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 rise of hip-hop’s popularity within the last 30 years has been in part due to creative geniuses from all races and religions, but although making up a tiny fraction of the population, Jews were instrumental in its boom. When people think of Jews in hip-hop, the mind immediately thinks of the group of 3 white men from Brooklyn, the Beastie Boys, but there is a name that not many people may know of, but should. This name is Frederick Jay Rubin, better known as Rick Rubin. Rubin has amassed 8 Grammys over his career for his producing. Rick Rubin’s skills aren’t just limited to one genre, as he has produced for artists that range from Slayer to Adele.
Originating as an outlet for African-American youth in low-income areas, hip-hop has become a behemoth of the music industry and an industry in and of itself. Since then, the genre has gone through too many changes and reinventions to count. A few big changes are the amount of money now involved with the genre and who the overall audience the music is made for. Rapping styles and production have also gone through many changes over the years. With its humble beginnings in the Bronx during the 70’s, it’s hard to say if anyone around during its formation could have known how big it would be and how much it would change in 30-40 years time.
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.
N.W.A. and the Hip-Hop Revolution What exactly did the musical group, N.W.A., accomplish in relation to society, politics, and the music industry? There is no doubt in any person’s mind, whom is familiar with the group, that N.W.A. (Niggas with Attitudes) sparked and fueled a new generation of hip-hop and more specifically ‘gangsta rap’. As seen in the past, any artist/group that has made a huge impact on music is followed by uproars from political officials and from society as a whole. The film Straight Outta Compton helps depict the influence this group had on not only Compton and other areas of California, but the influence they had on the entire country.
HIP-HOP,BLAXPLOITATION AND ITS IMPACTS ON THE CULTURE AND MOVIES It 's crucial to mention that Tarantino is a product of the hip-hop generation. Hip-hop an another important cultural phenomenon which took America by the storm in 70 's was discovered in black neighbourhoods of Bronx, New York. Black people couldn 't relate to rock and roll elite culture which was prominent in the American society at the times. In the ghetto parties at Bronx DJ 's invented this new music by remixing and resampling the existing music and creating beats out of them.
When people think of a hip-hop singer a lot of great people come to mind, but you rarely see hip-hop singers change into rappers. August Alsina, B.o.B, Trey Songz, and Miguel just to name a few of the many great hip-hop singers who debuted around the same time as Chris Brown.. When people think of hip-hop they see turntables being used and different digital samplers, sequencers, drum machines, and synthesizers to make the beats artist use. In the genre of Hip-Hop, there may be many affordances, but there isn’t really any limitations because you could pretty much talk about anything in Hip-Hop. Some people might say that Hip-Hop’s conventions are people rapping, but they never look at it as people singing as well.
The Role of Hip-Hop in the Civil Rights Movement. Introduction of Topic: Just like an amplifier strengthens music signals to the level where they can be played on a speaker, hip-hop amplifies otherwise ignored voices in the African-American community to the level where they can be heard throughout the United States. Hip-hop is a music genre, originating in the Bronx in the 70’s, that rapidly became popular over time. Beyond the rhythmic beats and vocals, the music serves as a platform to address social issues, particularly those of the African American community, in addition to those of other marginalized groups. Themes of racial inequality that aligned with the goals of the Civil Rights Movement, an effort to end racial segregation and discrimination, were present in both the
Evolution and Revolution in Hip-hop As hip hop began to gain popularity, it started to include people beyond poor urban neighborhoods. As this occurred, new members of the hip hop generation struggled to define themselves beyond the slums. Although it was the birthplace of hip hop, it was dangerously misleading to allow society to continue to perceive hip hop as the child of neglect, poverty, and suffering. Though by no means an collective response to outsider views, songs attempting to define hip hop began to appear. From “We Rap More Mellow” to “Damn it feels good to be a gangster, 13 years pass (1979-92), but the ideology expressed in the lyrics remains thematically the same, in hoping to redefine hip hop and what it means to be member of
The mixture of globalization and multiculturalism are catalysts for the ever existing cultural appropriation. Now more than ever, individuals are exposed to various outlets such as, media, music, and movies that portray many ethnicities, ideas, and beliefs, thus making cultural appropriation inevitable in this generation. Arguably, the most notable way of cultural change is music, Hip-Hop is a prime example. Hip-Hop has been dominated by African American communities for years. Through Hip-Hop the spreading of “African American” culture and the awareness of the “Ghetto” grew.
Abstract In the 2000s, hip-hop has become not only a music genre, but also a subculture movement in the U.S society. However, hip-hop is just a “tip of the iceberg” which is called Afro-American or African-American music culture. Since the 17th Century, when the first group of African slaves arrived to the America, a new form of culture has been developed, although there were several prohibitions and non-acceptances from the white American. Since then, new genres of music originated from the African-American society have occurred, grown and become well-known, such as, blues, jazz, soul, rock-and-roll, rap, R&B...
Hip Hop culture with the black community and amongst the world has altered in several ways. Hip Hop today has certainly devolved in ways that have effected the mentality of humility, practical the younger generation. Hip Hop relays a much different message and most of it makes sexual references toward women and speak on things such as drugs and money. This is not to say that music in the 80s and 90s did not reference or speak about the same things but today it is presented in a way that is a lot more opened, acceptable and vulgar. Hip Hop within the 80s, 90s and early 2000s spoke about life and the issues that the black community faces.
Music is a very powerful thing. Words hold an enormous amount of weight and this includes music. One of music’s biggest feats is its influence. Music is one of the most influential things in the world. Music has played a crucial role in politics, and especially in political movements in history.
Not only has the evolution of hip hop has changed, but the type of hip hop artist has changed also. Back when hip hop was more positive and had a true meaning you could listen to the music and become inspired. Nowadays the artist that makes music aren’t really making music. It’s not about love and peace anymore it’s all about dollar signs, guns, gangs, and drugs. and that is a reason why most rappers these days make poor music.
The African American community has not gained full equality to this day. Even after fighting for many years this present day issue has come to light in Hip-Hop artists songs like Macklemore & Ryan Lewis song, White Privilege II. Macklemore and Ryan Lewis are respected in their line of work because they have become very popular in today 's Hip-Hop music. Hip-Hop has been the newest way of news being broadcasted. As many artists like Macklemore have become more of an activist in this day and age.
