East Coast hip hop

51VAPE: THE BEAST IN THE EAST (Revision July 17, 2015) Before Hip Hop became the phenomenal mainstream success it is today, it was born struggling on the streets of New York. Pioneers like DJ Kool Herc and Coke La Rock laid down the foundations, and then crews like Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five, The Sugar Hill Gang, Afrika Bambaataa and Universal Zulu Nation came along to cement the culture. They organized block parties, had emcee and break dancing battles, sold mix tapes out of the trunks

London -Fifteen Winters 2 Consistency is key. Ralphy London’s latest mixtape Fifteen Winters 2 proves that he knows what his audience wants. Fifteen Winters 2 keeps the sound that has gather London’s a his loyal fans. His sound has that 90s east coast hip-hop influence that also includes his own new voice. Although, his sound is amazing you are hoping for some evolution on his music. Fifteen Winters 2 is a great album but you don't see any improvement from his previous projects. Ralphy London drop

Rap or Hip Hop is more than just another music genre, it is a movement full of more aspects than one could imagine. The film “The Art of Rap” directed, produced, and hosted by Ice-T, exemplifies the different aspects and explains the importance of Hip Hop while taking a journey interviewing many legendary MC’s, giving the viewer an inside perspective of this music and the art of MC’ing. This film also heavily resonates with the book Rap Music and Street Consciousness. Ice-T interviews many influential

For my lesson, I decided to teach Hip Hop history through a particular sub-culture known as “battle rap”. My student was Bradley Girigorie, a 21 year old male. I went on to explain to Brad that if it was not for battle rap, the culture of Hip-Hop would be a lot different than it is today. First, I started the lesson by saying Hip Hop was more DJ oriented during the early stages of the genre. That rap battles during the 70’s and 80’s were more about crowd presence rather than better lyrics. I continued

In todays hip hop culture, artists often times portray through the lyrical content of their music different fallacies about themselves in order to develop their image or construct a brand for themselves. Although we as listeners under most circumstances are well aware that the songs are just made for the enjoyment of fans, perhaps the artists are becoming remotely too consumed with their lyrics and are beginning to believe that they are the realist in hip hop when they have barely scratched the surface

forces that created the social conditions from which Hip-Hop emerged in the Bronx. Drawing upon Chang, as well as videos (Bronx is Burning, Flying Cut Sleeves etc.), discuss the sociological roots of rap. Specifically, what social forces (for example: state policies, global economic trends, technological advancements, community characteristics as well as race, class, gender politics) were present and facilitated the development of Hip-Hop? Hip-Hop is an extensive and a broad conglomerate of various

Chapter 1 1.1 Overview of Naive Art Born in late 19th Century, Naive art, is a particular cultural-artistic movement, and its strongest characteristics are based on the fact that involved artists do not have any special instruction or expertise in drawing real life based scenes and objects, and they come from a modest socio-economic background. Also called “art of the people”, Naive artists have a predominant tendency of outlining real community values and aesthetic. In most of the Naive paintings

and electric rhythms to dance to. Over the span of its popularity, Funk evolved and developed various subgenres, such as Funk rock, Boogie, Electro funk, Funk metal and the notorious, Gangsta-Funk. Gangsta-Funk or G-Funk for short, is a subgenre of Hip Hop invented in the early 90s on the mean streets of Los Angeles, California. The central pioneers of G-Funk can be argued, but to keep it short, Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy Dogg deserve more than half of the credit for helping to develop this fable style

towards his east coast rivals. As years went on, more and more people viewed a handful of Tupac’s music as a true work of art, containing strong messages along with stories from his troubled childhood and young adulthood. Later on in both Tupac’s life and career, he began to realize the demise of the African American culture as a whole. During his last stint in prison, not only did he realized all of this wrongdoing throughout this life, but also the negative influence rap and hip hop had over the

"Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse" is a representation of New York City's social essence through its ability to put together elements of hip-hop music and culture. In the film, this happens through its soundtrack, the cultural representation of the main character, and visual graffiti art, which are all an important part of the story. The movie also serves as a celebration of diversity, as the main character is Afro-Latino, using its cultural elements to highlight the themes of identity and community