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Rap music have been a part of society since the 1990s.Rap was the foundation and escape from the struggles, survival in the poor, and conquering harsh obstacles people faced. They shared and expressed their feelings, using rhymes or poetry, and personal experiences to implement them into music. Artists such as Ice-T, Wu-Tang Clan, 2Pac, and Biggie Smalls have all made an impacted and changed certain people’s lives. These artists express and used life lessons and people who were facing these…

When you think of a leader, chances are you do not think about a rapper. Nevertheless, one that can be expected to be sporting overalls on stage one day, and is meeting with the President on another. Even more confusing, he has not released a studio album, but has won three Grammy awards. He was the first artist to perform on Saturday Night Live without a studio record deal and even participated in a recent Kit-Kat advertising campaign. I am describing one of the most influential and inspiring…

This is Jay-Z's thirteenth studio album and was released on June 30, 2017. This album was released through Roc Nation, Jay-Z's own entertainment company which he established in 2008. It was Jay-Z's first album in almost four years and it debuted at number one. Although, his previous album Magna Carta…Holy Grail sold 528,000 copies in its opening week, and 4:44 sold 275,000, it still managed to become platinum selling record. This album was first exclusively released to users of Tidal; a…

Have you ever heard of Trippie Redd,XXXTentacion,Cardi B,Lild Pump,an Famous Dex and how they started there rapping career? Well These are the top five best rappers (Top 5 rappers that are going to dominate 2018).Do you know what made these top five best rappers good at what they do ? What is rap music ? “Rap music is a style of famous music,which was developed by disc jockeys and urban blacks in the 1970s,in which an insistent,recurring beat pattern provides the background and counterpoint for…

Production and Messages aside, an artist can have the same brand of production and the same message, but the element that will differentiate, the idea that will set them apart is their lyrical technique, their flow. An artist's flow is vital; this is their way of projecting their voice onto the world and seeing if their voice sticks. These artists create their specific type of flow, which makes them unique and separate them from the crowd. A Rapper who is widely recognized and credited for his…

“Sometimes our dreams come true sometimes our fears do too”. I chose this rapper because he inspires me. How he learned the basic tricks and nuances of music production on his own, and that he started at a very young age. J Cole was brought into the limelight by Jay Z and made a great name in the American rap industry for himself. Jermaine Lamarr Cole “ J cole” was born in frankfurt, Germany in a US Army camp where his father was stationed. His father turned his back on his family soon and…

Naseem Shifaee’s Search for Self Identity ABSTRACT The paper undertakes examination of Naseem Shifaee’s poem “Na Chaey Na Aks” (Neither shadow nor Reflection) translated in English by Neerja Mattoo by focusing on theme of self identity. Literature looks at humanity with a questioning as well as affirmative gaze ,disapproving and approving at the same time, reaffirming stereotypes as well as breaking them . Throughout ages narratives in Kashmir have revealed the inbuilt…

"You 're either an idiot or you 're purposely choosing to use the law to punish people because you 've already assumed that the person is guilty" (Killer Mike). People today are becoming prejudice against the genre, rap. They don 't understand it. The earliest type of music classified as rap began many years ago in Africa, with the griots, storytellers who tell tales of their experiences or those of the village. It started when one of these griots started telling his story with music playing;…

Daddy Yankee’s biggest hit, ‘Gasolina’, was turning point into his career and turning point for the reggaeton as well (photo 4). The lyrics, although explicit, were smoother than what reggaeton was known for. Gasolina’s lyrics touches on themes that have to do with the race and class- based concerns and has sexual inference and uneven gender relations, which could be seen as celebrating simple pleasures, stressing machismo. For the audience, lyrics can mean many things, from the need for speed…

Unlike the previous Hip-hop artists Tiger JK and Yoonmirae, Swings and Black Nut are the artists who created the bad influence for youth and teenage. The reason why I considered the young generation as the main listener and mostly affected people for Hip-hop music is that, their ego is not completely produced, and so it is easy to create false ego by exterior influences such as their liked Hip-hop musicians who composed morally negative and bad effective music and act in daily life. Swings is…