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POPULAR BLACK MUSIC
Created By:
Terrence Lambert
Leading Genre
Hip Hop
Rap also known as Hip Hop
Rap music is the central entertainment in black urban communities. Its business focus is maximum gross income. Some critics describe the music as a temporary outlet from inescapable, constant worries. The music produces all sorts of emotions, from hatred, cheerfulness, sadness, etc. Its main purpose is to influence the audience it seeks.
WHAT
IS HIP
HOP?
Musical Icons Point of Veiw
“The thing about hip-hop is that it's
from the underground, ideas from the
underbelly, from people who have
mostly been locked out, who have not
been recognized.” ~ Russel Simmons
“Hip-hop is supposed to uplift and
create, to educate people on a larger
level and to make a change.” ~ Doug E.
Fresh
Local Artist Response
“Hip Hop is the culture in which I'm given a platform to
communicate truth. The culture that I grew up in, the culture
that I understand & relate to. And that's why it is the culture that
I'm burdened to reach out to.” – Duoshun Pledgure, Portland,
OR
“Hip-hop is creative, original, real, uncut feelings that an
individual expresses through their life stories. It is not just music
but something greater than that..something that united a
community together when there was nothing else..there was
hip-hop.” Laura Whedon, McMinville, OR
“Hip hop is the vehicle that drives my passion and takes me
where to where I want to go.” Halfa, Portland, OR
Fans Standpoint
“hip hop is words, passion, life, rhythm, the meaning of rap is Rhythm and Poetry the question is what is hip hop the question should be what hip hop is not.” – Amber Miller, Eugne, OR
“Hip hop isn't just music, it's the culture that set guidelines and trends for young African Americans at a time when nothing in mainstream looked or sounded like them. Now it's setting trends for the world. Hip hop is as natural as breathing to me.”- Simone Tims, Portland, OR
“Hip Hop is a voice from a community unrecognized and underestimated. It paths a way for us express ourselves. It serves understanding without criticism or judgment. It DEMANDS attention and acceptance and plants seeds of hope, opportunity, and prosperity through its music.” – Sofia Bereket, Portland, OR
Tu pac
Gotta keep ya head up
Inspirational Music, Promoting Hope
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JlQcJAjYxaI
This is Hip Hop at
its fullest effect. Self
expression and
motivation through
words over a
instrumental that
correlate with the
mood of the song.
Origin
The first people who made this music genre are the African Americans. Keith Cowboy, a rapper with Grandmaster Flash and Furious Five, made the term hip-hop. He was singing the words, “Hip hop hip hop," when he was teasing a friend who had just joined the US Army. The word "rap" created later and was a slang word that mean conversation. In The 1978 when hip hop was first created there were only 3 known hip hop artist: Keith Cowboy, Melly Mel, and Kid Kreo. Recording was not its primary function. It was really about entertaining and throwing parties. There was DJ who would scratch records and MC who would shout chants on the mike that rhyme and the crowd followed along as they danced. Then Hip hop took off when it started recorded and hit the public nationally.
Pioneers- First Known MCs
Keith Cowboy
Melly Mel
Kid Creole
They started together in the South Bronx
of New York in 1978. Known as Furious
Five after adding two more members to
the group later.
Cultural Influences
The Lyrics of rap come represent real life circumstances. Many of Rap Artist come from low income communities and they speak of the violence, drugs, prostitutions that seems to control their environments.
Also you can find music on political topics and presidential views.
Blacks were suppressed of equality and in the music of the early 90’s and even now, they make it very aware of how they feel and think.
Materialism
In music videos, rappers sport lavish jewelry, top designer clothes, and higher end vehicles. They promote these materials to lower class individuals who cannot afford such expensive items. Indirectly, rappers are boasting of their wealth and shaming their audience’s poverty
Bling BlingThe song peaked at #36 on the Billboards Hot100.
Material Exploitation
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LXDoxxlgNG0
Violence
Violence is a major motivator in rap music. The music gives violence a good name. Rappers speak on it as if it is the norm for everyday life. Guns are the most spoken about. Murder is not a topic that is shied away from, but encouraged.
Consequences not informed with the violent lyrics:
1. Death
2. Jail
Hypocrites
These same rappers that speak about violent matters, are in reality family men. They don’t ride around in their high quality cars looking for the next person to kill, but they influence their audience to do so. Instead of preaching morals and lawful action, they despise such things. Consequently, they’re encouraging their audience to commit legal acts, giving up their freedom and spending a great deal of time incarcerated. While incarcerated, their icon is free to do as he pleases, and there will no letter or visit from him.
Snoop Dogg - Murder Was The Case
Violence is Praised
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LC2OpFMBReg&feature=related
Its creates a world of violence on
its on…..
