... an art form that evolved from creative urban minorities who gave birth to the hip-hop culture. In Steven Haver's book, "Hip Hop; the illustrated history of Break dancing, Rap music and Graffiti," he states that there were three major events that took place in the Bronx which led to the birth of hip-hop. The first event took place in ... length of the toast also increased. Soon performers started to speak in sync with these break beat rhythms. There are four areas which Jamaican "toasting" and American rap music have in common. Both types of music depended on pre-recorded sounds, both n...

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... disco, and other genres have matured over time, while still maintaining at least a touch of their roots. In the 1970s, a new sort of music was born in The Bronx, New York City. A Jamaican immigrant by the name of DJ Kool Herc developed the blueprint for what is now known as ... other topics not acceptable at the dinner table. However, this could be the very reason why American youth began to feel passionate for Rap. Rap is not afraid to speak of what is really going on. Racial stereotyping, government violence, and common struggles among the ghetto are fully addressed with ... people look...

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... deter youth to the immoral ways of society. These artists are merely expressing what they know and how they lived in a form of entertainment. Rap is their outlet for anger. However, rap is the most censored form of music on the market today. Censorship of any form does not allow the people to decide, with their own judgment, what is right and what ... obscenity has no effect on behavior, it is clearly unfair to censor music. It expresses inequality because music censorship does not allow people to be free in expressing themselves and their Wentz 6 emotions. Another factor that deals wit...

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... could make me sleepy, and it could give me a head ache. I could also see how music affects the way I look. When I use to listen to a lot of rap I would dress baggy and a lot of those urban wear clothes but as my music changes so did my taste in clothes. I also see that the music I listen to has no real important meaning the majority of ... so prevalent in our lives is that people are always in need of stimulation. Whether it be from t.v., sex, drugs, or music people are always addicted to it. I think that all kinds of music is great but lately im been a little skeptical in rap I think t...

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... claims that everyone has the basic right to express themselves musically regardless of the response because of the first amendment. Luther Campbell, of the rap group 2 Live Crew released a single titled "Banned in the USA" in response to the labeling. The lyrics of this song are blatantly attacking ... For the people By the people [News reporter]: Earlier today in Broward County, appalling court judges upheld the previous ruling To ban the sale of Miami rap group the 2 Live Crew's double-platinum album, "Nasty As They Wanna Be," in Broward County. [Someone else commenting] "We think it'...

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... great example of white participation in hip-hop. The song itself takes a country rap approach that is so different from all of other country music, but the lyrics are conveyed so well behind the speed and tempo of hip-hop music. I truly think that if the song had been sung any other way it ... participation. I believe that the song as participation in hip-hop is using the cultures need for change in its favor. People everywhere love country music, but this song exposed people of genre that would infatuate thousands of people. The energetic and brisk nature behind a hip-hop song keeps som...

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Introduction Can you think of a pop culture that has contributed more to our society in any other way than music genre? What about a pop culture that have a positive influence on some parts of the country and yet be portrayed as a negative influence among the rest of America? What about a culture ... into a frenzy? This culture can take on many different art forms that allow several different types of people to participate in regardless of ethnicity: whether it is the highly scrutinized rap music, the beautiful art form of graffiti, the creative art of break dancing, or the ever so complicat...

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... , in California, probation officers from Orange County asked two professors at California State University to research whether there was a link between heavy metal music and juvenile crime. The professors asked a group of high school students to identify the lyrical themes of their favorite songs. Of the 662 ... the bible, torah, or any other religious book. Neglecting to censor aspects of a person's life that are much more influential than the music they listen to proves that censorship is unnecessary. The First Amendment gives everyone a right to speak freely about anything. If censorsh...

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... "set" your mood. Well, if you can let music "set" your mood then what kind of music can affect your attitude towards people; animals; everything. So when a person is listing to classical music he/she may be likely to be kind or gentle, but also vice-versa when a person listing to rap music can maybe be a "punk" or a bully. Well, is it right to blame ... your actions on the person(s) who recorded the music? No! It's not! If you have the right as a citizen of the United States to listen to what you choose to listen to ... ...

