Regardless if you dislike or approve the culture of Hip Hop, you cannot
Regardless if you dislike or approve the culture of Hip Hop, you cannot
The following Ethnography takes a very specific look into the vast world of New York hip-hop, a specific look at a category of a dance style, or more appropriately a dance tradition in hip-hop known as “b-boying and b-girling.” Joseph G. Schloss is the author of the book called “Foundation: B-Boys, B-Girls, and Hip-Hop Culture in New York.” The book provides an engaging, new and exciting look on this amazing hip-hop subculture. The New York culture of b-boying and b-girling holds lots of valuable history and traditions to world music. B-boying and b-girling is a way of dance that has been passed down from generation to generation while being preserved by the performers.…
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.…
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.…
Some of the early contributions Latinos brought to hip-hop were b-boying or breaking, which is now known as break dancing. Some of the positive impacts hip-hop has had on young latinos and African Americans were that it allowed them to have a meaning and purpose to life living in the Bronx during this time where gangs and violence was the norm for many young individuals. For Hacksaw, the beauty of the hip-hop movement was that it created unity within the community, ultimately creating one big hip-hop family. Also how it still today is used on a global aspect in teaching the youth the essence of braking bring all different cultures together.…
Hip Hop is seen everywhere, in movies, shows, soap operas, fashion, works of art, and hundreds of other forms that have been embodied in modern society. According to Carl Taylor and Virgil Taylor in Hip Hop is Now: An Evolving Youth Culture, “Hip Hop culture has a proclivity towards violence and self destruction” (210-213) and they believe it is the most disturbing aspect of Hip Hop culture. The media and parents would see Rap and Hip Hop as if it was promoting gang, violence, drug use, and other negative things so they saw this music as a destructive influence on the young. At one point in history Hip Hop lingo did regard acts of violence, heard frequently in the streets by young individuals. As Hip Hop grew it started to become known as Rap.…
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.…
Everyone believes that everything has to belong to one person or one group of people but that is not true. For hip hop people are always arguing about who it belongs to what race what person and what group of people. Many people believe that hip hop can only belong to one person or race but hip hop belongs to anyone who enjoys the art form of hip hop. Hip hop is not just about the music, hip hop is an art form that is a style of life. Some of the biggest hip hop artist focus on their music but that’s not it…
This is only focusing on sociohistorical circumstances. Only focusing on the history results to a misunderstanding of the background of hip hop and its development over time. With the history tied into hip hop Kelly states, "The criminal-justice system changed just when hip hop was born. Economic reconstructing resulting in massive unemployment has created criminals out of black youth" (Kelly, 118). This goes to show that the history of hip hop has had a made a full effect on the African American…
Hip hop culture can be traced all the way back to the 1930’s when African American men would retell stories, sometimes of World War I, using rhythm, rhyme and poetry for entertainment. This process was often referred to as “signifying” or “playing the dozens.” These soon were passed on and became what we today know as rapping. Telling a story was still a prevalent part of rapping but improvisation was introduced around the 1970’s. During this time, there were block parties around New York and largely the Bronx going on where DJs would introduce their innovation of popular funk and soul tunes.…
Today’s culture in America is a very diverse one. It derives from different ethnicities or groups of people. America as a country has the type of culture that is always changing. Weather that be a style of fashion, type of music, or even food, the American culture is always changing. One type of music in particular has had a huge impact on American culture as a whole.…
Hip hop is a cultural movement that began its journey during the early 1970s, among African American young children’s residing in the South Bronx in New York City. Afterwards, became popular outside of the African American community in the late 1980s and by the 2010s it became the most listened-to musical genre in the entire world. Furthermore, it consists of four fundamental elements, which represent the different manifestations of the culture: rap, turntablism, b-boying, and lastly graffiti art. The term hip hop is often used in a restrictive fashion as synonymous only with the oral practice of the rap music genre. The origin of the hip hop culture stems from the block parties of the Ghetto Brothers.…
“When your music begins, you will be in competition mode.” I took a deep breath, it was showtime. I was introduced to the world of competitive dance in August of 2011 and ever since, dance has been the outlet for all of my emotions. I started off as a shy little girl who hid in the corner, barely extending her limbs as I attempted to mock those in front of me. As time elapsed, I persevered through challenging ten hour practices and the taunting of my peers.…
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,…
Daara J, a Senegalese rap group that includes N’Dongo D and Faada Freddy, has been vital in transforming Senegal, a third world country, into one of the most important and largest sites of hip hop music in Africa. They also served as pioneers in adopting this culture among West Africans, especially in Dakar, the capital of Senegal. This “hardcore” Senegalese duo was formed in 1992, originally with a third member, Lord Alaji Man, up until 2007 when the group officially changed its name to Daara J Family. This group, whose names means “school of life” in their native language, Wolof, continues to discuss political realities such as the history of African slavery, the politics of blackness, and ultimately, local, as well as Pan-African issues.…
Music shows a perspective of the world through the voices of musicians and lovers of music. Hip Hop is a musical genre and a social movement. The movement started in the 1970s which was originated from urban areas on the east coast and from African Americans. The hip hop culture is made up of music, dance, artwork, language, and or fashion. ” The West Coast was the first area to expand hip-hop beyond the East Coast.…