In the article “Hip-Hop Planet” by James McBride he explains first about the nightmare he has of his daughter coming home with a young reckless rapper guy with tattoos and golden teeth and McBride for a moment is taken back to the past when he was young and it comes to thought that he was in this young wanna be rappers shoes. As he goes on with life he contemplates of how his rap days are over but in time he comes to realize that he himself will still be surrounded with the cool beat sound of one rapper explaining his everyday hard life. James first time hearing hip-hop was at a party, and it escalated when one of James friend slapped a big guy who crashed the party followed by two other friends and what was strange was these guys differed
A passage that demonstrates border crossing in Unit 5 is "Hip Hop Planet" by James McBride. This article examines a global phenomenon that crosses economic, racial, and geographical borders. James McBride, once a critic himself, is impacted by the rich history and culture of Hip Hop. Originally, James McBride dislikes the genre describing one of his most disturbing fears as having his daughter marry a rapper. It isn't until after he learns the history of Hip Hop that he respects and appreciates the music.
They also argue that hip-hop motivates people to end the racial crises surrounding their society. Throughout “Hip-Hop and Shakespeare”, Akala argues that hip-hop is dignifying because it informs its listeners that everyone has the ability to become an intellectual person. In “Hip-Hop Planet”, McBride illustrated that hip-hop is moving because it persuades people to eliminate racial conflicts. Both authors help the reader to reflect hip-hop’s genuine purpose and meaning. Hip-hop is a positive impact because it publicizes the dilemmas a nation faces and inclines people to make a difference .
The article “Hip Hop Planet” by James McBride is about how hip hop is not his favorite type of music but, it needs to be heard. McBride shows us this by explaining that he avoided hip hop most of his life. In the article McBride says that he basically ignored “the most important cultural event in my lifetime.” James informs us that hip hop has influenced the world globally and that it has become a phenomenon. Furthermore, McBride made clear that he eventually realized that hip hop is much more than just music, it has a message.
In the essay, “Rerouting Rap Music,” Nick Vinci focuses on the issues of censoring rap music and the common stereotypes of the genre. He states how the media and older generations criticize rappers due to their music displaying violence, drugs, and ignorance, which is why rap censorship is encouraged. Nick attempts to contradict the claims by revealing the social, political, and economic messages rappers send to listeners. Nick uses interesting sources, facts, and comments to support his topic, however, there are a few concerning errors in his essay.
It seems that your purpose for writing this essay was to educate the readers and the people on how hip hop is the mouth for everyone out there to hear the important voice of the message. I agree that we’ve become an “hip hop planet”.
It is easy to see the parallels between hip-hop and traditional African oral culture. Hip-hop artists use their music to tell stories and convey their opinions on different social and political issues. This is easily compared to tribal griots teaching history and telling stories in Africa. Since its creation, rap has been looked down upon due to the content. Traditionally, hip-hop music has lyrics filled with violence, drugs, and misogyny because most rappers portray the life of a “gangster”.
Hip Hop is seen as something inspiring, but most people see it as a way to speak out the truth about a problem. As in “Hip Hop planet” being able say the truth can sometimes worsen any situation because sometimes what we say can promote violence and whatever happens after is not in our control. The essay is about how hip hop has changed into speaking out the issues that need to be taken care of in order to maintain a proper society. McBride talked about how rappers use violent lyrics to degrade women and gays and because of this it shows how the music has evolved into something entirely different that no one would have ever expected to have changed. In James McBride's essay “Hip Hop Planet,” he argues that hip hop has a negative influence on American Culture despite people thinking of it as inspirational and how people live through different experiences in life despite of your race.
Hip-hop culture has been the topic of various academic, social, and political discourses. Rap music, in particular, has made its way to mainstream media which is evident in the numerous films and movies that centers on what was once a part of an underground culture. Scholars explain that the popularity of hip-hop in both music and films are partly due to its potential to disseminate information, address an issue, and promote social change. Tinson and McBride (2013), for example, note that hip-hop is a “…form of critical education at the intersection of, and inseparable from political engagement” (1). Scholars further note that hip-hop’s current state “…requires frequent accounting of its engagement with the social, political, and cultural climate
Commercialization of hip-hop (rap) music, through the anchoring of different record labels, has led to a boom in the genre’s popularity, but this same commercialization has caused the quality of the music to depreciate in terms of thematic and sound quality. Therefore, this paper will detail how the original spirit, intent, and goals of hip-hop music were established so as to pinpoint what is sacrificed when made aggressively commercial. Hence, only American hip-hop tunes will be used as examples to intertwine with its inception. Also, shades of sexism and egotism in lyrics and descriptions on how gaudy production has become will be discussed as
To completely understand the impact that Hip-Hop has made on society, the history of the genre must be introduced. Hip-Hop was first introduced to the
Hip-hop music has become a way for artists to share their experiences and struggles with the world, creating
Hip Hop was the wildfire that started in the South Bronx and whose flames leapt up around the world crying out for change. James McBride’s Hip Hop Planet focuses on his personal interactions with the development of Hip Hop culture and his changing interpretations of the world wide movement. Many of his encounters and mentions in the text concern young black males and his writing follows an evolution in the representation of this specific social group. He initially portrays them as arrogant, poor, and uneducated but eventually develops their image to include the positive effects of their culture in an attempt to negate their historical misrepresentation.
The Impact of Hip-Hop Ever since its birth in the 1970s in West Bronx, Hip Hop has been known as “Gangsta” music and most commonly associated with black culture. Since its creation it has become a fast growing genre of music and has growing fame all over the world. The popularity of it has increased to all races, age and gender. However the growing popularity of hip hop has come with several controversies among scholars. Some scholars argue that the growing popularity of the genre is very helpful to low income families who can use this as their outlet into going to Universities, on the other side some believe associating the genre to black culture is bad for the culture as a whole and they should not be associated together.
The people from the sides have strong words on why they are against or for it. And this paper will include something about each side. Facts, statistics and more will be dashed all over the essay to show both arguments to the reader. Hip-hop music is often thought of as a bad influence on today’s younger generations and degrades women. In the first article that I read, Degrading songs hurt women by Elizabeth Ramirez, she found a study from August 2006 in the Pittsburgh Gazette.
