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Kembrew McLeod (1999) proposes that an increased emphasis on blackness as a major point of hip hop authenticity – along with other characteristics like being “underground,” “from the street,” and “staying true to yourself” (1999, 139) – occurred in an effort to preserve hip-hop’s identity in the face of mainstream absorption (see also Decker 1994). Two significant aspects of McLeod’s contributions are (1) his acknowledgement of the broad nature of all authenticity claims – as opposed to arguing

INTRODUCTION Caitlin Hines discusses in her research "Rebaking the Pie: The Woman as Dessert Metaphor" that there is "a consistent, widespread, generally unconscious and undocumented metaphor in English equating women-as-sex-objects with desserts" (Hines 1999: 145). Women as dessert metaphor functions both in linguistic expressions, such as tart and cookie, and in customs, for example women jumping out of cakes (ibid: 145). Hines argues that the woman as dessert metaphor reduces women to objects, sexualizes

A Study of the Effects of Early Music Education Upon Intelligence In 1993 a study was conducted on undergraduates from the Psychology Department of the University of California, Irvine. In this study students listened to ten minutes of Mozart. The result being that after listening to Mozart’s Sonata for Two Pianos K448, these test subjects scored significantly higher in spatial reasoning skills, in fact, the participants’ spatial IQ scores rose 8 to 9 points. Unfortunately, the results of this

Biography of Edward Kennedy Ellington “I’m just an up and coming musician struggling to find another new note.” -Duke Ellington Edward Kennedy Ellington was born April 29th 1899 in Washington, DC. From an early age, Ellington was instilled with solid, conservative morals. He was taught to pride himself and his family and to achieve to the utmost of his dreams. At such a crucial time in the history of the African American, there was a struggle to be accepted and

Intellectual Property Rights in Music: The Napster Issue Starting in the year 1999, a company called Napster opened up a whole new world to the Internet where every song ever made was instantly available to you on your computer for free. It was created by an 18-year-old Northeastern University student named Shawn Fanning. Napster transformed personal computers into servers that shared mp3 files all across the Internet (Mayer, 2008). It became popular very quickly because exchanging mp3 files

next Nelson Mandela 46664 concert in South Africa. About releasing a duets album with husband Tim McGraw, she later stated that they have other projects. Faith Hill finished recording her Christmas album, titled Joy to the World. At the 2008 CMA Music Festival, fan club members had a chance to listen to the new album. The album was released September 30, 2008 and the first single is "A Baby Changes Everything." Joy to the World hit the number 1 spot in Canada and 2 on the U.S. country charts. On

Innovative Marketing, Volume 2, Issue 1, 2006 67 Warner EMI Music. Strategic Development for the First Decade of the New Millennium Demetris Vrontis Abstract This case has been compiled to put forward the author’s suggestions for future strategic development open to Warner EMI Music as they develop during the 1st Decade of the 21st Century. The case is divided into four main sections. Section one is concerned with an environmental scanning including an analysis of Porters’ Value Chain

drama, music, and dance. One of the articles chosen to study for this paper is “Learning In and Through the Arts: Curriculum Implications” by Judith Burton, Robert Horowitz, and Hal Abeles from the Center for Arts Education Research Teachers College, Columbia University in July of 1999. The other article chosen was “Involvement in the Arts

prevent. In some way or another, music can be considered durable. As seen up until today, music recordings can be reproduced at anytime and last forever. However, with that durability comes depreciation. Music deprecates as the years progress (source), and consumers have shown that they prefer new popular songs. The problem that rises with that is online piracy. When the recorded music industry began to rise between 1975 and 1999, the shipment of physical recorded music almost doubled if not tripled

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. Hip-Hop emerged in the 1970’s upon the arrival of a one Kool DJ Herc. Kool DJ Herc migrated to the United States from Kingston, Jamaica and settled in the West Bronx of New York. Kool