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Hip Hop Hip-hop is one of the far-reaching cultures in the world at the moment. Over the years, Hip-hop has tremendously grown into a big industry. For example, most of the advertisements for stylish clothes and shoes in the US are currently done by hip hop artists. The aforementioned and hip hop music itself generates a lot of money to the hip hop artists yearly. Additionally, Hip-hop is one of the highest selling music in the US (Chang). It has also become exceedingly popular in other countries

level. At a time when jungle was thriving, these tracks were not pure Jungle in my opinion due to the fact they heavily sampled Hip Hop and funk tracks, with Super Sharp Shooter sampling Fred Wesley, Method Man, LL Cool Jay, James brown, Tommy Roe and The Winston’s classic Amen Brother. Naturally by using those types of rare groove and Hip Hop samples they had more of a Hip Hop feel to them as opposed to the true raga jungle feel, which was more reggae,

Critical Media Analysis: Institutionalized By Kendrick Lamar Introduction Kendrick Lamar took the music industry by storm last year after his release of his sophomore album To Pimp A Butterfly. Immediately, the album quickly became critically acclaimed and resulted in multiple awards such as winning four grammys this past winter. The album goes deep into Kendrick’s personal struggles as new found celebrity, while also touching on subjects surrounding the black community. For this paper I took a

“You can do anything if you put your mind to it- just look at me. The harder you work, the more successful you can be. This is just the beginning.” They might ask who spoke those words, the answer would be, the one and only Justin Bieber. The boy that came from nothing, but ended up having everything. Justin Bieber started out as a young Canadian boy singing in local singing competitions and then went on to become one of the most famous singers of his generation. It only took a few postings on YouTube

The Black Angels are a perfect example of a really consistent band that always knows what are capable of and which sonic direction they should head to. Since their excellent debut, Passover, the guys concentrated on ‘60s-rooted psychedelia, albeit more intense and messy. On top of it, dark elements such as lyrics or paranoid keyboards shine, driving the grooves, while the overall imagery portrayed by them was kept in a mysterious fold. The group broke the pattern through Indigo Meadow, a meandering

comprehensive essay written by Marcia Alesan Dawkins, provides a concrete, insightful examination of the strategy and tactics used by a Caucasian artist to integrate himself into the predominantly African-American and Latino dominated sub culture of hip-hop. The purpose of this document is to illuminate the methods utilized by what Dawkins calls the Other to seamlessly sneak into a racially charged social group and gain acceptance amongst its critics and audiences. This is someone who would otherwise

In these two rap songs, "Ain't Nothin' But A Word To Me" by Too Short (feat. Ice Cube) (1996) and "Bitch Ass Niggaz" by Dr. Dre (feat. Snoop Dogg, Hitman & Six-Two) (2001), explains how women are gendered as sexualized objects that are disposed after use, and racializes the importance of men’s hegemonic masculinity. In this paper I will compare and contrast how women are described as sexual, disposable trash, and men as cowards from the word “bitch.” The concept of "Bitch" is how a person (not necessarily

An Analysis of Gender Roles In Hip-Hop and R& B For my field work assignment, I chose to analyze the messages about gender in Hip-Hop and R&B music. I came across a few challenges in choosing songs for this genre before the 1990's. Hip-Hop is a newer style of music and it was difficult to find top ten songs from the 1980's, but after some digging, I came up with a set of songs that I think illustrates the themes that were present in each of the decades music. The 1980's presented an

Nihonmachi, which mean Japan town in Japanese. Japan town is the neighborhood belong to San Francisco’s Western Addition, and it is one mile away from Union Square. The Haight, which is the Haight Ashbury, the neighborhood is close to Golden Gate Park and being the origin place of hippie culture. Japan town is above the Haight even though there are lying in only 10 blocks away to each other, these two areas of the city have completely different in culture, style, and background. The first Japanese

publicity stunts, most notably social media beefsThe basic result of these public beefs was still a focus on the music, with record sales increasing at the same time as – but not specifically, strictly intending to – alienate their opponent. The history of hip-hop beefs travels far deeper than the music; it was territorial and often gang-related, a reminder that gangsta rap was actually born out of a life of gang involvement, and the real violence which occurred on the streets. But the point is that these