Pop combines rap beats with delicate harmonic rhythms to produce a totally different sound yet maintaining pop as the biggest influence on the songs. ... Rap began in late 1980s and still lives on. ... Rap suffers from the same problem rock and roll did. ... Very few white rappers have been able to overcome the barriers of rap and had success in it. ... The biggest problem with rap is its glorification of violence. ...

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Following the Civil War, Southerners are forbidden from publicly singing pro-Confederate songs. ... During this decade, many lyrics of popular songs are forced to be changed. ... Also during this decade, many songs are completely banned from the radio, due to certain themes. ... "While some rap songs might be considered offensive by one group of people, they are reflections of reality to another (qtd. in D"Angelo 2). ... When introducing a song during a performance, he would refer to the hidden message. ...

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Ranging from comedic tones to tackling controversial issues such as prejudice, as in his song "Hurricane", Bob Dylan became the voice of oppressed. ... The verbal content of Rock songs turned toward rebellion, social protest, sex, and drugs. ... The music was filled with contempt for previous styles; its fast-tempoed songs, usually propelled by electric guitar, featured irreverent lyrics often obscured by the music. ... As different styles of music emerged on the market, Rock lost a portion of the audience to rap music, pop music, or hip hop music. ... Rock artists tried to fit in with the mai...

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• Grade Level: High School

People who disagree with a message in a song either reject it and never let it touch their CD player again or create a twisted definition of the song that fits their beliefs, which no one can dispute. ... All children attributed the theme of the song to pride in the USA, the singer's birthplace. ... The professors asked a group of high school students to identify the lyrical themes of their favorite songs. Of the 662 songs the students listed, the students said that only 46 of them were about sex, violence, or Satanism. ... The correlation between rap and gang activity or heavy metal a...

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