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... and millions of people across the world sit at a computer and download music. Over the past decade internet file sharing has become the way to get the music you like the most. No matter what your genre from country to rap, from rock to gospel, the internet is the place to get it ... popular ways to restore the funds depleted by the enormous wave of file sharing is teaming up and with major companies to promote and sponsor their music. Grammy winning artist Mary J. Blidge teamed up recently with Reebok to promote her new single, Love at First Sight. Her song would be ... have also formed p...

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... have challenged modern trends and proved competitive. Like rock and roll in the 50s, heavy metal in the 80s and rap in the 90s, the new millennium has also developed its own trend, called pop. Nowadays pop has become more than just music, it has become fashion statement, a form of speech and even a way of living. Although their have been many musical ... trends like heavy metal, hip-hop, rap, rock and others, Pop has developed into the biggest trend of all time. Pop is a combination of all music genders and all harmonic styles that incorporates modern everyday life. The rise of pop cann...

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... [sic] ain't Shit and Bridget in which women are referred to as hoes do not really represent how Dr. Dre and many other rap artists feel about women. Dre said, people buy the type of music that I make. As long as people keep buying it, I will keep making it (MTV 2). Linda Tuzynski, a mother of six ... a image. No one really thinks of their mothers, wives, girlfriends, or daughters as bitches or hoes. She says the only issue she has with rap music is young children listening to it. But, she says, as long as parents monitor what their children listen to when they are too young, it is ... h...

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... and ideals of America especially the younger generation. (2, 7, 8) Rock and Roll is a direct descendent of the blues. The blues is a form of music invented by blacks in the southern United States as a reaction to the harsh racial discrimination imposed upon them. It is a musical form based on alienation, ... the "me" decade, because the ideals and action of the Sixties turned inward. Disco certainly reflected the materialistic aspect. Disco want just a style of music, it was a style in general. Millions were made off of disco records, disco-style furniture, clothing, and movies and of c...

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... since its conception, they will tell you that it is a culture filled with enrichment and enlightment in several different aspects. Its creativity spans from music to clothing and beyond. At first it was categorized as a unique way for the urban community to express its talents, but soon developed ... that this was no longer merely a community expression, but a money making venue. Rap is the music, hip-hop is the style, urban is the mindset in this affluent culture. Advertising hip-hop goes well beyond the music being played, it speaks to a lifestyle, and offers an exceptional environment...

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... , and they remain optimistic about finding his killer. Jam Master Jay, along with Joe "Run" Simmons and Darryl "DMC" McDaniels, was apart of the rap group Run DMC for nearly twenty years. This disc jockey made music that the world adored. "His scratching and mixing exhibitions on songs such as Jam Master Jay, Sucker MCs and Peter Piper (which Missy Elliott uses ... Ice Cube says, "They"re pioneers. Run-DMC made rap emerge out of hip-hop to be the signature art." Fellow hip-hop legend Big Daddy Kane concurred, "Run-DMC definitely made me feel rap was here to stay" (Reid, MTV 1). Once know...

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... by police officers for no particular reason, other than "looking suspicious". Racial stereotypes are a result of many instances. One major cause of racial stereotypes in the African-American community is rap music. Rap artists such as Snoop Dogg, Nas, DMX, and the late Christopher Wallace (Notorious B.I.G) & Tupac often use lyrics riddled with incidents such as the dealing and use of narcotics, promiscuity, ... robbery and homicide. The large exposure of rap music, currently one of the biggest selling music genre in our country, gives many people the impression that the majority of blac...

