Changes in rap music over the years

have been set in place to help parents to regulate the kinds of music that their children listen to. Parental Advisory stickers are now required on the cover of albums containing offensive lyrics of any kind, be it violence, sexual content, or language. This concept of parental control has also been spread to media such as the television, where parents can control the shows that their children can watch. The relationship between music and personality development has been made, and has been…

Music in the Digital Era Music is an art that has existed for thousands of years, and over that vast amount of time, music has evolved. From the Medieval period to the classical, and from the modern to the present era, music has slowly become more and more affiliated with technological industry, including computers and even some smart phones. In today’s style of music, most often the elements and instruments being used are actually not instruments at all, but digital sounds created by a…

start from the beginning of how “2Pac” became known. Born June 16th, 1971 in New York by his mother Afeni Shakur. Tupac was raised in Harlem but moved to Baltimore. Tupac was raised under the Black Panther philosophy. His mother was a music business woman, so music was in his blood. Tupac and his family moved to California where he became a backup dancer…

Throughout the years, Hip Hop music has been looked at as a genre with no meaning other than talking about drugs and money. However, there are a few rappers who truly do talk about a bigger picture and what really matters in the world. Chicago artist, Lupe Fiasco, is indeed one of those artists. In many of his songs he digs deeper into the problems that everyday people struggle with and offers hope to the world. In “The Show Goes On,” Lupe Fiasco uses upbeat music and powerful words to portray…

Music has always had a huge impact on life. Music is inspiring, music can bring people together, music is constantly changing, and there are thousands of types for anyone to listen to. Music is and always will be here and is constantly changing, people producing and creating new styles of it. A certain genre of music has never been dominate, it mostly spread out. There are times in history where very specific eras have increased the popularity of some genres. Different eras have different styles…

The year is 2015, the world is diverse and filled with lots of different morals and values. Due to the fact America has become the melting pot of cultures it shows most people have become cosmopolitan. People have become more open-minded and understanding of values other than their own. New technology is responsible for spreading those ideas across the world, which allowed Kwame Appiah’s vision of cosmopolitanism to come back to life because it helped promote social change. Society in the past…

family. Tupac Shakur is known for using his songs to advocate for social and political change, challenging the system, and using his music videos to portray the reality of injustices, poverty, and many other issues that occur in the African-American community. According to Edwards (2002), Tupac’s upbringing contributed to his complete persona and artistic behaviors and also to the central differences between his raps and his poetry (p.61). Shakur's legacy is deeply rooted in hip-hop and…

Literary Analysis Ishmael Beah’s childhood was sensationally different than his old accustomed ways. He not only experienced a unmerciful war, his family and friends perished. At only twelve years of age and going through this, Ishmael goes through serious trauma. In his own memoir A Long Way Gone, Ishmael explains what happened during his experiences in the war and he raises awareness to the topic of child soldiers. The book goes into great depth of how every factor, choice, and death shaped…

world. Social movements influence everything around us through art, words, literature and even music. The 3 social movements that have played a significant role in the world are the political art and rhetoric, the Black Lives Matter Movement, and the start of Jazz. Political art in the form of campaigns is not something we talked about but it plays a big part in social movements almost every 4 years. Politicians use slogans, signs,…

Music is something that many people all around the world love listening to and creating. Other than enjoyment, music has many additional benefits. It is proven that by listening to music, both memory and coordination can be tremendously improved. In addition to that, music allows children to be more focused in school and even get better SAT scores. Music is a very important and necessary component in daily life, but it was not always how it is today. From the beginning of time, human beings…