Rapping

Hamilton has caused a scene since the moment it hit Broadway. Many people were skeptical about a musical about a founding father, especially one based on hip-hop rap. When critics came out of the theater for the first time, however, they couldn’t give it higher praises. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion, though. Being a play about a founding father, politics, and breaking molds people also denounced it. One such person was Alex Nichols’ in his article, “You Should Be Terrified That…

Throughout time, music has been used to represent a movement, social change and culture, when music is created many have a meaning or a purpose which is not only to entertain, but is used to educate about the culture for example some classical music has no words but when people analyse the music itself it is cut in to pieces and the instruments can be seen to show meaning. In this essay the aim will be to look at rap/hip-hop music, in particular I will be looking into whether or not hip-hop is a…

he heard varieties of songs. Lil Wayne than call him to open for his tour and then contracting him on to his label. Making Drake a sensational rap star, But he didn’t just rap to rap or did the same things as other artist. But he changed that by rapping about his struggles, present, ex-girlfriends and…

Based on predominantly sex, gender, and race, stereotypes are undoubtedly present in our society today. Rappers are stereotypically associated with money, drugs, women, and occasionally violence. Rap/hip-hop artist Logic is relatively new to the hip-hop/rap scene, but differentiates himself from this stereotype through his lyricism and concept. His second album, “The Incredible True Story”, dicates a meaningful story sequentially from tracks one to eighteen. He developed a story about…

Artists wearing and rapping about luxury brands are showing of a level of success that they have managed to reach. Sociologist, Georg Simmel, argues that fashion serves as a method of serves to separate class, claiming that: “fashion on the one hand signifies union with those…

The Women’s March was on January 21, 2017, around the United States of America. Millions of women united in Washington D.C. to protest the presidential election that insulted minorities. This march conveys how much power that women posses. Every so often you get a poet that is able to speak for a generation. Jasmine Mans is a poet that can be seen as a pressure point for many celebrities. She uses the lyrics of their own music to point out the irrational behavior and great influence they…

“I didn 't have nothin ' going for me... school, home... until I found something I loved, which was music, and that changed everything” - Eminem “Thirty-three-years-old, still creating art. It 's rage, it 's creativity, it 's pain, it 's hurt, but it 's the opportunity to still have my voice get out there through music.” -Kanye west “I believe that music is another form of news. Music is another form of journalism to me so I have to cover all the areas with my album.” - Lil Wayne Eminem, Kanye…

The release of Kendrick Lamar’s debut album Section.80 dealt with the “perils of a generation that fell victim to the crack era” in a city stricken by poverty and violence. Though Lamar was formerly an independent artist looking to gain traction in the music industry, the release of Section.80 catapulted the rapper to stardom. Lamar has since released three studio albums, one compilation album, one EP, five mixtapes, and has appeared on numerous other musicians’ songs in the short time he has…

last words within each line rhyme. An example of this comes from his song ‘No Hands’ where he raps: “Long hair she don 't care, when she walks, she gets stares.” The last two words of the lines, care and stare, rhyme. This method is used a lot in rapping, or in hip-hop in…

of emotion. It is a good thing to have some skills like technique but the only way the movements develop are by believing in yourself and feeling the emotion as well as having fun and feeling the beat. Stylistically, hip-hop music is made up of rapping lyrics over instrumentals typically containing kick drums, snares, and hi-hats in addition to some sort of melodious instrumentation. Lyrics rhyme, and common themes in hip-hop are life in the ghetto, including drugs and violence. However, rap…