Hip hop

Dubbed as the “man who saved tap dancing”, Savion Glover has provoked a stylistic revolution within tap dancing and has inspired many young dancers all over the country with his hip-hop-funk and jazz-infused rhythm tap dance style. How did a seven-year-old go from being a young drummer to one of the most inspiring, and influential tap dancers today? Tap dance is an art form that is characterized by its use of percussive sounds through the tap shoes striking the floor. Although the art of tap…

made movements in the Internet waters. Thursday March 10th marks a significant night in Kaleido history. It would be the first time the collective would DJ in association with Smoke Radio’s Specialist Nights. In pursuit of Trap, Future Bass, and hip-hop influences, the presumption of drawing in a crowd is soon put to the test. The line is like nothing you have ever seen. It is out the door.…

Rap Music's Effect on Youth Since the 1990s, Rap and Hip-Hop music has been an influential category of today’s music industry. Rap music has changed the culture of the teenage youth, influencing fashion, the way teens speak and the activities teenagers partake in. Rap and Hip-Hop have had a negative connotation since the 1990s continuing that trend through today. Due to the negative influence on the teenage society with glorifying drug use, degrading sexual content and violent lyrical…

I am doing my music in a movie paper on the movie Drumline. Urban R&B and rap have been conjoined to function as a soundtrack for the movie Drumline. However, some soundtracks in the film are souvenirs, but under the direction of Austin, the music in the movie enhanced it to depict a life of its own. The movie is associated with the general collection of decent urban rap cuts thus proving to be diverse in comparison to other films. Therefore, music listeners who watch the film are exposed to a…

I am an African -American young black women. I grew up around all types of music, but mostly R&B, Hip-Pop, and Rap. Hip-Pop and R&B music is mostly played at my family’s get together such as, parties, family reunions, and cookouts. I listen to Rap music when I’m at a party with friends or just hanging out by myself. Rap music can relate to an everyday life situation, but if you really listen to it you can see how it affects and disrespect our women. Rap music disrespect and affects our women…

Dylan in breadth of lyrical vocabulary. The analysis of vocabulary used by 99 of the biggest selling found you and other artists such as Eminem and Jay-Z streets ahead of Dylan and the Beatles for number of words used. How do you feel about it? Hip-hop is currently the most lyrically expansive genre overall so I am not surprised at all that some of the modern artists in this genre have achieved this so-called ‘milestone’. Personally, this does not mean anything to me. I am not about achieving…

provoking lyricist with flows from the 90s. In addition, the single helped expand his fan base and create awareness to the world that he has more surprises to offer. This decision was strategic and rightly genius because he knows how to play the hip-hop monopoly system and use it to his advantage. Badass realized that even though he was better than many other artists before him, he faced a risk of becoming repetitive and dull. In effect, the rapper released the single to smirk at both critics…

"I was your first music, I used to make beats and say Go Tata, Get Busy, Go Tata..I did that for all of my children, everyone got the Get Busy"- Abu I was born in 1988 Hip-Hop's golden year. My parents were teenagers, 17 and 18 years old at the time and just like most kids in the 80's my Abu was engulfed in everything Hip-Hop. Even right now while writing this article he's texting me a plethora of artists that he listened to. For example, Doug E. Fresh, Slick Rick, Public Enemy, Big Daddy Kane,…

The reason I picked to write about Jermaine Lamarr Cole is because he is on my top three favorite artist list. I remember back in in 7th grade in 2007 my brother first introduced me to his debut mixtape “The Come Up,” it was love at first listen. My all-time favorite J.Cole album to date is Forest Hills Dr. Forest Hills Dr. to my opinion is one of Coles best work. Another reason I’m a big fan of Forest Hills Dr. is because I attended his Forest Hills Drive tour in 2015. That day was such a…

Chief Keef and Famous Dex: An in Depth Comparison Chief Keef and Famous Dex are both popular, hip-hop recording artists who share many of the same qualities in music and style. The two musicians also share similar backgrounds, but have differences in music style. Keith Cozart, otherwise known as Chief Keef, is a famous dread-headed recording artist and rapper. In fact, he blew up from his hit song “Don’t Like”, and also gained his stardom at only the age of fifteen. On the other hand, being…