This song set a new precedent for hip-hop, shaping it into a genre full of strong social commentary about the struggles of people of color and people in poor urban neighborhoods, and drawing attention to issues of institutionalized racism. It paints an image of life in the ghetto: in the 1980s the Bronx was a victim of government neglect, with resources and funds going to more affluent neighborhoods. The song sought to inform people of the conditions in their neighborhood and ghettos like it…
The Article, Musing New Hoods, discusses an important and conflicting discussion about the opportunities that are available to African Americans. These stereotypes conceived through films and hip-hop music create the identity and character through an authentic representation that is expected of African-Americans in modern culture. Although African-American movies and the hip-hop music industry have worked to build and identify a culture through the art form of media and music the industry has created a stereotypical image-- a different inner struggle has resulted.…
The film examines how lives of minorities youth are defined by violence, drugs, and gangs in this case elements of social disorganization. I also found essential features of sociological positivism because the cinema Is explication crime as on neighborhood issue and that crime is bounded disturbed. Gabbidon and Green (2016) “found a connection between black male’s joblessness and economic deprivation and violent crimes” (p.77). “This connection was an indirect one mediated by family disruption” (Gabbidon & Green, P. 77, 2016). Doughboy was a deviant child who never knew his father.…
However, the novel conveys a deeper conviction for these themes than does the film. The film is persistent with the novel’s overall themes of group empowerment for change and respect of the black community, but the film’s absence of some scenes and abridgement of other scenes effects the depth to which the audience understands these themes.…
Cathleen Rountree author of “In Defense of Hip-Hop” issued her article of the Santa Cruz Sentinel, May 19,2007. She believes that hip-hop shouldn’t be the scapegoat and blame of the violent acts that goes on. Her rhetorical tools such as evidence makes her argument very effective. It is not just negative music, without credibility never judge a book by its cover.…
Movies can be seen as dramatic representations of our lives, to be seen as comedies or romantic dramas. People tend to enjoy movies because of the action packed scenes and more, or because they can relate to the movie’s ideas, whether it be to fall in love at a coffee shop with an attractive character or moreover they face the same social views placed onto the characters to create a heart-wrenching film. In the movies Pleasantville, crash, the help, milk, and easy A, the main themes follow racism, conformity, alienation, gender roles, and self-realization leading to the idea that social barriers prevent minorities from joining society as an equal. This is because minorities are on the opposite side of these barriers facing discrimination consequently…
Sociology Is Dope The media I have chosen to analyze is Dope. The movie is about three high school seniors living in the poverty of Inglewood, CA. They call their neighborhood the Bottoms.…
Hip Hop became really popular in the mid to late nineteen hundreds and still is very popular to this day. Hip Hop has developed an art that reflects culture as well as express social, political and economic situations in many peoples lives, especially the youth. Music started off with drumming. Through drumming, communities were able to communicate, and the use of drums was also utilized in ceremonies and rituals in African American lives. Drumming was the base of African music in the Diaspora.…
Rap Mile Of many films made about well-known Hip-Hop culture, film 8 mile by Curtis Hanson is showing Eminem and his autobiographical story as one of the most successful. It’s one of the best hip-hop movies and a great example how did artistic talent meets with commercial achievement. It had received an Academy Award for one of the best songs “Lose Yourself” and Eminem was the first who made that happen. The major elements of the film 8 mile are roles of MC and Race as well as their place in Hip-Hop culture as demonstrated by Curtis Hanson who was managing the picture. 8 mile is made around the underground rap battles which take place in Detroit where MC’s presented themselves as creators of modern poetry named rap.…
“Straight Outta Compton” was a biopic that was not afraid to address many controversial and graphic issues that many would not normally speak up about. The film did not show the general genre of a biopic and defeats this expectation, in the sense that they also showed not only the good in this film, but also the bad and ugly topics that are not commonly mentioned, such as racial violence and police brutality. Just like many biopics out there, music was involved. A huge difference in this film compared to other biopics however was the content that their music contained and the stories behind it. Quite honestly, the songs in this films had very vulgar language and gave a very graphic and negative connotation half the time stead of being happy-go-lucky like most biopics.…
Review of "Get Rich or Die Tryin '" the movie. "Get Rich or Die Tryin '" has been the subject of my essays over the past two weeks. This week I am reviewing the film and making a distinction of the intended audience of the movie. On the surface, it would appear that the movie is attempting to reach the masses with a very entertaining story, packed with drama and action.…
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.…
Book Review The book called Hip-Hop Revolution The Culture and Politics of Rap by Jeffrey O. G. Ogbar was a very informative, historical source for learning about the background of how hip hop came to be. Jeffrey O. G. Ogbar is an associate professor of history and director of the institute for African American Studies at the University of Connecticut. With his skills, Jeffrey Ogbar writes a book that examines genders in hip hop, authenticity of hip hop, and races that had an influence on hip hop. The book goes into the historical side of things and it gives the reader words like minstrel, jezebel, Nigger Heaven, Black Power Movement, Black Panther Party, and many more.…
DOPE is a crime dramedy written and directed by Rick Famuyiwa about a black teenager named Malcolm living in Inglewood trying to get into law school. He and his two friends Diggy and Jib are then roped into a wild goose chase when Malcolm is given a large amount of drugs amidst an intense gang war. He struggles to maintain his chances of getting into Harvard while surviving this unfortunate situation. DOPE grapples with several issues regarding race including issues with the school system and with depictions of African Americans in the media. The film parodies and challenges the common depiction of black communities in crime dramas.…
In 2015 their biopic Straight Out of Compton was a box office hit that received great reviews. Straight Out Compton directed by "F. Gary Gray’s Straight Outta Compton tells the story of N.W.A.’s rise and fall, the triumphs and struggles of the group over the years"(Dornbush) . The biopic had a "… Real-world impact is one of the biggest takeaways from Straight Outta Compton,"(Gale). The movie also related to today’s issues like police brutality that was present in the 1980’s. Peter Travers of magazine Rolling Stone called it…