Assignment 1-3

Is Hip Hop Dead? : Past, Present and Future of America’s Most Wanted Music

Hi hop is African American popular music which started in New York City in the 1970s and widely spread late 198os. Music plays vital role in society by allowing people feeling, voice, and ideas to be heard. Music shapes or values, morals and attitudes.
During 1980 , genres of rap addresses gang violence, police brutality, political charges such as racism and poverty (Petracca, M& Sorapure M 2007 , pg.237).Public enemy was at fore front at this movement with songs like fight the power or America self destruction . Chuck D of Public Enemy once said “Hip hop is like CNN of African American “. Hip hop reports everything that going on street that is not covered by media.
In this article the author discuss the origin of hip hop music, how has been evolved, the effects and the future of rap music .Over recent years hip hop music has been target of many critics from popular media, White politician, older African America due to lyrics and video coming out this music .The lyrics and video promotes violence and degrades women. Lyrics when combine with these powerful message that hip hop is sending influences youth feelings, their relation with parents and friend, attitude towards authority figure and our value with gender and race. For instance NWA rap group are widely known for most popular song with their displeasure against LAPD .
Wealth and fame has deadened hip hop political edge. Many of rap songs talk about jewelry, fancy car, and cloth .Hip hop artist blames on commercialization of rap music and recording company executives. Hip hop artist respond with demands of the market. Records sales prove this argument Jays Z is most successful mainstream rapper who has number one sold album which doesn’t have political edge.
Despite huge criticism the popularity of rap continues to grow among white audience. Eminem and Beast boys succeeded in black dominated hip hop industry because they demonstrated cultural immersion and inverted racial hierarchies. On the other hand Vanilla Ice failed because he projects false portrays with hip hop culture (The Journal of Popular Culture, 2008, 41(4), p.742-744).

Although many critics have argued about the effects of rap music I am optimistic about the future of rap music. There are still good message still embedded in many of recent rap song .For instance hip Hop artist Nas has good song “I know I can” which talks about you can be anything you want to be as long as you put your mind into to it. Wealth and fame should not detect future and content of rap music.

Work Cited
Petracca M& Sorapure M (2007).Common Culture: Rap and Race: It ‘Got a Nice Beat, But What about the message? University of California at Santa Barbara.
(2008). Is Hip Hop Dead? : The Past, Present, and Future of America's Most Wanted Music. The Journal of Popular Culture, 41(4), 742-744

Staying in shape

Beauty is highest price commodity today and many men and women will do anything to achieve It (Browne R, 2005 Pg. 210) .We have seen drugstore , media , popular magazine flooded with picture of beautiful female or male who have great body that we all admire.
The secret of success to have to stay in shape is dieting, workout and living balance life. This is easy said and done. We are going towards the end of the year. We can use new resolution as part of motivation to join a gym. It’s not an easy thing to do to motivate yourself the best way is to form a group or workout partner. You can hire a trainer, if you can afford one to guide and prepare a diet plan . Dieting is more important than exercise but I admit it is difficult to follow a diet plan .You have to be very discipline and control amount of calories and cabs intake. Eat plenty of fruit and vegetables. Drink a lot of water.

Another method you can us is plastic surgery which is topic that I chose for my this week analysis. I am against this method because this quick short cut to our problem. It is unhealthy, expensive and can cause death to human life. It teaches bad example rather than healthy way to stay in shape.

Work Cited
Browne R. B 2005: Profiles of Popular Culture :personal appearance .The university of Wisconsin Press

Assignment 1-3

Is Hip Hop Dead? : Past, Present and Future of America’s Most Wanted Music

Hi hop is African American popular music which started in New York City in the 1970s and widely spread late 198os. Music plays vital role in society by allowing people feeling, voice, and ideas to be heard. Music shapes or values, morals and attitudes.

During 1980 , genres of rap addresses gang violence, police brutality, political charges such as racism and poverty (Petracca, M& Sorapure M 2007 , pg.237).Public enemy was at fore front at this movement with songs like fight the power or America self destruction . Chuck D of Public Enemy once said “Hip hop is like CNN of African American “. Hip hop reports everything that going on street that is not covered by media.

Over recent years hip hop music has been target of many critics from popular media, White politician, older African America due to lyrics and video coming out this music .The lyrics and video promotes violence and degrades women. Lyrics when combine with these powerful message that hip hop is sending influences youth feelings, their relation with parents and friend, attitude towards authority figure and our value with gender and race. For instance NWA rap group are widely known for most popular song with their displeasure against LAPD .

Wealth and fame has deadened hip hop political edge. Many of rap songs talk about jewelry, fancy car, and cloth .Hip hop artist blames on commercialization of rap music and recording company executives. Hip hop artist respond with demands of the market. Records sales prove this argument Jays Z is most successful mainstream rapper who has number one sold album which doesn’t have political edge.

Despite huge criticism the popularity of rap continues to grow among white audience. Eminem and Beast boys succeeded in black dominated hip hop industry because they demonstrated cultural immersion and inverted racial hierarchies. On the other hand Vanilla Ice failed because he projects false portrays with hip hop culture (The Journal of Popular Culture, 2008, 41(4), p.742-744).

Although many critics have argued about the effects of rap music I am optimistic about the future of rap music. There are still good message still embedded in many of recent rap song .For instance hip Hop artist Nas has good song “I know I can” which talks about you can be anything you want to be as long as you put your mind into to it. Wealth and fame should not detect future and content of rap music.

Work Cited
Petracca M& Sorapure M (2007).Common Culture: Rap and Race: It ‘Got a Nice Beat, But What about the message? University of California at Santa Barbara.
(2008). Is Hip Hop Dead? : The Past, Present, and Future of America's Most Wanted Music. The Journal of Popular Culture, 41(4), 742-744

Assignment 4-1

Hi hop is African American music which started in New York City in the 1970s and widely spread late 1980’s. The four elements of this music this music is Dj, graffiti, break dancing, mc rapping.
At the beginning when this music started it was all about the movement, self expression, and civil right, fashion and culture .Hip hop had content. People use to go to concert Mc will battle each other and the winner is Mc with best lyrics without creating conflict. It was friendly battle. Artist put the best album that will stay on chart for while and when you buy album you can hardly skip any song. I remember after the Run D Mc how they rock the addidas and Kengo hat and everybody want to be just like them.
During the course of time this music have evolve so much from when it started. The lyrics now coming out this music is offensive, degrading and harmful. You can’t listen to it in front your elders or children. The lyrics are degrading women, express violence among society. This is because of commercialization of music. Music executives controls type of music one can even argue that they create “beef” among artist to push records sales. On the other hand artist argument is that “street want to hear this type of music” or “I have to keep credibility” .If they have hardcore track on the records will push record sales thus what fans want to hear it