Many of the early rap artists such as 2 Pac and Dr. ... For example Nicki Minaj's song 'Anaconda' which hit huge success in the charts. ... In Drakes song 'the motto' "My N*ggers" is consistently used to describe his friends or one's that he is close with. ... Women are often portrayed as objects in these songs. ... Through the language and images used in their music videos and songs, rappers influence everything about youth. ...

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A song called "Rapper's Delight" by the Sugar hill Gang was the first rap song to go mainstream. There were rap songs before this (1979), but "Rapper's Delight" started the takeover. Many rappers today claim that song is the reason they rap. ... I think rap is popular and the reason it is a phenomenon is that it talks about it in its songs. ... For example the NBA has a lot of advertisements with rap songs in them and basketball is a very popular sport. ...

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For instance songs like, "Back That Ass Up", "The Thong Song", and "I Like Big Butts" all make women look as though they are nothing to men but sex symbols. ... This line in the popular song lead to many teens believing that casual sex is okay. ... In a response to a prior song written by the rapper Benzzino towards killing Eminem, Eminem replied in one of his new songs, "Die mother f***er, die." ... Women are looked at as sex symbols and property of men in many of the rap song written today. The use of language in these songs is unbelievably derogatory and offensive to many. ...

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Young children and adults, 14, 15 and 16 years of age, who listen and memorize these rap songs think that it is acceptable behavior. ... In one song they say, "that if f--- with Dre you f--- with death row... The song "Cop Killer," with obscene and violent lyrics, forced Time Warner to stop selling the album with the song on it. The lyrics on the song said it was dedicated to the L.A.P.D. ... Even though the song was cut from the album the other songs on it were just as bad. ...

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Unlike rap music, rock music uses actual instruments, such as: Guitar, a drum set, keyboards, etc. to give a song a melody. ... In most recent songs, rap music had developed and changed from a "thug" trend to a party and materialism type of genre. ... That's not to say rap doesn't share any of these topics, but over the years, rap has change a lot in the messages that are supposed to be sent with each song. ... Those two are more recent song that show how both genres speak of different topics in their song. ... As mentioned before, rap has changed, but in the past, rock a...

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Songs are usually 12bars, 16 bars, or 8 bars. ... It was influenced heavily by sacred sorrow songs, work songs, and spirituals. ... Songs from this era are known as Old School Hip Hop or Old School Rap. ... He would rap at the top of his lungs when performing his songs and worked the crowd passionately. ... Both songs also use slang as well. ...

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A male rapper would not be "true to the game" without his cars. ... Through songs, male rap-recording artists talk about their cars and show off their money and thus are stereotyped to be the types of people who "run this way" (Kilo). ... Also, most homes include a studio in which artists design their songs and record them. ... 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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Once you start listening to these songs you start to want to be like these rappers. ... Hip hop has been one of the main contributing factors that helped curtail gang violence because of the fact that many rapper use their songs to channel their anger and aggressions (Davey). ... JMJ would teach the young buck to count bars and structure songs. ... Beginning to attract interest, and now backed by his crew, G-Unit, 50 stayed on his grind and made more songs. ... Rather than create new songs as they had before, 50 decided to showcase his hit-making ability by retouching first-class beats which ...

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I own 20 rap CD's. ... Will Smith is nearly the only rap artist not using profanity in his rap lyrics. ... Both types of sources have info on rap artists and rap it self. ... "Does Rap Have a Future"? ... "Teens Favor Hip-Hop Despite Rap: Study Says Youths Look Up to Rap Artists." ...

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Rap Music and Violence The issue of whether rap music contributes to violent crime is a continual debate here in America. ... My own opinion on this matter is that rap songs that contain violence to an extreme degree are wrong and immoral. ... When many children listen to this kind of music they think that what is being said in the songs is not wrong or against the law. The lyrics in many songs contain violent and explicit lyrics that usually talk about killing someone along with sounds of gunshots in the background. ... If the whole album is about death, violence, misogyny and drugs excep...

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In the song "Who Knew?... Marshall Mathers was who he really is, Eminem is his stage persona, and Slim Shady is the "no holds barred" rapper using rhetoric to spark controversy in his songs across the world. ... In this song, Eminem portrays himself as a "new man", or a metrosexual. ... In 2003, Eminem became the first rap artist to win an academy award for a song in a movie, multiple Grammys', and sold more than 10 million album copies worldwide. ... He uses pathos in an appealing song, as well as making fun of the media, other rappers, and all his imitators. ...

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roots of rap 1. ... The first rap record is generally acknowledged to have been "King Tim III" by the Fatback Band in 1979, but there were many predecessors and early indicators of the possibilities of chanting rhymes over a musical background. ... Individual performances that prefigured rap While rap as a musical genre started in the 80s, there have been many black and white performers who succeeded with rap-style performances in early jazz, blues, pop, and country performances. ... Rosalind Russell, "Swing" (1953), a "patter song" written by Leonard Bernstein for the Broadway musical Won...

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He has a good mix of different fast and slow rap songs. ... Every song does not sound the same like other rappers. ... Nelly is definitely a excellent rapper with a lot of talent. ... Every song on the CD is a song that I enjoy listening to and many other people enjoy listening to as well. He has a great variety of music to your hard rap songs to your slower R&B songs. ...