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... is a good thing for racial equality, except for when you look at the other types of dominant music today, rap and rhythm and blues. There is almost no white singers in these entire styles of music. On MTV, there has been only two white rap singers in the history of the channel, and one of them, Vanilla Ice, is the subject of constant ridicule ... by black rap fans and performers. Many people think that any person could sing these styles of music if they were talented enough. This is not true, however, because African-Americans in this industry tend to be unreceptive to white singers, an...

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... get other jobs. It has little lasting impact on rock and roll, but occasionally will have real impact. Chapter eighteen is the final chapter and discusses Techno-funk/pop, Rap, MTV, Dance music, and the future. Techno-funk was the standard way of defining what was happening. The technology of the time created the means to market rock which was through videotapes ... . Techno-funk/pop was more dominant in 1985 than any other time. Rap is a form of music that features a strong rhythm section, with the slap bass so important to funk, soul, and reggae. The rapper tells his message in a punct...

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... minority culture by America is evident in music too. Over the years different types of music have become associated with different cultures. Recently though, music once listened to by only certain ethnic groups is now accepted by many different groups. The most drastic change has occurred with rap music. Rap has always been associated with African American culture. When rap first started showing up it was ... denounced by white America. It was viewed as music that gangsters listened to, and was unacceptable ... for the white race. Over the past decade rap has evolved into one of the mos...

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... do that. The media and the movies are not the only things that seem to give people the wrong impression. The music business is something that always gets a bad rap. A lot of the music out is about people's real life, or something they feel like they have to create a fantasy world because their life ... is or was really bad. Gangsta rap is the genera of music that catches the most flack about how violent it is. The things ... that these songs are about are real life to these people and how they still live. Most rap music is about the problems is urban environments. There is not much new...

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... in the way they are played. Also the music differs greatly here in the south than in the north. Teens in the north only listen to either rap or heavy metal, where as in the south some teens like to listen to rap and metal but they also listen to country music. In the north, country music is almost unheard of. If you listen to ... country music where I am from in the north you will get made fun of ... southern teenagers like to do. There are some parts in the north where square dancing is popular but not many. Teens in the north like to dance quickly to rap or techno music. These intera...

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... were Kraftwerk, Mel and Kim, Company B, and Lisa Lisa & Cult Jam. In February, the Beastie Boys' Licensed to Ill became the first rap album to top the pop albums chart. (Rap recordings feature a kind of rhythmic talking to music.) Jazz continued to receive industry support, as Columbia Records joined the growing list of major labels revitalizing their jazz catalogs. Industry veteran Mel Fuhrman ... acquired tapes of unreleased music by jazz great Duke Ellington and began issuing a series of 10 CD's. Some of the best-selling jazz albums ... . Mainstream Rock also flourished in 1987, part...

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... times. The only way I can envision the way in which people lived is by the stories told to me by my father or listening to the music from that point in time. It is quite odd being able to classify a lifestyle or commonality that society portrays by listening to a single song written ... during that generation. The art of music, you see, is an accurate way of depicting a cultures views and morals at a given time. "She's real fine, my 409- is a phrase that will ... the issue that really confuses me is the fact that the only songs I could find about cars in modern music is within the rap g...

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... n" Roll. At the start of this decade, rock groups became more production oriented, mainly because of the sudden explosion of videos. During the 1980s music videos became a popular form of promotion and entertainment. With bands like U2, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, Guns n" Roses, and Metallica ... . Rock music no longer continued to be a way to rebel against authority and injustice. It became oriented more around violence and expression of anger. As different styles of music emerged on the market, Rock lost a portion of the audience to rap music, pop music, or hip hop music. R...

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... could not be expressed in society due too peoples complaints and ideas of what is "appropriate." Expression, is just one aspect of the music people create. Music censorship suppresses an artist's individual expression. Violating the right to free speech. The Encarta world English dictionary defines censorship as "the suppression ... to practice that right, is going against everything this country is based on. III REFUTING THE OPINION However, many times in life, the music we listen too does in fact have an influence on how we dress, and act in public. Many public officials see this as a...

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