Rapping

In researching my topic of hip-hop music, I have found two scholarly sources from the Galileo database that I think will prove useful in my final argument paper when paired with the two popular sources that I described in Essay one. The first article, “Can Music Preference Indicate Mental Health Status in Young People?”, published in 2008 by Felicity Baker and William Bor appearing in Australasian Psychiatry, claims that hip-hop and heavy metal music can influence adolescent’s social and…

Dr. Dre and the marks he will leave on hip hop It’s hard to miss a song or two from the living emblem of hip hop known as Dr. Dre. The classic figure of the said music genre has not only set a new pace when it comes to hip hop music, but also nurtured and supported upcoming artists leading them to the same path he had traversed during the course of his active music career. There is no denying that the prominence of his persona in the music industry is eminent as he was able to flexibly…

As a major part of the 1980 phenomenon of eclectic pop culture, Oakley Frogskins stood tall as the leader of fashion sunglasses. As "The Terminator" made his way across the big screen in classic action scenes, the music industry was developing with the addition of rap and Oakley became the biggest manufacturer of sunglasses. But as the world was changing this pair of Frogskins crept into a world that had never experienced such a style before in the area of sunglasses. Now as the era of fashion…

Introduction In the book “The Other Wes Moore” uses a more successful internal factor because in this story both Wes Moore’s have a perspective mindset for how they think and the surrounding and how they act affect the way they grew up. Both Wes Moore’s were younger when they were in there teen years they both acted in a bad way that will affect the future but one mindset change their mindset but one stayed the same. Even Though both Wes grew up in the same environment the type of Mindset or…

purposely use older popular songs to attract older viewers pushes back against the notion that popular music is only marketed to youth. Starr and Waterman also discuss the importance of older generations as a target audience when they examine the use of rock ‘n’ roll as a nostalgia factor for the baby boomer generation. One case study that can be used to examine the elements of comedy film trailers is the three installments of The Hangover: The Hangover (2009), The Hangover II (2011), and The…

"2 Chainz" 2Chainz aged 38 is a United States rapper who was born as Tuheed Epps on 12th September 1977 at college park, Georgia, United States. His first stage name was Tity Boi before reverting to 2 Chainz in later years. He attended Alabama state university, Arizona state university, north Clayton high school as well as Virginia state university. He is famed for being a member of the southern rap duo Playaz circle together with his childhood acquaintance and beneficiary singer, Earl ‘Dolla…

Throughout time Gospel music has evolved tremendously. In the past there was not a wide variety of Gospel music to choose from but now there are a numerous amount of choices for everyone to enjoy. For example, Christian Rap, Adult Contemporary, and Christian Rock are some very popular genres of Christian music. Gospel music has always been a very popular type of music listened to all over the world. Now that there is such a broad amount of chooses, the popularity has just soared. One choice to…

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…

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…