... #2 03/14/03 Some music songs stand the test of time and some don't. Some in fact stand the test of times and are so good or have suck good beats that other artist will ... all of these also sampled beats from previous songs. Most of the time when a Rap artist will do this he will use the beats of a song that was not a tremendous pop hit. But this was not the case with rapper Eminem AKA Slim Shaddy when he produced a song called Sing For The Moment on his newest album The Eminem Show. This ... wanted to do that as well. In each of these songs if you listen and take time to feel the mus...

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... acts as, RUN-DMC, De La Soul, The Beastie Boys, Ice-T, and LL Cool J. RUN-DMC was among the first rap groups to climb the pop charts in a major way, they also were among the first to make incursions into the Rock-n-Roll element, when they teamed up with Aerosmith's Stephen Tyler ... Way." The beastie boys on the other hand, were White ex-Punkers gone Hip-Hop, and with their raucous style and rebellious behavior, managed to bring Rap music to a whole new group of listeners... White Middle-Class America. This exposure opened up a whole new can of worms, that of which still to this day ......

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... , life ain't nothin' but bitches and money" appalled many listeners with its profoundness and explicitness. In response to the controversy risen by Rap, KRS frontman Chuck D once memorably described rap music as "black people's CNN" - the only medium in which black voices could tell the truth in a white-dominated country". As Rap's controversial subjects and lyrics continued to escalate, its immense ... Pistols, "Submission" were blamed for corrupting America's highly influenced teenagers. Punk-rock lyrics introduced a new frankness of expression in matters both political and sexual. At ...

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... after the creation of Mtv. Since Mtv's introduction as part of the "pop" culture, it has evolved to include all types of music, from rock -n- roll to love songs to hip-hop. Videos used to help the listeners/fans interpret the artists' songs, now the videos just ... the work of promoters and record labels in an effort to sell more and more albums. Sometimes the artists have their hands tied in the way the music is promoted. These marketing tactics are probably dictated by someone in an office in some building in New York. But as distasteful these videos may be, ... video can get away w...

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... has become a lifestyle. It has also had an impact on the growth of Pop music. Due to the influence on different types of music, Hip-Hop music has had a collaboration of different styles of music. At the rate Hip-Hop is progressing it will continue to have an positive on the music community. Since the beginning of Hip-Hop in the early 70's there have been ... . 2 Cause of Hip-Hop there has been great effect on Pop music. The up-tempo beats of Hip-Hop gives Pop music gives the music a dance appeal. It is common today to have a Hip-Hop artist perform in a Pop song, because the two music sty...

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... ideals of communism. Culturally, artists broke away from the traditional way of painting and developed new genres such as cubism, expressionism, and surrealism. Music in the twentieth century was not immune from this departure from tradition. The disc jockey, or DJ, is one of the many tradition breaking ... inch disc as opposed to a seven inch discs (Frick). Also around this time an exciting new form of DJing called turntablism is created. All music classified as hip hop is a direct byproduct of turntablism (Wegner). Turntablism can best be described as a movement where completely new so...

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... . An increase in violence, sex, and disrespect in modern music reflects the increase in violence, sex, and disrespect in the modern pop culture. This is the view of younger black Americans. Older Americans feel that the violent and sexually explicit music is the cause of such chaos and degradation of our society ... considerably with the generations. Older black Americans fought for rights that the hip-hop community takes for granted. Racism is much more subtle in this pop culture; and we don't fight against it because we don't know how. We're not taught how to continue the struggle. All...

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... certain topic. Each and every audience members should be able to distinguish the rights and wrongs of each topic. There were many influences of rap music as early as the 1940's but it never really started developing in the 1970's. Urban DJ's started to manipulate records to make scratching rhythms ... by samplers. Also in 1986, rap music was starting to be played on television. MTV (Music Television), allowed access for Caucasian people to listen to rap music. MTV is still being played around the world with daily countdowns of rap, hip-hop, R&B, Rock, and Pop music. This cable channel a...

