Throughout the twentieth century, music videos have influenced various perceptions on the images of women. ... Combined with the songs" melodies and lyrics, music videos along with the images of artists in pop culture today are powerful tools that can tattoo human minds and shape the attitudes of many. ... Women in music videos are seen in popular hip-hop culture as sex objects. ... Now that rap music is mainstream, music video producers target demographic are teenagers to young adults. ... Currently sex sells and that's what producers portray in music videos. ...

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Such erosive factors reverberate through T.V, magazines, or books, but majority will agree that rap music does play a large role. ... As I previously declared in my introduction music has indeed infect the up coming Generation. ... Members of Society will look at this and begin to think maybe all blacks are the same if rappers are bubbling over with such vengeance in their music. ... Crimes are still increasing, Rapping is still lingering, and Prejudice is yet to stop, rappers are constantly using misogyny, violence, and hatred in their music. ... Standing Ovation is giving to those who made...

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I just popped up around 97th, 98th and Amsterdam. ... "There was a meeting when Sugar Pop came to New York in like 1980. ... Nowadays, every R&B artist is trying to pop lock. There's even videos that will teach you how to pop and lock like N'Sync. ... He's really good...he can pop. ...

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With rap music breaking into mainstream pop culture, it is expected to push the limits of free speech. ... When rap music began, it was sang in the streets of New York. ... The early form of the music caught on fast, and quickly spread to other urban centers in the U.S. ... When the music business caught onto this trend of rap music's popularity, they bought into it, adding to the culpability of rap artists. When groups are taken over by big corporate music companies, they basically have control over the artists. ...

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Hip-Hop is really a beautiful art of music. ... Putting bad names on the music. ... Hip-Hop fans and lyricists who think they know all about hip-hop and think hip-hop is all about the commercialized derivative is caught up in pop culture. Should we even call this music hip-hop? I think we should call this hip-pop. ...

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Have you ever wondered who began that generation of music? ... In the 50's it was Rock "N" Roll, 60's had Motown, and 1970's was Folk Music. ... Also in 1986, rap music was starting to be played on television. MTV (Music Television), allowed access for Caucasian people to listen to rap music. MTV is still being played around the world with daily countdowns of rap, hip-hop, R&B, Rock, and Pop music. ...

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Have you ever wondered who began that generation of music? ... In the 50's it was Rock "N" Roll, 60's had Motown, and 1970's was Folk Music. ... Also in 1986, rap music was starting to be played on television. MTV (Music Television), allowed access for Caucasian people to listen to rap music. MTV is still being played around the world with daily countdowns of rap, hip-hop, R&B, Rock, and Pop music. ...

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Is it simply dancing and music with an up-tempo beat? ... Rapping is saying rhymes to the beat of music. ... At the same time, another style of hip hop dance called "pop locking" surfaced. ... Hip hop is more that just music and dancing. ... It along with its music are colorless. ...

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Even if their music is not as good as someone's music who is not famous. ... Nelly is not like other singers who have the same type of music on their whole CD. ... Throughout the whole CD Nelly continues to talk about "popping" somebody, smoking weed and getting high, and having different sexual relationships that he has had with girls, or that he wants to have with girls. ... Overall, I have enjoyed the music of the CD. ... He has a great variety of music to your hard rap songs to your slower R&B songs. ...

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They have call for a censorship of his music. ... In 2001, hip-hop music raised eyebrows again as it jumped ahead of country music in America for the first time. ... It trailed only rock and pop (Teacher"s Guide, Vol. 101 issue 14, 1 para.). ... Had music influenced a way of life, or had a way of life influenced music (Sowell, 1 para.)? ... I do not agree with the censorship of music. ...

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