Freestyle rap

Music of all kinds affects its audience members and fans. In spite of the fact that all genres have this impact, and it is up to the artist to choose how they utilize that impact whether that be positively or negatively. A debate lately has been the developing issue of music that either advances or excuses violence in its verses (Hoga and Bar-on 1219). In spite of the fact that a few artists contend their utilization of violence as a device to relate and direct troublesome youth far from…

“Why Rap Rules and Rock Is in a Rutt,” by Robin Davey, expresses a common view among youth today: Rap music is in and Rock N’ Roll is out. Davey believes that Rock music has lost its gusto and should make way for the more relevant genre of Rap. Although I agree that Rap music is more popular and culturally relevant to our current society, I strongly disagree with Davey in regards to Rock’s inevitable demise. One of Davey’s attitudes towards Rock throughout his editorial expresses that it is…

The introduction of female emcees into hip hop masqueraded itself as a major paradigm shift in the world of hip hop. Finally, a male-dominated genre infamous for its misogynistic lyrics was being infiltrated by the very women the music affected the most. From MC Lyte, the first solo female rapper to release a full album in 1988, to today's female emcee megastars like Nicki Minaj, women in hip hop have been celebrated for breaking barriers and using the very genre that oppressed them to reclaim…

take to create the music he desired. He took a similar approach for clothes and created his own clothing company. He witnessed what a great outcome rap was having on the business of other goods such as Cristal champagne and Iceberg Denim and when he desired to link up with brands to cross-promote, nobody would back him. The same strategy Jay used for rap he used for other ventures, one of them being Roc-a-Wear, an exceedingly popular clothing…

music writer and hip-hop enthusiast Joan Morgan expresses her deep concern of the negative influence lyrics in rap music have on women and people of the African American community, as stated in her essay, "From Fly-Girls to Bitches and Hos". Morgan shares her views on the root causes of the prevalence of misogyny in rap music lyrics. Morgan illuminates the hidden causes of the harsh sexism in rap music lyrics and argues that one needs to look deeper to understand why the misogyny exists and how…

who enjoyed rapping. He would sell drugs at a low price sparking heat amongst competing dealers, for instance. After a few close calls with the law, Jay Z decided he needed to travel along a safer route; this is when he decided to start a career in rap. Walton would go on to create the empire known as Wal-Mart, and Jay Z would go on to become a music executive while launching a music company, his own cologne, and his own Reebok sneaker, among other things. Since Walton and Jay Z both…

entertain, but is used to educate about the culture for example some classical music has no words but when people analyse the music itself it is cut in to pieces and the instruments can be seen to show meaning. In this essay the aim will be to look at rap/hip-hop music, in particular I will be looking into whether or not hip-hop is a narrative of “the street’. Music has always been related to a reflection of the way the society is feeling or being ran at the time, for example hip hop, has been…

radio stations I have set on my car radio begin with a Christian rock station, then a punk rock station, then the next two play today's hits, then the fifth station plays mostly hip hop and rap. On my Pandora radio, I have almost 100 radio stations and they are all different. I have classical music stations, rap,…

In the late 90’s and early 2000’s Contemporary R&B music ruled the charts. R&B had a compilation of soul, pop, funk, hip hop and dance. Composer’s such as Teddy Riley influenced the blend of R&B and hip hop which opened doors for a new sound of music. Artists such as Micheal Jackson, Bobby Brown, Jodeci, and Boys II Men applied this style of music to their albums. R&B dominated the charts during the early 2000’s and has gained recognition all over the world. Even so, there are artists with great…

she easily climbed popularity charts as she made cameos in several famous rappers’ songs, such as Trey Song’s “Bottoms Up” and Kanye West’s “Monster”. Since then, much of Nicki’s rap has focused on her many achievements and boasting of success, inadvertently carving out a space for a female rapper in the male-dominated rap industry. Although she is known for making many features in others’ songs, her own media still delivers a powerful and often controversial punch. One of them being her 2014…