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... certain topic. Each and every audience members should be able to distinguish the rights and wrongs of each topic. There were many influences of rap music as early as the 1940's but it never really started developing in the 1970's. Urban DJ's started to manipulate records to make scratching rhythms ... by samplers. Also in 1986, rap music was starting to be played on television. MTV (Music Television), allowed access for Caucasian people to listen to rap music. MTV is still being played around the world with daily countdowns of rap, hip-hop, R&B, Rock, and Pop music. This cable channel a...

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... certain topic. Each and every audience members should be able to distinguish the rights and wrongs of each topic. There were many influences of rap music as early as the 1940's but it never really started developing in the 1970's. Urban DJ's started to manipulate records to make scratching rhythms ... by samplers. Also in 1986, rap music was starting to be played on television. MTV (Music Television), allowed access for Caucasian people to listen to rap music. MTV is still being played around the world with daily countdowns of rap, hip-hop, R&B, Rock, and Pop music. This cable channel a...

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... a mixer could be use as a form instrument? Who would have thought that by moving the record back and forth could create its own class of music? Most people get Rap and Hip-Hop mixed up. Rap and Hip-Hop are two total different things. When you refer to Rap you are referring to ... of the century began the musical evolution. It was a simple musical output device. The role of this musical component was greatly regarded as that of just a music player during the early 19th century. When the first record was introduced to the world, it was made for one main reason, entertainment. Records and r...

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... go from more provocative to downright nasty until it got the most requested and usually most perverted masterpiece. Not only were most of the music videos explicit in their content, they represented a negative image of women. Focusing on one video is difficult enough since most of them have ... a male at any time. In the various forms media, women are subjected to being portrayed as sexual objects. However, the perception of women in contemporary music videos have become distasteful. At a In the example of a video for Nelly's, "Hot In Herre" it shows scantly clad women dancing, throughou...

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... Knock Life" were released and he was finally well-known throughout the United States. With cameos by Rap Mogul Jermaine Dupri, Ja Rule, DMX, and producers Swizz Beats & Timbaland, Jay-Z's music was introduced to virtually every region of the country. In its first week, the album sold 300,000 copies and went on to sell many hundred thousand more. 1999 was ... Familia" which feature "I Just Wanna Love U," which was produced by The Neptunes, who now may be one of the more famous producers in all of hip-hop, rap, and even pop. He mainly continued with his non-gangster rap on this CD. The ye...

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... Island penitentiary. While 2Pac was still in jail his third album came out called Me Against the World. On its debut week Me Against the World was #1 on the Billboard's pop chart. The album goes double platinum seven months later after it first came out. Some time during October 2pac was released from jail by Death Row CEO Suge Knight for ... Wanted." It is a video which caricatured Biggie and Puff who are punished in the movie for setting up 2Pac. 2Pac comes back to New York on September 4th for a MTV Music Video Awards and then gets to a little scuffle. Three days later in Las Vegas a...

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... . west rap war that would eventually lead to both of their deaths. While in jail his third album "ME Against the World," was released. The album was #1 on the Billboard's pop chart upon its release. The album goes double platinum seven months after it is released. In October of 1994, Death Row CEO Suge Knight pays Tupac's 1.4 million bond, and Tupac ... was the kind of artist that made you think when you listen to it. He was a great storyteller about things that go on in the hood. I still listen to his music today. It seems to me that he knew he was going to live a short life. I can hear...

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... . west rap war that would eventually lead to both of their deaths. While in jail his third album "ME Against the World," was released. The album was #1 on the Billboard's pop chart upon its release. The album goes double platinum seven months after it is released. In October of 1994, Death Row CEO Suge Knight pays Tupac's 1.4 million bond, and Tupac ... was the kind of artist that made you think when you listen to it. He was a great storyteller about things that go on in the hood. I still listen to his music today. It seems to me that he knew he was going to live a short life. I can hear...

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