Back in the grunge era, Nirvana exploded on the scene with songs like "Rape me", and Marilyn Manson's band came out with their first album, which included stuff like "Rock N" Roll Nigger". ... With this came the movement of gangsta rap, with its hard-hitting lyrics, and truthful story telling. ... His lyrics exploit women as if it was the Middle Ages and women were all prostitutes. ... parts with nothin, y'all be frontin Me give my heart to a woman? ... Hoe get yo' ass in And let's RI-I-I-I-I-IDE.. check em out now RI-I-I-I-I-IDE, yeah" 3 Looking at these lyrics, it ...

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• Grade Level: High School

" Macklemore is stressing the impact Eminem had on hip-hop and race in his lyrics. Without Eminem's fight to become an icon in hip-hop and this generation, Macklemore would not have had the same opportunities to succeed in the music business today, let alone any other white rapper; Eminem paved the way for them. ... It took a rapper like Eminem to jump-start the white culture in the hip-hop industry and make us fall in love with him the moment he set foot on the stage. ... One moment/ Would you capture it/ or just let it slip?... " Through his lyrics he is taunting this so-calle...

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I love every aspect of their lifestyles, especially their music, Rap Music. ... This defiantly bothered me. ... The first detail that caught my eye was the fact that the shooting took place in the heart of Las Vegas after a huge heavyweight fight had let out, but there was not a single witness (Alive 1). ... This information absolutely shocked me. ... Why would the LVPD just let murderers get away like that? ...

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Both lyrics and songs imply that " all ya gotta do is/Push it along,"" or keep striving for success. ... In the track "Push it Along,"" verse one, Q-tip methodically preaches to the audience, " I don' t think it is vital for me to be your idol- yet almost requests that they " dig this [his] recital."" ... The Tribe would benefit from showing their fans a little more love on The Love Movement album. ... Hypocritically, they let the world of gangster rap influence their jazz beats and move them to a movement that didn't embellish the lessons they had begun preaching. ... To end th...

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And let us not forget Tipper Gore who made music companies agree to put parental advisory labels on CDs that had mature content on them in the 80's. ... But while many adults do indeed love music, their love doesn't even compare to how teenagers view music. ... But while adults use music to relax or mellow out, teenagers express every emotion possible through music: anger, aggression, sadness, love, grief, hate, and jealousy. ... Also, while Teenagers often end up alienating themselves from their parents because they seem so different, kids can often relate themselves to music art...

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This school is what started Tupac in his love of poetry as well as music. Tupac also began writing his rap lyrics here. ... Through Tupac's poetry he let everyone know that he was sensitive underneath, you just had to look hard. ... This time in John Singleton's film "Poetic Justice," in which Shakur played a single father and Janet Jackson's love intrest. ... Soon after "All Eyez On Me" was released. ...

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And what kills me, what people don't know, is that breakin' died in 78' in the Bronx. ... That's how it happened with me. ... He went on to explain to me how Lee went on to learn how to break real good, and ended up battling and getting served by Crazy Legs, approximately two years afterBeat Street came out. ... Wiggles schooled me on the what went on behind the scenes, that resulted in the evolution of the B-boy culture on both coasts. ...

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