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Taco Bell Hip Hop
1,263 words
... gh modification of symbols and materials found
in dominate culture. Individuals identify
themselves with the changes they make to their
cars, allowing their automobiles to project the
image that they wish for themselves. Car Stereos
also are an important factor in a "bitches ride. "
The volumes achievable today in automobiles is
staggering. Car Stereos often can be heard as far
as a mile away, causing the whole chassis to
rattle with each bass hit. West Side members, all
have customized spea...
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Shock Waves Hip Hop
1,565 words
It's unexplanitory, how I gets lifted higher than
a hundred stories; I take a beer and I guzzle it,
I'm speaking's o shut your mouth and muzzle it;
smokin' el's and rollin' reefer, I'll get you more
f -- -ed up than a can of ether; so beautiful when
I light it up, and then I -- Wax of Esmob, "Lil'
Ass Playa" (Lose 1995) Lines much like these are
not uncommon in today's rap music. Many artists
are integrating the subject of drug use into their
songs. Such music has become mainstream and yet
even ...
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Young Black Men Young Black Man
1,253 words
... had time to realize any of these embodiments.
Shakur himself often said that he expected he'd
die by the sword before he reached thirty. He died
at the age of twenty five. Following his passing,
Shakur's label released an album, The Don K
illuminati, under the pseudonym "Makaveli. " The
cover depicted Shakur nailed to a cross under a
crown of thorns, with a map Of the country's major
gang areas superimposed on it. Shakur was upfront
about his troubled life in the 1995 release "Me
Against The...
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Bye Bye Buddy Holly
1,880 words
"Singing... bye bye, Miss American Pie, drove my
Chevy to the levy... but the levy was dry... These
lyrics, this song, sung today by Madonna, and
years ago, a song that my Dad probably sung... as
written by Don Mclean in the 70 's, symbolized for
many an aspect of America of the 60 's and 70 's.
Who was the American, and what did it mean to be
American? What did America mean or represent? When
I listen to that song, I see different things than
what my dad probably saw. To talk to my dad, you'd
l...
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Kung Fu Hip Hop
997 words
Break Dancing or B-being is a form of hip-hop
dancing, which is popularly known as breaking. It
consists of top or up rock, footwork, spinning
moves (power moves), and freeze. B-being came from
Bronx, NY. The term "B-boy" or "B-being" was
created by Kool Herc who was a DJ spinning at
block parties in Bronx back in the days. B-Boys
means break boys and they were called so because
they dance to the break part of music. Later, by
repeating this break part done by DJ,
"breakbeat's" was born. Althoug...
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Hip Hop Rave Scene
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Raves Imagine you are in your at about 1: 00 in
the morning. Itfs pitch black outside and youve
been lost for hours. Nothings good on the radio.
Your dying of thirst and your drenched with sweat.
Your just about to turn around, when you open your
windows for some fresh air and you hear it. The
bass is in sync with your heartbeat. It is the
vibe that is so commonly talked about within this
culture. You follow this music and youve arrived
at your destination: A rave. Raves consist of
about 300 - 6...
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Hip Hop Culture Predominantly White
775 words
There is a young man who inspired me to write this
article. I thank him for doing a great service to
the Muslim society. Turn where you will. Look to
the East Coast or the West Coast and there are
various Arab boys, Indian boys, and Pakistani guys
who have adopted the look, lingo, and life of a
"thug. " I have seen it many times - this strange
transformation from tapered jean-wearing,
glasses-owning, nail biting ninny to
chest-thumping, hard-acting, Nautica-wearing
"thug. " It begins at an early...
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Hip Hop Grandmaster Flash
914 words
Rahzel M. Brown was born in Queens, New York and
recalls that not having was never an excuse for
not doing. Just as in its most organic state the
essence of hip hop is making something out of
nothing, Rahzel learned how to feed his need to be
creative. We didnt have the turntables inside the
locker room and we couldnt bring our boom box in
there. Either we were banging on the locker, or
somebody was (making music) with their mouth. I
was the one who made the beats with my mouth. I
worked hard so...
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Hip Hop Mechanical Reproduction
1,798 words
... ole seventeen hours of Live Aid in 1985, they
cut the one hip-hop act on the bill out: Run-DMC.
The focus of house and its follow-ons into the
nineties has always been more on the dance floor
it seems. The Summers of Love of ' 89 and ' 90
were much more about a subculture of hedonism and
pleasure than any distinctly political culture,
which sub-cultural scene seems to have continued
from there. It would be difficult to see
electronic music ever becoming distinctly
political as it thrives on ...
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Electronic Devices Ad Hoc
1,251 words
Bluetooth Technology Today computer technologies
are rapidly developing, which allows millions of
people around the globe to work faster and more
conveniently. Bluetooth is the wireless networking
initiative that is led by the worlds most
advancing information technologies companies such
as Ericsson, Intel, Nokia, IBM, Toshiba, Lucent
and others. The creation of Bluetooth is a
remarkable advance towards the development of new
approaches in information technologies industry.
