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Young Black Men Young Black Man
1,253 words... had time to realize any of these embodiments. Shakur himself often said that he expected he'd die by the sword before he reached thirty. He died at the age of twenty five. Following his passing, Shakur's label released an album, The Don K illuminati, under the pseudonym "Makaveli. " The cover depicted Shakur nailed to a cross under a crown of thorns, with a map Of the country's major gang areas superimposed on it. Shakur was upfront about his troubled life in the 1995 release "Me Against The...
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Type Of Music Limp Bizkit
1,046 wordsMusic has been around for thousands of years. Music appeals to everyone. When was the last time you have heard someone say, "I hate all music. "? Lately though music has been criticized for corrupting teen's minds. Rap is being blamed for all the crimes and murders in cities all over America and heavy metal is being blamed for giving teens only dark images and thoughts in their minds. Although the media and public criticize rap and rock music and blame the music for influencing teens negatively,...
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Lot Of People Tupac Shakur
1,100 wordsSince the late 1980 's rap music has been called the Anti Christ in our culture, because of it's so-called influence in people's life. People swear up and down that the music is why people, specially the youth resort to violent crimes. I think by saying this they are trying to cover up the real truth by giving simple answers. Rap is defined as a style of popular music consisting of improvised rhymes performed to a rhythmic accompaniment. The first rap song was made in the late 70 's, the songs w...
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Hip Hop Unknown Author
546 wordsThe music genre defined as hip-hop, or rap, has been gaining a lot of attention over the past twenty years. In their articles, J. Victoria Sanders (Horizon), Allison Samuels, N'Gai Croal, David Gates (Newsweek), and an unknown author (Time), discuss the changing faces of hip-hop and its effects on today's society. One specific aspect of hip-hop music that all of the writers agree on is that the references to sex, violence, and the bad attitudes towards the female species are getting worse and so...
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Rock Band Years Ago
335 wordsMusic today is not segregated against by most people. Not only is it not segregated, it is joining. One example of that is the relationship between black rappers and white rockers. The distinct line of rock and rap is now turning into a blur. The first point that rap and rock is not segregated against is that whites buy more rap music than blacks. That shows that whites do not discriminate against blacks in music. The second point that rap and rock is turning into a blur is that when rap first s...
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Jennifer Lopez And J Lo Jennifer Lopez And J Clothing
561 wordsA curl past her nose, and as she scratched the minor itch away with her microphone holding hand she realized her dreams were coming true. The young musician / actress practiced her role for an up coming movie, Selena. Her provocative, yet stunning elegance graced the stage on the set and she easily manipulated the audience with her sensuous laugh and gleaming smile. As her film erupted her into stardom, Jennifer Lopez found herself gracing the covers of magazines from all over with her salsa swi...
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The Origins Of Hip Hop And Rap
1,099 words... Sucker MCs upended that (Light 63). Unlike the majority of rappers during that time, Run-D. M. C. came from Hollis, an African American middle-class section of Queens, instead of the South Bronx. Run-D. M. C. was made up of Joseph Simmons (a. k. a. Run), Darryl Mc Daniels (a. k. a. D. M. C. ), and Jason Mill (a. k. a. Jam Master Jay) (Light 63). The group redefined rhyming with a style that Jones described saying, Run and D. M. C. shout, basically, but the rhymes go back and forth like beach...
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Rock And Roll Music Videos
711 wordsThe Downfall of Today's Music The nineties began with the grunge scene, an alternative style of rock and roll that revolutionized rock music today. This music that was once praised by MTV was gradually pushed out to make way for the sound of generic rap beats, watered down heavy metal and sugar coated pop tunes. The pattern of the nineties is nothing new. The seventies and eighties both saw fresh new music that preceded a pour attempt at a new innovative sound. In the seventies disco followed th...
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Violence In Film And Music
672 wordsSince film was introduced in 1923 as a means of entertainment, violence has played an increasing role as a way of enthralling the masses. However, it is only in recent films such as The Gangs of New York (2003) and The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) which have displayed gratuitous amounts of violence, the latter highlighting a real disparity with its certificate. Films such as The Silence of the Lambs (1991), Seven (1995), Copycat (1995) and American Psycho (2000) may be read, in part ...
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Gangsta Rappers Snoop Doggy
834 wordsThe review of Hate, Rape, and Rap by Tipper Gore In the scandalous article Hate, Rape, and Rap Tipper Gore talks about the negative impact of media and modern entertainment industry has on our society. Media is an entertaining view of reality that transmits information to people around the globe. People consider media as the ultimate freedom of expression. However the freedom in media is also a source of violence in society. Society is particularly vulnerable to the powerful images of violent be...
