But, despite its controversy it has remained a source of encouragement to many as its influence spreads across the globe. ... Hip-Hops influence is global, with a fan base consisting of just about everybody, with consumers primarily consisting of white privileged suburban youth. ... Perry argues four distinctions of hip-hop music that make it characteristically black American Music 1. ... It is no secret how music permeates the human psyche, namely music's significance to culture. ... A deeper examination of rap lyrics alludes to this positive racial socialization Dr. ...

• Word Count: 1971
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Psychedelic music was and is looked at as a heavily drug influenced genre and the demographic of people listening to the music were a very drug based group. ... Heavily drug and sex influenced rock, was hard and heavy to the culture. ... The civil rights movement was the most musically influenced social movement and that made it speak to people who were younger because if they were listening to the music, then they were listening to the movement. ... The artists of the 90's thought it as their duty to not only provide quality music but to inform kids about the dangers of strong drugs a...

• Word Count: 1505
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

Across the culture spectrum (literature, drama, music, visual art, dance) and also in the realm of social thought (sociology, historiography, philosophy), artists and intellectuals found a new way to explore the historical experiences of black America. They influenced the contemporary experiences of the black lives in the urban north. As is well known, the influence of WWI was very important to the Harlem Renaissance. ... The white and black people's relationship's influences of the Harlem Renaissance, and the positives white people's responses advanced the development of the Ha...

• Word Count: 1512
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Another picture was one of the music sensation Miley Cyrus, and was meme of her dancing in one of her music videos, with a part of the song being captioned under it. ... In the meme is a picture of her dancing in her music video "We Can't Stop." Since the video came out, it caused a huge scene in music. ... I find it sad that not one out of the ten pictures I found were a positive display of black people, I find it really sad that this is the kind of society we live in. ... We live in a culture where discrimination and mockery is influenced through media, people, and environments. ...

• Word Count: 1377
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Music, poetry, jazz, blues and musical theater were flourishing for the African American in Harlem. ... Langston Hughes was a great writer, and with his works he influenced and inspired the people of Harlem. ... (Haskins 48) Hughes had and still has a great influence on poetry. ... This is a positive poem. ...

• Word Count: 1984
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Music, one of the most expressive genres in entertainment provides a given voice for a generation. ... Rap and hip-hop artists become major influences upon the developing minds of a generation; their words and actions vitally affect the community. ... Insulting even more because their "in your face" messages point out every negative aspect of drinking malt liquor as a positives. ... Music, one of the most expressive genres in entertainment provides a given voice for a generation. ... Rap and hip-hop artists become major influences upon the developing minds of a generation; their words a...

• Word Count: 2152
• Approx Pages: 9

Other codes and conventions in broadcasting are voice-overs, split screen comparisons, music, lighting, direct or indirect address, camera angles, and the narrative. ... In the Budd text, a Cascade commercial is analyzed to see how unobtrusive techniques like voice-overs, music, lighting, direct address, and the narrative style come together to create a particular meaning that influences the viewer. ... The type of music and kind of lighting used can subtly influence the meaning as well. Combine low lighting and harsh, staccato music with the images of the business woman and contrast that to...

• Word Count: 1987
• Approx Pages: 8

Though Christianity was not likely whole-heartedly accepted by the millions of slaves that the church claims were converted, it is undeniable that the influence Christianity played in their cultural development was vast and extensive. ... Levine's study, Black Culture and Black Consciousness, suggests there was a "widespread conversion of slaves to Christianity by the time of the Civil War".15 More recent opinions however state that the slaves, though influenced by Christianity, put up substantial resistance to the conversion process, and even when "converted" still held tight to the...

• Word Count: 1954
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate