Hip hop

describes how popular the album had been even after its creation. On the other hand, his subjective material creates a vivid picture for buyers to relate to. Freyer uses many nostalgic details, “This is it... Some say that this record was the birth of Hip Hop,” and “I remember when I was a kid in Syracuse that the SU radio station used to play rap records in the early 80's.” He posts a single basic stock photo of each item to the left of each description. Freyer is trying to make an emotional…

Although certain aspects of rap and hip hop music may be thought of as a misogynistic or violent influence to American culture, modern-day rappers such as Kanye West and J. Cole are creating music that projects a healthy viewpoint on women, informs the public of struggles found in African American culture, and constitutes a new art form with rap. Due to past rappers creating music that is considered misogynistic (reflecting or exhibiting hatred, dislike, mistrust, or mistreatment of women), a…

Concerts have always been a way for the general public to experience their favorite artists and musicians perform right in front of them. I myself have been to several concerts, all of which have been rap and hip hop concerts. So going to an orchestral concert was going to be a very different experience to me. I know that there wasn’t going to be any mosh pits or excessive screaming of fans throwing themselves onto the performers. With all that in mind, I was mentally preparing myself for a very…

Big hair, neon clothes, and parachute pants are some things you might about when you hear someone mention the 1980s. Nothing was understated and image became more important than ever, especially in the music world, during this decade. New music and new inventions in the 80s would change the way we listen to music forever. The creation of MTV was a big deal in the 1980s. MTV was the first television channel to only showcase music videos, the Buggles’ “Video Killed the Radio Star,” being the very…

Black Popular culture In N. R. Kleinfield’s essay, “Guarding the Borders of the Hip Hop Nation”, Kleinfield waited until the bus was full before he squeezed himself to Greyhound bus to address them from Chicago to Indiana shows how smart he is. Because Kleinfield, needed attention and he want to make sure that there will be an enough people on the bus before he can go in and delivers his massage effectively. He was convinced that he could better the world by getting whites and people of other…

you can understand why they feel that way or what gives them that view that it is or is not. The Message by Grand Master Flex e.l shows the socio-economic experience of minorities in the inner city Bronx,Ny. Hip hop’s early 80s is something different than today's hip hop. Old school hip hop had a message told stories and they weren't scared of the consequences because…

strength of their friendship. Since the language and actions used by the characters reflect the modus vivendi of the community where they grew up, it was possible to notice that many people could relate to the scenes of the film. In addition, since hip hop is such a popular style around the world, many people relate to the movie because of the style and…

When it comes to rap or hip-hop, this genre of music is global, main stream, and very mainstream. The influence that rap currently has on our society, is unfortunately very strong. If you have not noticed, many of the major rappers in the rap community try to get involved with good causes and political campaigns; in order to give rap is a good look. Rap is a male dominated genre that is perceived as toxic or aggressive music. One can say that hip-hop is promoting physical violence, demeaning…

Arts Students in colleges or universities have complained that why they have to take music apprieciation or art apprieciation if they are majoring in biology or law. According to Necessary Edges: Arts, Empathy, and Education by Yo-Yo Ma, “The value behind arts integration-collaboration, flexible thinking, and disciplined imagination- lead to the capacity to innovate” (Ma 258). In today society people live in a world where art is all around them, but they don’t know it. This is why universities…

neighborhoods. Diverse ethnic minorities made up the group. The music they created became known as “hip-hop” a new genre of music which consists of four main components; “DJing (disc jockeying), graffiti art, and B-boying (break dancing).” (Baker, P. 8). The fourth component was rapping (rhyming lyrics over a musical background). (Baker, P. 8) Rapping became the most popular component of “hip-hop”. It was not the rhythmic pattern or music of rap, but the lyrics that people thought were too…