With Hip Hop or rap music gaining popularity there days, it has become a target group to push the limits as other musical genres have done in the past. ... With rap music breaking into mainstream pop culture, it is expected to push the limits of free speech. ... Rap music has declined in its culpability and reputability because of the added need to appease white people. When rap music began, it was sang in the streets of New York. ... When the music business caught onto this trend of rap music's popularity, they bought into it, adding to the culpability of rap artists. ...

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Rap music has had a bad reputation over the last decade from the gangsta era of N.W.A to a more present-tense 50 Cent. ... Rap music, just like any other genre of music, is simply a form of entertainment which should not be taken so seriously to people. ... The same principle goes with Rap music. ... Rap music is not to blame for the way people act in society today. ... If rap music does anything it should inspire people to rise above the negativity in their lives and turn out to be successful also. ...

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So if rap isn't violent anymore, what is it? ... These were the days when Hip Hop was all about moving the crowd; days where parks and recreation grounds were filled by the thousands with fans wanting to witness the new type of music that was being tagged on the streets as rap. ... Rap certainly doesn't change because it ignorantly believes that as music it knows what the fans want to hear. ... The dying art of break dancing which is slowly being phased out is a very interesting part of the society; the form of expression which eclipsed Hip Hop to engulf other genre's of music a...

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To counter act a music label taken away the money that the Wu Tang Clan would make the Rza created his own record label to make sure the group received all the money its music generated. ... Since the group was making large amounts of money off their music he decided that he wanted to expand the groups talents into other areas beside music. ... In a sense each member's own rapping style has become the groups norm. For instance the Genius and the Rza are intelligent rappers while Ghost Face Killah and Raekwon are storytellers with their lyrics. The way each member raps also spills over int...

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Name of Dance: Break Dance Origin: USA Date: 1980 ...

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