Hip Hop Culture Essay

Jennifer Lopez impressed many people with her opening number at the American Music Awards. Her ex- boyfriend Sean 'Diddy' even gave her a shout out for her killer moves. But it seems Nicki Minaj was not one of the people who were blown away by her performance. On Sunday, the 46 year old Jennifer Lopez opened the prestigious event with her fierce dance tribute. She rocked the stage with a set of mix soundtracks that are notably the hottest songs of the year. But when she started popping on Nicki…

Facts About Hip Hop Dance Hip hop dance has a huge impact on clothing dance and graphic design.(WordPress."HistoryFacts." Hip-Hop History. Word Press, 19 June 2012. Web. 10 Feb. 2016.)the beginning of hip hop did not start with dmc or LL Cool J it started with Kool Herc of Africa who was the first to put words to music. ("Interesting Facts About Hip-Hop Music." Interesting Facts About Hip-Hop Music. Learnhowtorap. Web. 09 Feb. 2016.)"Rap was created to reduce all the negativity such as gang…

critical success. The reception of this album was mixed to very positive, but Lamar, the inhibited millennial who got good grades in Compton, capitalized, and once he released his second studio album, GKMC, he solidified his popularity and place in hip-hop(Bio). And then Lamar’s third studio, TPAB(To Pimp a Butterfly), was nominated for 11 grammys. To Pimp a Butterfly is what many see as a transcendent form of art. It features elements of jazz and use of saxophones and other elements of…

I know how rap gets a bad name cause of rap today but what do you think of rap??? Personally my opinion is how did rap get this bad. To be honest I love listening to older rappers like 2Pac, Eazy E, and Biggie but now …. we got rappers like Young Thug, and Lil Wayne. And they produce some pretty dry stuff. And guess what. I HATE IT !!!!! But now I'm going to tell you how rap first started and it is kind of interesting. So thousands of years ago, Africa "griots" played music while they told…

The famous song by Drake, a Canadian rapper, “Started from the Bottom” talks tremendously about the social mobility that occurred in his personal life. The most reoccurring lyric in this song, “Started from the bottom, now we’re here”, does a great job in summing up what exactly social mobility is. Social mobility is the ability to move of the social class you were born into, depending on the class that your parents are in, to another higher class. Usually, people tend to say “Started from the…

are Aaliyah because she has a unique voice and Tupac (2Pac) because his music was about his experiences in life. You may not know it but Aaliyah and Tupac have a lot in common. For instance they were both born in New York, they were both actors, hip hop artists and they both were married, and they both died at a young age. Both of their albums sold over millions of copies. When I watched their interviews, their friends…

The Groups’s second official album “Straight Outta Compton” (1988) sold even more than 2 million copies and it was marked the arrival of a new genre. He was breaking out his own and brand new record label. Andre hit the top of the hip-hop charts with The Chronic on Death Row Records in the year 1992. The BIGGEST single from his album was featuring Snoop Dogg and it was called “Nutin but a’G’ Thang.” With Andre’s latest release Andre helped introduce G-Funk, which incorporated musical samples…

soundtrack from the 1980’s that recently became a movie in 2015. That is a 35 year chain reaction of violence that clearly remained popular enough within its listeners to again become popular through Gangsta Rap music. “Gangsta Rap is a style of Hip-Hop that reflects the violent lifestyles of inner-city youth (Adaso Henry).” A few well known artist from the Gangsta Rap epidemic are Tupac, Too Short, Snoop Dogg, Eazy E, Biggie Smalls and Ice Cube. Today we have “Gangsta Rappers” by the name of…

the greatest genres of music all time are Blues and Hip Hop. These two genres have produced many different stars. Even though Blues and Hip Hop are two different genres of music, they both have similar structural components which include structure, melody, and harmony. STRUCTURE OF HIP HOP VS. BLUES The Structure of Hip Hop and Blues are quite similar. First of all, Blues and Hip Hop are typically in 4/4 time. The typical structure of Hip Hop is Intro-Pre Hook- Hook- Verse- Bridge- Outro. The…

The process of ‘beat juggling’ uses the breaks between two records that are exactly the same. DJ Q-Bert, who never stopped learning new styles from his mentors, as well as on his own, mainly founded this process. The two records themselves are exactly the same. To put it another way, if DJ Q-Bert were using Record Sample A on one side, the left, of the turntable, he would also place Record Sample A on the other side, the right, of the turntable. In a moment, the DJs uses the fader, which is…