...Music has been the driving force for preserving our sanity and our dignity, but in an era where artist rap about drugs, sex, and guns, only so few discuss their most staggering experiences; while, highlighting the ways in which they have persevered through various obstacles. Three artist that most exemplify political, social, and cultural formations are the lyrical geniuses Erykah Badu, Chance the Rapper, and Kendrick Lamar. These artists combined have embodied what it means to be unique global trendsetters, working to rebuild and better their community. Reigning from the All-Star state of Dallas, Texas, this hip-hop singer, record producer, and social activist has been nominated for over 50+ awards and has received 16 out of that pool, such as Favorite Female Solo Album for Baduizm and Best R&B/ Soul or Rap Song of the Year for “On and On.” Erica Abi Wright, also known as Erykah Badu at the tender age of 16 decided that she wanted to change the spelling of her name after confronting her mother by saying “…this ain’t my name. This is a slave name” (Hartman, 2011). “Kah,” a word that denotes the inner-self or that which can do no wrong replaced “ca.” The “y” that...
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...For the past for decades rap music has put under the spotlight for potential effects of violent media on youth social behavior. Firstly from a historical perspective rap music is grounded in the African and African American culture. Rap is basically oral language mainly set against a musical background and this dates back to early African societies who used the tradition to entertain and educate audiences in tribal history and current events (Powell, 1991). In American societies rap music can be found in early versions of Jazz and R&B music and has been a traditional form of contest among inner city African American dwellers (Dyson, 1993; Herd, 1994). Modern rap music originated in the 1970’s in the lower class neighborhoods of New York City...
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...In the last twenty years there has been a tremendous change in rap. It has evolved do to different trends, atitudes and lifestyles. Rap used to be a type of music of fitting genius rhymes with other rhymes as fast as one could and ones that make the most sense. Nowadays, that is not the case, it has evolved to fit different personalities and styles. From glorifying a life of crime, to whining about how bad your life is, to striving to be as succesfull as you can be and the best person you can be. This is what the rap game has come to. All of which has real effects on the mentality. Depending on your life style will evaluate what you listen to. From J. Cole and Kendrick Lamar are considered the story tellers, the ones who shine the light on being the best you can be and remind you that there are consequences for your actions. This is more of the "inspirational" rap....
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...Rap music begin in the United States by inner-city african Americans in the 1970s. A rap song is mostly made by a fast rhythm and most of the times it is extremely hard to understand the words because the singer would speak really fast and the words would always rhyme. The singers of this specific type of genre are called rapper and they are older teens and young adults mostly men. This type of music is the one used in hip hop routines due to the fast beat. The most famous singers are from english speaking countries due to the fact that english is the language the entire world speaks. Rap songs usually talk about topics that are very relevant to the rapper, for example: love, friendships, childhood, relationships… Artist: Tupac...
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... Transiting from childhood to being an adult is usually a difficult process. During the teen years, there is a process of identity construction, a process that is based not only on what they think about themselves, but also on the social representations. This is the period of human development in which time dedicated to music and listening to music is at its peak and identity is hesitant, flexible, and shaped by multiple means of communication, as contemporary hip hop music. In this context, it is notable that contemporary hip hop is the favorite genre between adolescents at Omni Middle School. Adolescence is an important phase in the process of reaffirming personal identity, psychosocial identity and sexual identity. Identity is understood as the representations and feelings that the individual develops about him from the set of his experiences. The construction of identity is one factor related to development that has intimate, if not total, dependence on the culture and society where the individual is inserted. As a work in progress, adolescence happens in the individual mainly on the school grounds, where the teenagers spend a good part of their day away from home. The adolescent goes through a redefinition of the corporal image as well as the urban configurations and the territorial borders are redefined. He is individualizing himself, breaking ties and seeking autonomy. Hip-hop emerged in the 1970s as a cultural movement among Latin Americans, Jamaicans and African-Americans...
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...Rap Monster: Another member suspected to have surgery is Rap Monster. Backed up with his pre-debut pictures, some say that Rap Monster also underwent plastic surgery on his nose. He used to have a wider and flatter nose compared to his current pointed nose with a straight bridge--a change which could only be possible through surgery. Although the pictures did show that his nose became smaller, netizens were also quick to point out that the change could have been made by the angles or make-up. " "Tattoos might be a taboo in Korea, but plastic surgery sure isn't. Korea is even known to be the plastic surgery capital of the world. As it is common for ordinary people to have plastic surgery, it is no surprise that some Korean celebrities will...
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...BSc (Hons) in Applied Accounting and Research and Analysis Project INFORMATION PACK 2012 - 2013 CONTENTS 1) 2) 3) About Oxford Brookes University ....................................................................... 1 Eligibility ............................................................................................................ 2 Conversion arrangements ................................................................................. 4 3.a) ACCA exam conversion arrangements ....................................................... 4 4) Aims and outcomes ........................................................................................... 5 4.a) 4.b) 4.c) Programme regulations ............................................................................... 5 Programme learning outcomes ................................................................... 6 RAP learning outcomes............................................................................... 7 5) Assessment ....................................................................................................... 9 5.a) 5.b) 5.c) 5.d) Marking and moderation of your work ......................................................... 9 Assessment criteria ..................................................................................... 9 Resubmission rules ................................................................................... 11 Determination of class of degree .........
