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Mark Coleman commented that Nas "possesses a phenomenal way with words and some savvy musical sense." (Nas,2016). Growing up in the crude streets of New York, Nas was raised around what almost everybody would consider “bad influences”. Although he was around this, he may have contracted some attitude or mindset like it, but he also saw the good in what everybody saw bad. By persisting and striving for accuracy, He created many albums, obtained numerous awards, and overcame hate and…

In text A, which is the rap song written by UGK, feat Mr. 3-2: “Stoned Junkee”, are they rapping about a life full of drug addiction and therefore also crime. The addiction they are rapping about ruins the lives of those people who use drugs such as crack cocaine and phencyclidine (PCP), which they are rapping about in the end of the text. Text A is based on the use of slang language. It gives him more reliability, because people from tough environments, such as those, are often talking slang…

I. The music is a diverse mix of modern Broadway music and rap music. A. Lin-Manuel Miranda, who wrote the musical and acted as Alexander Hamilton himself, felt that hip-hop and rap worked best for Hamilton’s life. 1. Each founding father has a different rap pattern and abinet meetings are performed through rap battles. 2. Elizabeth Schuyler, Alexander’s wife, sings the love song “Helpless” like a Sara Bareilles song before her sister Angelica performs “Satisfied” like a Beyoncé jam. 3.…

Rap music argues for the values and importance of culture representation and freedom of speech. Scholars debate Rap’s represents; violence, demeans women, and destroys America’s values. Despite many aspects of the stated themes maybe true and contribute to the negative stereotype; however, there is another side to rap music that needs to be uncovered. Rap artist may often have explicitly vulgar lyrics; however, they are intending to grasp listener’s attention, and bring awareness to the…

Tupac Shakur, well know rapper, actor, or activist? Early on in Tupac career he branded himself as a thug raised in the inner streets of Harlem New, York, and later he promoted “Thug Life” one of his many contributions as a hip hop legend. Thug Life revealed the struggle of someone who did not have everything they needed; someone who can still succeed and overcome obstacles to reached their desired goals. As he once stated thug life reflected the struggles African American face every day in this…

In the “All My Life” description by John Freyer, he used a combination of both objective and subjective description. Freyer chose an out of the box writing style using minimal objective details and subjective details to create short stories for his listings. Freyer lists simple facts about the items for example the Sugar Hill Gang album, “Chic's Good Times was on still on the Charts in 1979”. The simple fact describes how popular the album had been even after its creation. On the other hand,…

Title What is one of the first thing you do when you get in the car? For many people the answer to this question is turn on the radio. Many people listen to the radio everyday whether it is on the way to school, work, or while sitting on the couch. Several times there are children in the car or room that the music is. Often kids are who hear this music do not have good role model and/or live in a rough side of town. This music is often rap. Feeling that the ideas in the song are the only ways to…

Those in favor who vote for Kanye for being a better artist, can also agree that he produces a higher quality of beats in his tunes. Think about it. Kanye is a rapper, song-writer, producer, fashion designer, and an entrepreneur. He is the best selling artist of all time, he owns 92 awards out of 369 nominations. He has 7 platinum albums while Eminem has 2, this shows that he is the undeniable exposition of being an iconic artist. For example, on the Genius website an editor named…

Regardless of what anyone tells you, most rappers are "conscious" rappers. To be conscious simply means to be aware of your existence, thoughts, & surroundings & that is exactly what a majority of hip hop artist do in their music. Hip hop gives young rappers the platform to show the world their point of view by combining their ability to write poetry & flow steadily to a beat. Whether you like or don't what they're saying, most hip hop artist are conscious because their music is their…

Roy was very insecure about his body so he changed how he ate in order to get the body he wanted. Roy tried to change his body to what society wants and what major companies expect. Major companies put the idea of change is the only way to live life to its fullest. In the documentaries Jean Kilbourne’s Killing US Softly 4, Miss Representation, Byron Hurt Hip-Hop beyond Beat & Rhymes. We see how hyper masculinity and hyper femininity is shaping out society. Big Companies will do any thing to…