Hip hop dance

accessories when going along with aerobics shows broadcasting on the television. Aerobics clothing were best known for their neon colors, funky prints and patterns, and comfort. Raves became a very popular subculture in the 80s; it was meant for people to dance for hours and hours to music. Clothing for raves was one of the obvious fashion trends that showed the withdrawal of the conservative views of dressing. Rave clothing were often bright and bold in color, accessorized with beaded jewelry…

sounds to become inescapable for young individuals who lived in Los Angeles or those who desired to live there. One was bound to encounter the songs of artists such as Ice-T, Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, and Ice Cube. During the late ‘80s and early ‘90s, hip-hop music West of the Mississippi River was dominated by the gruesome realities of gangster rap and g-funk. Rap at the time was intense, authentic, and unbearable, because it served as a reflection of the gang violence, poverty, drug abuse, and…

4/6/16 Reading Between The Lines of Rhymes: a Hip-Hop Analysis Ever since Hip-hop was introduced in the 1970’s, it has evolved into a life-changing, multi-million making business. Its popularity has become an influential significance throughout the nation, persuading economical, political, and behavioral revolution. Recent rappers are encompassing a “thug-life” that surrounds drugs, gangs, misogyny and violence. Through the evolution of the vulgar Hip-Hop culture in America in the past 50…

popular culture.” Rap music has it impact in society by allowing people to not just be able to express their thought, but also be able to relate to it. One of the major error people seem to make today is associate hip-hop style as rap. Both of hip-hop and rep have nothing to do with one another. Hip-pop style reflect on what the people think is the true meaning of happiness, which is bragging about money, cars, houses, sex weed, and so on. On the other hand rap style reflect on the struggles…

Kirchheimer of WebMD Health News points out that traditionally cutting edge and trendy popular music has been blamed for society 's negatives. From Elvis and his shaking hips to Nirvana, songs and artists have frequently been at the forefront of the blame for anti-social behavior. But rap especially…

When Anthony Elonis’s wife divorced him and left with their kids, he began to write and produce songs to express how he felt about what he was going through. He wrote,“There’s one way to love you but a thousand ways to kill you…I’m not going to rest until your body is a mess soaked in blood and dying from all the little cuts.” Elonis was doing what many people do when they are going through a tough time, finding a safe outlet such as writing. However, prosecutors are now specifically…

From the onset of his now illustrious career with the release of his legendary debut, Reasonable Doubt, in 1996, Jay-Z to this day has remained a fixture in the music industry longer than just about anyone. Though Jay-Z has found immense success, not just as a rap artist, but also as an entrepreneur and philanthropist, he presents himself more so in an apologetic, lamenting, and humble manner in his newest release, 4:44. Contrary to most lyrical themes in his previous work, Jay-Z spends a…

Lester’s main argument he makes in Hip Hop and the Neoliberal Turn, is that there is this sense of increasing growth of neoliberalism present in black politics. He argues hip hop is the response to the neoliberal shift found in US cities, this is seen from increases of financialization and deregulation, cuts to public funding and the push for the free market (p.2). Lester proves this by relating hip hop to past workers songs of resistance and solidarity (p.2). He argues rap is now seen as the…

A group of black women twerk and dance with stereotypical ‘ghetto’ apparel and mannerisms in Taylor Swift’s music video, “Shake It Off”. The video was slammed for Swift’s use of black bodies as props and as glamorized black puppets. Today, white supremacy hides beneath subtle behavior and phrases: for example, non-black people will use the n-word as slang and allege that they are “reclaiming” the expression when they have no acceptable justification as a non-black person, and they have no right…

Phat, Dope, these are all words found in the Oxford Dictionary. These words also stem from hip-hop. For decades, hip-hop has been influencing American culture, with “Rapper 's Delight” in the 80 's, Gangster Rap in the 90 's, to the mainstream Rap of today. Created in the 70’s, hip-hop is a culture that is most associated with music, but also encompasses, art, dancing and fashion. The history of hip hop started in New York. In the 70’s DJ Kool Herc started to use two turntables to switch between…