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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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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These are words from Tupac, an American actor, dancer, poet, and rap icon. ... "Hit Em' Up" was major for the rap community because Tupac, as one of the pinnacles of rap in the 1990's, was not expected to say and claim most of the thing he did. ... However, the track was extremely successful, landing him a number 2 spot on Complex magazine's "Top 50 Best Diss Songs" (Barber "Top 50 Best Diss Songs"). ... Another song from All Eyez on Me entitled "All Eyez on Me". ... That's what makes Tupac the most successful rappers of the late 1990...

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Already this has given Biggie the image of a gangster and not a rapper. ... He fails to mention that the reason Biggie sold drugs was to support his daughter as he cites in his song "Juicy" off the album Ready to Die. He also refers to negative songs on Biggie's album such as "Who Shot Ya". He does not refer to any of the positive songs like "Skies the Limit" which was dedicated two Biggie's young children. ... This gives the image of Biggie being an entertainer and a rapper. ...

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Tupac Shakur, also known as Lesean Crooks, is a well known rap artist that (the police say) was supposedly gunned down, back in 1996, by former best friend Notorious B.I.G. ... The two rappers had been fighting for several years over a particular incident (East Coast vs. ... Her hit song, "No Means No- is a pathetic excuse for a song. ... In this song, I see none. ... This song has been reviewed as a terrible, annoying and pointless song. ...

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The beginning of this great relationship between the music video and rap artist dates back to as early as the Sugar Hill Gang's Rapper's Delight. The hit single which by no means was the first rap song ever produced, was the first rap single to hit the top 40 charts and consequently its wide release made HipHop instantly international. Its commercial success paved the way for rap into the 80's and some argue, gave rap an identity. ... In Rapper's Delight its exclaimed: "ya see i got more clothes than muhammad ali and i dress so viciously i got bodyguards, i got two b...

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Rap artist Ice Cube says, "They"re pioneers. Run-DMC made rap emerge out of hip-hop to be the signature art." ... This is displayed when Andre 3000, member of the Grammy award winning group Outkast, raps on the song "Elevators." ... The judgment of his own soul changes in each of his songs. ... (In his song "Vica Versa" everything he says is suppose to mean the opposite.) ...

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te a song called Dear Mama to his mom and thanked her for how she tried her best at raising him. ... He made a number of songs and music videos with them that made it big on the Billboard charts. ... People began to dress like him and talk like him when they saw him on the music videos singing his newest songs. ... Biggie Smallz for example sounded just like Tupac, and used the same voice tones as Tupac in his songs. And his background music has also been heard in over 8 songs since his death. ...

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Dre and Eazy E were the rappers of the moment. ... West Coast rappers were upset that they weren't 100% in the spotlight so they started to slam East rappers in their music proclaiming that East Coast rap was fake and couldn't top the West Coast. ... West rapper Tupac Shakur had a personal problem with East rap mogul The Notorious B.I.G aka Christopher Wallace. ... In one song Tupac claimed to have slept with Biggie's wife and the Notorious B.I.G. retaliated in his music by snapping back, offering threats on the lives of people that call him out. ... Rappers should be just rappe...

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But to people deeply involved in today's rap music and hip-hop world, these are the reasons why two of the rap worlds biggest influences are dead (Tupac Shakur and Biggie Smalls), sparking a long stemming feud between Death Row Records and Bad Boy Entertainment. ... Smalls and Shakur argued which coast supported better rappers and which record label was superior. ... Considered a traitorous act by Smalls, this started such a rivalry between both rappers, that it ended their friendship. The two entertainers then took to ridiculing each other in public events and in their songs. In one s...

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Look no further than artists such as Carman, who produced a song titled "The Resurrection Rap" in 1993. The beat was horrible and the lyrics, while they may have been trying to send a good message, are made impossible to listen to by both their cheesiness and the terrible rapping job. ... He is most widely remembered for a song about his Mtn. ... He enjoyed some success as a rapper, but most of his recognition was limited to the Christian music industry. ... When guys like Lecrae rap about their past lives before Christ, unbelievers see someone they can relate to. ...

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So if rap isn't violent anymore, what is it? ... I include a small sample of a song from an album that I reviewed for a website recently, which briefly touches on the subject of Black oppression. ... Rap certainly doesn't change because it ignorantly believes that as music it knows what the fans want to hear. ... Rapping or "Emceeing" as its more accurately titled is only one of these sub cultures. ... The style has been used since and now influences almost all rap music being made. ...

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