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conniebeth wrote a new blog post: The Categorical Side of Hip Hop 3 months ago
Rap and Hip Hop music is usually consumed by teens and young adults. It is thought to be a more urban genre due to its content, which often describes living in poverty, gang activity, violence, drug use, and often also refers to rising above these things and achieving financial power and respect. The energy and [...]
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conniebeth wrote a new blog post: Love Me or Hate Me, Still an Obsession? Race in Female Hip-Hop 3 months ago
I will be considering Lady Sovereign and Lil’ Mama’s overall presentation of race in hip-hop and rap music. This will be done by critiquing their style, musical lyrics, and comparing them to a theory of “discursive practices.” In the Storey text, Herman Gray mentions three discursive [...]
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conniebeth wrote a new blog post: Where does Hip-Hop really come from? 3 months ago
When you think of jazz and the blues, hip hop is not the immediate genre of music that comes to mind. But, these musical forms lay the foundation for popular hip hop music today. The blues and jazz are considered black musical forms, brought to America during the period of slavery. The music caught attention [...]
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conniebeth wrote a new blog post: The Content Side of Hip-Hop 3 months ago
Rap music values masculinity and dominance. The masculinity expressed in and valued by rap music come from several sources. Antonia Randolph states that masculinity is, “shaped not only by dominant culture, but by the repression that characterizes society’s treatment of non-normative sexuality and gender.” The tendency of American culture to value heterosexuality and reject sensitive [...]
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conniebeth wrote a new blog post: Negative Impact of Black Female “Video Hoes” 3 months ago
“Since their inception, music videos have evolved as a postmodern, commercially successful, and engaging variety of popular media. Through images and sound, music videos both construct culture, and are an ‘expression of culture’” (Williams, 2003). With this expression of culture, especially in the hip-hop genre, involves the women being used as sex symbols to [...]