Violence Behind the Music
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rT5EJUMui5A
Role Models in Handcuffs
Popular Artist, Lil WayneT.I, Hip Hop Award Receiver And Actorhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZCl
taS7mZIQ&feature=related
KRS One - Stop the violence
Fight against Violence
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3yo0B3kn1YI
KRS One and as well as other Hip Hop artist
pay particular attention to the message they
encourage and lyrics that represent them. They
understand that their music is being idolized by
young youths. So they make sure to spread
positive and hopeful ideas. The positive music
they influence is unfortunately not popular,
therefore their music is less heard publicly and
the violent music is heard and distributed well
through out National regions.
Parental Guidence
Parents need to monitor what their children are listening to and children need to seek their parent’s approval of what they are involved in. Entertainment is sucking the ethnics out of children and forcing them to desire an unrealistic life. Rap music is misleading to one who desires a nonviolent and free from incarceration life.
Business and Rapping
30 billion dollar industry outside the
Music Rapper are
branching out into the business world. Being marketed for products, acting, creating clothing lines, producing movies, etc. Rappers now are generating income more than ever.
Music And Presidential Resentment
Kanye West(Bush Claim) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-JLnlW5qYo
Political response to claim http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ClGv2kiV770&feature=related
Lil Wayne(Song dedicated to Bush) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rx4y129Q-YI
Common- Song Title “Be”
Bush pushing lies, killers
immortalized
We got arms but won't reach for the
skies
It has been protested
and be strongly believed
that President Bush is
not for Black America.
These Musical Artist
express their thoughts.
Music and Presidential Support
Ludacris- OBAMA IS
HERE
http://www.youtube.c
om/watch?v=RL-
oUX2rCqc
Yes we can
http://www.youtube.co
m/watch?v=jjXyqcx-
mYY&feature=related
Education
Education is looked down upon in the rap industry. . Most rappers are high school dropouts. They persuade their viewers that education is a waste of time and teachers are only there for a paycheck. Instead, they promote distributing controlled substances for income. It’s said that one can make more than a teacher doing so.
College Dropout-
School Spirit
Education is Made a joke of…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KK8qsqpLE9g
Education Promotion
Nas- I know I can
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iWbpmOO9HRA&playnext=1&list=PLB9EE77D8C8059D58&index=6
Lupe Fiasco
“It’s kids who wanna leave, and I encourage themGo out and see the world, never return from,Yeah you don’t come back, unless you learn some”
On Thanksgiving and Christmas we go out and give
turkeys and food to the families that can't afford to
have nice Thanksgiving dinners, and on Christmas we
go around and give a certain amount of toys to the
less fortunate families that probably wont be able to
shop and afford to trade gifts," Chingy told
AllHipHop.com.
Giving Back
"I did this event in St.
Louis and Russell
Simmons came through
for me at the gathering
and I gave those
scholarships away to the
kids, so that was pretty
cool," Chingy said.
Women In Rap, Past and Present
MC Lyte
Nicki Minaj
A pioneer in the industry, she opened the
door for future female Hip Hop artists by
daring to do what had never been done
while doing something she loved.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7DCryjcgcE
“I
remember
seeing MC
Lyte in a
Hip-Hop
game filled
with men,
doing more
than
holding her
own.”
Is the leading woman in hip
hop currently. It is said that her lyrics
and talent are one of the rarest by a
woman ever heard and she is
outperforming men in the industry.
Hip Hop Thrives off Sex appeal of
Woman Marsh Hunt “You’ve got to slip in
through the side-door, once in do
your damage, but you’re kidding
yourselves if you think you will get
in on your own terms.”
Sex is prompted all through rap,
through lyrics, pictures and
videos. It is the forefront of its
promotion and appeal to
audience.
Back That Thang Up.. Huge Song
in 2000. No substance just sex
appeal.
NICKI MINAJ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7nWOTa
p20pw
In Conclusion
Hip Hop is very valuable to me and apart of my everyday life. I listen to it as I walk to school, get dressed, work and even get ready for football games. Hip has its’ positives and also its negative. But right now in my opinion is more negative than positive. Hip hop should promote more of efficient production versus illusionary life style. A lot of kids want to be rappers and President Obama addresses this….
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZWordPDlJgk
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<http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/common/beintro.html>.
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<http://www.daylife.com/topic/MC_Lyte_%28musician%29>.
Doc Stoc. Women in Pop Music. 6 Feburary 2010. November 2010
<http://www.docstoc.com/docs/24616067/Women-in-Pop-Music>.
Laura Whedon, Halfa, Duoshun Pledgure, Amber Miller, Simone Tims,
Sofia Bereket. What Is Hip Hop? Terrence Lambert. November 2010.
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