Essays Tagged: "Grandmaster Flash"

Thesis paper on rap music.

nd, images, and attitude are notorious to people of all areas, races, and cultures.Rap artists like Grandmaster Flash, Run DMC, Public Enemy, Ice-T, N.W.A., Ice Cube, Salt 'n' Pepa, Queen Latifah, Wu- ... 970s, the current configuration of rap emerged out of Sugar Hill Gang's 1979 "Rapper's Delight" and Grandmaster Flash's 1982 hit "The Message." Hip hop culture began developing its style and sound in ...

(17 pages) 672 1 4.5 Dec/2002

Subjects: Art Essays > Music History & Studies

This essay, entitled "Does Hip-Hop Get A Bad Rap?" and is about the bias that the rap industry entertains. It goes into the controversy many rappers create in their portrayal of rap music.

an among the youth of South Bronx, New York in the mid 1970's, and was pioneered by artists such as Grandmaster Flash and Kool Herc, it stretches the limits with its messages. Some artists degrade wom ...

(3 pages) 131 2 4.9 Feb/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Current Issues

The evolution of rap

ce to, it is also one of the most poetic forms of lyrics in mainstream music. Rappers like Run DMC, Grandmaster Flash, Queen Latifah, Tupac Shakur, Outkast, Common, The Fugees, Salt N' Pepa and many o ... n the late 1970s. By the 80s, a slew of New York rap artists emerged to public attention, including Grandmaster Flash, Run DMC, Eric B and Rakim, Big Daddy Kane, KRS-ONE, Salt 'n' Pepa, Queen Latifah, ...

(14 pages) 141 0 4.7 Nov/2004

Subjects: Art Essays > Music History & Studies

The impact of hip-hop music in American culture and society

three new artists that they consider "the nucleus of hip-hop." Kook DJ Herc, Afrika Bambaataa, and Grandmaster Flash were regarded as the founding fathers of hip-hop music. Kool DJ herc had a unique ... d motivation in rock music. The concept of scratching came up with Joseph saddler who also known as Grandmaster Flash and this technique is incorporated in every hip-hop DJing. Joseph as well introduc ...

(8 pages) 200 0 4.0 Feb/2007

Subjects: Art Essays > Music History & Studies

Rap Music

ute social and political awareness. (Columbia Encyclopedia) Some early performers were Grand Master Flash and the Beastie Boys and Run DMC. According to( Ron Walters a professor of political science, ...

(6 pages) 111 0 0.0 Nov/2001

Subjects: Art Essays > Music History & Studies

Hip Hop Culture

l DJ Herc, who further developed hip hop through the isolation of breaks. Along with Herc, DJs like Grandmaster Flash, Caz, and others made more innovations with the introduction of scratching. DJing ...

(2 pages) 27 0 0.0 Apr/2010

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community

History of Rap

he rise of Disco. This quickly lead to the emergence of other notable DJs like Afrika Bambaataa and Grandmaster Flash.DJ Kool Herc was innovative seeing that he came up with what Hip Hop and Rap music ... s for--they just let their inner self go and get wild".After DJ Kool Herc came Afrika Bambaataa and Grandmaster Flash, the latter being known for developing and mastering three innovations: Scratching ...

(13 pages) 0 0 0.0 Jul/2014

Subjects: Art Essays > Music History & Studies