - of dark and Latino youth in the discouraged South Bronx, and the development has since developed into an overall social wonder that penetrates practically every part of society, from the way of dressing to overall language. Although, hip-hop has been abused in through the young black female ladies who later became available to promote a voice towards the hip…
In this paper, it will examine how Tricia Rose describes the current condition of hip hop. The paper will also discuss many arguments argued by both critics and defenders. The main focus of these arguments relate to issues within the hip hop culture. Not only will it discuss the arguments, but it will also debate them. Overall, from this paper one will see that there is a purpose for these arguments, but that does not mean that they are always the best arguments.…
Craig Watkins, Gaye Theresa Johnson, and Robin D.G. Kelley to understand why music is such an inclusive and meaningful expression for African Americans. This paper will attempt to understand how black music came to be, the urban situations that created a need for music, how hip hop, rap, and rock ‘n’ roll demonstrated blacks representation of urban situations, and how blacks represent problems facing African Americans in society and in cities. In order to understand why music, and hip hop more specifically, is heralded as a uniquely black form of expression, it is important to understand the construction of city life that awoke a desire for self and cultural expression through the art of music. This paper will link social and urban conditions that created unique circumstances, like increased violence and crime, and suburbanization, for the birth of hip hop culture. This paper will examine several important themes of hip hop: how it was formed, what hip hop culture is, patterns in rock ‘n’ roll, deconstruction of the urban environment, hip hop politics, and whiteness.…
Genres exist as identifiable categories that can act as constraints on an artist’s ability to create, and hip-hop in the early 2000’s certainly followed a defined set of rules. The early 2000’s in hip-hop is often referred to as the ‘bling era’; a time when the music of the genre had to have the Timbaland sound of digital keyboard beats, the lyrics reflected expensive tastes and braggadocio, and all the artists had to uphold the tough, gangster persona in order to be taken seriously. This pattern could have been seen by artists such as Young Jeezy, TI, Ludacris, and the biggest rap artist of the time, 50 Cent. 50 Cent followed this formula nearly perfectly and rode the hit party single “In Da Club” to 872,000 first week sales for his debut album. In this era, it seemed that there was no place for introspection or observations on topics such as religion, family, prejudice and materialism, until West stepped into that void.…
From the beginning of recorded history, music, along with other things has been used as a tool to promote specific political and ideological messages. Even in today’s world in the 21st century, music is still being used as a tool to promote social activist movements. Modern artists such as Childish Gambino and Joyner Lucas have been putting social issues into the foreground with their songs of “This is America” and “I’M NOT RACIST”. In expressive music like hip hop, lyrics often reflected the situation surrounding the artist. Hip hop rose in popularity because it connected with a lot of youth across the country and the world going through the struggles present during that time.…
In a similar fashion, James McBride argues in his essay "Hip Hop Planet" that, hip hop has, in more ways that one, become apart of the cultural milieu on a globe level. In the past few years…
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?…
In the patriarchal world of hip-hop music, a vast majority of artists customarily gravitate to forms of expression that center around the objectification and degradation of women. According to Tia Tyree and Michelle Jones, “many have characterized the entire genre as negative” (Tia Tyree & Michelle Jones 54). The substantial presence and rampant usage of misogynistic themes is so evident, the disparaging criticism that hip-hop music receives is perfectly understandable. Negatively labeling the entire genre of hip-hop, however, as solely crude and objectionable without acknowledging artists that strive to break traditional misogynistic boundaries is overcritical. Through the endeavors of several artists such as Drake and Bryson Tiller, hip-hop’s nature has undergone a significant ideological shift from masculinity and bravado to emotionality and introspectiveness.…
When it comes to Hip-hop, it seems that no subject is off limits. However, in these modern times, religious references are rare in this genre of music. Hip-hop music is often criticized for its provocative lyrics of misogyny and materialism. Despite that several mainstream rappers have released songs about societal issues they see. In addition, Jay Z seems to agree in his article, “Politics as Usual’’, where he makes it clear that Hip-hop “was hugely influential in making our slice of America visible through our own lens-not through the lens of outsider.”…
Research Paper Over the past forty years, hip-hop has emerged as one of the biggest contributors to American culture. American youth today use hip-hop music to voice the social, political, economic, and cultural conditions in their lives. Hip-hop today also reflects its origin from working-class African-Americans in New York City, and continues to serve as the voice of these people. As the popularity of hip-hop has grown, its marketability has also risen.…
Tricia Rose’s “The Hip Hop Wars” commences and entitles the first chapter as “Hip Hop Causes Violence.” Before furthering on with the chapter, one may intuitively develop a bias supposition that what is titled is based on an actual fact without having any valid evidence to prove why it is the way it is. Tricia Rose, whom is an author, a scholar, and a public speaker presented an argument stating “a key aspect of much of the criticism that has been leveled at hip hop is the claim that it glorifies, encourages, and thus causes violence (Hip Hop Wars, pg.34).” Although several critics may agree that hip hop promotes violence, Tricia Rose covers the significant aspects of the controversy whether hip-hop indeed causes violence.…
Hip-hop culture has the ability to effect the way people think about politics and how presidential candidates execute their campaigns. This power has been realized recently, especially by President Obama, but we have yet to truly see it reach its full potential. Hip-hop has been around since about the early 1970s, but never had it realized its potential to effect politics until the 2008 presidential election. The starting point of this realization was during Hurricane Katrina in 2005. This was during a time that many young, especially African-American, people were already tired of President Bush in office and it showed in many hip-hop songs in those years.…