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Gangsta Rap Promote Violence
1,289 wordsRap music began in the mid 1970 's with artists such as Grandmaster Flash, Africa Bambaataa, and Kurtis Blow. According to the encyclopedia based web site infoplease. com " the word rap is derived from a 1960 's slang word for conversation. (web). This extraordinary style of music served as a form of street poetry for most artists. With a mixture of jazz, disco, and funk rap became extremely popular within the African American and Hispanic communities. Some of the artist spoke of only fiction st...
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Middle Class Families Rap Music
3,729 words... t lifting. Clive did not like the name Hercules so he shortened it to Herc. When Herc became a graffiti writer he took the tag name Kool Herc. Kool Herc began to DJ in 1973 once he had amassed a great sound system. The Jamaican influence of having a large sound system was not lost on Herc. Herc realized that in order for large crowds to dance to his music they needed to hear the beat. Kool Herc seldom played an entire song. He knew which part of the record sent his audience into a frenzy. It...
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Hip Hop Grandmaster Flash
914 wordsRahzel 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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Ice Cube Warning Labels
1,071 wordsThe beginnings of rap are believed to based on African rhythms which were used as a form of communication by the native peoples. The lyrical component of rap music is thought to have been greatly influenced by Cab Calloway with his repetitive chants and scats, along with his call-and-response technique with the audience. Rap evolved and gained in popularity in the 1960 's when a few revolutionary "DJ's, " including Kool DJ Herc, DJ Love bug Stars, and DJ Hollywood, began to work block parties in...
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The Origins Of Hip Hop And Rap
1,073 words... s be considered the original founder of rap music, because the DJ created the sound responsible for rap. Of the many influential DJs that have been given credit for founding raps unique sound, perhaps none were as significant as Clive Campbell (a. k. a. Kool Herc), who is credited with inventing the breakbeat (Rhodes). Herc immigrated to the West Bronx from Jamaica in 1967 (Unofficial Timeline). He was nicknamed Hercules or Herc for short because of his athletic talents (Rhodes). In 1973, He...
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Rock N Roll Type Of Music
2,750 wordsRap music as a musical form began among the youth of South Bronx, New York in the mid 1970? s. Individuals such Kool Herc and Grandmaster Flash were some of the early pioneers of this art form. Through their performances at clubs and promotion of the music, rap consistently gained in popularity throughout the rest of the 1970? s. The first commercial success of the rap song? Rappers Delight? by the Sugar Hill Gang in 1979 helped bring rap music into the national spotlight. The 1980? s saw the co...
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Hip Hop Culture Gangsta Rap
2,844 wordsHistory of Rap By: Jiggalow-B E-mail: Rap music as a musical form began among the youth of South Bronx, New York in the mid 1970? s. Individuals such Kool Herc and Grandmaster Flash were some of the early pioneers of this art form. Through their performances at clubs and promotion of the music, rap consistently gained in popularity throughout the rest of the 1970? s. The first commercial success of the rap song? Rappers Delight? by the Sugar Hill Gang in 1979 helped bring rap music into the nati...
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Hip Hop Culture Back And Forth
2,473 wordsThe Evolution of a Disc Jockey In The Hip-Hop Culture With the turn of the century, a musical evolution began. The phonograph was part of this musical change. It was a simple musical output device. The role of this musical component was greatly regarded as that of just a music player during the modernistic period. During the modern era, the world was changing from the traditional beliefs of more philosophical, social conscious, scientific ideas. This is when John Cage during the thirties came on...
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Rock N Roll R 038 B
3,304 wordsRap Music; It s impact on society since it s birth. The Merriam Webster Dictionary defines rap as a rhythmic chanting of usual rhymed couplets to a musical accompaniment. The purpose of this paper is to show how rap music has come to be. Also, citing the many performers who have mad this form of music what it is today. Rap is a large part of our society and its evolution is proof that this personal style of music will be around for a very long time. Rap music as a musical form began among the yo...
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