From songs like the notorious “Gucci Gang” and the repetitive “Thunder,” music has slowly been losing its depth. As Trevon Dunn once claimed: “Pop culture is not about depth. It's about marketing, supply and demand, consumerism.” However, to claim that all music lacks depth and only cares about consumerism, is rather generalized opinion considering there is an incredible amount of songs that are filled with emotion and meaning that are still consumed just as eagerly as ones thats aren’t.
Sure, in today's music there are a lot of songs that are hard to comprehend and make clearity w [ with lyrics being hard to understand and lack clarity to talking about repetitive and topics that are considered vulgar such as sex, drugs, and alcohol with generic computer-generated beats that make up the song]. For example, Lil Pump’s “Gucci Gang” is quite
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Music is one's escape to reality; whether they like to listen to EDM to dance off their worries, sad songs to wallow in self pity, or upbeat pop songs to make themselves feel happier; it's all up to them. I think we tend to forget that not everyone is going to like the same type of music that we do and not everyone is going to have the same opinions as you. To generalize pop culture , more specifically music in this case, is a bit of a stretch . There may be bad songs with horrible lyrics and just bad everything but that doesn’t mean there isn’t any good songs out there. There will always be good songs and there will always be bad songs. Even as some music slowly begin losing its depth , there still will be songs that will provoke the mind and are well made. There’s a good and bad in everything. There are good youtubers, there are bad youtubers, there are good fashion trends and then there are horrible fashion trends, there’s nothing in between. So why should we continue to condemn music and other forms of popular culture when its much complicated than we think it is
In this essay, Hip Hop Stole My Black Boy by Kiese Laymon, is a story about two boys whose dreams was to become a hip hop artist. Even though their parents did not like the idea. Laymon, says that "But as hip hop moved from the boroughs to Compton in late 80's and early 90's, daring west coast soldiers, west coast sensibilities and west of us rappers seemed more in line with our reality" (Laymon 226). I think he was referring to the two boys, because they did not like the idea of living their home town and go to another city at first, but when they move from one city to another they did enjoy it after all. The word "Cipher" was mentioned several times in this essay.
I believe that listeners tend to neglect the technicalities of music and a good listener should understand the musical structure for him or her to enjoy the music
These usually don't overpower the the senses even to distract the audience; if fact, these songs could be the exact cause of a long, personal look into one’s self. Another reason behind this could be concerts and how entertaining they are. Some people like to be able to rock out during a concert and be able to get up and move. The audience may want to be able to dance in a way that is different than square dancing. Artists have probably noticed this within today's society.
In reality, it infringes the First Amendment. It can also be related to the music industry. Because certain record labels prioritize the materialistic benefits from a successful music artist they would rather advertise than give any say to the musician committing the entertainment. Thus, it can negatively affect an individual emotionally and illustrates a violation of the human
Music can change time, tempo, dynamics, and mood very fast. This music can also be easy on the ears to quite difficult to listen to. “It is natural enough for the uninitiated to imagine that all problematic music may be safely damned under a single heading. But actually, even in the old days of "ultra-modern" music, a great many different kinds of music were grouped indiscriminately together,
The Swedish documentary, Black Mixtape, traces race relations in the United States from 1967-1975. The captivating documentary includes appearances by popular African American figures like Civil Rights activist Stokely Carmichael, Black Panther Party founders Bobby Seale and Huey P. Newton and Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan. The purpose of the documentary is to show America in a different viewpoint than how it is portrayed internationally. Due to the Swedish dialect throughout the film, it is evident that there isn’t a specified audience. Black Americans have struggled to obtain equality and justice in this country for decades.
Hip Hop has been around for generations, but over the years the meaning behind the music genre continues to change as old artists vanish and new artist step up and take the throne. In the reading Hip Hop’s Betrayal of Black Women by Jennifer McLune explains how women are betrayed in the music industry, and how from this the world perceives to see them afterwards. Mainly the idea behind all of this is that hip hop owes it’s success to the ideology of women hating. The purpose of this article is trying to convince people that hip hop is sexist and degrading. Which in some sense is true from an african american women of myself.
My generation has been saturated with music that is degrading. The mainstream rappers and hip hop artists continue to thrive because of the popularity of their music. Supporters of these popular artists continue to listen to this music because they can connect to the themes represented. Many people are involved in violence and listening to mainstream rappers just reflects what they are experiencing. People also enjoy mainstream rappers because of the catchy beats and hooks.
Julio Gomez Mr.Kingsland ELA 11 Feb/21/2018 Per 6 Essay planet In these essay hip-hop planet, McBride describes how hip-hop influences the culture of the people of the world. In the chapter full circle, McBride argues that hip-hop represents a deeper meaning which also represents everyone in the world the struggle of life. Finally, In the chapter, the crossover McBride argues that the mean of hip-hop has changed through the generation. What I mean by these three central ideas that McBride wrote in his essay is the change, the influence, and finally the meaning of hip-hop.
Rap music is an expression of one’s feelings thorough poetry and instrumental. Although it has gained many accomplishments throughout society, it is still one of the most criticized genres of music. Rap music dose not promote violence; it only depicts the destruction that is happening all over America. Music should not be criticized based on its style. Rap music receives a variety of brutal critic from critics attacking the lyric that rappers use.
The film Boyz N the Hood is a story about life in South Central Los Angeles. The film was wrote and directed by John Singleton in 1991. I chose this movie because of its relevance to the course and how it reflects pop culture in that time period. The opening line in the movie “one out of every twenty-one Black American males will be murdered in their lifetime” really catches the audience attention (Nicolaides & Singleton, 1991). This movie goes into detail and shows the life of three young males living in the hood of Los Angeles battling a life surrounded by drugs, violence, and questions of race.
The explicit sexual language used had significant influence on the teenagers and youths in the major areas surveyed. The research proved that the lyrics have significant influences on the student behaviors in their schools. The lyrics are associated with alcohol and marijuana abuse. Most of the rap music portray images whereby youths and teenagers use guns, feel violence, and create gangs to terrorize and become popular. The negative lyrics create impacts on the listener, making him/her have negative perceptions and fantasies in life.
Hip-hop culture has been the topic of various academic, social, and political discourses. Rap music, in particular, has made its way to mainstream media which is evident in the numerous films and movies that centers on what was once a part of an underground culture. Scholars explain that the popularity of hip-hop in both music and films are partly due to its potential to disseminate information, address an issue, and promote social change. Tinson and McBride (2013), for example, note that hip-hop is a “…form of critical education at the intersection of, and inseparable from political engagement” (1). Scholars further note that hip-hop’s current state “…requires frequent accounting of its engagement with the social, political, and cultural climate
There have been many rap songs and albums that have been very meaningful, and have gained millions of fans that appreciate their music. For example, on Kendrick Lamar’s debut album Good Kid, m.A.A.d City, each song is a piece of his life story. He describes his struggles growing up in the ghettos of Compton, California. Kendrick addresses situations such as gang violence, peer pressure, and oppressed women. On the song “The Art of Peer Pressure”, Kendrick describes the inner conflict that he dealt with at a young age, trying to distinguish right from wrong in certain situations.
I think this article is very informational. I did not know that people use to think that Jazz music made people do evil things. ( I think people just said that because they did not like the fact that Jazz was becoming so popular, and maybe that people weren't use to such amazing music!) I do not feel as though it is a legitimate concern because I feel as though people are overreacting.