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The religious elements during the time period 1815-1848 played an important role in the efforts made by slaves. Southern churches made great efforts to convert slaves to Christianity, but rather than accept their master’s vision of Christianity, such as reminding them of passages in the Bible that demanded slaves to obey their masters, they often adapted it to suit their needs as slaves (Keene, 284). African Americans often practiced their faith in “hush arbors” that they created, in which the…

Hip hop comprises of music, dancing, art, poetry, language and style or as it’s called now of days Swag. Its creators/ entrepreneurs were from the inner-city hard-not society: frustrated young people who felt subjugated by the system, disqualified from conventional culture, and frantic with emotions waiting to be express. These cultural entrepreneurs did a lot of illegal, condemned, or otherwise disapproved of the music industry in the beginning. In modern time hip hop is now a global…

Throughout time, music has been used to represent a movement, social change and culture, when music is created many have a meaning or a purpose which is not only to 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…

Aaron Copland once said, “To stop the flow of music would be like the stopping of time itself, incredible and inconceivable”. Aaron Copland had the right idea about music it will never stop until time stops. All music has history, a purpose, and a fan. Everyone has their own music that they love to listen to because everyone is different and many songs embrace differences people find in themselves and in society. The five radio stations I have set on my car radio begin with a Christian…

When Nick Minaj and her music became “mainstream” a few years ago, she was quickly known for her over-the-top personality, theatrics, and racy image. Along with that, 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…

A very controversial and rebellious group from the 1980’s, is N.W.A. The group started in 1986 with Easy-E, Ice Cube, and Dr. Dre; they went on to include Mc Ren and DJ Yella. They were famous for their songs “Straight Outta Compton”, “Fuck tha Police”, and “Express Yourself”. N.W.A brought gangsta rap into the mainstream of music at the time and as a result influenced thousands of people. They also brought to light issues of the time, such as police prejudice against blacks and the…

Today, I will be discussing my opinion on how rap has influenced many kids’ lives in society. From a good and bad point of view on how it miss lead and help guide kids in life. Rap is a unique god given talent that he has blessed many in this world too do. Expressing about their feelings, struggles, and up bringing in their lives. Having a strong voice too rap about the society hardships, their success, and their situations in the world. Spreading positivity and knowledge to all views, majority…

According to Oxford dictionary the term demographics is, "relating to the structure of populations and a particular sector of a population. If I had to define it in my own words it would be similar to the definition that they give but I would go into further detail. Demographics can consist of gender, age, income status, region, and also race. Demographics is usually meant to target certain audience for several things. The one that I would like to touch on is music. Demographics is used for…

Rock n’ Roll is better than Hip-hop for many different reason. Rock n’ Roll is a type of music dating back to the 50s and defined by simple melodies and heavy beats. While Hip-hop is defined as rapping with an electronic backing. In fact, Rock n’ Roll is rated second best music genres and is only beat by heavy metal therefore better than hip-hop. Rock n’ Roll is better than Hip-hop because it has diverse meanings for different viewers, in addition it is more pleasing to hear, and bring people…

Most people perceive music and songs as just another recreational pastime, however they are so much more than that. We use them to communicate opinions and emotions about certain causes to generate awareness. Over time, there have been many songs that were classified as “Songs that shape us”, however there were those special ones that made an emotional connection and social impact on the audience. Those are the ones we remember today and the ones that should be featured in the Triple J radio…