BET Hip Hop Awards

Released at the turn of the 1980s, I AM remains the ninth studio album released by the funk and rock band Earth, Wind, and Fire. The album features a broad range of tracks spanning genres including Disco, Funk, Soul, and the classic R&B sound of the late 70s into the early 80s. This collection of songs remains one of the greatest albums ever made. The album covers hits such as “In the Stone” “After the Love Has Gone” “Boogie Wonderland” and “Diana”. Many critics oppose the album for lack of…

Ernad Beganovic ENGL 1301 Has The Prevalence of Racism Decreased Because of Rap Music? Rap, as defined in the modern era, began as “Proto-Rap” in the mid-1970s and originated from the east coast of the United States, specifically Manhattan. Its development was heavily influenced by spoken word jazz poetry as well as the Jamaican method of “toasting”, which is a term for talking or chanting over a rhythm or beat. The genre evolved to “Old School Rap”, which was identified by the genre’s simple…

Tupac claims that the Thug Life isn’t something that can be found in the dictionary. It doesn’t mean violence, nor does it involve criminals quenching for blood or attempting to provoke a fight. According to Tracy Barhart, “There are actually 26 codes to the THUG life, and it is meant to bring positive rules of engagement into street gang warfare. But the youth of today are getting caught up in the glamor of what they see and hear in gangsta rap and MTV — much of the message being that…

(Mitchell). Kendrick Lamar is an american rapper who at the age of 30 has already won one of the biggest musical awards. Kendrick Lamar’s most recent album won the Pulitzer award. Winning the Pulitzer award was not only a giant achievement for Lamar, but a giant leap in the world of hip-hop. The award is known to only go to genres such as jazz and classical, so when Lamar won the award for his hip-hop album, he made history (Coscarelli). Art is a way of communicating and expressing ideas…

In “Hip-Hop’s Year of Dangerous Living Put the Accused on the Charts” by Jon Caramanica, the author describes the recent trend of people with criminal records becoming sensations in the hip-hop/rap community. The author keys in on three main factors as of why these troubling artists are becoming so popular. The hip hop community’s tolerance of complicated histories, lack of understanding their artists’ backgrounds, and young and misleading crowd stands as the author’s factors as to why these…

The three best bands/artists are Eminem, Rage Against the Machine, and the Beastie Boys. First comes Eminem a rapper. Next is Rage Against the Machine a new metal/rap band. Then come the Beastie Boys a rap/rock band. The 1st best artist is Eminem. Eminem sings about his past which is good for rappers to sing about their past and what they went through. Also Eminem makes good music considering he is the odd man out in the rap community. Then there is the fact that he breaks the stereotype that…

Each Band or Artist has a way of getting there message across to their intended audience. The band Nirvana used metaphors in their song “Rape Me” to show how the media and friends use and abuse their fame. While the song “The Way I am” by Eminem, can be heard as a diary entry into the life of a celebrity trying to live and be a normal person with the media. The song “The Way I am” is very clear with its use of imagism contrary to “Rape Me”, which could keep listeners guessing on who the aslant…

I agree with the author of Hip Hop Fashion, Masculine Anxiety, and the discourse of Americana, Nicole R. Fleetwood. Although I don’t regularly listen to hip-hop, it’s evident to even me that within the community there are several unspoken rules that must be followed to make it in the industry. In regards to fashion, the author discusses the way in which style and aesthetics are presented in hip-hop. The author goes on to write how an obsession to keep up this aesthetic is then brought forth, so…

Hip-hop history, especially that of gangsta-rap, falls prey to repetition; and only through repetition, may the reemergence of the novelty appear in the what has already been said. The what has already been said in the history of Hip-hop will appear anew merely by exhausting out of what has previously been said. It is imitation’s quality of wearing out words of the previously said that presents us with new histories. Once those words have been worn out, the what has already been said becomes…

Cultural Destruction In Imani Perry's article, " The Venus Hip Hop and the Pink Ghetto Negotiating Spaces for Women", Perry criticizes the way black woman's are dressing in inappropriate attire, such as bathing suits or clothing that expose their body parts in music videos. She explains how hip hop culture is attacking black women identity and making them look like a commodity buying, and sell just for the pleasure of men. However black women body language on the videos are saying that they are…