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The topic I am doing falls under music specifically hip-hop music, and the topic I would like to discuss beneath that subject is widespread misogyny in hip-hop culture, positive and negative of hip-hop and its influence on today's’ youth. • Main focus on Treatment of women, representatives of violence, integration, abandonment, alienation, self-hatred. Audience. This paper is aimed at all ages because of the varied fan base of this music type. however, the primary audience of this…

Music and politics are two subjects that have long been intertwined since before the birth of our nation. The freedom of self expression, and the ability to have an expressive outlet to allow many to deal with frustration at any events happening around them is an important part of our democracy and the spreading of various messages across a range of platforms. Our heritage of music starts out with simple tunes such as “Yankee Doodle” and “John Brown’s Body”. These simple melodies set to…

Women are always portrayed different in R&B and rap music than other genres. Songs by male artists reflect the negative, sexual stereotypes associated with women. These artists are extremely sexual with their work, downgrading the image of women and the respect that they deserve. They utilize harsh, inappropriate words, names, and hostile images to depict women. The women are portrayed as sex images, mainly to attract other men to the music. Male figures of contemporary R&B consist of The Weeknd…

Music veteran Clive Davis received the Vanguard Award at the NAACP Image Awards last night. The award recognizes work that contributes to raising awareness of racial and social issues. Davis has played a major role in developing the careers of Aretha Franklin, Whitney Houston, Alicia Keys, TLC, Jennifer Hudson (http://fdrmx.com/jennifer-hudson-excited-broadway-debut/), and other recording artists. Davis accepted his Vanguard Award, and made a very powerful and compelling speech. The music…

Music has played a very inspirational part in American culture; there are many different types of genres that correlate with the times. African American’s musical culture was brought to the United States through the bonds of slavery. Music and dance have always been a spiritual and traditional part of the African-American culture. Jazz is a type of genre that was created through the roots of previous styles of music and has grabbed the ears of many for generations. Through relevance and…

The 1960’s were pretty much made up of three major components, sex, drugs and rock n’ roll. Music was one of the only ways for people to cope with everything else happening during the time, such as the Vietnam War. One of the biggest musicians to shape that time period was Jimi Hendrix. His songs brought together love, peace, rebellion, power and many other attributes to express his talents. While most of his songs were important, I think his version of “All Along the Watchtower” had the biggest…

Miss Lottie’s old house symbolizes the deterioration of the entire nation during the Great Depression while the marigolds she plants represent hope in the face of despair. Firstly, having Joey deciding to go to Miss Lottie’s house, Lizabeth describes the house as “... was the most ramshackle of the ramshackle homes… The boards boards themselves seemed to remain upright not being nailed together but rather from leaning together like a house that a child might have blown it down…” (pg. 257).The…

W The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill: A social expose of self-awareness Hortense Spillers writes of black women performers and the “ontological edge” they possess in both presence and performance. One such embodiment of Spillers narrative is Lauryn Hill and the groundbreaking work from the “Miseducation of Lauryn Hill.” In this Grammy winning album, we get a glimpse of the artist’s power and control as Hill through he personal biography and “Miseducation,” exposes the audience to both political…

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,…

Over the years, African Americans have significantly impacted music through their daily struggles and failures. When slaves were emancipated their music and culture came along with them. African Americans have created different genres of music such as blues, Jazz, Rock N Roll, Hip-Hop, and Rap. They used music to express themselves and communicate with each other, as well as a mode of physical survival. They have marked history for the legacy of music by relaying a powerful message in the form…