... to music nearly evry day and it has a great influence on myself. Music can change or intensify my mood in a positiv way. But Hip Hop not only influences my feelings, it also has become a great part of my life. Hip Hop determines the way I dress, the way i talk and also my spare time. By the way, I'd like to mention that I spend most of my ... spare time playing basketball and thats also a reason why I'm listening to Hip Hop music or the other way, Hip Hop is a reason why I'm playing basketball. Who Knows? Both Hip Hop and basketball have their roots in america. Both are invented and dom...

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... American culture. But in the past 3 decades it has evolved beyond both its original creative forms and its target audience. First para: Roots of hip hop - Roots lie in the African American community. Always had some form of verbal jousting to accompany rhymes. Early 70's. KOOL HERE. Jamaican DJ moved ... Emceeing served to involve the crowd by acknowledging them. This would later become rap. Lovebug Starski (or DJ Hollywood) came up with the term "hip hop". Second para: Evolution: early-mid 80s. Afrika Bambaataa. Chief Rocker Busy Bee. Grandmaster Flash. Emceeing started as ways to draw t...

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... , in each paradine of the human experience instinctively and systematically change the music of the past to represent the realities of the present. In this century, black music, more specifically Hip Hop/Soul music, has been that music that has brought to plain view that which evidences our humanity - hope, hurt, joy and passion - in such a way that the world has no ... ...

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... full of original elements, and it`s also a place where people can show others what they five got and who they are. Within this original society called Hip Hop, there are basically four main elements of MC, Break, Tag, and DJ. And each is represented by millions of people all over the globe. When the ... their people, and its no different from a farmer singing about his cows and chickens in Idaho. Besides, Gangster Rap isn t the only type of Hip Hop music, its actually only a small sect of it all. Many rappers put out lyrics about what they believe in, their own philosophies, entertainin...

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... culture full of original elements, and its also a place where people can show others what theyve got and who they are. Within this original society called Hip Hop, there are basically four main elements of MC, Break, Tag, and DJ. And each is represented by millions of people all over the globe. When ... their people, and its no different from a farmer singing about his cows and chickens in Idaho. Besides, Gangster Rap isn t the only type of Hip Hop music, its actually only a small sect of it all. Many rappers put out lyrics about what they believe in, their own philosophies, entertaini...

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... any other means of expression. Because the subjects are so similar to the negative and positive aspects of life in today's society, rap and hip-hop give people something to which they can relate. Although it is not what anyone could call "clean" music, rap has made its imprint ... on living life. Because the people born in this generation have experienced many of life's hardships much younger than past generations, rap and hip-hop music provide reassurance that troubles will pass. Listening to famous artists who have become successful reminisce about their struggles and difficult times, a...

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... top the charts week after week, rap videos have taken control of MTV, BET and the BOX, and there are dozens of hip hop magazines on the newsstands. A stroll on any city street in the United States reveals the proliferation of hip-hop styled apparel. The culture itself had much humbler beginnings, however. On the street corners and in the parks, young men and ... characteristics, pitch, dynamics, timbre, rhythm, melody, harmony, key, texture, form, and various others are usually mentioned. It is fascinating to see how many of these characteristics are present in the hip-hop culture, more...

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... , but many Americans still segregated our culture. African- American Culture that has been "segregated," but has greatly influence American society in many aspects including style, entertainment, language and much more. Hip hop fashion and style is a big part of American culture. Tommy HIlfiguer One of today's biggest fashion designers got his start with a target market to African American's style. His designs are ... Ralph Lauren see this and want to bring it their new and different style to mainstream Americans. Take a look into suburban Neighborhoods and look at what the kids are wear...

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... and goals arise with the wide gulf of generations in the black community. Older Americans continue to be separated from the growing hip-hop culture, and they, along with the hip-hop community, have not yet learned how to deal with this separation. Music is one of the largest rifts between the civil rights ... generation and the hip-hop generation. An increase in violence, sex, and disrespect in modern music reflects the increase in violence, sex, and disrespect in the ... no remorse, conviction, or thought of being inappropriate and inconsiderate. Goals have changed considerably with th...

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... the intended context." This is very true because the lyrics rappers use in their songs are most commonly words from their personal experiences. In essence you have to breath hip-hop to understand hip-hop. Keep in mind African American artist who have not had other means to succeed in society are not expected to generate so much social capital. So those who are ... basically on the outside looking in can not fully understand all that which is hip-hop, as well as the music genre of rap. The author uses African American history to redefine how rappers are perceived. The origin of rap music...

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... acts has been banned from performing on stage and their albums have been banned from stores. I think differently because of how the censorship bureau has taken extreme efforts to ban hip-hop music and the distribution of it. "How can covering children's ears solve serious social problems like violent crime, racism, or suicide? If suppressing creative expression were the way to control ... Florida. In the 90's rap music was taking all the heat for music censorship. Rappers such as Ice-T, Public Enemy, and N.W.A. were getting the majority of the heat in the hip-hop industry. I know most o...

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... is no doubt that the culture of the society directly reflects its music. We see this through Jimmy Hendrix, and how Hip Hop music today inspires listeners to be more superficial. This paper will show how society inspires music and how music inspires society. I first started to do this research project by first ... write. When he is happy he would write a funny or happy song and when he is sad he would write a song to express his bitterness about the subject. Rap or Hip Hop has its roots within African culture and tradition. (http://www.daveyd.com/raphist 1.html0 ) Rap has evolved from ...

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... DJ Kool Herc developed the blueprint for what is now known as Rap. Rap consists of telling a rhythmic and swift story while being accompanied by some sort of instrumental track. Hip-Hop is synonymous with the culture of appreciation of Rap, as well as one that produces different danceable beats. Herc inspired the streets of the Bronx to carry on this new ... culture. Other Rap artists and followers continued to arise across the country. Currently, the Billboard charts show that Rap and Hip-Hop are the most popular genre in America. Perhaps it is because of the realism found in Rap lyric...

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... . Rock evolved from "rock 'n roll", and yes, they are different. On the other hand, Rap started in the early to mid 1990's and it evolved from "Hip-Hop". Rap is somewhat still considered "new" by a lot of people because it's only been around for about 20 years while rock is considered classic in the eyes ... of people growing up in the 60s and rap was out casted because it was vulgar, and offensive. Both rap and rock are sub-genres to bigger genres, rap to hip-hop and rock to rock 'n roll. One similarity that I found surprising is that both this genres were created by African-A...

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... of music influenced by blacks are: a symphonic work composed by William Grant Still entitled "Afro-American Symphony." Rock-n-roll music (from its beginnings with Chuck Berry, to today's Michael Jackson), Hip-Hop music (with Sean P. Diddy Combs and Mary J. Blige topping the list, and the highly controversial style of Rap. But please keep in mind that the Rap style is just another ... ...

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... arrival of the new millennium ensued.. Music thankfully had realized its potential, and took a sharp turn in creativity's general direction, exposing underground and side stream genres such as RnB and Hip-Hop to the limelight. This was about the time I began to choose music selectively, but I was on a different track. Of course, natural rebellion had kicked in, and so I took the punk ... ...

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