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Rap was understood as an example of, and was articulated to, essentialist notions of racial difference, thus reducing a complex and alternative set of cultural practices to simplistic constructions of the black ghetto and the "native" culture of the African American underclass. Rap is neither the essential product of black male youth experience nor a singular music movement defined by one or a limited number of styles and artists, but rather it includes practices and forms that have emerged…

Once World War 1 had finally concluded, America’s “age of innocence” went with it. Men fought for their lives overseas, and women stepped into larger roles when they saw their husbands shipped off to combat, and African Americans moved North in search of a bigger and better life. The Roaring 20’s was a great time for the United States, the economy was booming and people were finding jobs and doing things that they loved. This all came with a price though, many struggles and problems started…

The early seventies started with the drug related deaths of several artists, such as Janis Joplin. The events of the seventies impacted the music of the period, but music mainly evolutions of passed styles. The seventies saw a revival of fifties styled rock, simply because the kids of the time grew into adults. Like many genres, there was several pioneers of the style, such as Rick Nelson. The early seventies was when the Vietnam war ended, because protesters referred to it as “The unwinnable…

Society is much different today because of that improvements that occurred during World War 1 because of how people needed to improve everything they had in the home front so the people overseas can fight as hard as they can and with the best equipment to win the war. World War 1 created an idea for people that they needed to help their country because they got a sense of responsibility to make sure foreigners would not control our land and make sure it stays ours. Before the war started women…

Everyone has that moment in life where you either grow up or drown in the waters of life. Never did I think I would have to grow up so fast, but at the same time I don’t think anyone does. The biggest part of my life would start in South Beloit illinois, tho up to this point I think I moved about three or four times. There were many reasons why I moved weather it was for more money or just a better place to live. Moving was never fun, but I was very young, so it never really affected me…

Hip-Hop has Changed the World “Music can change the world because it can change people.” (Bono) Hip-hop first started in the 1970s in the neighborhoods of the New York City Bronx. It immediately became a huge movement in African American culture and soon affected people from all over the world. It spread from one city to many in a matter of months, from movies to music videos, hip-hop was everywhere. It was a statement, a voice for African Americans to speak up against civil rights. Hip-hop…

After World War 1 America was viewed as a superior power in the world, the economy boomed, people were living lavish and comfortable, and a way of life quickly devolved that was dramatically different from the one people once knew . The 1920’s was a pivotal time in America’s History. It was a time when morals were lost, social revolutions were fought and a new “urban culture” was born. These new ideas and philosophies were so pivotal that America 96 years later is still running off the fumes of…

The new generation of Hip-Hop set an example for the rest of America to show how another man “struggle” is another man “gain.” Through out history, they have been a number of cultural expectations that evoke the merging of youth cultures of organizational conformity and deviance. African Americans are the jewels of the nation. They have been the chosen ones to show their pain, power and strength through music, culture and politics. According to Bakari Kitwana, African American’s were the “first…

Spirit of the times Since the beginning of the time and the lost generation, the world has been entertained by instrumental sounds. This is a way to show happiness and to take stress away. In the 1920s, the African American community had a major development in jazz music. It was major progress. This type of music started to spread from one city to another city till it takes the whole country. The people were falling in love with the jazz music and it was approved as a good new musical…

One reading that interested me was the first chapter of “Understanding Black American Aspects In Hip Hop Cinema” by Tani Sanchez. This reading made me understand more about the past and how hip hop music was born. It provided so much information about the history of it all. It explained how music radiates through people to better the world. Within that first chapter of “Understanding Black American Aspects In Hip Hip Cinema”, it focused on the aspect of importance of hip hop music, where it…