Rapping

Hip-hop is a historically black genre of music, with different iterations almost everywhere in the world now. If you turn on your car radio on the way to work it’s likely that you’ll hear a popular hip-hop song. You may even come across street performers having a rap battle. Either way, it’s one of the most common genres today. Hip-hop is a genre dedicated to telling stories of hardship in a poetic form. Music has always been a form of expression, but hip-hop brought a new level of storytelling…

How rap music has influence African-American culture America is known for lot things, the land of freedom, land of milk and honey, and freedom to express one thoughts, etc. America has one of the largest music style industries in the world. Music style like country, gospel, pop, rap, etc. one of those styles that influence the America society is rap music. When people were ask to define rap music? The seem to say its a style of popular music. Rap is a form of rhyming with sound expressing ones…

The social problem of increased teen violence in America is one of intricacy and one with with many proposed causes. One proposed cause that has certainly gained popularity is that a child’s exposure to rap music at a young age and into their adolescence is to blame for the violent acts he or she commits as a teen. What’s behind rap’s bad rap? Its correlation to teen violence is a complex social issue that has quite polarizing stances taken on it. Sid Kirchheimer of WebMD Health News points out…

Lester’s main argument he makes in Hip Hop and the Neoliberal Turn, is that there is this sense of increasing growth of neoliberalism present in black politics. He argues hip hop is the response to the neoliberal shift found in US cities, this is seen from increases of financialization and deregulation, cuts to public funding and the push for the free market (p.2). Lester proves this by relating hip hop to past workers songs of resistance and solidarity (p.2). He argues rap is now seen as the…

A group of black women twerk and dance with stereotypical ‘ghetto’ apparel and mannerisms in Taylor Swift’s music video, “Shake It Off”. The video was slammed for Swift’s use of black bodies as props and as glamorized black puppets. Today, white supremacy hides beneath subtle behavior and phrases: for example, non-black people will use the n-word as slang and allege that they are “reclaiming” the expression when they have no acceptable justification as a non-black person, and they have no right…

It’s nearly my millionth time turning left on the radio tuner, and something finally sounds right. The buzzing static from the previous stations magically vanish, and a collection of alluring hums and melodies fill the car. The soothing vibrations become increasingly tranquil as a desperate and despaired voice finds its way over the mesmerizing backdrop. “And I 'm in denial, and it don 't take no x-ray to see right through my smile,” the anguished voice croons. The heart aching lyrics eventually…

Growing up in a household that shared a love for music, created a massive impact into Bruno Mars’ life as an artist. Ever since he was young, he’s been exposed to 80’s R&B music which he ended up loving til this day. Bruno Mars’ recent work, 24K Magic, illustrates how he was able to execute an 80’s R&B style album with the use of different components. These components consist of combining various instruments, choice of lyrics, and emotions. He also kept a similar theme to his previous albums,…

“The Last Words of the Great James Brown” Do you remember some of the most famous words your icon ever said before? Well James Brown said, “When I’m on stage, I’m trying to do one thing: bring people joy. People don’t go to church to find trouble, they go there to lose it.” By his inspirational words and encouragement, I felt motivated to better myself as an entertainer. James Brown’s last words indicated that he was an inspirational, hardworking, and social activist who focused on his dreams…

In the patriarchal world of hip-hop music, a vast majority of artists customarily gravitate to forms of expression that center around the objectification and degradation of women. According to Tia Tyree and Michelle Jones, “many have characterized the entire genre as negative” (Tia Tyree & Michelle Jones 54). The substantial presence and rampant usage of misogynistic themes is so evident, the disparaging criticism that hip-hop music receives is perfectly understandable. Negatively labeling the…

Hip Hop is among one of the most popular genres of music and it is also one of the youngest.You have at least heard of one hip hop artist or song. It hasn't been around for a long time,it's only around forty years old.Although it does have a lot of history to it. There have been a lot of hip hop artist and it's likely that you have heard about at least one of them or at least heard a rap song before.Hip hop is usually always affiliated with parties,substances,and other related things…