J-Rap Thesis

Rap music has become one of the most distinctive and controversial music genres of the past few decades. A major part of hip hop culture, rap, discusses the experiences and standards of living of people in different situations ranging from racial stereotyping to struggle for survival in poor, violent conditions. Rap music is a vocal protest for the people oppressed by these things. Most people know that rap is not only music to dance and party to, but a significant form of expression. It is a source of information that describes the rage of people facing growing oppression, declining opportunities for advancement, changing moods on the streets, and everyday survival. Its distinct sound, images, and attitude are notorious to people of all

For many years, the youth have been known for singing along to their favorite song and taking that song as whole and using it as their motto for life. It may seem that sometimes these kids do not know what is being said in the music but this shows that they do know what the lyrics are saying. According to Franklin B. Krohn and Frances L. Suazo in their article “Contemporary Urban Music: Controversial Messages in Hip-Hop and Rap Lyrics,” many teenagers and minority groups view rappers as their spokesmen because of their ability to speak in street language and bluntly express their frustration (Krohn, 1995). Unfortunately, hip hop lyrics usually tend to talk about drugs, sex and violence leading kids to think that everything they hear is okay and that is how they have to live their life. Yet, there are artists out there who take their lyricist skills to give positive lyrics and messages in their music, but these songs are not often played in the mainstream.

Whether you love it or hate it Rap music has come to be one of the most popular, yet arguable, music genres of the past decades. Today’s rap music has changed enormously since the 1970’s. Rap music was about having fun, being able to express what youth were feeling and a way to keep youth out of trouble. Rap songs usually use explicit and demeaning lyrics, which has huge influence on the youth of today. While rappers say that they’re plainly rapping about reality. They often use violence, the use of drugs and Guns as the main tool to tell the story of their lives and show how hard it is growing up in their neighbourhood. This surely does not set any good examples for the young men and women, listening to this trash and singing along with the

In this article Robert Tinajero analyzes rap/hip-hop through its Christian religious ethos and the deception of how the media attempts to use rap/hip-hop for the reason why religion ethos in lyrics can change the views of young urban adults to be non-affiliated with a religion (Tinajero, 2013). Rappers use a form of religion in lyrics that have characteristics of the common suffering of Jesus and the mistrust of society with the goods and evils in urban communities.

Hip-hop has been around for several years and is still popular today. It has developed into both a cultural movement as well as a musical genre. Hip- hop is comprised of rap, graffiti, breakdancing, rapping and beatboxing (Soeparno 1). It has emerged from something so small into something so important in our lives that we need to understand how hip-hop began by recognizing the artists who started it all as well as how the style has changed to what it is today.

In the past thirty years, hip-hop culture has grown from its respectful beginnings in the South Bronx section of New York City into an important and influential cultural movement. Created in the mid- 1970s by poor Bronx residents with few resources, hip-hop has become a billion-dollar industry whose reach now stretches around the world. Hip-hop has influenced the way people make music, the way they dance, and the way they wear their clothes. It has also shaped people’s political views and turned many people into entrepreneurs.

Doug E. Fresh, a popular beat-boxer in rap music today, has been quoted saying, “Hip-hop is supposed to uplift and create, to educate people on a larger level and to make a change.” Although this is the original intention of hip-hop music, public opinion currently holds the opposite view. Since the 1970’s musical artists have changed the face of hip-hop and rap and worldwide, people – mostly teens—have been striving to emulate certain artists and their lyrics, which has created negative stereotypes for hip-hop music and also for those who choose to listen to it. With vulgar lyrics referencing drugs, alcohol, sex, and aggression, it’s no wonder these stereotypes exist. However, is music really the direct cause of how teens act,

Our new wave of hip-hop promotes more violence and drug abuse than ever before and also emphasizes materialistic tendencies that lead to financial irresponsibility. Violence is very high in our youth society and trap music can defiantly be a leading cause. Trap music promotes violent crimes in its lyrics and visuals. One example of this is the War in Chicago and the death of its rappers due to this form of music. In Chicago the youth has developed their own form of trap music known as Drill Music.

Is hip hop another name for just black ghetto music? I think not as provided in the movie “hip hop the furious force of rhyme” it provided me with evidence that hip hop isn't just another word for ghetto music. Hip hop contains a deep meaning of people's lives and also a deep meaning for the problems that people are facing nowadays. This is why I think that hip hop is not just another name for black ghetto music.

The artifacts of george orwell's prediction versus the views of today have similar aspect. With the political side of things think about the constitution and the 10 amendments, we as citizens have one of the best right in the world is the 1st amendment “ Freedom of Speech” and with that right is should be expressed to the fullest extent. Lets take a journey into the most recent history. When The being of rap was a way to express you feelings towards the events that continuously occur in their own homes, Neighborhood and to people like them. Reality rap was nothing but the way the rap groups of the 90’s expressed themselves. In the recent movie straight outta compton inspired by the inspirational group “NWA”. The way They spoke the government

What is Hip Hop?an urban youth culture associated with rap music and the fashions of African-American residents of the inner city.

The hip hop community has gone through a number of discussions on the worth and merit of mumble rap across well opinionated youtube videos, long winded podcasts, as well as the vicariously living through celebrities who mimic the style, technique and overall aesthetic of artists associated with the mumble rap genre. Let 's say, for the most part, the hip hop community has a problem with mumble rap. For the most part, it makes sense. Humans are prone to resist change, especially as overt as mumble rap has been as a definitive genre for the past few years. Many in the public sphere, like Youtube Personality B-Doe, have smeared it’s name and aesthetic with very little counter argument arisen or given the proper attention or discussion, especially if the defense is coming from the artists themselves or fans of that artist. It becomes a worrisome look for some long term hip hop enthusiasts because scholars have not brought up a defense for mumble rap. “Where are the scholars defending mumble rap? Why are they yet to defend mumble rap?” Simply put, they already have. Long before the formation of mumble rap, the hip hop genre’s style, technical analysis, lifestyle, and other aspects associated with hip hop, have included mumble rap in conjunction with other forms of hip hop. Scholars as well as pioneers of rap and hip hop have left open the birth of other forms of hip hop. Even if some enthusiasts claim that pioneers of hip hop would dismiss mumble rap, multiple interviews

If you want to create your own rap beats you will need to begin with understanding the structuring and layering of a rap beat. Whether you are wanting a successful career in the rap industry or you just want to make a name for yourself in your city these 3 tips will help you out. From layering, looping, and software used you'll know where to begin to get your training materials and information.

individuals fell into on account of the verses and the savagery in a large portion of the rap music. (Ricahrdson, 2002)

     Imagine an inner city kid having grown u in an environment where real life street violence is a way of life. His body, having survived personal experiences of violence, endured barely life sustained conditions, and many sleepless nights caused by the constant yet unpredictable call of death. His mind doubtful over where his next meal will come from, lost in search of some higher guidance, struggling through a world, not of innocent childish fantasies, but trapped in a forced reality. His only outlet is the loud blaring music coddling his already pent-up rage, an escape from these harsh realities, seducing him to a life of violence. In him is created a “me against the world” mentality that is manifested in