Gangsta rap

The Positive Influence on Rap Rap is “a style of popular music, developed by jockeys and urban blacks in the 1970’s in which an insistent, reoccurring beat pattern provides the background and counterpoint for rapid, slangy, and often boastful rhyming patter glibly by vocalist or vocalists” (“Rap Music”). Rapping is a major part of hip hop culture which was developed in the Bronx in the mid nineteenth century. A group of young African Americans and Latinos living in a low income area where there…

The roots of hip hop and rap go farther back than one might expect. For centuries, Africans have instilled a keen sense of rhythm and soul into their music no matter what form it took - schoolyard double dutch rhymes, testifying, and beat poetry were all influences on rap. In the 1970’s, the airwaves were overrun with disco. The only escape for people who wanted to dance but not like idiots while doing it was the early funk movement (ex. Ohio Players with their album Honey, and Parliament with…

rushing to meet the sea. In today 's day and age, music evolves and rap music is one of the genres. Rap music begins as an alternative to violence but many believe it has a negative effect on the behavior children. Rap music is an underground phenomenon of the 1980s by black people. It is speculated that rap music originates in the humble community of Bronx, New York, U.S.A. (Maultsby 10). Today, it is still argued about whether rap came from hip-hop culture or vice-versa due to the fact…

MDMA, marijuana, alcohol, and LSD are just a few of the drugs advertised by hip-hop, rock`n`roll, gangsta rap and a variety of other genres. The progression of popular music throughout America is affected by countless influences that have been instrumental in the inspiration for musical artists. The primary motivation of the artists in the United States has definitely been drug culture that was the largest at a specific time period. Popular music would have taken a completely different and…

Rap/Hip hop music is a music genre formed in the United States in the 1970s that consists of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping, a rhythmic, and rhyming speech that is chanted. Rap/Hip-Hop music as we know it today, actually began thousands of years ago in Africa with the “griots”. Griots were village story tellers who played a simple handmade instrument while they told stories of family, village, and hunting events. The griot still is a major form of communication in…

self-centered, egotistic jerk. Just because he is egotistical, does not mean you should not give his music a chance. After reading this, I hope the reader goes out of their way and listen to his music, and give West a chance. When it comes down to it, he is a rap god, a fashion pioneer, and an incredibly brilliant human being. Who knows maybe one day he will be President of the United States of America. Before I can change your views on West, maybe I should introduce you to him. Kanye West was…

needed to rap about things that influenced youthful dark guys. 38) His second studio collection, Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z..., was discharged in February 1993. 39) Second collection showed improvement over the past one appearing on number 24 on the Billboard 200. 40) "Dear Mama" was discharged as the collection's first single in February 1995. 41) The gathering generally performed their shows without Tupac. 42) Due to feedback about gangsta rap at the…

today’s age. We have rap, hip hop, rock, and many more. The most popular genre of music in the United States in 2017 was hip hop. Almost every year before 2017 rock was the most popular genre. The impact music can have on your brain is rather extensive. Many people believe that hip-hop is all about drugs, girls, and guns and this is not the case. Hip-hop could be slow and it could be fast pace this is why hip-hop could be listened to when happy or sad and the same thing with rap. Do not get me…

McWhorter, “Rap music is harmful to the black community because it links to racism, violence, and misogyny ” (McWhorter). In “Rap Music and Rap Audiences,” it states that “many scholars note that some rap lyrics attempt to objectify, devalue, or subjugate African American women through insults and name calling” (Dixon). African American women have become the targets of some of the worst kind of verbal abuse in many of today’s rap songs. Not everyone would agree that the underlying messages in…

others. Specifically with music, rap and hip-hop has participated largely on the impact of youth. Rap artists, predominantly black males, are strong players in needing to promote their hegemonic masculinity through messages of violence, economic success, and dominance over women. As we know, with the disadvantages faced by black people, the men in particular went years having their masculinity robbed with the inability to express it. By using these messages of power in rap lyrics, artists are…