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The beastie boys influenced american culture by igniting the explosion of hip-hop. They did this by actually getting their sound into the mainstream of culture. They did this by having completely new and original content(other than the mixing of other artists beats into theirs), and had no problems with acceptance. After hip-hop became recognized, it matured, and a lot more groups starting making hip-hop. . By 1989 Public Enemy was working with The Bomb Squad, N.W.A. released “straight outta…

commercialization, controversy, and consciousness, the hip hop community still finds a way to radiate sexism and forget about the contributions that women have made to build hip hop. The content in The Source shows how women have a presence in hip hop but are not thought…

three of Prophets of the Hood, Imani Perry analyzes Hip Hop music by recognizing certain aspects of songs. Perry believes that the most critical feature of a song is its figurative language such as metaphors and similes, which make the song more interesting and create a feeling or expression related to the song. She emphasizes the importance of the lyrics of a song and its ability to tell a story. Perry details the four formats of the stories of Hip Hop songs: narrative,…

I have always enjoyed listening to many different genres of music from jazz, to pop, to R&B, and Hip Hop; however, I have to admit that two particular genres, Neo-Soul and Hip Hop had the most impact in creating who I am today. I don’t think that I really understood how important music was until I started high school. I have always been a musical soul due to fact that I have been singing…

likes to entertain and inform people with his music when he is performing. Based on his research, he was born on October 24,1986 (“Hip-Hop Biographies Drake” 6). When he releases his first mixtape he started using the name Drake. During Drake’s early life he was going through a couple of rough times. He lived with his mother in a very wealthy Jewish neighborhood (“Hip-Hop Biographies Drake” 6). His parents got divorced while he was just a little kid…

Hip-hop history, especially that of gangsta-rap, falls prey to repetition; and only through repetition, may the reemergence of the novelty appear in the what has already been said. The what has already been said in the history of Hip-hop will appear anew merely by exhausting out of what has previously been said. It is imitation’s quality of wearing out words of the previously said that presents us with new histories. Once those words have been worn out, the what has already been said becomes…

everyone’s second favorite Jewish rapper. Receiving great critical reception from XXL, the Los Angeles Times, Billboard, etc. along with multiple accolades as it ranked on nearly every major Top 50 Album of the Year list as well as every major Top 10 Hip Hop Album list. Two years following his successful major label debut, Earl returned more mature than ever. His sophomore LP entitled “I Don’t Like Shit, I Don’t Go Outside: An Album by Earl Sweatshirt” was announced six days prior to its…

In an excerpt from her book, titled When Chickenheads come Home to Roost: A Hip-Hop Feminist Breaks It Down, which was first published in 1999, music writer and hip-hop enthusiast Joan Morgan expresses her deep concern of the negative influence lyrics in rap music have on women and people of the African American community, as stated in her essay, "From Fly-Girls to Bitches and Hos". Morgan shares her views on the root causes of the prevalence of misogyny in rap music lyrics. Morgan illuminates…

popular cities to show what the world was listening to. In all of the playlist they found that the most played genre is rap and hip-hop with rock in second (Musical Map: Cities of the World). Both are being questioned on what effects does the two genres have on youth. This also appears in the sale records of the…

turning point in the reggaeton’s success was the debut album of Tego Calderon, El Abayarde in 2002. Fusing an experimental reggaeton style strongly rooted in the working- class Caribbean aesthetics of classic salsa with a strong dose of African American hip-hop. His invention purposefully reached back in time to working-class, Afro- diasporic musical roots. With his lyrics, he has created a revolutionary movement inspired by his authentic street roots of Santurce in Puerto Rico, because he was…