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Rap industry has gained huge recognition with fans over the years. According to Bradley “Rap is now the most widely disseminated poetry in the history of the world” (Bradley, xiii). Rappers have built up their following from adults to young kids that enjoy listening to rap music. The audiences are the ones who spend money on the artist, accordingly, buying their music, attending concerts, or buying merchandise. Now a day, an artist can be asked to represent a company, either in the fashion world…

Being the most popular and controversial genre & topic across the world, hip-hop sums up the problems in today’s society whether it’s dealing with teen rebellion, African-Americans interaction with police officers, poverty, or even injustice. Hip-Hop is the voice of the people in an assertive way, it has positive influences as well as some negatives. However the negative Influences of Gang Violence and The Encouraging of Unprincipled Behavior can be solved by Community leaders mentoring the…

Mark Twain once said, “Biographies are but the clothes and buttons of the man. The biography of the man himself cannot be written.” The type of person that one truly is can never change. But artists, such as authors and songwriters put their work out into the world as a way to tell their story. The audience tend to look at these works as a form of entertainment. But by knowing the artist’s intention and background, the two can connect on a deeper level. Aubrey Drake Graham, notably known as…

As far back as the 1950’s, music had always criticized. Music such as rock, recieved tremendous amount of criticism when rock and roll ceased to be a harmless dance music for young teens which soon acquired a sense of lyrical art. If there is one topic where the majority of parents of America agree on, it is the current adolescent popular music, especially heavy metal, rock, and now the infamous hip-hop/rap. Parents would agree that this genre of music promotes racism, violence, and overall…

One of the best music producers in business has to be the one and only Deadmau5. Deadmau5 is very good at making electronic music not only because of more than 10 years of practice, but also due to how much is music can impact. He can change moods with his music, he has very emotional songs and very crazy ones to. Deadmau5 became famous due to how much he practiced. It wasn’t really natural talent, it took him a long time to make his hit track “Ghost ‘n’ Stuff” . Others will say that Deadmau5…

When Patrick Loggins’ Time Wharp project released the smartly and jazzily constructed “Cole Dub” earlier this year, I had to sit back and notice. “Cole Dub”, like much of Time Wharp’s eponymous debut, toes the line between nightclub and morning commute music - you can hear the conflict in the thumping nocturnal beat mixed with that oily hi hat (which also helps to explain the choice in cover art). “Cole Dub” and the rest of Time Wharp is a very, very nice debut LP from a producer who could - and…

Thebe Neruda Kgositila is a Chicago native, the son of a UCLA law professor and a South African poet. Nowadays, Thebe is far better known as Earl Sweatshirt. The rapper, producer and former key member of the Los Angeles based collective and movement Odd Future has gained recognition and praise ever since he'd released his debut mixtape, Earl, released back in March 2010. The subject matter of "Earl" can be easily described with one line from the title track. "I got nuts to bust and butts to…

The Life of Pablo, which was originally supposed to be called So Help Me God and Swish and many other trial and errors that did not make the cut. The Life of Pablo is Kanye West’s 7th studio album, which was first released only through streaming. Although the album is Kanye Wests’, he had plenty of help with engineering and creating lyrics for the album with others and even Grammy nominee musicians. Some of the musicians who were featured on the gospel-rap album were Kid Cudi; Chance the Rapper,…

Andy Mineo is such a breath of fresh air as some people have said due to his very well-exposed inclination to simultaneously infuse his deep-seated Christian values to his musical genre which is hip hop, hence, the Christian hip hop classification. Currently being a frequent mainstay on several American chart listing sites, Mineo's associated with musical outfit Reach is ceaselessly making quite a scene in introducing a different kind of music to the general populace. Born April 17, 1988, Andy…

Kendrick Lamar: A Manimal for Analysts Kendrick Lamar is claimed to be the saviors of rap. He is put into everyone’s top five, he has the map. He possess lyrical and emotional complexity in his art. But can he be in the top 5 all rappers of all time? He shares plenty of similarities in the upbringing, rise to the top, and lyrical skill of the greats, but Lamar is an individual. This essay will answer this burning question. Kendrick Lamar grew up around gang members, killers,…