The Male Rap-Recording Artist In today's society at least one specific gender stereotype is being upheld and this specific gender stereotype is that of a male rap-recording artist. ... A male rapper would not be "true to the game" without his cars. ... Watching television shows the stereotype of a male rap-recording artist. ... Their money also stereotypes male rap-recording artists. Through songs and television they show and tell their money and how they use it. ...

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We need to investigate why and how the rappers are given such bad reputations. We must also examine how the rappers' violent images affect their ability to market themselves effectively and sell records. Another important aspect of this argument that we must analyze is how all of this violence is affecting our society. ... The biggest story to date in the hip-hop world was the feud that went on between the east coast rappers and west coast rappers. ... These are only a couple examples of how the media often hype the violence in a rappers life. ...

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Combs, being the owner of the widely known Bad Boy Records, was simply being judged by the ownership of such a name on a record label and the fact that much of his music and his protégés was really how they lived and behaved on a regular basis. ... Rap is nothing but life stories described in a musical form. ... The same principle goes with Rap music. ... the evil "of the most violent, dehumanizing, and desensitizing rap-(623). Rap music is not to blame for the way people act in society today. ...

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Surprisingly enough, with all its flaws rap and hip-hop forms of music are at its peak. ... The question here is how do these artists make so much money and receive all this fame through bad lyrics and explicit sexual themes? ... As my title suggests the type of language used in some of the rap songs, "Its Bling Bling Biatch". Bling Bling, a slang used for diamonds and biatch is how women are denoted in songs. ... Lil" Kim a female hip-hop singer launched her single "How many licks" that speaks about masturbation, sex and alcohol. ...

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This is an attempt to distance himself from his discography, current rap music, and anything else that might cause the listener to have preconceived notions of how the album should sound. ... Lyricism within the rap genre cannot be merely judged by superficial features such as delivery or phonetic spectacles. Something must be said about the emotion behind the lyrics, and how they fit within the context of the artist's life or purpose for the music. ... An effect of this pride is that it only emphasizes how imperfect Kanye West is, and with how many times it's acknowledged on the ...

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So if rap isn't violent anymore, what is it? ... Rap certainly doesn't change because it ignorantly believes that as music it knows what the fans want to hear. ... Rapping or "Emceeing" as its more accurately titled is only one of these sub cultures. ... The style has been used since and now influences almost all rap music being made. ... - Talib Kweli (The Blast) This final quote is from Talib Kweli; another extremely intelligent artist who could be summarized with a self-quote "anyone can tell you how it is, I"m telling you how it is - AND how it could be." ...

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Rap and hip-hop has been plagued by negative connotations of violence since its existence. ... Rap artist Ice Cube says, "They"re pioneers. Run-DMC made rap emerge out of hip-hop to be the signature art." ... Andre 3000 - "Elevators" (Allen) Regardless of how many fans Outkast have they will not be able to make a living without creating a song that listeners will enjoy. ... Even though these two organizations have opposing viewpoints on how to change the hip-hop culture, the desire to free hip-hop of its negative image ...

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In a dark and cliched time for rap/hip-hop Kanye attempted to raise the bar, however his ego interfered. ... He produced for locally famous artists and some more prestigious rappers like Nas, up until the year two-thousand. ... The coming year Jay-Z released The Blueprint, which is known to be a rap/hip-hop classic. ... In an interview Kanye says the album is a message about how one can have a relationship with Jesus. ... On one of his tracks "I Am a God" he boasts about his accomplishments and how he is so successful no one can top him. ...

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Illuminati members are intelligent, and they have known how to make their way inside since the beginning. ... He raps, "When I look into the mirror in the morning, I don't see anything" ("Illuminati: Hip-hop"). ... " These lyrics and title suggest that this well-liked rapper/celebrity is a recently added member of the Illuminati. Jonah Weiner, an author of Slate Magazine, suggest that rapper, Eminem is also a member of Illuminati. ... Her lyrics make it seem that she knows how dangerous it is, but she sings, "For you I'd risk it all" (Katy Perry). ...

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Look no further than artists such as Carman, who produced a song titled "The Resurrection Rap" in 1993. ... He enjoyed some success as a rapper, but most of his recognition was limited to the Christian music industry. ... All of this is great evidence for how far Christian hip-hop has come, but the icing on the cake has to be last fall's release of "Anomaly". ... But how many people do you know that will listen to profanity-riddled Kendrick Lamar or Eminem all day long, but turn their nose up when you try to talk to them about Jesus or play your favorite worship song f...

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How can two hundred million people worldwide be wrong? Fifty million Americans are illegally file-sharing billions of songs on the Internet daily. Consequently, the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) blames the ten percent decline in record sales due to those downloads. Nevertheless, t...

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