... hip-hop, not many people feel the same love for hip-hop and not many people want to listen to it. People are tired of seeing the same flashy videos and hearing about getting this girl in bed. I know I"m tired of seeing and hearing this gibberish. Variations of it is tolerable, but I don't prefer listening ... these terms. Emcees aren't true hip-hop artists if they don't know the true meaning of hip-hop. Emcees back then features b-boys and life scenes in their videos. Now most emcees feature half naked girls and cars. I think it makes hip-hop look so bad. That's why there is so much co...

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... hip-hop, not many people feel the same love for hip-hop and not many people want to listen to it. People are tired of seeing the same flashy videos and hearing about getting this girl in bed. I know I"m tired of seeing and hearing this gibberish. Variations of it is tolerable, but I don't prefer listening ... these terms. Emcees aren't true hip-hop artists if they don't know the true meaning of hip-hop. Emcees back then features b-boys and life scenes in their videos. Now most emcees feature half naked girls and cars. I think it makes hip-hop look so bad. That's why there is so much co...

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... Country Music Television, Music Television, and Video Hits 1. They then trained college students, aged 17 to 24 years, to analyze the videos for violence content. Out of 518 videos examined, 57 percent showed acts of interpersonal violence. "Pediatricians with a specialty in adolescent medicine are very aware of how crucial music is ... . (Christenson & Roberts, 1998). Although there is no one solution, awareness of, and sensitivity to, the potential impact of music lyrics and videos by consumers, the media and the music industry are one important piece of the puzzle. It is in the childr...

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In a world full of anti-censorship, liberation, and free will, the sky's the limit. Words of hate, bigotry, sexism, and racism grace today's airwaves with no questions asked. Eminem, a top rapper today, sings about killing ... rants about how many girls he's "bagged" in his hit single "Girls, girls, girls". It seems as though that today, there is no line to be crossed and free speech has no boundaries. It's legal to say whatever one wants to on a record, as long as there's a sticker stating that it has "explicit content/lyrics". With Hip ... their first album, which included stuff like "Roc...

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Free Speech, Controversy, & A Guilty Conscience "My words are like a dagger with a jagged edge..."- "Criminal", from "The Marshall Mathers LP" An average rap artist wouldn't be able to grace the covers of ... who were his core audience at the time. After the Columbine tragedy in April of 1999 things grew even more complicated for movie makers and musicians alike. Suddenly the words "free speech" didn't mean anything. Things that were said in jest or in context of a particular scenario were singled out and attacked. Ironically, Eminem goes farther than anyone when portraying himself ... Brit...

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... much violence in the world and both wants to do something about it. People who believe in the message of violent lyrics apply themselves to the First Amendment Right of free speech. News broadcasts all over the country blamed N.W.A. for uprisings against police departments and accused the group of turning citizens against law enforcement. The media in that time made the ... of African American culture. For non-black children, it creates gross misrepresentations of the black experience.(Straight Outta Compton) Young minds today are exposed to violent music and now the videos that accompa...

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... into fights, gangs, guns, and running from the police, kids listen and try to form themselves to that depiction of what is "cool." And the television doesn't help either. Music videos for these songs show many artists actually engaging in these activities, and at the end of the video, they always hook up with a hot guy or girl and drive away ... ...

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... paint to characterize black people were highly prevalent during that time period. In the documentary, "Blacking Up: Hip-hop's remix of race and identity", a highly popular Blackface actor, Al Jolson, assumed the role of a black man and performed exaggerated stereotyped roles and actions degrading the image of blacks and this was seen as an entertainment norm at the time ... through the impacts of music legends Elvis Presley and The Rolling Stones. Elvis Presley and The Rolling Stones were said to have appropriated the black cultural expression, much like how Al Jolson appropriated the &...

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... violence has existed long before rap was developed. It can be assumed that rap was shaped to fit the culture it was developed in. Rap-style music in Mongolia is free from the slanderous and violent tones that line American rap, because the environment is not suited to it. Rappers rap about their lives. If a rapper's life is filled with violence ... in her song "UNITY", saying "Who you callin" a bitch? You got to let "em know you"re not a bitch or a "ho." In addition, the greater part of male rap is free of straight degradation of females, attention is aroused by the few extremists such ...

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... be censored. They believe some of the language musical artists" use is vulgar, obscene, and crude. In addition, music is played on media such as radio and television, which are free to listen to by all audiences, and there are many parents that would not wish for their kids to hear foul language. So, on radio and television any controversial language ... made it a point to say what is on his mind. This cannot be done by censoring what he wants to say. Limiting his speech is the same as limiting his free thought as far as expression of his own thoughts go. Writer George Beahm points out,...

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... to make people mad. In a way he wants people mad at him so he can show people that there are critics and censors out there that are trying to limit free speech rights and he feels that this is a bad thing for our country. His success can be attributed to the fact that most people realize what his music is all ... ...

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... artists promoting this kind of view it can only have a negative effect. As long as we live in a society that is based on the ideology of the land of the free' then there can be no way to truly censor our music and keep it out of the hands of the youth who can only misread the text and take it ... ...

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... "s had set out to fully censor Eminem. Fortunately the celebrities of the evening did not pay any attention to these censors, and instead showed a great respect for Eminem's right of free speech. Their support for Eminem should be appreciated by all. Stevie Wonder, Madonna, and Christian rocker Dan Hasseltine cheered for Eminem's rights. Elton John set the best example of all ... ...

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