West Coast hip hop

any relevant socio -cultural considerations. Finally, i will also be exploring the commercial possibilities for this genre of music in the current music market and touching on Hip-Hop musics history. During the 1970s, the urban underground musical culture ‘Hip Hop’, began to arise through African American youth in East-Coast, New York City (The Bronx). With “noisy, disorganised park jams” (Lazerine and Lazerine, 2008, P.1), a musical revolution was about to begin.

most people when they hear the term Hip-hop they think of ghetto music that only thugs like. I’m hear to show you that is not the case. Ever since the 1970’s it has been molded in a unique way each decade by various artist. Hip-Hop is new compared to most genres of music and that’s also one of the reasons I think it is still resented by the older generation. In this essay I will be dividing Hip-hop or “Rap” into three categories, past, present, and the future. Hip-hop has a rich history, but what it

Hip hop is widely known as a genre of music that started in a New York City borough called the Bronx in the late 1970s, but it is more than just the music. Hip hop is a culture that consists of being a disc jockey which is also known as deejaying or turntabling, breakdancing, MCing or rhyming “rapping”, graffiti, and fashion. Each of these items are key elements in creating hip hop and these key items are part of the hip hop culture. Deejaying was an important factor contributing to hip hop culture

“Yo thanks for tuning into to the hottest radio station in the streets of LA. Up next we got N.W.A. with their new single Appetite for Destruction.” That was common for nearly every person who lived in LA and enjoyed hip-hop music. During the early 90s and late 80s, West coast hip-hop was dominated by the gruesome realities of gangster rap and g-funk. Rap at the time was intense, authentic, and unbearable. Ultimately, this wave of “fuck you” sprouted from the injustices that plagued many impoverished

I believe that Can't Stop, Won't Stop, Wild Style, Egyptian Lover, Finding the funk, and Breakin' n' Enterin' speak to each other in helping narrate hip hop's origin mythologies. Each of these represent different sectors of the black community and how it all intertwines. Breaking down each element it will be easy to see how each goes hand in hand with each other. Can't Stop, Won't Stop is an element that gives a lot of information from different areas. This provides a highlight on some of the most

Hip-Hop Culture and race have had a complicated relationship in the past two decades. It has been commonly referred to as “black music” and a reflection of black culture. However, recent studies done by the Mediamark Research Inc. showed that 60% of rap music buyers are white. With the emergence of white, Latino, Asian, and other rappers with diverse backgrounds on the Hip Hop scene it is important recognize the changing color of the genre and the stereotype it holds as “black music”. Black culture

The history of hip hop and the influence on American culture “Examples abound of hip hop permeating the entertainment world and beyond, from television and film, various musical genres, clothing styles, dance styles, marketing trends, the use of language, and more.” (Kitwana 109) Can something actually exist that undermines Middle American and family values threatening the assumed superior culture? There may just be such an inferior culture. This culture being hip-hop. Hip-hop, which originated

customary West African storytelling that itself originates before the development of the slave trade. Tribal history would be presented in a musical way to the beat of drums and stamping of feet inside the tribal town square and sessions would regularly last through the night or possibly into the early morning. The 1970s in New York was when Rap discovered its way into Hip hop music, at first as a little piece of an overall track, and later as the major piece of a track with a little Hip Hop segment

A Rhythmic History of Hip-Hop Hip-hop, which originally began more than 20 years ago, has undergone many changes during its lifetime. The music has always remained centered in urban landscapes, with most performers of the music rising up from the inner-city neighborhoods. Throughout its history, hip-hop has centered on the rhythm of the beat rather than the melody, which shows the connection between modern hip-hop and traditional African tribal music, often featuring complex polyrhythms and

The son of a professor raised in a middle-class suburb, Kanye West was never supposed to be a rapper. West was born in Atlanta, Georgia on June 8th divorced when he was three, he moved with his mother to Chicago. His mom worked as the chair of the English Department at the nearby Chicago State University, and Kanye grew up in relative comfort in a nicer suburb of Chicago. West became fascinated with music at a young age, eventually leading him to drop out of college to pursue it full time