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In today’s society, most people would associate hip hop with misogyny and violence. Zebra Balay’s Huffington article, “What We Forget When We Talk about Hip-Hop's Women Problem” focuses on the double standards of misogyny found within hip hop culture as a way to suggest that music critics should analyze other musical genres and American society. Blay’s appropriate choice of words combined with the use of other authors’ articles throughout her article, builds her credibility and appeal to the…

Hip hop music has been around for 30 years now, and during this time there have been many artists to produce amazing songs. But, some of those songs have stuck in our minds and still make us get up and dance and sing along when we hear them. We salute those who have given us musical talent so remarkable to make us melt when we hear their song. The top 8 hip hop songs ever are (in no particular order): 1. 'It was a good Day' -Ice Cube From the beat to the lyrics this is that feel good song…

Get with the times, old man! Since the 1970’s hip hop has only been growing. Hip hop tracks keep topping the charts and new artists just keep coming with the creation of soundcloud, a platform which enables homemade rappers to publish their work online for free. Hip hop has been around for almost half a of a decade, so academic study of it is long overdue. Hip Hop is just poetry with music played in the background. An example familiar to us would be “dear mama” by Tupac. The verses have rhyme,…

community with fun(ky) beats, but also to serves as a liaison between their community and those outside of it, who, otherwise, would go oblivious to it without the hip hop…

Rap music, also called hip hop music, is one of the biggest music genres there is. From different artists, songs, beats, and labels, also makes it have a lot of variety, and people like that. Rap is a song full of rhymes. It was originated in the united states in the 1970’s. It consisted of stylized rhythmic music. It commonly accompanies rapping, a rhythmic and rhyming that is mostly chanted. Different people in the industry have their own style of rap music. The rap scene has come far since…

Imagine going from selling drugs to selling millions of records and becoming a huge name in the music industry. Snoop Dogg is a huge name in the music industry today. You can ask anyone on the street who Snoop Dogg is and they will know who he is. Now you must be wondering how you can go from nothing to something from selling drugs to selling records. Snoop Dogg went through some tough times when he was younger. Snoop and his family lived on the eastern part of long beach. The eastern part of…

"You 're either an idiot or you 're purposely choosing to use the law to punish people because you 've already assumed that the person is guilty" (Killer Mike). People today are becoming prejudice against the genre, rap. They don 't understand it. The earliest type of music classified as rap began many years ago in Africa, with the griots, storytellers who tell tales of their experiences or those of the village. It started when one of these griots started telling his story with music playing;…

Nas, Mos Def, if you are a fan of music, specifically hip-hop, chance are you have hear one if not all of these names before. Aside from all being rappers, they have one thing in common; they originated from Brooklyn, New York. I am going to introduce you to an emcee that would have made the late great Notorious B.I.G. proud. His name is Joey Bada$$, and his first project called “1999” represents not only the golden age of hip-hop in the 1990’s, but also is culturally significant in…

The Art of the World’s Biggest Female Hip-Hop Star Art is a concept that comes in many forms depending on the “eye of the beholder.” Art can be defined as a form of expression and passion from the artist that is unique, requires effort, and has an audience. It can be displayed in many forms such as music, dance, videos, etc. Artists have influenced thoughts and feelings of viewers with their art, one of the most prominent forms being music. Music is a way of communicating experiences and…

Many would oppose to the idea that Anime and Gangsta Rap are the same. The opposition’s stance can come from various viewpoints. It can be argued that Anime and Gangsta rap are not only different but nowhere close to being the same. Many arguments can branch out from this common thought. For example, it can be said that one is music and the other is visual entertainment. Or even it could be argued that none of the characters in Anime are closely related to realism like Gangsta Rap is; and though…