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Maria Figueroa Tina Marie Skiles ENG 101 - 27416 Oct. 12, 2017 Reality X: The cause and effect of Hip-Hop music In the beginning there were many different genres of music dealing with social issues, these songs were primarily written about war and injustice. They were given a proper place in our history and were remembered as lyrical, musical achievements of their time. This excluded many injustices, including the war against African-Americans. In the 1970’s, was when the music of…

genre and started battling with other artists through their lyrics, the genre "gangsta rap" began growing. Much of the subject matter of old school hip-hop centers around partying and having a good time. The respective disciplines of rapping and DJing continued to evolve, leading to the mid-80s era known as the golden age of hip-hop. Hip-hop’s golden age is a name given to a mainstream hip hop period. The golden age is usually cited as the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s ("When Was the Golden Age…

Book Review Maybe Tomorrow (Revised Edition) Author(s)- Pryor, Boori Monty Mcdonald, Meme Publisher - Allen & Unwin Editor - Reynolds, Hilary First published by Penguin Group Australia in 1998, This Edition 2010 Boori Monty Pryor is a Storyteller, writer and performer (Thelitcentre.org.au, 2017). Boori has worked in many fields including education, film, television, modeling, sport and music. During the book many of these subjects and what Boori has done within them are…

After reading “The Other Wes Moore” by Wes Moore I can understand what he means when he says “The chilling truth is that his story could have been mine, the tragedy is that my story could have been his”. This is about two men who each had their own struggle growing up but one was able to succeed in life while the other is facing a life sentence behind bars. Wes Moore could have had a similar life as the other Wes Moore if his mother would have just given up on him. Credit should not be given…

Music 050 – Final Paper I am going to explore the issue of identity within producing music through ethnographic research with the Collctve. Specifically, how an artist syndicates his or her own taste with today 's popular culture to produce and play music and how this relates to “selling out.” Before delving into the complexities associated with the music industry, it is important to define the terms “identity” and “selling out.” These interpretations will set the foundation for the discussion.…

Hip Hop music is a language that references the cultural and technical events prevalent in society. As sited in the lecture, "hip hop music has a diverse and colorful history"with stem in "graffiti",b-boying,djing, and mc 'ing . This essay will explore the four elements of hip hop in depth. Graffiti immerged in the early 1960 's in Phildelphia (lecture notes). To graffiti was to express yourself through art on anything around the city. Next is B-Boying or break dancing, which came along shortly…

The interviewee, Sam, stated his favorite genre of popular music is rap. Sam was introduced to rap in middle school so roughly in 2009-2010. Although Sam was first introduced to rap in 2009-2010 the word rap has been around for quite some time (Mize para. 2). Originally, rap meant to strike or to hit(Mize para. 2) However, in the 1960’s it began to pop up in the black community and was used as a slang word to mean that someone was talking or having a conversation (Mize para. 2). DJ Kool Herc is…

Afro-Latino emigrants communed with the sons and daughters of African American migrants largely from the South to form one of the most dynamic cultural movements in history. It is widely known that hip hop consists of four fundamental elements. They are DJing, break-dancing , graffiti and rapping. However, there is a fifth element according to Afrika Bambaataa that is often overlooked by hip hop aficionados. It is the thing that KRS has told us that reigns supreme over nearly…

SCRATCH Scratch is a documentary movie, directed and altered by Doug Pray. The film examines the world of the Hip Hop DJ. From the introduction of Hip Hop, while spearheading DJ's started broadening breaks on their gathering records (which enlivened break moving and rap), to the innovation of scratching and beat-juggling vinyl, to its later blast as a melodic development called turntablism, it's an account of obscure underdogs and genuine virtuosos who have fundamentally changed the way we hear,…

The Fifth Element of Hip Hop - Knowledge In addition to the four elements of hip-hop – breakdancing, graffiti, emceeing, and DJing - The Zulu Nation places emphasis on a fifth element of hip-hop being knowledge. Bambaataa and members viewed knowledge to the link that connects the other elements together to form hip-hop culture. Without knowledge, an individual would not be able to be a respectable emcee, effectively DJ, constructively tag graffiti, or safely breakdance. Therefore, one of the…