Rap Music And Its Influence On Music

Making its start in the 1970’s in New York , rap has taken the world by storm as a way to express individuals emotions and give a inside look at one's life through rhythm and rhymes. The genre of rap is an outlet for emotion and struggle for many individuals . Creating lines that tells stories about one's life and paints a visual and scenes in the listeners minds of the situations and problems that the artist has encountered . Rap has made many strides and changes from 1970-2017. There are so many similarities and differences in the age of old school rap and new school rap . So much as changes going artist to their lyrics and things will always such as the culture of rap .

Rap was found in the United States in the 1970's. But in the 1990's, it was a great decade for hip hop music. Rap music today compared to the 1990's has a huge difference. The difference between them is the lyrics. Lyrics back in the 1990's were less about artists success and more about his or her rise to success (Clara McNulty-Finn 1). The lyrics were also mostly studying politics, hate crimes against blacks, drug dealing, racism against the black community, sexual activities with women, violence, and living in poverty.

The most broadly excepted meaning of rap music is talked words with a mood of bass, drums, and console sounds. The words are talked over the music and the stresses and attention on words is vital. Hip Hop is characterized as the going with ambient melodies however is frequently utilized as an issue to rap music. In this paper I will demonstrate how rap got its begin and developed into the society we know today as hip bounce.

Rap is a growing genre of music that continues to impact the new generation . The Hip Hop industry provides a platform for people to showcase their talent. Rappers are able to create a career from their music and financially benefit from their success. Rappers have a huge influence on politics ,fashion, relationships , the economy, drug usage, and violence in the society. Little Wayne is one of the most influential rappers on teenagers as well as young adults.He often uses derogatory language to refer to women and views them as sex object .Influential rappers like Little Wayne have a huge impact on young men and how they refer to women in our society . From older hip hop artist like Slick Rick and Doug E Fresh, to new artist like Lil

It has to be said that Rap and Hip Hop is not only a style of music, it is also, such is the case of every music genre, a particular subculture, way of life and attitude. Most distinctive things of Rap and Hip Hop are definitelly charachteristic graffiti and break dance. Musically the rap apart distinguishing tempo and talked lyrics, introduced a a technique called 'scratching' The fashon and the artists and fan's attitude is also part of rap culture.The influence of Jamaican culture and music, brought another interesting factor to rap subculture, that was a distinguishing speach or rather specific slang. It probably came out from Jamaican so called 'toasting'. That was when the Jamaican DJs used to talk and shout while playing their music.

Before rap became crap, rap was the new thing to listen to in the 80’s. You had guys rapping about the silliest things. Food, basketball, gym shoes, getting paid were common in the early 80’s then as rap grew rappers were rappin’ about Black empowerment, stopping Black-on-Black crime, unity yet you still rappers rappin’ about their radio and about their parents and that was cool. Then, you had rappers testing the boundaries. Rappers would rap about sex. Raunchy, but not violent. You even had rappers who made it big not by rappin’ but by dancing. As the 80’s was nearing an end, a new type of rap would go from underground to mainstream. Gangsta rap would take center stage changing the rap game forever. Gangsta rap glorify killing niggas over and over and rappers would boast about killing niggas over and over. I was a fan of NWA and I was bobbing my head hearing Ice Cube rap in my

I found this article very interesting because I believe it correlates heavily with today’s society. The space I think Morgan is trying to create is one that helps each other grow. I think she really wants to draw attention to the lack of community within the black population. She’s saying that the black population needs to pull together as whole as opposed to attacking each other. Rap lyrics aren’t accurately representing what it is actually like to be a black person in America. They need to feel more comfortable in their music and use their lyrics to vent about the issues they are facing. I believe that if more rap songs accurately depicted what life was like in the black society, that people would realize that they aren’t alone. These lyrics

