Rap Music Often times when people hear about Hip Hop/Rap music, they fill paint a picture in their heads of black men cussing, guns, marijuana, lots of gold, and girls looking like prostitutes. Parents and teachers put an image in their kids head that Rap music is bad, and they don`t want their kids to be influenced by something that is negative. With the way Rap music is advertised in the US, I would have to agree with that looking at it from an average parents point of view. ... MC-ing is what people know as rapping. ... Besides, Gangster Rap isn t the only type of Hip H...

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Two genres in particular, Rap and Rock are my two favorite genres of music. I do have a favorite, that being rap, but both are the best genres in music in my opinion. Both rap and roc share a few similarities for being two different types of music. ... Rap music mainly relies on the beat, not so much on the voices of the artists compared to rap. ... Unlike rap music, rock music uses actual instruments, such as: Guitar, a drum set, keyboards, etc. to give a song a melody. ...

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Often times when people hear about Hip Hop/Rap music, theyll paint a picture in their heads of black men cussing, guns, marijuana, lots of gold, and girls looking like prostitutes. Parents and teachers put an image in their kids head that Rap music is bad, and they dont want their kids to be influenced by something that is negative. With the way Rap music is advertised in the US, I would have to agree with that looking at it from an average parents point of view. ... MC-ing is what people know as rapping. ... Besides, Gangster Rap isn t the only type of Hip Hop music, its actually only a small...

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Different eras have often been defined by the type of music that is popular at that time. Certain songs or music genres are associated with various events in history. ... African Spirituals gave root to other genres of music: blues, folk, and in 1950s, rock n roll. ... In the 1970s, a new sort of music was born in The Bronx, New York City. ... The evolution of music genres as mainstream music represents the dynamic process of beliefs among the majority of Americans. ...

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Studies show that "preference for heavy metal music may a significant indicator for alienation, substance abuse, psychiatric disorders, suicide risks, sex-role stereotyping, or risk taking behaviors during adolescence." [1] "Forty-seven percent (47%) of mothers with children in public schools believe that violent messages in rap and rock music contribute " a great deal" to school violence "[2]. ... "Gangsta rap" music is another type of music that has been very influential over the years. ... Studies have shown that exposure to rap music "tends to lead to a higher degree of acceptance of t...

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Rock unlike pop never combined its music with other genres. ... Rap began in late 1980s and still lives on. ... Rap suffers from the same problem rock and roll did. ... Very few white rappers have been able to overcome the barriers of rap and had success in it. ... The biggest problem with rap is its glorification of violence. ...

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The rap group "2 Live Crew" was the target for the censorship bureau in the time. ... In the 90's rap music was taking all the heat for music censorship. ... Now rap and hip-hip aren't the only type of music getting "picked on". Rock and heavy metal music are in the same boat as rap and hip-hop. Personally I think that heavy metal lyrics are little more violent than rap. ...

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It was January 14, 2000 in hot and humid Oakland California the night that 12,00 people, mostly teenagers, descended upon the Oakland Coliseum to see a rap star by the name of Juvenile, along with the Cash Money Millionaires. ... Shortly there after, everyone else followed suit, with the angry, explicit rap music still booming in their ears. ... As the news channels made it a point to say that the show was a rap concert, full of hate lyrics and violence, many parents pondered if the music was to blame. () Did music really have the power to make normally rational beings do something like ...

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In the song, LL Cool J raps about how he falls victim of a serious crush on a lady in his neighborhood. ... The music of the record is comprised of a jazz guitar, which riffs a melancholy note every 10 seconds. ... I have many favorites but this one in particular is great because it is one of the few rap/r&b collaborations that is on my favorites list. I am a true lover of music. I hear not only music or words, but I feel the music. ...

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The entertainment industry has been influenced greatly by African American movies, film and music; from Sydney Poitier to Denzel Washington the demand for black in Hollywood has grown. ... In music, African Americans Have bought on blues, jazz and hip hop which lead to the today's modern day rap and rock and roll. Many people tend to segregate hip hop from so -called real music, but in fact hip-hop and African American music has such a big impact on our culture. Today when you turn on the TV, it's not unusual to see a white rapper or a whit rock musician. ... Slang terms such as "p...

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Music censorship is defined as any discriminatory act that advocates or allows suppression, control, or banning of music or music related works against the wishes of its creator or intended audience.... (Nuzum 11) All together, authorities, studies, and the constitution have proven that music censorship is unfair, unnecessary, and has little influence on music listeners. ... Patricia Greenfield, a social scientist, conducted a study of music in 1987. ... The correlation between rap and gang activity or heavy metal and suicide is a popular defense for censorship. ... This theory says that ...

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Fall and winter would bring another shift in music, with groups such as "Roadrunner and Wiley Coyote," with splashes of "Bonobo" and "Radiohead." ... Up to present, the soundtrack for this year is the music from the fire-levels of the original Mario Brothers on the NES. ... The rest of 2014 should be feel-good music. Ray Charles, up-beat country music, blues, classic rock, "The Gorillaz," perhaps a few interruptions of good techno, not that crap they play on stage from the comfort of their iPod's and laptops. ... My musical soundtrack would include a mysterious lack of rap music, and I wi...

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Hip-hop music like all other forms of music is a form of art. ... People grow up to a different types of music and that's understandable. This does not give anyone a reason to criticize the music of our generation. People try to blame violence, drug use, and other bad things on hip hop music. ... Some examples of these lyrics will show you how these pioneers of rap music aren't all about gangs, violence, and other things stereotypes bring to all hip hop artists, even though they have been through it all. ...

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