Such erosive factors reverberate through T.V, magazines, or books, but majority will agree that rap music does play a large role. ... Members of Society will look at this and begin to think maybe all blacks are the same if rappers are bubbling over with such vengeance in their music. ... Crimes are still increasing, Rapping is still lingering, and Prejudice is yet to stop, rappers are constantly using misogyny, violence, and hatred in their music. The world is yet to change and we are surrounded by music which pounds young souls, and influences the Cardstacking against blacks in the society, ...

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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, the following model can be used to measure the effect of desensitization in music videos: Repeated exposure to rap artists using women as sex objects in their videos = reduced negative responses to the issue and eventually objectivism...

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He's 37 now, but his music first hit at a time when the music industry was dominated by the first wave of millennial glitz and glamour: boy bands, meaningless rap lyrics, and bling. ... The lyrics to "Rap God" expose Eminem's personal thoughts about his role in music as a white rapper in black industry. ... Unlike Vanilla Ice, a preceding white rapper in a predominantly black music industry, Eminem was a genuine product of the lower class. ... Without Eminem's fight to become an icon in hip-hop and this generation, Macklemore would not have had the same opportunitie...

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Many blacks children came from poor schools that cut music funding, leaving them to create a type of music that only requires a record player. ... This reshaping of hip hop music created an economic situation that made it necessary for rappers to adopt these commoditized negative images, which continued the cycle of one-dimensionalization. ... In rap music, it was apparent that these labels were considered a source of pride and identity for artists. ... The record label executives also felt that this white audience was mostly attracted to hip-hop music that is produced in its one-dimensional f...

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Perry argues four distinctions of hip-hop music that make it characteristically black American Music 1. ... It is no secret how music permeates the human psyche, namely music's significance to culture. ... Within the rap arena no subject goes untouched. ... Rap pushes the importance of mobility as a sign of freedom in African-American tradition and this resonates in hip-hop music (Stepto, 1991). ... Rap music should be considered as a necessary tool to reach this particular subculture in America. ...

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Furthermore, we can see the trend of white appropriation of black music throughout the next generations of black inspired music: Jazz, Rock and Roll, and eventually, Hip-hop. ... Eminem, a highly respected white rapper, grew up in poverty in a black community. ... However, his successes were not only based off his skills as a rapper, but credit his success to his race and to his record label's intended audience: the white consumer. ... White people using black music and culture takes away the authenticity and meaning in which black people created the music for in the first place. ... Th...

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Poetry With language came poetry, the music of the spoken and written word. ... Hip Hop/Rap "Hip-hop is a way of life," according to rapper Busta Rhymes. Encompassing so much more than music, hip-hop is a culture, a style, a society, an art form. ... From the Sugarhill Gang to the Beastie Boys, rappers challenge the DJs' beats and breaks with clever rhymes and thoughtful urban commentaries. ... Graffiti artists depend on their urban landscape to create visual companions to hip-hop music. ...

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