Bluetooth was origina...
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One Hundred Years Types Of Music
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Subcultures in Contemporary Society With reference
to Naomi Klein's No Logo discuss the viability of
the notion of subculture in contemporary society.
Culture; a) the integrated pattern of human
behaviour that includes thought, speech, action
and artefacts and depends upon mans capability for
learning and transmitting knowledge to succeed
generations; b) the customary beliefs, social
forms, and material traits of a racial, religious
or social group. Subculture; an ethnic, regional,
economic or s...
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Break Dancing Hip Hop
382 words
Breakdancing a form of African American dance that
emerged from the hip hop culture of the South
Bronx, New York, during the mid- 1970 s. Drawing
upon several African American dance forms, break
dancing coalesced in the 1970 s and reached its
peak in popularity during the 1980 s. Breakdancing
developed out of the Bronx, New York, disco scene.
When disco DJs changed records, dancers would fill
the resulting musical breaks, or breakbeat's, with
movements that emphasized the rupture in rhythmic
con...
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Helped To Shape Form Of Music
1,930 words
Throughout history, music has made dramatic
impacts on the way civilizations and communities
function and behave. Likewise, the behavior and
attitudes of people in a community add to the
flavor and attitude of the music made within the
culture. Examples of this sort of connection
include the Baroque era in Europe, where the
character of the common citizen and the music were
very refined and structured, or in England during
the 70? s, where the citizens and the music
displayed anger and revolt ag...
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Snoop Doggy Dogg Hip Hop Music
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Gangster rap May 05, 1999 Hip-Hop Getting a Bad
Rap Among many problems in society today, rap
music is being blamed for the confusion of
Americas youths. One key problem is the way a
child is raised. Not having a positive role model
can have a powerful effect on a child. The other
dilemma is the type of rap music. Gangster rappers
lyrics seem to corrupt and have a negative image
on a youths mind. Two possible steps to taking the
blame away from rap music is by placing the
spotlight on other infl...
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Gangster Rap Hip Hop
723 words
Rap singles are all over the music charts, the hip
hop subculture has hit mainstream big time. Rap
has always been associated with the black
community, rap was known as their music; this has
changed because more and more Caucasian are
entering the industry. Emerging and standing out
from the crowd these hip hop artist have acquired
tremendous popularity and recognition. One rapper
that has made it big his Eminem, his rise to
stardom is due to 2 main reasons; his association
with rap legend Dr Dr...
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U S Companies Hip Hop
1,453 words
Can Honda Build A World Car? Unlike anyone else,
Honda s product strategy in the world s passenger
car market differs from other corporations like
Ford and General Motors as they continue to pursue
global product strategies. For instance, General
Motors plans to build all its cars and trucks
around the world from just seven platforms, which
is half the number they use now. Also, Ford s
view, the Ford 2000 global reorganization, which
was underway in 1994, which was to develop cars
and trucks for...
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Experienced Every Step Schivelbusch Book World
626 words
The thesis for Schivelbusch? s book The Railway
Journey seems to be that the railroad altered the
traveler? s perceptions of space, time, distance,
nature and the senses. Although the means of a
quick and reliable mode of transport was and is an
important part of industrialization, it
denaturalized and de sensualized the passengers
(Schivelbusch 20). Shrinking and reshaping the
world it touches with industrial fingers and
alienating the riders to the world around them.
With fast and reliable ste...
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Hip Hop York City
704 words
This movie was off the hook! First of all, these
are the type of movies that should be known to
mankind. Save the Last Dance, is a blend of love
and romance with a little piece of hate crimes,
racism, and of course most definitely violence.
Well to tell you the truth, most of the people
don? t like love and romance. Save the Last Dance
is a nice blending of a little piece of everything
so it can entertain the people with different
likes and dislikes. Even the people who don? t
like these types o...
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Individual Or Group Arms And Legs
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B-Boy Breakin Moves Dictionary AIRPLANES Form of a
windmills with your arms spread out straight to
the sides as high as you can get them. AIRSWIPES
You start with both hands and feet on the ground,
facing upwards. Then you kick your legs up with
your weight on one arm and spin over so that you
land on your other arm before your legs land. If
done correctly you should be able to spin you body
completely around in a full rotation. APPLEJACKS A
basic move to challenge another by to battle. You
squa...
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Hip Hop Hard Times
684 words
It is not typical that hip hop music is viewed to
be a form of art. It has received a great deal of
negative publicity since becoming mainstream in
the early to mid 1980 s. It is believed, by many,
that the lyrical content of this type of music
deals with only guns, alcohol, sex, violence, and
crime. It is understandable for them to have these
beliefs, because there was a period of time when
that was true. Though there are still the artists
whose lyrics say very little; recently, hip hop
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