How to Rap

is litteraly and i mean extremely bad. It was called hiphop back in the day and what it was, basically you take a mixing board and smash it with a hammer , get someone to sing the same thing, and there easy as that you have a full song. Incredible how public opinion takes a big toll on what you listen, do, or watch. My opinion on Hiphop changed incredibly, i started hanging out with friends at the time so eventually we started talking about bad music, this was around 2010, so at this time the…

The song I have chosen to analyze is titled “ Ill Mind of Hopsin 7” produced by the rap artist Hopsin from his album Ill Mind of Hopsin Saga. This album focuses on various thoughts of the rap artist Hopsin about different subjects which he made into songs, his song Ill Mind of Hopsin 7 deals with religion, specifically his Christian identity. Unlike some of the examples we looked at in class which focused more on rap artists who can relate to God and truly believe in him, Ill Mind of Hopsin 7…

their “music listening habits”. They found that “substance use and aggressive behaviors among young people were significantly associated to certain genres of popular music” which was mainly focused on rap. A clear example is in the song “I’m On Everything” by Bad Meets Evil, in the song Eminem raps the lines “Painkillers, I call 'em cane pillars, cause to hold me up when I take 'em, I need a cane and pillars, I'm on everything”. In this line, cane and pillars have a double meaning. One, both a…

throughout much of his childhood. From the beginning, rap artist Eminem faced so many challenges…

the years and this persists in the present. Misogyny is defined as “the hatred of women”. Misogynoir is a term meaning “anti-black misogyny” (Jackson) which was coined by Black Feminist Scholar Moya Bailey. This sexist outlook has been in Hip-hop and Rap for years, which has led to a separation of feminism into a subcategory “White Feminism”. It continued to infiltrate social media platforms like Instagram and Twitter, sometimes in the form of comments under pictures or even…

Learning to manage my workload and balancing my extracurricular activities was a task that I never seemed to achieve in high school. Homework was never in my vocabulary, so of course I struggled with keeping my grades up. Volleyball and Generation Rap received my undivided attention. Although, my participation in those activities tremendously hendred my academic performance, it helped mold me into the great college student that I am today. I attended Lincoln College Preparatory Academy in Kansas…

political, economical, and social) and how they have yet to be addressed and fixed by the government. Dave raps, “For 22 years my mum was doing the cleaning dreaming that her kids would have a better life. Go in bed at night, struggling with getting by. That's the reality for millions of people in a nation”; describing his experiences…

The trend in popular music is to glamorize drugs and alcohol. This music encourages young adolescents to “have fun” while minimizing the risk and dangers of the substance. Through music, deviant behaviors magnify the illusion of a carefree, unfettered life. Popular music encourages recreational drug use among adolescents by removing barriers for illicit drug use and endangering the lives of those who take part in the drug fueled culture. Music is present almost anywhere and easily accessible…

The Golden age of rap and hip-hop is a name that was bestowed unto mainstream music, between the late 1980’s and the early 1990’s. This time period was shaped by popular figures such as Tupac Shakur, Biggie Smalls, NWA (Niggas with Attitude), Rakim, Slick Rick and MC Hammer. This era revolutionized “gangsta rap”, changing it from sub-conscience music to pro-violence music; however political issues and criticism of the African-American community was still prevalent in their music. Between the…

profession, and his "hos" seem to take notice. D-Jay represents a lifetime of failed dreams, ambitions, and wrong turns. It seems as if it could all be over, but then fate offers him the opportunity to realize his lifelong goal of becoming a successful rap star. D-Jay pours his heart and soul into his music, just as Howard pours his into the performance, and the result is somewhat of an urban rocky, a true underdog tale. D-Jay’s love for music reignited when he obtains a mini piano from a…