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...BSc (Hons) in Applied Accounting and Research and Analysis Project INFORMATION PACK 2013 - 2014 CONTENTS 1) 2) 3) About Oxford Brookes University ....................................................................... 1 Eligibility ............................................................................................................ 2 Conversion arrangements ................................................................................. 4 3.a) 4) ACCA exam conversion arrangements ....................................................... 4 Aims and outcomes ........................................................................................... 5 4.a) 4.b) 4.c) Programme regulations ............................................................................... 5 Programme learning outcomes ................................................................... 6 RAP learning outcomes............................................................................... 7 5) Assessment ....................................................................................................... 9 5.a) 5.b) 5.c) 5.d) Marking and moderation of your work ......................................................... 9 Assessment criteria ..................................................................................... 9 Resubmission rules ................................................................................... 12 Determination of class of degree .................
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...Rap/Hip-Hop: The Effects on Today’s Youth Brenda L. Williams-Capers Columbia Southern University English Composition II Professor Dana Taylor December 11, 2011 Abstract Rap/Hip-Hop first became popular among African American and Latinos among youth in the streets of New York during the 1970’s. It was their way of expressing themselves in a friendly manner in the form of speech, fashion, and personal style. Rap/Hip-Hop music was a way for them to get their message out, by telling stories of their lifestyles. However, over the years Rap/Hip-Hop music has become much more popular for its explicit lyrics, reference of drugs, alcohol and sexual explicit videos. Many may ask “Could Rap/Hip-Hop music have a negative influence on today’s youth, because of its unhealthy messages”? This research paper will examine the effects of rap/hip-hop music on today’s youth and whether or not it has a negative influence. Brenda L. Williams-Capers Professor Dana Taylor English Composition II December 11, 2011 Over the year’s many researchers have conducted studies on the effects of rap/hip-hop on today’s youth. The results have been mixed; however there are indications that some forms of Rap/Hip-Hop music could have negative influence on today’s youth. This is due to the fact that youth start to adapt the negative aspects of the gangster rap, by displaying aggressive behaviors and committing crimes of violence. Rap gets a bad rap because some songs contain explicit lyrics...
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...instructor, choose a topic for your final 7-10 page research paper that addresses a topic other than that of your Oral Presentation. While your paper may be on any topic related to course materials; it must synthesize material addressed throughout the semester. For example, if you decide to write about visual culture of hip hop, you should probably refer to Tricia Rose's arguments about "preferred transcripts" suggested by music videos and Todd Boyd's conception of "hyperreal" cinematic imagery. FINAL PAPER INSTRUCTIONS: Your paper should also incorporate research that extends beyond the boundaries of materials on our syllabus. You should also be sure to construct an argument and offer a critique of assumptions surrounding your argument. The most successful papers will allow the "messiness" of researching popular culture to foreground contradictions implicit in your arguments. For example, if you want to argue that misogyny is less of a concern in 2006 than it was in 1995 because many of the gangsta rap groups responsible for "bitch-ho" rhetoric have disbanded, you would probably want to underscore the pervasive lack of feminist female representation in any hip hop idiom in 2002. In other words, less gangsta rap has not meant more positive heterosocial conditions for the production of hip hop. This is a research paper, and it will be graded according to standards of college-level humanities writing. Your paper must be typewritten, double-spaced, and thoroughly...
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...African-American street culture in New York City during the 1970s (Watkins, 2001), but the art has expanded to become a multi-billion dollar industry (Atkinson & Halliday, 2003), mostly due to the success of rap music, the most widely publicized and marketed aspect. Media such as television and magazines are responsible for hip-hop’s global recognition today, allowing everyone from the United States to Germany and Korea to embrace the culture (Bennett, 1999). Hip-hop culture has made an enormous transition from its beginning stages to its current state. Early hip-hop reduced inner-city gang violence, as aspects such as the break dancing and rapping acted as positive outlets for at-risk youth, but the emergence of “gangsta” and commercial rap during the 1990s severely lessened the emphasis on non-violence (Watkins, 2001). Today, media associate hip-hop culture with drugs, sex, and violence (Yousman, 2003). This research paper will analyze advertisements in hip-hop magazines, with the aim of discovering how women are depicted. Specifically, this paper will examine how the majority of advertisements within three major hip-hop magazines in the United States depict women in a manner that both reinforces male dominance in American society and depicts women as sexual objects. This paper will also explain and demonstrate how the media images are functioning according to Professor George Gerbner’s cultivation theory. Several scholarly sources deal with hip-hop culture and gender biases...
