Essay about What Is R&B and Hip Hop Anymore?

These negative connotations isn’t just representative of a small sample of rap. The concept of gangster rap is so prevalent that it has created a culture that openly embraces the violent messages that it portrays in its lyrics. Furthermore, these statistics show the problem of acceptance whereas such a large amount of the population have already accepted the messages in these lyrics to be socially acceptable. As opposed to being appalled, these songs are being promoted as economic successes. In response, artists are following this trend to make their lyrics more controversial and with more negative ideas in order to fully grasp the market. Especially in the current society, the recent conflicts between minority groups and authorities have caused a return to gangsta rap as people look to identify with their current feelings. Given the fact that Billboard 100 have recently released an article stating how “listeners have become increasingly obsessed with gangsta rap”, it signifies a drastic change within our society as gangsta rap has once again become a rallying cry towards violence against the authorities. In this case, the negative effects of gangsta rap is shown where it represents the fact that it will and has a significant impact that turns the youth towards violent

Rap music not only describes violence but it exploits females. For example, the song entitled “Gold Digger” by Kanye West says “She take my money when I 'm in need ,Yea she 's a trifling friend indeed ,Oh she 's a gold digger way over town, That digs on me” not including that the music video shows women dancing provocatively in lingerie as well as posing in sexual positions (Pittsburgh Post Gazette). According to Dr. West, rap music identifies young black women in five sexual different personas. Those five different personas are a diva, gold digger, freak, gangster b**** and baby mama (Pittsburgh Post Gazette). The WebMD article states that after one year of studying 522 African American females between the ages of 14 -18 from lower socioeconomics

Just because they are famous it doesn't give them the right to offend people the way they do. Those words have to stop being tossed around and thrown into lyrics just to make it ‘better’. Although the rappers are the ones who decide to record their track, the media also has a fault in getting this song known and gives them the green light to keep making raps like those. Phora was furious and mentioned the following on his song, “Our generation is blinded, I blame the radio, I blame the television for making it cool to call ladies hoes, I blame these rappers for acting like they got straps and teaching our kids to put kids in caskets, for the sake of making dough.” Phora is nothing like these rappers, he doesn’t make rap like these others rappers who curse all the time, call women degrading words, and send a negative message. Many people rather hear that type of lyric, maybe because of the beat, but the raps that tell true life experience have more powerful lyrics. His purpose for his lyrics is to cause a movement in the world, one where they can relate to him and let them know that they are not alone in this world, and things will be okay.

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.

Most hip hop songs and videos have lyrics and scenes that demean and humiliate women. Showing scenes of violence to women, demeaning them and depicting them as sex objects or subjects of submission to men is Misogyny. Present also is brutality against women descriptions. There have been voluminous scholars talking about it yet the argument is unquenched. Misogyny in hip hop society has its core deep in the American ethos, and it has its outcome on the same nation. Misogyny in songs is taking ring on young persons, and it is swiftly touching the young females in the black civilization. The effects of Misogyny in hip hop culture, losses weight with as the age of listener’s advances. Misogyny in hip hop culture is not something that is ending, yet it may fade with time. The chances of it fading are not certain but with the current trend, hip hop artists may realize it does not do much good as bad. This essay will discuss the power following Misogyny in hip hop culture, the outcomes it has on the audience and the future of Misogyny in hip hop.

Now ask yourself, what dominated black airwaves in the 60’s and 70’s? During this time of social upheaval, were Dr. King and Huey Newton and Angie Davis listening to songs of women holding a “motor booty contest” (Too $hort)? Did they turn on the radio and embrace the struggle of life that blacks, 40 years after the civil rights movement, portray as “the way it is”? The answer simply, is no. Throughout history, when times were excruciatingly hard, people have listened to positive, up building music to keep their minds off of their current situation, not to embrace it as an excuse to ease their conscience of their misdeeds.