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The song is a pleasant collaboration of Mr. ... In the song, LL Cool J raps about how he falls victim of a serious crush on a lady in his neighborhood. ... I can remember a crush I had in 12th grade whenever I hear the song.. ... Percussion is the lifeline of the song and keeps a sleek but steady pace throughout the song. ... I have many favorites but this one in particular is great because it is one of the few rap/r&b collaborations that is on my favorites list. ...

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Rap music and all its variations, from gangsta rap to hip-hop, are among the most potent influences of young peoples' perceptions of reality and their resulting behavior. Studies have shown that instead of seeing gangsta rap as a form of entertainment, adolescents perceive the songs to be autobiographical (Miranda, Claes, 113) or in other words, specifically addressing their unique situation and challenges. As rap artists often resort to drugs, sex, or violence as the means to resolve the conflicts in their songs and videos, adolescents often model this behavior, seeing it...

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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. ... People went out and bought the records because they were curious to hear what the rappers' songs were about. The newest hip hop superstar is a rapper by the name 50 Cent. ... Most rapper now days are supplementing their lack of a talent and song writing ability with a huge amount of violence. ... Once we become desensitized to what they are saying the media and the artists must raise the level of violence in their news stories and song lyrics to arous...

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Rap Music and Youth's Behavior ABSTRACT Parents are becoming increasingly concerned about the potentially misleading content of violent themes and lyrics in gangta" rap. ... Rap Music and Youth's Behavior Gangsta' Rap and its violence Music has always had a tremendous affect on cultures and societies around the world. ... Rap music has been taken over by what is known as gangsta" rap, which is a type of music based on rap but with lyrics that talk about racism, violence, sex, and governmental criticisms. ... They hear songs that talk about how much money was stole...

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An example of how the rap industry has been blamed is a rapper named Ice T. ... The media along with the critics of the rap industry would say that while the person that tried to kill the officer is guilty, they were lead to do this because of the lyrics in the song. ... Even the newest shocker on the scene, Eminem, released a song named "Stan". ... Stan, a dedicated fan to Eminem writes letters to him throughout the song. ... If a crime is committed it is the responsibility of the parent, or the person committing the crime, not the responsibility of the music company, or the rapper who wrot...

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Simply, Tupac was the epitome of a gangster rapper. ... Gangster rap, often termed gangsta rap has maintained a bad rap since its beginning. ... While gangsta rap does have a strong condolence of violence, it is often simply a recollection of the rappers own historical conditions. ... While Tupac was put into the category of "gangsta rapper", he did not abide by many of the outlines that have been laid down to model what a gangster rapper is. ... Although Tupac was labeled as a gangster rapper and one who condoned and encouraged hostility, these songs laid a blueprint of his true meaning. ...

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Certain songs or music genres are associated with various events in history. ... Songs would be sung secretly in codes, blind to field overseers but apparent to other slaves. ... Rap is not afraid to speak of what is really going on. ... Rap is also used as an identity source. Young people look to rap songs to find out what is hip and cool, and more importantly, what their friends think is hip and cool. ...

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The lyrics to "Rap God" expose Eminem's personal thoughts about his role in music as a white rapper in black industry. ... One song that signifies the connection he made between different races in music is "Lose Yourself," Eminem's hit off his movie soundtrack 8 Mile. ... This song specifically bridges a gap between music genres and ethnicities. ... The taunting chorus is the most revealing of the songs purpose when he raps, " White America/ I could be one of your kids/ White America/ Little Eric looks just like this/ white America/ Erica loves my shit/ I go to TRL/ L...

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Another part of the rap industry that angers people are the gun violences stated in many songs. ... The fact of the matter is that many rappers do have songs featuring in depth stories of gun violence. ... It is not fair to blame one genre of music for violence anyway considering the violent lyrics being said on many alternative and rock songs being played also. There have been no alleged violent activity going on from hearing a rap song, as the youth who shoot up schools and such blame their actions on alternative artists such as Marilyn Manson. ... If a person has common sense, they would ...

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Surprisingly enough, with all its flaws rap and hip-hop forms of music are at its peak. ... None of this really affected the rapper in anyway, instead all this hype boosted his popularity and people actually bought the album just to see what was so wrong about it. ... As my title suggests the type of language used in some of the rap songs, "Its Bling Bling Biatch". ... After you've heard a few hip-hop songs you come to realize that the rap community has little or no respect for women because they are either called bitches or whores. ... I have been listing to rap, hip-hop, R&B and reggae ...

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The first real rap group was The Sugar Gang with their single "Rappers" Delight" in 1979. This song was a major influence on many rappers of a later time. The next breakthrough song was "The Message" by Grandmaster Flash and Furious Five. ... This "Gangster Rap" is what many rap styles are based off of today. ... In 1988, the group, Public Enemy had released the song "It Takes a Nation of Millions to hold us Back" and N.W.A came out with the song "Straight Outta Compton" that introduced Ice Cube and Dr. ...

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The first real rap group was The Sugar Gang with their single "Rappers" Delight" in 1979. This song was a major influence on many rappers of a later time. The next breakthrough song was "The Message" by Grandmaster Flash and Furious Five. ... This "Gangster Rap" is what many rap styles are based off of today. ... In 1988, the group, Public Enemy had released the song "It Takes a Nation of Millions to hold us Back" and N.W.A came out with the song "Straight Outta Compton" that introduced Ice Cube and Dr. ...

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