Today's rap music has changed dramatically since the 1970's. Rap music has become the most popular type of music in the U.S. Rap music can give people entertainment and can also tell a story in someone's life. According to the American Heritage Dictionary, rap music is defined as, "a style of music associated with urban street gangs and characterized by violent, tough talking, often misogynistic lyrics" (Miffin, 2000). Rap music was formed in the mid-1970 among the youth in South Bronx and rap artists like, "Afrika Bambata, Kool Herc, and Grandmaster Flash. Do to the enormous popularity of Run DMC; rap had crossed over on the music charts and radio stations all over the world" (Toms,

known as the golden age of rap. Rap did and has changed the face of music for the better. Old school

Growing up in a Middle Eastern household is nothing but a huge challenge because, of how strict my life has been. However, rap music allows me to escape a harsh life style that has been passed down for generations. Rap music has allowed me to get a feeling of freedom, and rebellion instead, of always being confined by religion. For instance, when I was 12 years old my mom scolded me for turning up the stereo while an Eminem track was playing. She would always preach to my siblings and I about how rap music is nothing but vulgar words coming from a random person. Rap music to her was nothing more to her than just derogatory slang talking about drugs, money, cars, and girls. On the contrary, rap music is something that many people lean

Rap music is categorized to be mainly for African Americans. Some people believe that rap music causes young children to grow up and become violent in some way, shape, or form. Apparently the music is supposed to make kids think that bad things are ok to do simply because these rap artists can do it. If someone does not normally listen to rap music, the first thing they recognize is the way the music sounds. What they are missing are what the artists are speaking on. “Rap music is rich with messages about life experiences, strategies for overcoming life obstacles, and perspectives on how to prioritize these strategies” (Travis 148). Regardless of what the music sounds it is all about the story behind the song. Also rap music can grab

The relativity of word usage from the past to the present is very different in many ways. For example, before any “rap” became “rap” hip hop had to be born. The difference between hip hop and rap are very different. Hip hop is real feeling, real emotion. It has a meaning in its words and it shows the listeners and hearers (mostly African Americans) have a voice. The minorities need to have a voice and with hip hop they can. Through beat or through lyrics. Now onto rap, with rap in today’s time is the next step. It doesn’t really have a meaning, nowadays all people rap about is guns, money, girls, sex, and power. There is either little or no meaning to the song’s

Rap has certainly grown dramatically throughout the years and has also sparked interest in many people. Many people would die for this music but they do not know the past of their so beloved genre. Knowing the background is very important because you want to relate to the music you are listening to. This helps you grasp the meaning of the lyrics more and understand the style they are using. Rap music has developed from DJ Kool Herc and his new ideas, the first song reaching the top 100 charts, and other types of genres such as jazz, R&B, poetry, and black gospel music.

    “Rap's common designation as "CNN for black people" may result from the descendance of rappers from griots, respected African oral historians and praise-singers (Blanchard).” Since then it has evolved into something more violent and widely listened to among all races. Such vulgar actions and explicit lyrics are displayed in everyday modern rap. While critics believe that rap is a way of expression and doing so with excessive power, it can be done without violence. Due to the evolution of technology and the media, people are can download music directly from multiple music databases onto any device with internet access. This makes it easier for anyone, including youth, to download explicit content. Gang violence is also a common factor expressed in rap music. Gangs may differ for locations as well as family history in which case it is inherited. Artists typically take pride in being ambassadors for their home regions and the gangs that reside there. Many well known rappers including Gucci Mane, Bobby Shmurda, and Lil Boosie Badazz were either indicted or convicted for murder. Studies show that there is a correlation with criminals and rap music. Moreover, rap music promotes violence.

To know about rap first you must have a little knowledge on music and the history it here’s a little background on it. Music has a vast history and with it being around so long you'd figure that it has had an impact on lots of people. Music has impacted our culture's history since the start of mankind according to John black in his article The origin of music, he went very deep into the history of music itself and stated “The oldest musical instrument ever discovered is believed to be the Divje Babe flute, discovered in a cave in Slovenia in 1995, though this has been disputed. The item is a fragment of the femur of a cave bear, which has been dated at 60,000-43,000 years old, which had been pierced with spaced holes.” so I figure that if music has been around for that long then it has had an impact on a great deal of people in