Rapping

Music of all kinds affects its audience members and fans. In spite of the fact that all genres have this impact, and it is up to the artist to choose how they utilize that impact whether that be positively or negatively. A debate lately has been the developing issue of music that either advances or excuses violence in its verses (Hoga and Bar-on 1219). In spite of the fact that a few artists contend their utilization of violence as a device to relate and direct troublesome youth far from…

Rap: The Story of the Streets Everybody in the house say hey! I have something to say! New school rap versus old “boom bap” find out who is better today! Rap, it began as a form of storytelling, giving an artist a way to voice their lives for others to hear. There resides several different “Era’s” of rap, but the two biggest have always been “new school” and “Golden age. The so called “golden age” was set during the late 1980’s to the early 1990’s and consisted of acts such as, KRS-One, A Tribe…

Biography James Taylor was born on March 12, 1948, to a musically inclined family in Boston, Massachusetts. He was at first a cellist until he was around twelve years old when he began playing the guitar. After performing a few local gigs, he found his life changing. In 1965, Taylor admitted himself into a psychiatric hospital in Massachusetts. There he started fine-tuning his songwriting abilities. It wasn’t until five years later when his career soared with the success of his second album,…

The introduction of female emcees into hip hop masqueraded itself as a major paradigm shift in the world of hip hop. Finally, a male-dominated genre infamous for its misogynistic lyrics was being infiltrated by the very women the music affected the most. From MC Lyte, the first solo female rapper to release a full album in 1988, to today's female emcee megastars like Nicki Minaj, women in hip hop have been celebrated for breaking barriers and using the very genre that oppressed them to reclaim…

In an excerpt from her book, titled When Chickenheads come Home to Roost: A Hip-Hop Feminist Breaks It Down, which was first published in 1999, music writer and hip-hop enthusiast Joan Morgan expresses her deep concern of the negative influence lyrics in rap music have on women and people of the African American community, as stated in her essay, "From Fly-Girls to Bitches and Hos". Morgan shares her views on the root causes of the prevalence of misogyny in rap music lyrics. Morgan illuminates…

You, the reader, have probably heard of the hot song for this especially hot summer—yeah, you’ve guessed it – Despacito. You’ve most probably heard it somewhere, may it be in school, in the television, or maybe even in your workplace. It’s a single by a Puerto Rican singer, Luis Fonsi (real name: Luis Alfonso Rodríguez López-Cepero) and a rapper of the same nationality, Daddy Yankee (real name: Ramón Luis Ayala Rodríguez) which was first released in January this year. The song was fairly…

Kanye West passion, creativity, intelligence determination, and ego have made him a cultural juggernaut. His spread of influence in different outlets of entertainment and culture has created an impact in American society. He is a risk taker who is not afraid to cause controversy and denounce society norms. Kanye West has challenged the social and artistic status quo by inciting controversial discussions on race relations, socioeconomic division, and education. In return for all his crazy antics…

Chance the Rapper: The Modern “Renaissance Man” Chancelor Jonathan Bennett born April 16th, 1993, known professionally as Chance the Rapper or Lil Chano from 79th. He is an American Hip hop recording artist from Chicago, Illinois. He was brought into a family where his father was working for the government, this politically exposed Chance to an environment of leadership and hard work. Recently he said,“When I write, I work off of a theme, an emotion, a narrative — thinking of it and then…

Our presentation starts with the black protest music of the 1960s, which was a rather turbulent time in terms of social issues. While the various issues gained speed and support, the Civil Rights Movement especially grew during this time. There were many approaches taken in attempt to tackle civil rights, such as protests and marches, but by far the most integral part of the movement was the creation of protest music by various black artists. These songs were able to bring hope to black people…

Outside Figurative Language In the song Growing Pains II by Logic, he uses a metaphor that explains the bigger picture of rap and what happens behind the scenes. Logic in the song speaks of his experiences, to help the listener to understand what happens currently in the rap industry, and to motivate the listener to chase their dream the correct way. While he is a rapper Logic tries to speak of his past experiences and what got him to be in his position. In the beginning he looked at rap as a…