Hip Hop Planet Analysis

Does the hip hop culture influence music greatly? In the article “Hip Hop Planet” by James McBride written in National Geographic, April 2007, points out that “music without melody, sensibility, instrument, verse or harmony, music with no beginning, middle, or end music that doesn’t even seem to be music.” I disagree that hip hop music is just another name for “black ghetto music.” The reason why I disagree against this statement is because not only “black ghetto people” write hip hop music. There are many cultures that write and like to sing hip hop music. For example, in the film they showed us different kind of people who write hip hop/ rap, but it’s not only blacks. American, French, and Chinese etc. write hip hop too. You don’t have to be a specific race to write and listen hip hop. Only because people say that only hip hop is another name for “black ghetto music” doesn’t mean it’s true. …show more content…
In writing music you are able to express your feelings in many ways. Many people may relate to to the song and say to themselves I have the same situation as the hip hop writer. It isn’t based on any kind of culture anyone of us individuals can express our feelings through hip hop songs. Many hip hop writers may express their love life or even a break up song. Each hip hop writer has there own topic on what the song is about. An example of a hip hop writer who expresses their feelings is Tyga. In one of his songs called “Far Away.” The song is mostly about how he broke a girls heart just because she was far away and he couldn’t see her. After a while they had broken up he had regretted what he had done and all he wanted is to apologize, but she was one thousand miles away.In this hip hop song he basically expresses his emotions towards what he did to the girl and wants to find a way to apologize to her. All he wants is to see the girl smile and to stop being