Thousands Of Rappers Are Inspired By The Instant Fame And

The period of Dirty south saw a substantial growth of major rap label investment in particular the southern cities (Taylor & Virgil 251). Research studies have remarked the dirt south phenomenon as contradictory and paradoxical about its music and place (251). For some scholars, the stylistic distinctions between the produced music in different geographical areas are not avoidable to the shifts in economical and political context (Dyson 64). The connections between styles of music and its origin appear to be more organic because of the ways in which they are layered; the styles and origin makes meaning through repetition and establishment of implicit and explicit links (66).

Ask anyone how they listen to music the answer will likely be through any means of easy access at an affordable cost. A study conducted by news outlet Nielsen 's Music 360 claimed, “Americans streamed 164 billion on-demand tracks across audio and video platforms in 2014”. The rapid increase in popularity music streaming platforms are experiencing leaves people wondering what that means for the music industry. When more consumers utilize the on-demand method of entertainment access, how does that translate to the artist being accessed? Astra Taylor contributes to this discussion in her book, “The People’s Platform: Taking Back Power and Culture in the Digital Age”. She lays criticism upon the idea of a more digitized

The origins of hip hop started in the late 70’s as a pastime that brought all the impoverished people of the projects together to have fun through. But decades later in the 90’s, people began to rap about many subjects ranging from the crack epidemic, hard life in the ghetto, or just having fun, but the underlying motive of rappers in this era was to reflect on their rough lifestyle through clever lyrics. The motive wasn’t for money, but recognition for their unique wordplay among the rap community. However, that all changed when record companies saw a financial opportunity in rappers, and rappers saw a financial opportunity through music. Due to the commercialization of hip hop, authenticity is rare to find in the mainstream

Me: You quoted Ice cube who was just an icon in the 90s hip-hop music and now a legend, just wondering what do you think music wise to today's hip-hop specifically a branch of hip-hop Trap

“You are now about to witness the strength of street knowledge” (Rob,2002). Gangsta rap, music’s biggest rebellion formed from this “street knowledge.” “In a pop world where rap was still considered a novelty, it was a serious shock to the system” (Rob,2002). N.W.A short for N****s With Attitude affected the rap game in three ways, positively, negatively, and overall.

Right now, Hip Hop began to move from what it was planned for, to being a shallow deals trick. Hip Hop was, at its initiation, a methods for African Americans recount their unaltered story. Towards the mid-'90s although, the class started to be much a greater number of offers than it was at any point was some time recently. Artists, for example, Nas for instance, started to stray from their honest to goodness and genuine selves to begin making music about drugs, brutality, and sex since that was what pushed their deals to the corporate level. With this

In seventh grade, I stumbled my way upon the Detroit based rapper Eminem. I was at 150 listens on his track The Real Slim Shady before I knew it. I then found my way into Kanye West, which exploded my interest into the genre. I have listened to all of the considered essential hip hop “classic” and modern day albums. I noticed in these “classic” albums very distinct change in subject matter and style that each of the different areas of rappers on where they originate from. Some people believe that the hip-hop culture is at a decline with the lose of this uniqueness and individuality shown in each of these areas. I too even thought that the hip-hop culture was at a decline until I was researching my topic, but instead this individuality and uniqueness in the rapper’s different stories that they tell in their raps. The genre has expanded throughout the world and continued to evolve while sticking to these roots of individuality and uniqueness.

The purpose of this memo is to better understand how the cloud has changed the music industry for both artists and users. This is an evaluation of 5 of the most popular cloud-based music streaming applications. These applications allow people to have access to more music than ever before, wherever they are. Each app has different features that may make them appealing to different people, so it is important to evaluate them to see strengths and weaknesses.

Using tone, DJ KRS communicates that hip-hop artists often create music just to make money, but those who write and stay true to their experiences and real lives will earn respect in their communities and in the music industry. In one section, he writes, “The way some rap is kind of wack/and it lacks creativity and intelligence/ but they don’t care cause the company is sellin’ it” (Parker). Here, DJ KRS takes on

Hip Hop has transitioned to a place where it has lost its originality or in other words we can say that it isn’t what it used to be due to the fact that

The hip-hop culture began in the streets of New York City during the 1970’s and has gone through tremendous changes up until now. Hip-Hop consists of four elements: rap, graffiti, break-dancing, and the disc jockey. In this paper, I intend to fully explain the evolution of rap music, from its infancy to the giant industry it is today.

About a decade ago most people would visit their local Target or Wal-Mart to pick up a new album. Now days it is just a push of a button on your mobile device and the music is on your phone immediately for your enjoyment. It’s easy and convenient.

It is hard to believe that hip-hop has been around for over 40 years. It is now 2017 and more rappers are coming out than ever before. Some rappers are very unique. Others, in my opinion, have just killed the sound of hip-hop and have either auto-tuned their voice or just make music that has no meaning. Rap has definitely changed over the years and I feel that more rappers are getting the opportunity to make music than ever before. I believe some traditions have died, but rap is different and more unique than it ever was before. Though there may be some hidden, underground gems in the pile of rubbish that has come to represent the genres, only mainstream tracks receive enough play and make enough money to support artists and their art. When

(Rose, 33-34) Author Tricia Rose suggests in her seminal masterpiece, Black Noise, that rap is deeply rooted in “premodern oral traditions” while hip-hop itself follows in the footsteps of previous black musical styles such as jazz, blues, and southern soul music. (Rose, 21, 185) These genres of music all have historic roots in black culture and society and were later commercialized and expanded to wider audiences, both globally and ethnically: something that is currently happening to

Hip- hop has become a phenomenon throughout youth culture. Many believed hip-hop was only a phase of music like disco, but as the genre continued to expand and evolve, it became clear that hip-hop was here to stay. (History of hip- hop: past, present, future) Hip- hop is made up of 2 main elements, DJing and rapping. DJ is short for disc jockey, which is a person who usually uses turntables to make music, and rapping is talking and chanting in an easy and familiar manner. (Hip-Hop: A Short History) In writing this research paper, I will explain the most impactful years of hip-hop, and the events surrounding them, starting from 1979, when Sugarhill Gang released “Rappers Delight”.