A Rhetorical Analysis Of Rappers

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Vanilla Ice uses a stereotypical approach to establish credibility from other rappers and his audience. With the use of literary devices, Vanilla Ice illustrates himself as an MC capable of “cooking [other] MC’s like a pound of bacon.” This simile comparing other MC’s to bacon gives the audience the impression that Vanilla Ice can out-perform any competitor. This is essentially challenging others as though they were no match for him. He also uses the stereotype that successful rappers constantly have female attention when he claims he has “girlies on standby.” However, he insinuates he is too good for these women after he “just drove by.” This implies that he not only has admirers, but it is not worth his time to stop and acknowledge them. He also makes his music seem desirable by comparing its value to that of drugs, claiming “if [his] rhyme was a drug [he’d] sell it by the gram.” This comparison demonstrates how addictive he believes his music is. Vanilla Ice uses these methods to appeal to the conventions of rap in order to create an image comparable to that of an established

‘From the margins to the mainstream: the political power of hip-hop’ by Katina R. Stapleton

The decade of hip-hop is what some may call it. Tupac, Naz, Biggie Smalls, as well as other artists, were major contributions. Not only for the people who are trying to find their footing, but Buck as well. Throughout the book various lyrics were embedded in order to create a better understanding for its readers. In addition, this book is based upon a 90s lifestyle within Philadelphia, which included drugs, gang activity, crime, hip-hop, and havoc. Malo was directly in the center of everything, the girls, the fights, the guns. His experiences shed light towards what it’s like to as an African American individual living in or near the hood. Not everyone realizes what people go through while living there, but now it gives some readers an image of what goes on. Though times have changed, not all previous feelings

"Can you still be a rapper at 50-years-old?," my father asked in reference to hip-hop paragon Jay-Z, who'll be 48 in a few months. I said "Given that rap is young in comparison to the other genres, there's not a precedent for what would be odd in regard to age." Jay-Z's laid the groundwork for many things in his career; now, he shows what it looks like to still be thriving in a "young man's game" on the cusp of a golden anniversary with his 13th album, 4:44. Developmental psychology submits that the late 40's to early 60's is a time of reflection that often leads to self-loathing, a "midlife-crisis" and/or a needling desire to contribute to the next generation. 4:44 seems to be the "middle-adulthood" stage on wax. Jay-Z mulls over his egomaniacal

The argument that hip hop needed to be created is insufficient in explaining its existence, yet, the era’s socioeconomic and political realities are still worth noting. The deejaying technique may never have caught on, or been perfected in a world without block and street parties. In turn, such events may never have existed without the gang rivalry in the Bronx, the graffiti culture, the cultural pervasiveness of disco, and other trends which were hallmarks of the neighborhood in which hip-hop started. This relates directly back to the socioeconomic conditions of the neighborhood that the individual contributors came from. Also, his argument that individual choices take precedence over social circumstances blurs when he speaks about sampling and producing.

The Bobbed hair style dates back to the early 1900s. This era was known as the roaring twenties. Women in the United States were changing, and developing a new sense of self-expression. Women who bobbed their hair were historically known as the “Flappers,” and to bob the hair was a bold statement and it symbolized her independence. Marjorie was certainly sure of who she was and did not want her hopeless cousin Bernice, ruining her popularity. Bernice went along with Marjorie’s plans, but was having second thoughts about cutting her long dark hair, and wondered what her mother would think of her. Her hopeless and boring ways will soon change, and the men will see her in a different light.

Hip-hop artists talk about what they know and what they have done through. For instances, earlier in this essay I spoke about Notorious B.I.G's song The Ten Crack Commandments. Although the images displayed in this song are disturbing, it is what he used to do before he became a rapper. He speaks about it because he knows lots of people are still doing this so he is giving them some advice on what he has learnt. The aim isn't to promote this lifestyle and brag about it.

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“Although Young Thug’s woozy, warbling songs certainly convey his feelings, they don’t fit neatly into a rap formula focusing on intricate—or even intelligible—wordplay. The result is an infectious sound that makes sing-a-longs and description difficult” (Locke). Unlike Jay Z who has great flow in his rap music, Young Thug’s music does not incorporate any flow as he is seen as just muttering some words and making a tune out of them. Aside from terming Jay Z as the master of all flows Foley (2014) also notes that Jay Z has interesting content for his music.

When an eclectic, enthralling Tribe asked how anyone would dare to “try to end this beauty”, the audience of John McCrae Secondary School’s production of Hair couldn’t help but agree - for this production truly was beautiful. From the abundance of flowers to the flowing, free-spirited movements, Hair carefully recreated the hazily gorgeous feel of the late 1960s.

New styles and culture were experimented in the 1950s. This decade, towards women hairstyle emphasized a more informal look and less ornate look than those in the1940s, concentrating more on hairstyling products. The hair was styled by the influence of the people across the world and the way they wore their hair and the product that was being used such as the hair cream, hair oil and setting sprays. Women in this decade hairstyle was diverse, the length of the hair varied from short to medium length hair. Women would often get their style and the colour of their hair by pivoting role models such as a actresses and models from fashion magazines.

Rap music, also known as hip-hop, is a popular art form. Having risen from humble origins on the streets of New York City during the mid-1970s, hip-hop has since become a multifaceted cultural force. Indeed, observers say, hip-hop is more than just music. The culture that has blossomed around rap music in recent decades has influenced fashion, dance, television, film and—perhaps what has become the most controversially—the attitudes of American youth. For many rappers and rap fans during it’s early time, hip-hop provided an accurate, honest depiction of city life that had been considered conspicuously absent from other media sources, such as television. With a growing number of rap artists within this period, using hip-hop as a platform to call for social progress and impart positive messages to listeners, the genre entered a so-called Golden Age

One of the main reasons I listen to hip-hop is to understand what the rappers did to get where they are now. One example is Kendrick Lamar. In his song “Duckworth,” he explains that if many situations didn’t go just right, then his uncle would have gone to jail and he would’ve grown up

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