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Beats and Rhymes “Hip-Hop: Beyond Beats and Rhymes” follows the man Byron Hurt who realized a pattern in rap music. The music involved a pattern of money, women, and cars. That the following all involved topics about sexism, violence, masculinity, and homophobia. Hurt realized that the music that he loved, was not what he thought it was. Hurt decided to make a change to his love of hip-hop music and did extensive research about the beginning of hip-hop. Hurt traveled and explored hip-hop by…

Motown Music - The Persevering Legend Motown Music is presumably the most conspicuous record name on the planet. You can't consider Motown when you hear an R&B or soul tune on the radio. Truth be told, it can most likely be consistent with say that you will discover a Motown record in anybody's Compact disc accumulation some place. The continuing legend of soul and R&B is astonishing to consider. So much good music has been discharged on the mark that it is practically overwhelming to consider.…

Most male artists within the popular R&B/Hip-Hop genre during the early 1980’s use emotional and affectionate language when portraying women. However, over time a gradual shift in language appears, in which more objectifying and hypermasculine language is used as an alternative. Artists like Teddy Pendergrass and The Spinners, diverges from hypermasculine normatives by reclaiming their love for a specific woman even if their actions may cause their masculinity to be questioned by others. In 2016…

A raw diamond mined in an area of loaded rivalry and traded illicitly to help fund rebellion groups are known as conflict diamonds or blood diamonds. Many people don’t realize that there are many diamonds today that are conflict diamonds. Many people may not realize that they are purchasing conflict diamonds because they are not aware of the conflicts in Sierra Leone and because the Kimberley Process may not fully guarantee that all certified diamonds are not from conflicted areas. Diamonds in…

The music that inspires me is deep rap music. I enjoy this type of music because it actually has meaning unlike recent music artist like lil uzi vert. Some artists that are inspiring to me are 2pac, kendrick lamar and bone thugs n harmony. Even though I can’t relate to all of it I like to listen to it when I am going through something because it makes me realize that some people are going through something but they are still happy and thankful for what they have. Some songs I really like are…

What happened at 12.01 in the morning on August 1st 1981 would define music television and change the way a generation felt about music. MTV headquartered in New York City was the first channel to feature music video’s 24 hours a day 7 days a week invaded the airwaves of cable television. With footage of the first space shuttle launch countdown of Columbia and the launch of Apollo 11 as the words Ladies and gentlemen, rock and roll played over the footage, followed by the MTV theme song. From…

What is it that Jimmie Rodgers and the Sugarhill Gang have in common? Both of these artist have created what is now known as the country and rap music genres. Country music was began in Southern United States from folk and blues music in the 1920’s. As well, rap music began in the 1970’s by inner city African Americans. Though, rap may be favored by many country music has a better quality. Country and rap have very different songs and instrument uses but they do have similar artist. To start,…

allowed him to make a name for himself, and the challenges he endured in order to achieve his success. This man worked hard to get the recognition he has all these years later. Hammer left an important mark on Hip Hop culture, one that no one can replicate. Before their fame most Hip Hop artists lived in poor communities, Stanley Kirk Burrell, better known as MC Hammer was no exception. He was born and raised by his mother along with seven other siblings in Oakland,…

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…

In the early 1970s a movement swept across the United States, United Kingdom(“The Art of”). This movement influenced and gave music, fashion, and attitude a new name. So what is this movement I’ve been talking so highly of? The Punk Movement. This movement was had a major effect on the younger generation, and was not just a music genre. It was much larger than that; a statement, an attitude, a fashion, and a lifestyle. It started in the early to mid 1970s around 1974. “Punk was created by youths…