Wu-Tang Clan

Nas performed a lengthy set on Saturday to a sea of screaming fans. The Hip Hop vet performed most of his Life Is Good album along with other classic hits. During his set, Nas took a moment to shout out his own daughter. "Today's my daughter's birthday," said Nas. "She's 19 today. That's crazy!" The short speech served as a segue to the track "Daughters." Nas' new billboard in classic back and white, is the largest billboard in Times Square and was revealed last week. Often called the poet…

interesting throughout, which proved especially effective when handling some of the longer pieces of the set (primarily “Contemplation”). In an unorthodox comparison, the group worked akin in their improvisations similar to a rap collective such as the Wu-Tang Clan works, each…

Poetic Justice Being black in America is an onerous task, and author Ta-Nehisi Coates understands. Coates writes an evocative letter to his son as well as the world with the book, Between the World and Me. This letter guides the reader through a pathway of Coates’ self-discovery as a black man, a black activist and a black writer. Coates provides insightful revelations on his own personal struggle for his body as well as the struggles of those around him through childhood anecdotes and memories…

the '80s grew to astronomical heights in the music charts. The 1980 's rap had a bit of a transition into '90s. The 1990 's brought us many of the big name rappers we know today such as Snoop Dogg, Jay Z, Nas, Tupac, The Notorious B.I.G., and Wu Tang Clan. The 1990 's had more rap songs on the top of the billboard charts more then any other decade. 1990 's rap has brought us many timeless songs like Ice Ice Baby, Gin and Juice, or even Gangsta 's Paradise. The 1990 's might be the most…

eighties, artists influenced fashion trends as well, Run DMC created the trend of Adidas sneakers with no laces, and this was just the beginning of the influences rap music had on the fashion industry. Artist like; Puff Daddy, Russell Simmons, and the Wu Tang Clan started their own successful clothing line that portrayed their sense of style to be emulated by fans all across the world…

As the DJ would scratch and spin their records, you would have “wordsmiths,” which are known today as an MC, would step up to the microphone and begin rapping to either get the crowd hype or get a message across. Hip hop started underground due to the audience it initially attracted, until The Sugar Hill Gang made “Rappers Delight,” which allowed hip hop to spill into mainstream and commercial radio. This track became an anthem in dance clubs everywhere for the next year. More than just a…

Rap music is one of today 's most successful and influential music forms. But what do we really know about it? Knowledge on rap music in my generation consists mostly about who we think is "doper", whose "played out", who is just a singer posing as a rapper, whether underground or mainstream is better and whose the sexiest. But none of us really know who started this movement. None of us understand what it took to create not just a genre, but a whole culture that influenced our parents ' and…

Hip-Hop is the leading genre in the modern music industry. There was a time that hip-hop was just a local music genre in the New York boroughs. An interest thing happened, a new dialect of English called black talk, or Ebonics came to the scene. The new dialect brought a new way to talk in every day talk across different backgrounds, especially in the youth. The effects can be seen today and specifically in hip-hop music. To understand the hip-hop culture and the impact on pop culture, one has…

I would argue that it’s the linguistics of hip-hop that make it such a popular genre. The beats, the rhythm and the undeniable vernacular all co-mingle in order to create its very distinct sound. The emergence of multiple hip-hop generations has birthed new editions and approaches to the English language because the linguistics of rap and hip-hop are deeply rooted in Black English (B.E). In turn, hip-hop has created a gateway for B.E. to become integrated and used throughout the mainstream world…

By the 1990's rap artists like, DJ Jazzy Jeff and The Fresh Prince, Curtis Blow and Biz Markie were no longer accepted in the rap music" (Toms, 2006, p1). Those rap artists were considered as roll models, because those rap artists relayed positive messages to their listeners (Toms, 2006, p1). "The majority of today's rap culture involves a lot of explicit material and negativities" (McGarrell). According to McGarrell, This new form of rap music glorifies big money, degrading of women, drugs,…