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Visual And Audio Materials In Hip Hop Industry
1,746 wordsVisual and Audio Materials in Hip-Hop Industry Hip hop music and culture, once considered an American phenomenon, exists throughout the world today. In each cultural area, hip hop artists filter American and other foreign hip hop styles through their own local musical, social, and linguistic practices, creating unique musical forms. In this paper I will attempt to evaluate the visual and audio characteristics that contribute to the culture of hip-hop and produce the image of the aforementioned s...
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Shawn Fanning Marshall Mathers
646 wordsThere is a kind of music, which is commonly referred to as? Pop? music. It attracts a variety of Americans of very different geographical, racial, and economical backgrounds. Some of the most popular artists these days that are considered? Pop? are N? Sync, Britney Spears (who, having recently turned eighteen, doesn? t seem to mind letting the guys know that she? s legal now), Cristina Aguilera, Eminem, Limp Bizkit, and Tupac Shakur. It would take a thousand pages to describe the entire commerci...
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Freedom Of Expression Books And Periodicals
1,256 wordsNo society has ever existed, as far as we know, which has not exercised some form of censorship over the conduct and opinions of its members? Good morning teachers and students. Censorship by the government infringes upon the rights of the individual and inhibits freedom of expression. Now, censorship is a broadly used term so what exactly IS censorship? Well, censorship is defined by the Australian Macquarie Dictionary as? the actions of a censor? that is, an official who examines books, plays,...
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Percent Of The Respondents Tupac Shakur
805 wordsRecently we have been hearing a lot about the need for censorship of television and recording industries. Whether it is the cartoon Beavis and Butthead, the controversial television drama NYPD Blue or rap recording artists, someone always seems to arguing about their negative effects on society and the need for government regulation. Being a fan of rap, I am particularly interested in issues effecting regulation of the recording industry and rap artists. Popular " gangsta rappers" incl...
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Net Worth Hard Core
274 wordsDiamond in the rough Why Master P is set apart from all the other hard-core rappers? He owns his own music company and built his empire around No Limit (the hottest in the business). He was almost a NBA player, and he owns his own line of dolls (the Master P doll). His company makes a net worth each year of $ 361 million. His record company sold 26 million records in 1998, more then any other rap company. He also has made a lot of money in staring and directing in movies that profit at least $ 1...
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Net Worth Hard Core
277 wordsDiamond in the rough Why Master P is set apart from all the other hard-core rappers? He owns his own music company and built his empire around No Limit (the hottest in the business). He was almost a NBA player, and he owns his own line of dolls (the Master P doll). His company makes a net worth each year of $ 361 million. His record company sold 26 million records in 1998, more then any other rap company. He also has made a lot of money in staring and directing in movies that profit at least $ 1...
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Slim Shady Marshall Mathers
1,872 wordsControversy of the lyrics of Rapper Eminem In a few short months, Eminem has gone from being one of the most liked emcees in independent hip-hop to one of the most provocative, controversial rappers in contemporary pop music. The overnight success of his debut album, The Slim Shady LP, topped the rap charts, making him one of the biggest music success stories of 1999. But Eminem is more than the latest rap artist to blow up. Hes spent the last several years paying his dues, and his lyrics, which...
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Hip Hop Culture F K
746 wordsHip-Hop s Culture Eminem, Dr. Dre, Nas, Eve, Missy Elliot, Tribe Called Quest, these are all known for their best flows and culture beat of Hip-Hop. But how can we define Hip-Hop? . In the early 90 s Hip-Hop began to rise, and its popularity became more big as early hip-hoppers brought the country to its feet from its unique beats and it s possessive lyrics. Most songs in the early Hip-Hop days were about simple lives of different people, going through a rough time, or hanging out with the homes...
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Hip Hop Culture Rap Music
1,018 wordsBorn Lawrence Parker in Park Slope, Brooklyn in the summer of 1965, the rapper left home at 14 to play basketball and read books free of the gaze of the authorities (his mother and the New York City public school system). He landed in a homeless shelter in the South Bronx, where he was dubbed Krishna by residents because of his interest in the Hare Krishna spirituality of some of the antipoverty workers. By the time Krishna met youth counselor Scott Sterling, he was also writing graffiti as KRS-...
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B I G Morals And Values
641 wordsI wouldn t talk about it if I ain t live it and I live a thug life baby I m hopeless, smoking on indo trying to keep my focus are just examples of gangsta rap music lyrics that are being blamed and targeted by American society and policy makers for the increase in violence within the American culture. Artist and record labels alike are having fingers pointed at them for our culture lack of parenting, of which, often results in a lack of morals and values in the younger generation. There has been...
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