Rap Pros And Cons

Southern hip hop also referred to as southern rap originated from the southern cities like New Orleans, Houston, Atlanta, Miami, Memphis, and Virginia Beach, just like the names implies. Rap music has transformed modern music greatly during the decade of 1997 and 2007 (Dyson 61). The decade has seen the southern artists rise to both national and international prominence. The southern cities have churned up modern rap artists like Dwayne Michael (Lil Wayne), Clifford Joseph (T.I) and many others .This papers aims to examine various artists, music and scholarly articles in analyzing rap music in southern cities and its effects on modern music industry.

The impact of rap music in today’s society is extremely substantial. Many Americans listen to rap music, even though different rap artist discuss various issues in their songs, it may influences their fans to do the same. A large amount of rap music contains explicit lyrics that describe illegal activities, aggression, and sexual content. Researchers from Iowa State University and the Texas Department of Human Services found that aggressive music lyrics increase aggressive thought and feelings, might perpetuate aggressive behavior and have long term effects (American Psychological Association). Therefore, when Americans listen to rap music with that type of perspective it promotes misogyny, illegal activities and sexual content.

People in society tend to feel that rap music has a certain effect on the mind of its audience. Rap music has always been judged based upon its lyrical content because it often includes explicit lyrics that consist of vengeful and violent crimes. Associating violent acts that people commit every day to what they are hearing over the radio is complete nonsense. The reasons that rap music is not responsible for violence in our society is because violence has always been a part of our society, you have to consider the person who listens to rap music's upbringing, and you have to consider the video games and tv shows that are being portrayed and played by the public.

Smaller 48 RPM’s were a huge one. These allowed kids to have their owns personal records in their room instead of having to use the one that was typically left in the living room for 75 RPM’s. Transistor radios were also a big thing at this time. Kids could go anywhere and listen to what they wanted to. Another way people heard music outside of their homes and records were from the jukeboxes at local clubs and hangout spots.

A radio station that gives a clear example of this is KTOY-FM 104.7. This radio station plays R&B old school music. KTOY broadcasts to age group of people who are forty years of age or older in the city of Texarkana,Ar. Children and teenagers around my age is not usually attracted to this kind of station. One of the most known and listened to station in texarkana,TX of my generation is Power 95.9. It broadcasts genres such as pop,rap, and even country. Power 95.9 keeps its playlist updated with the newest and most

Growing up today is completely different then growing up in the 1950’s. Back in the 50’s, kids didn’t have the same luxuries as kids do today. Whether it be the difference in technology, the difference and effect of music on the younger generations, or how current and past musical artist have infused teenagers now and then, times have changed with the help of music.

The generation of youth was way larger that any other in any recent memory. The prosperity of this era gave them money to spend on records and phonographs, and by the end of the decade the phenomenon of rock and roll helped to define the difference between the youth and

Music is an ever-changing art form that has varied over the many centuries of time. As new eras arise so do the new sounds and types of music that become popular within the public eye. As new music appears, sometimes these new sounds and melodies can bring about controversy. One of the biggest new forms of music to bring about controversy was Hip-Hop/Rap. When the first songs of this new style first appeared in the early 1970’s in New York City it was relatively unknown, but as time progressed, it brought about much controversy and has continued to bring about much attention and criticism throughout the years.

Music is subjective which means people will often voice their opinions on it, and undoubtedly one of the most controversial genres that has sparked a barrage of disapproval is rap. It is believed and further encouraged by the media that rap music promotes a bad lifestyle. With corruption being apparent around the world it is easy for the media to put the blame on a genre of music that is filled with explicit lyrics about violence, drugs, and rebellious subject matters. However, further investigation will reveal that because of its accurate depiction of reality, and wide variety of categories, rap music does not encourage an unhealthy lifestyle.

Who some call the call the godfather of rap, Eazy E, once said, “Who gave it that title, gangsta rap? It 's reality rap. It 's about what 's really going on.” There has been a great injustice done to the form of expression called rap. In essence rap is just lyrics over a basic beat or rhythm. Many members of society today assume that rap is a dangerous and violent influence, however what they seem to be ignorant of is the fact that rap music is actually beneficial. The majority of the world we live in today has unjustly classified rap as a barbaric form of music, unfit for any decent human to listen to, but the reality of the situation is, that people simply cannot accept the culture known as rap into society. Nowadays, rappers such as Kanye, Soulja Boi, and Wiz Khalifa are receiving much criticism about the way they portray their “hoodlum” lifestyle or the way they “encourage” violence through their music, when in actuality they are venting about the unfair circumstances society has forced them into. Listening to rap music and it’s positive vibes is in fact beneficial based on evidence which shows that consumption of rap music not only assists the listener in several ways, but also aids the rapper.

In the late 1980s a rap group helped popularize gangster rap but it got a little out of hand, when a song they made a song about the police and in that song it had a line that goes like this " F the police coming straight from the underground a young n**ga had it bad cause he's brown" this caused so many problem for both the genre and the group, now people are debating wither gangster rap is a good genre or not. The influence can go both ways. There are rappers that talk about their lives and there is rappers that talk about fame. But what some don't know is that there is a good side to this music. " Rap lyrics as you know are very brutal with gang and weapon violence" ( Riley 2). Since the rise of N.W.A, rap was

Don grew up on classic rock and loved to listen to it. They way he listened to it was by using a cassette player or a record player. They had music shops dedicated to cassette tapes and record discs. Timmy likes to listen to rock, rap, techno, and hip hop. There all of these different styles of music now but people still love classic rock. Don does not like today's music he prefers to listen to The Eagles. Timmy gets all of his music on his phone and computer. Buying music from the store is a thing of the past. You can still buy cd’s and cassette tapes but downloading the music directly to your device is so much more

Do artists truly want to make a change? Or are they just doing what they need to do to survive? Tupac advocated for changes, N.W.A spoke up against police brutality, they talked about their struggles growing up, but was all their effort put into their music? Political rappers are monetizing on their own and each other’s hardships. They socialize capitalist ideas and values (Bonnette). They know this content sells, so why not keep doing it right? They aren’t looking out for the youth and each other. They are looking out for themselves, they’re doing what they need to do to make a living. People like songs they can relate to, and when a lot of people can relate to a song, it becomes a hit (Blanco). Political rap focuses on injustices in low-income

Since technology has become a huge factor in generation y’s lives, the technology for music has transformed as well. Just in generation y’s period of time, the way to obtain music advanced from cassettes to downloading or pirating music. When someone wanted to purchase a song, they would have to buy the whole cassette or cd. In reality, they spent way too much just to listen to that one or two songs. Technology has created a way that people can buy or steal songs. Without technology generation y would be lost, technology helps music define a generation.

Throughout history, music has been used to express the feelings of people or groups whom may have no other outlet to express themselves. The best example of this occurrence would be the lower class of America’s use of rap music. Rap music started out as a fun variation of disco with the purpose to make people dance and enjoy themselves, but it later transformed into one of the best outlets to express the struggles of poverty in the United States. The genre gained popularity when the song “Rapper 's Delight” hit the charts in the early eighties; rap evolved into a plethora of different styles from there, Gangster Rap formed with NWA in the late eighties, and rap really hit it’s zenith in the mid nineties. Modern rap began in the early starts of the twentieth century. Because of the storytelling that rappers do in the music, it gained notice in the inner city where the demographic could relate. Many young teen in the inner city environment built dream to be famous rappers just like their own favorite artists . Rap connects to me by its style, its purpose, and its political incorrectness.