Hip Hop Culture Essay

Many would oppose to the idea that Anime and Gangsta Rap are the same. The opposition’s stance can come from various viewpoints. It can be argued that Anime and Gangsta rap are not only different but nowhere close to being the same. Many arguments can branch out from this common thought. For example, it can be said that one is music and the other is visual entertainment. Or even it could be argued that none of the characters in Anime are closely related to realism like Gangsta Rap is; and though…

the show Degrassi. He began to rap in 2006 and by 2009 he got a record deal from Lil’ Wayne’s label Young Money. Since then Drake has climbed his way to the top of the rap game by selling millions of albums, collaborating with some of the greats in hip hop, starting his own record and making millions in sponsorships with Apple and Jordan. Compared to most rappers who came from broken homes, violent neighborhoods where drugs and gangs were prevalent Drake had what can be considered a perfect…

The song trying to be cool by the indie band Phoenix was an important hit in 2012. The band originally comes from France and the writer is Thomas Mars. Trying To Be Cool became one of the most popular songs because of its meaning, swing and lyrics that all represent a very trendy stereotype of how a man ‘hits’ or seduces a woman. Throughout the song Mars uses literary devices such as metaphors and symbolism to describe how he entices a woman. Most importantly, it shows the struggle he has in the…

Zumba, an imbuement of Latin-style move that has surprised the wellness world, joins hip shaking, uproarious music and finish flexibility from hindrances. Workouts don't should be an errand any longer. Rather, it can be changed into a fun and social move party with quick and infectious music. Zumba classes give an extensive calorie blaze through oxygen consuming action finished with interim preparing where the normal individual will smolder around 600 to 1,000 calories in a solitary hour-long…

In a business and culture dominated by males, the narcocorrido, “La Reina Del Sur” by Los Tigres Del Norte, is considered an anthem towards the empowerment of females among the narcoculture. A narcocorrido is a song-style under the regional Mexican music genre that narrates a story related to the drug business (Beezley 11). In a music industry that tends to narrate and honor men’s experiences, Los Tigres Del Norte sing a narcocorrido to celebrate a different character: Teresa Mendoza, a female…

regarded as inferior. The song begins with the rhetorical question, “Have you ever been hated or discriminated against?” to which Eminem replies, “I have; I've been protested and demonstrated against; Picket signs for my wicked rhymes…” Historically, hip-hop music was primarily produced and associated to African Americans. Therefore, from the get-go, Eminem was already…

point in the reggaeton’s success was the debut album of Tego Calderon, El Abayarde in 2002. Fusing an experimental reggaeton style strongly rooted in the working- class Caribbean aesthetics of classic salsa with a strong dose of African American hip-hop. His invention purposefully reached back in time to working-class, Afro- diasporic musical roots. With his lyrics, he has created a revolutionary movement inspired by his authentic street roots of Santurce in Puerto Rico, because he was creating…

Kanye West is an artist whose works can never be replicated. If you start with his first studio album, The College Dropout, West brings an entire new style of rap to the genre of hip hop. This album focused on topics such as consumerism, religion, and family instead of ordinary rap subjects like drugs or crimes. In his song “All Falls Down,” West scrutinizes the problems with college using lyrics like this: “She has no idea what she doin' in college/That major that she majored in don't make no…

Back in 2009, Lin Manuel Miranda performed at the yearly White House Poetry Jam. He was working on a concept album who he thought represented hip-hop, former U.S. Treasury, Alexander Hamilton. At the time, many people did not take it seriously, but six years later, his musical and concept album on Alexander Hamilton have become a wild hit. His concept album has sold over 2,000,000 units in the United States and reached number 3 on the Billboard Hot 200. Just recently, the first volume of The…

things like mainstream culture. Kubrin refers to rap music as “The CNN for black America” (2005), it keeps the nation updated with the struggles of the ghetto. Although the notion of rap music being something that has been put out to ultimately represent these communities sometimes plays a complicated role in putting out honest and truthful representations of these communities, rap including gangsta rap and drill music often…