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...Principles of Management MGT-350 Instructor: Shawn M. Russell Spring 2010 Wednesday 6-8:45pm, Cameron Hall 214 Office: Cameron Hall 200F Phone: 910.962.2195 Office Hours: By appointment E-mail: russells@uncw.edu Course Description: Study of theories, research and concepts underlying the structure and processes of complex organizations. Emphasis is placed on problem-solving issues and applications in organization planning, leadership, motivation, and interpersonal communication. Course Objectives: This course surveys various perspectives of how a manager can better plan, organize, lead, evaluate and coordinate his/her organization. You should begin to develop your approach or style for the successful management of human, financial, and societal resources in business organizations. Development of critical thinking skills, problem solving skills, communication skills, and the ability to adapt to change are emphasized. Course Prerequisites: Junior standing. Required Text: Understanding Management, sixth ed. By Daft & Marcic. South-Western, 2009. Please bring your textbook to class every day as we will be completing exercises from the text during class time. Students have access to an on-line library through CengageNow. Course policies: 1. Class attendance and participation in discussion of exercises, current events and chapter...
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...Abdul Bagrahiay English 1A Professor Ferns July, 7th 2016 Concept Essay Drafting Assignment 3 I have chosen a topic instead of doing conducting field research I will do Hip hop, where it was originated and where it was from? And how it has evolved over the years? How it is nowadays? The term hip hop is a big thing nowadays and it was found in New York, among black and latino ghetto. The main components of Hip Hop are Rap, Break Dancing, Graffiti, In south Bronx 1967 came Clive Campbell. He is a well known hip hop founder and his name was a big thing in those years. The hip hop originated in 60th and 20th century and it still exists today. https://prezi.com/m/uwz8x4klgu2w/where-did-hip-hop-originate-and-who-were-its-founders/ The hip-hop culture began in the streets of New York City over twenty-five years ago and it has gone through very big changes through the years of the past. Hip-Hop consists of four element, rap, graffiti, break-dancing, and the disc jockey. In this paper, I intend to fully explain the evolution of rap music, from its fame to the giant industry it is today. I will complete a big paper of how hip hop has evolved and is eve loving in the modern day. http://employees.oneonta.edu/bealt/alexander.htm "Hip hop and rap have many important influences—R&B, funk, soul, jazz, rock and roll performers; poets, and writers like Iceberg Slim; and stylistic forebears like Muhammad Ali and Richard Pryor. Few of these can match the importance of the spoken-word artist...
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...Persuasive Research Paper Langston Hughes was a forerunner of rap music. He writes with a finesse that is a lot similar to a modern day rapper. Growing up during the Harlem Renaissance really set the stage for Langston Hughes writing. He also lived in a time where he African Americans were proud of their roots. Being around all the arts made him more inclined to write the way he did, with a rhythm. From Langston Hughes attitudes towards women, to writing about the streets he grew up on and his struggles, it is very evident that Langston Hughes was a forerunner of rap. Langston Hughes was lucky his hit his peak during the Harlem Renaissance because that gave him the opportunity to perform and publish his work in Black magazines. Langston Hughes mirrors rappers because he wrote his poetry simplistically, so people with no education could read and understand it. Langston Hughes wasn’t just a writer he was also a performer, he would regularly perform in nightclubs to gain exposure. I’m sure that if Langston Hughes were alive today he would be performing spoken word poetry in New York night clubs, or writing lyrics for today’s rappers. Langston Hughes was so drawn to the nightlife that he dropped out of school to travel and perform his poetry, just like a lot of modern rappers chasing their dreams. In the 1923 poem, “Jazzonia”, Langston Hughes sets the poem, “In a Harlem nightclub” (1140) , and is describing the jazz players inside it. Three years later, in “Lenox avenue: midnight”...
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...“A STUDY ON THE MOST INFLUENTIAL MALE RAP ARTIST AMONG 50 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN NEWLAND CENTER FOR EDUCATION S.Y. 2011-2012” A Thesis Presented To the Faculty and Staff of Newland Center for Education In Partial Fulfillment For The Secondary Education By: Meinard Albert D. Retoran 4th Year – Gold 2013 – 2014 APPROVAL SHEET The thesis entitled “A STUDY ON A STUDY ON THE MOST INFLUENTIAL MALE RAP ARTIST AMONG 50 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN NEWLAND CENTER FOR EDUCATION, S.Y. 2013-2014” presented and submitted by RETORAN, MEINARD ALBERT D., in partial fulfillment for requirements in Secondary Education has been examined and is recommended for acceptance and approval for ORAL EXAMINATION. Mrs. Michelle D. Retoran Adviser PANEL OF EXAMINERS As approved by the COMMITTEE ON ORAL EXAMINATION with a grades of ___________ on _____________________. DR. ROSARIO C. CRUZ Director DR. GELARIO C. CRUZ __________________ Principal DepEd Representative MRS. SEGUNDINA BANZON __________________ Member Member Accepted and approved in partial fulfillment of the requirements in Secondary Education Date: ______________ ACKNOWLEDGEMENT I would like to dedicate this thesis entitled “A STUDY ON A STUDY ON THE MOST INFLUENTIAL MALE RAP ARTIST AMONG 50 HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS IN NEWLAND CENTER FOR EDUCATION, S.Y. 2013-2014” to...
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