Freestyle rap

Rap is used as a method of communication, “ Rap is used to communicate a crisis beyond the public spaces occupied only by black rappers and black audiences.” (Bohlman) The rap genre used to only be for black audiences and the people who were experiencing the things that the rappers were rapping about. After the Rodney King Trial and all the songs that followed, rap became a method of communication for people to know what was happening in the inner city through an African American’s point of view…

Cultural competence is defined in many ways, but it all has one great positive outlook that you have an understanding of other culture not just yours an understanding of their background and why they do certain things and how things are done. Music is another language to people, it gives you an outlet to express yourself and what you have been threw. Being culturally competent you can understand why they feel that way or what gives them that view that it is or is not. The Message by Grand…

The Black Eyed Peas, a hip-hop group combining various styles of music including soul, funk, noise music, and rap, first formed in 1995 based out of Los Angeles (Grove Music Online). Their group includes four members, will.i.am, apl.de.ap, Taboo, and eventually Fergie, all with unique ethnicities, which contributes to the diversity heard in their music. Their song, “Where is the Love?” serves as a commentary on the problems faced by many throughout the world. The first musical event happens from…

show how the increase of the profanity in the hip hop music since it had a slow start until it reached the heights of using it in 2001, however, after that it the profanity in the hip hop music decreased by the efforts had made it with the an anti-rap activist C. Delores Tucker infamous by declined and eliminate somewhat using the Profanity in the hip-hop music.…

I am doing my music in a movie paper on the movie Drumline. Urban R&B and rap have been conjoined to function as a soundtrack for the movie Drumline. However, some soundtracks in the film are souvenirs, but under the direction of Austin, the music in the movie enhanced it to depict a life of its own. The movie is associated with the general collection of decent urban rap cuts thus proving to be diverse in comparison to other films. Therefore, music listeners who watch the film are exposed to a…

In Macklemore’s song, “Otherside,” he addresses Pimp C who died on December 4th, 2007 due to his overdose on Cough Syrup. At the same time, he apprises about the drug abuse epidemic going on in the Hip-Hop/Rap Scene. In discussions of hip hop and rap, one controversial issue has been drugs. On the one hand, Macklemore argues that drugs are having a negative impact on the music scene. On the other hand, some contend that sex and violence are having a bigger impact. Others defend their stance on…

In the New York Times book review of Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop, Alex Abramovich argues how Chang was supposed to do a documentary on the history of the Hip-Hop community, not about the politics of that time. Abramovich argues how Chang did a great job depicting the history and politics behind the development of hip-hop but winds-up forgetting about the music aspect of hip-hop and it’s four elements. Personally, I agree with what Abramovich implied. Chang do losses some of his focus on the music and…

called hip-hop or rap music. It is a music genre consisting of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping, a rhythmic of rhythm and blues (R&B). Hip Hop developed as part of culture and subculture defined by four key stylists elements: Mcing/rapping, DJing/scratching, break dancing, and graffiti writing. It is often used to refer to rapping, "hip hop" that denotes the practice of the entire subculture. Even though hip hop is more commonly called…

Released on July 1, 1991, the single Mind Playing Tricks On Me by the Geto Boys delved into the mental stress of gangsta and drug addict lifestyles, and addressed how one reaffirmed their existence. During this period, the group consisted of Willie D, Scarface, and Bushwick Bill. They acknowledged their issues, such as coping, vulnerability, and reasons for living. Through this song, one is able to deduce that the lyrics and beat complement one another, and the first few verses set the tone of…

time, the audience started to shift towards those “gangsta” rappers and they made those artists who they were still in their golden age. An article that discusses about music in America states that “harshness of inner-city life. Labeled hardcore, this rap form…