Lil Wayne Essay

He had the self control to express himself through his lyrics and say it how it is. Tupac wasn’t only known for his music he had a talent and passion for

At age 12 his cousin introduced him to freestyling and he followed that inspiration and became one of the best hip hop rappers of this generation. At his young age he fell in love with storytelling rappers such as Nas, Eminem, and Canibus. By the age of 17 he would post his raps online

“Rap is poetry” (xii). To any avid fan of the genre, it is a statement that seems obvious. The words could easily be the musings of a listener first introduced to the art form, not the focal point of an entire work of contemporary criticism. Yet in Book of Rhymes: The Poetics of Hip Hop, Adam Bradley’s primary focus is this very point, the recognition of traditional poetic elements within rap music. With the global cultural and economic phenomenon that hip hop has become, it is easy to forget that the style of music is barely thirty years old, that scholarly criticism of it has existed for only half of that time. When viewed within this relatively new arena of scholarship, the importance of Bradley’s text is

The Motown Museum in Detroit is truly a motivational part of America’s history; it stood for another way for African American voices to be heard on a much greater scale both national and even world wide. Motown has become America’s pop soul music for anyone and everyone.

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

There may be no bigger name in rap music right now than Chicago's own Chance the Rapper. His third mixtape Coloring Book is now available on all major music streaming platforms (Apple Music, Soundcloud, Spotify, Tidal, etc.) and he is also the first artist EVER to break The Billboard Top 10 Albums chart with streams only. He has burst onto the scene as a "lone wolf" of sorts; refusing to sign to a record label, releasing all of his music for free, and combining rap, jazz, and gospel music more beautifully than anyone we've ever seen in the music industry. To celebrate Lil Chano's recent success let's check out his ten best songs.

Violent lyrics, a bad-boy image, and a long criminal record are what attracted and connected millions of young adults to the now legendary rapper Tupac Shakur. Tupac was a man of contradictions; for example, his music degraded and also praised strong women. Tupac Shakur rapped about problems that inner-city black Americans could relate to, along with his legal and personal drama; you could not get away from Tupac in the 1990’s. From the womb to the day Tupac Shakur died he went through the struggles many self-proclaimed “gangsters” these days do as well; but using these problems he took the rap and hip-hop game to another level.

Trap Music has gained a humungous following in the past few years based on its popularity in today’s youth. Chief Keef is a rapper from Chicago, Illinois, he is widely known for involvement in the famous trap songs that were featured on his album Finally Rich that was released in 2012. Those critically acclaimed songs where known as, “Love Sosa”, and “Don’t Like”, which catapulted his career into the limelight. Chief Keef’s Love Sosa is an accurate example of Trap Music that shows the true meaning and purpose behind the music genre.

Think of a poet. Who came to mind? Was it Shakespeare, Langston Hughes, Ralph Waldo Emerson? What about Eminem or Jay-Z? They are both poets too, but in a different way. They go by the title “rapper”, basically a synonym for poet, and Hip-Hop is their form of poetry is. Kevin Coval amusingly says that rap “dusted poetry off, took it out the closet, put Js on its feet, and told it to speak to the people, all the people,” and that hip-hop saved poetry from becoming “classical music,” meaning that rap prevented poetry from becoming an old, out-dated art form and renovated it for the next generation (20). Coval’s book, The BreakBeat Poets, says the creation of hip-hop music was by “latchkey kids in the crack era, left to their own devices to experiment wildly and make language and art new and meaningful,” and goes on to say its purpose is to, “move the crowd, relate to the crowd, and save the crowd,” and Kendrick Lamar does these things perfectly (18). Through the use of clever wordplay and rhyming skills mixed with great story telling, Kendrick is bringing rap music back to its “roots” while introducing a “style” of his own, which is why one can argue that Kendrick Lamar is the “savior” of the rap game and its listeners.

Shortly after his release from his juvenile detention center, Octave made the decision to take his music career seriously and changed his rap name to Kodak Black. “The CEO of Dollaz N Dealz, A.D. Julien, saw a star quality in Kodak Black that he had never seen before. Kodak was wise beyond his years and had the ability to light up a room with his presence. He decided to invest in Kodak Black’s solo career and signed him to the DND label” (Johnson). From 2013-2014, Kodak Black released two mixtapes, Project Baby and Heart of the Projects, which really started his road to famed. It was greatly received by locals in Broward and Miami Dade. In both mixtapes, explains Black expresses his dedication and love of the streets and projects he grew up in. Three songs from Heart of the Projects skyrocketed and started gaining him nationally fame. One of the songs being “Skrt” and Grammy winning recording artist Drake posted a video of himself dancing to the song, which boosted his popularity, even

Music can rock your world, enlighten your mind and change your perspective. When you think of rap music who comes first to mind? Without hesitation, it must be the self acclaimed best rapper alive, Lil Wayne. He alone can make such statements as “My picture should be in the dictionary next to the definition of definition” (Wayne, “Shoot Me Down”). Lil Wayne is a prominent force in the rap world. His debut Album in 1999, Tha Block is Hot went double platinum upon its release and even his lowest selling album is still certified as gold according to the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Rollingstone Magazine declares “Lil Wayne is one of the most popular — and prolific — recording artists in the world” (Kreps). Top this with

When I was younger my mom always played music loud around the house while cleaning up. She kept stacks of cds in the car. Majority of the time we listened to female r&b artist. Growing up I was exposed to female singers like Mary J. Blige, Lauryn Hill, and Erykah Badu ect. The song I always enjoyed singing was “Tyrone” because it’s funny. The live performance for this song is very entertaining too because she’s a great performer and the band is great. Badu is very lyrical and some of her songs can be described as poetry. Her amazing creativity really stands out in the Def Jam Poetry. This is a performance I’ll always enjoy watching.

Lil Uzi Vert (Uzi) is one of hip hop’s newer artists with hit singles like “XO TOUR Llif3” and “Do What I Want” which was featured in a Jordan commercial with Russell Westbrook. He is a North Philly native who blew up in 2016 because of his song, “Money Longer”. Although, Uzi has been in the rapping game for about three years now, he claims to hate rapping. This essay will explain why Lil Uzi Vert hates rapping.

Before becoming famous Kendrick was writing stories as a child, he put to music some lyrics about the rough Compton streets he grew up on. He rapped under the name K Dot. Lamar didn’t just stop there the excite lyrics on his debut album, caught and had the attention of hip-hop critics. As well, with MTV naming, him the "Hottest MC" of 2012 also putting him in the company of other rappers. Who have earned the title, including Lil Wayne,

When thinking of the Hip-Hop industry, one of the first names that comes to mind is Tupac Shakur. Shakur was born in the Bronx on June 16, 1971. He was reared by his mother Afeni Shakur who was an active member of the Black Panthers. Tupac's family later relocated to Oakland, California, where he spent much of his time on the street. As a kid, he was always getting himself into trouble, and he was very lonely. He started writing songs to keep himself out of trouble. An article from VIBE magazine "Troubled Times for Tupac Shakur" quotes Tupac. "'I was lonely, I didn't have no big brothers, no big cousins until later. I could remember writing songs.... I remember writing poetry.' " 1 Tupac was talented in the areas of