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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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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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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The FCC ruled that the song contained sexual references that were intended to shock a group of people (Boehlert, 2 para.). ... Not only did Elton, an openly bisexual man, celebrate Eminem's prohibited lyrics by singing in the rap star's controversial performance, but he also gave the hero a sympathetic hug on stage at the end of the song. ... The government cannot ban a song, but Wal-Mart can and frequently does. ... Violence in rap songs has also taken center stage and is getting their share of criticism and attempted censorship. ... Many other types of music artists use their...

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Rapper and producer of hip hop music Dr. Dre was notorious for his violent lyrics from his song Deep Cover. ... For example from the Slim Shady LP (1999), the rapper Eminem speaks of multiple violent acts against his wife, mother and both males and females; one of Eminem's songs with violent connotation.... Rappers such as Dr. ... (Goldstein) The media succeeded in changing the way society viewed gangster rap despite the fact that the rappers were only bringing up real topics that affected real people in the minority. ...

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The MC was to keep the crowd going between songs. This is how rapping came about. ... Some argue that rap is not always hip hop because rap is simply words spoken rhythmically over a beat. They argue that a rapper can rap over any type of track, soul, heavy metal, or even easy listening. ... These people argue that songs produced by the hip hop legend, Bambaataa came from samples of songs written by white groups and these songs had no particular beat to them. ...

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Some songs are created with the mere purpose of disgracing women, which I totally find to be offensive. ... Mentioning how fun drugs supposedly are in songs is unnecessary. ... Nearly every gangster rap song mentions a robbery or illegitimate act of vandalism. ... (Tyson P.7) These songs give people ideas and put the thoughts of committing any particular act in the minds of easily influenced people. ... It's making people think that all rap is gangster rap. ...

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Back in the grunge era, Nirvana exploded on the scene with songs like "Rape me", and Marilyn Manson's band came out with their first album, which included stuff like "Rock N" Roll Nigger". ... When rap music began, it was sang in the streets of New York. ... When the music business caught onto this trend of rap music's popularity, they bought into it, adding to the culpability of rap artists. ... They would be offered large sums of money to rap about the hardships of the ghetto, which is what happened with the "conscious" rap sub-genre, which consisted of rappers who rapped about thi...

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"Then attack Eminem cause I rap this way/ But I'm glad cause they feed me the fuel that I need for the fire/ to burn and it's burnin' and I have returned" (Mathers 4.18-20). ... Many songs he writes contain replies to Eminem's enemies. ... In an interview with The Rolling Stone Magazine, Mathers refers to his song written about his daughter, "That song was stress of my chest. ... Eminem was constantly teased for being a white boy in a mostly black neighborhood and attempting to rap along with them. ... According to Britain's Q Magazine, she also plans on launching a r...

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Shortly there after, everyone else followed suit, with the angry, explicit rap music still booming in their ears. ... With the recent uprising of rap and hip-hop music, violence in songs has become something that the public just accepts. ... Everyone knows that teenagers are very impressionable, and when a popular song talks about violence, many kids listen. ... On his newest album, Eminem raps about killing his wife and single-handedly taking down his enemies with an AK47 while standing atop the Eiffel tower. ... I can't think of anyone that hasn't been really touched by a so...

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Combined with the songs" melodies and lyrics, music videos along with the images of artists in pop culture today are powerful tools that can tattoo human minds and shape the attitudes of many. With this in mind, this paper will analyze the potential affects that the rap video, "Beautiful" can have on society. (Used to illustrate the song lyrics of Snoop Dogg, a rapper whose lyrics are usually sexually explicit and violent). ... Now that rap music is mainstream, music video producers target demographic are teenagers to young adults. ... For example, men who see flawless women in music videos...

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Among all these Rap Artist 50 cents drove my attention. ... Rap artist 50 and colleagues in G'D Up are excellent propagandist. ... So for instance if 50 is rapping about drugs the youths admiration for the young rapper will lead them to, to drugs also because of their worship of him they want to have association with anything 50 cents does. ... Thus exposing himself as a hateful Rapper who is willing to commit crimes, and homicides if need be. ... Crimes are still increasing, Rapping is still lingering, and Prejudice is yet to stop, rappers are constantly using misogyny, violence, and ...

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As he storms from the restroom, a bouncer refuses to let Jimmy enter the back stage of the "rap battle." ... The frustration of his life is vocalized through the words of the song, and through his lyrics, he develops a real source of power and authority. ... This scene is a brilliant demonstration of how the articulation of rap music can truly be a historical opera. ... First off, it touches upon a genre of music that hasn't previously received much positive acclaim from Hollywood - rap music. ... However, rap music is appealing and this is evidenced by the hordes of fans that flock to...

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Most rappers today that aren't black could even keep hip-hop realer then those other black rappers that don't know squat about true hip-hop. ... Hip-Hop is not rap; rap is a part of hip-hop. ... That's why there is so much controversy on rap music. ... He raps about life and reality; speaks his mind. ... Don't go around and think you"re the man knowing all those lyrics to Chingy's song that's about a girl doing it "Right thur" (Chingy). ...

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