“Music can change the world because it can change people” Bono. Society is an ever changing process. Because society is a collection of people, it is really a kaleidoscopic representation of what is happening in the world at that time. Music is a significant presence in society; it has been a part of the human element since the dawn of man. Throughout the centuries, music has been incorporated into the most significant and minor moments of history. People can remember events based on the song that was popular at the time. They genre of music varies as do people. The average person spends several hours a day listening to music. People use it as a major part of whatever they may be doing, or they see it just as something to fill in the silence in the background. It is not surprising, then, that music is a more powerful force on how humans think, communicate, act, possibly even affecting intelligence. Music is often used in

Although most songs do contain explicit lyrics, there have been Hip-Hop type songs that are clean and have become popular even on the radio. There has been some transition within the genre over the past decade so it is hard to predict where the genre as a whole where be in the years to come. I believe that the people of the public today have a split decision on whether they think Hip-Hop/Rap is an acceptable genre. Some individuals may not have much opinion on it and don’t mind while there are probably a great number of people that despise it and still believe that it is a bad influence among

How many of us can say we enjoy hip-hop music in some form or another? I know I can, in fact I listen to it just about every day. Hip-hop is not just music to many of us, it’s a culture better yet a way of life. Although hip-hop is very influential especially in the African American community, not enough people touch the negative effects it has on our youth. The new age of hip hop or “Trap Music”, as it is commonly referred as, seems to be more vulgar and violent then the hip-hop we all grew to love.

The history of hip hop is so revolutionary and has molded and altered over the years into something so “unique”. The music genius’ that paved the way for hip-hop would not be able to recognize what it has become today. There are many ways that the new hip-hop world has affected our society which involves fashion, rap lyrics, musicology, technology, crime, the way other races have accepted hip-hop, and sexuality. Of these, the newly unrecognizable music has dramatically altered our societies sexuality in a numerous amount of ways. The explicit lyrics and inappropriate music videos lead to influence the future of our society negatively.

Hip hop has gone a far way since the 1980s. in the year 2016, hip hop is considered popular and many people, no matter the color of your skin or where you come from are seen listening to Hip Hop. I personally believe that hip hop has become more acceptable in our society. Often time in these songs they discuss about politics, love, issues, many problems that people can relate to and have a connection with someone. However, there are those artists that are seen in the category similar to “Gangsta Rap” and those are still present in 2016. Therefore, our perception of hip hop has changed since the 1970s/80s.

In most videos, women reveal their bodies in sexual ways with lack of clothing. Most teens claim that it is the beat of the music rather than what's going on in the video. For Example “Sexualized identity of Black women. For instance, in conversations, many of the youth said that it was the “beats,” not the lyrics, that are important to them about hip-hop. In this case attractive and highly feminine girls like Tiffany were among the ones that were able to perform and receive attention in this setting” by Andreana Clay,2003.There have been popular american hip-hop artists, such as Eminem, Ludacris that have increasingly depicted women as objects of violence. Studies have shown almost half of an music video involve sexual activity towards women .For Instance, “....policy statement that found 75% of music videos involved sexual imagery, and more than half involved violence -- usually against women.” Sid Kirchheimer,2003. Although some teens have said it was the beat, Artists have caused society to view women differently because of the image artists have left on

Speaking is one of the changes, teens who listen to this type of music become use to the slang and not use correct grammar, using profanity. Music is so powerful it's become the voice to get a message across. For example, artist Young Thug uses a total of 1338 profanity words in his music many teenagers today are influence by his music following the language in his verses of his music. Speaking is not the only change in hip hop music has made on teenagers of this generation there still the way they think and act.

Hip-Hop/rap music receives the harshest criticism in the music industry. This is because listeners of hip-hop music don’t fully understand the message that the artist is trying to portray. Behind all the vulgar verses is actually a message that the artist wants to listener to know about. Most people don’t listen to hip-hop music because of how they see the artist illustrating their self. Many artists create music based off of his or her background and life growing up. Hip-hop music has a negative reputation that hides any positive meaning that the genre can display. Although the reputation of hip-hop music is not a good one, there are reason why these artists create the type of music he or she creates. Hip Hop has influenced and uplifted America, speaking up for generations and providing a voice to a group of people trying to deliver a message.  If more people knew about the artist’s motive of creating hip-hop music, the genre would have a more respect to the media and critics.

It’s important to know that “rap music has major social and cultural significance for American and global youth audiences and, along with other media, is believed to play a central role in shaping adolescents’ beliefs, attitudes, and intentions”. (Herd 577) When you look behind the words being used, you can see what the message and context behind the words is. Most people only take rap music for its face value