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Lil Dicky’s Emotional Rap Ballad Lil Dicky, real name David Andrew Burd, is a comedic rapper. He’s risen to fame by a reaching out to a group that generally doesn’t relate to more traditional rappers, upper-middle class white men. His first complete album, Professional Rapper, reached no.1 on the Billboard comedy and rap albums chart and no.7 on the Billboard top 200. Standing out from the rest of the comedic album is Molly, a song that follows him through the pain of attending the wedding of…

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…

Hip-Hop has been one of the most popular types of music for a while, and has been since at 1970s, teenagers all over the world are listening Hip-Hop all the time. But is all the Hip-Hop songs are good for the teenagers to listen? Especially, teens who are at their teenage rebellion. The birthplace of Hip Hop is that 1520 Sedgwick Avenue in Bronx at New York. Before I did this research paper I didn’t even expect to how close we are to the birthplace of Hip-Hop. On August 11, 1973 DJ Kool…

Hip Hop is one of the most popular things kids and teenagers listen to. While hip hop might be fun and exciting to listen to it can easily have a major negative effect on the minors who listen to it. Some children listen to rap music all day and everyday. Also some children really take Hip Hop seriously and know how to enjoy it responsibly; but some do not act mature with this particular type music. The content that is in Hip Hop affects a child's actions, language and view on women. Hip hop…

The history of rap music would not be complete without a look at the performers who make it all possible - the rap artists. Most rap music typically includes one or more rappers who often rap about their own personal life stories, important events in their lives, or social problems they wish to make a public statement about. Rap songs can also represent romanticized or fictional themes. The sky is the limit. Musically, rap songs usually have a strong rhythmic aspect with the spoken lyrics…

Many people see rap as just putting words together that rhyme but it's much more than that. There are many things that make a good rapper like having a good flow, having good lyrics and having good beats. All the best rappers have theses in common but some are better than others. Some of the best rappers to ever live all have complex lyrics. Eminem is one good example of a great lyricist. This makes Eminem one of the greatest because he's able to put words together and have them make sense like…

Ubiquitous in popular culture, including fashion, design, movies, literary works, and most importantly, music, hip-hop culture plays a major role in the formation of identity for its most prominent audience: teens and young adults. While it remains extremely influential for America’s younger generation, hip-hop music has also evolved to condone negative themes and risky behaviors. For example, popular hip-hop music promotes substance abuse, prostitution, misogyny, violence against women, gangs…

Music is the greatest creation that humanity has ever made. For years, music has been evolving, changing, and influencing the lives of many people. Artist like Nas, J Cole, and 2pac are well known in the rap industry, because of their influential and motivational music. Their music explains the hardships of growing up in poor communities with drugs, guns, and racism. The message these artists convey allows them to connect with their audience to change their perspective by motivate and enlighten…

In chapter 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,…

The emergence of Gangster Rap or as some call it “Gangsta Rap” led to a new emergence of culture & challenges to the values and understandings of this genre of music in more ways than one. As someone who was born in the 90’s I saw the change within the culture of rap but more importantly in gangster rap; something which challenged the message behind the song’s lyrics and really changed the movement because of the usage of words which were deemed to be inappropriate in past ages. Gangster rap…