Essays Tagged: "rap"

Industrial Music

usic tried to save rock and roll, but it was too big of acategory. If a band didn't sing country or rap, they were consideredalternative. Every alternative band had their own idea of music, and it all ... s announced MTV's band of the year. This was a great honorbecause MTV spends most of it's time with rap and hip-hop. When NIN'sfirst album came out in 1989, it was mostly rock and roll with a technotw ...

(2 pages) 44 0 3.9 Dec/1996

Subjects: Art Essays > Music History & Studies

Who is your favorite artist?A short summary of my favorite artist Leonardo DaVinchi.

d those pieces of art that mostly takes forever I know I wouldn`t last. So thats every thing i must rap it up I that is a every thing I know about this guy.

(1 pages) 98 0 4.1 Jun/2002

Subjects: Art Essays > Artists

Censorship In Music Today-Both Sides of the Argument

lyrics. Others believe it should not be censored and musical artists should be able to speak, sing, rap, or rhyme freely without anyone censoring them.Whether a person finds a work obscene depends lar ...

(4 pages) 212 2 4.9 Aug/2002

Subjects: Art Essays > Music History & Studies

How artists are blamed for violence in today's society

type of music, at all? Lately, music has been criticized for corrupting the minds of young people. Rap is being blamed for many crimes and murders in cities all over America, and heavy metal is being ... g blamed for giving teens dark images and thoughts, and poisoning their minds. The media criticizes rap and rock music, and blame the lyrics for influencing teens negatively. Parents tend to blame ban ...

(4 pages) 40 0 2.0 Jan/2004

Subjects: Art Essays > Music History & Studies > Performers & Composers

Essay which compares and contrasts two things. Well written and is also in APA style.

ties. In thepresent time period people listen to many different varieties of music, which range fromrap to classical. The basic idea is music has changed drastically over the decades whetherit be for ... music in the sixties included The Beatles, Simon and Garfunkal,Donavan, and Chicago. In the sixties rap was not yet introduced into society, as a musicalgenre. Many people felt that rock n' roll was a ...

(2 pages) 119 0 3.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Comparative Essays

The Form and Structure of Poems

write?" Some answers to this question might bea songa balladan odea hymna haiku free versea sonneta rapan epicThe poet's choice of form might be influenced by the audience being aimed at, but it is mo ... ing aimed at, but it is more likely to be determined by the nature of the material. For instance, a rap is a good way of expressing emotion and telling a story, but it might not go down well with old ...

(1 pages) 38 1 5.0 May/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

'Hip-HOpera': lyrics to a rap song composed by Raghav Kaushik

[Stanza One]Rap is a form of poetry. If youDon't think so, follow on with me. When IWrote this I wasn't thinking ... nEminem drops a record, why do y'all just trash it? TheSituation is dire; I'll do something drastic.Rap is poetry; it's not fake like plastic!Byron slept around but he's poetry's Saint.50 just dealt d ... t around but he's poetry's Saint.50 just dealt drugs, so why he ain't one? It's time toStand up for rap and make a turn of the tide.Hip-Hop ain't just about guns and women's backsides. SomeTake Fuck T ...

(2 pages) 26 1 3.0 Jul/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Poems & Short Stories

Music: Why it is the most important thing in my life.

of favorite genres. The style of music I listen to moslty it Heavy Metal, but I also listen to some rap, and christian rock. My friends also have their own styles of music that are different from mine ...

(1 pages) 52 2 3.0 Oct/2004

Subjects: Art Essays > Music History & Studies

Music History

e that created it. From Chromagnum men to musician and from grunting too classical music, rock, and rap.The first people imitated music from nature. They mimicked the sound from their every day li ... lay because it would have many strings on it.Some other ancient stringed instruments were the scrapers from the 16th century, and the picker from the 16th century. The scrapers and the pickers wer ...

(4 pages) 84 0 3.0 Oct/2004

Subjects: Art Essays > Music History & Studies

The effect of music on drivers

Music has a big affect on how people decide to drive. Listening to rapid music in your car may have a danger of getting an accident. Parents have noticed that when the ... anger of getting an accident. Parents have noticed that when their children listen to heavy rock or rap they get out of control. However, when they listen to classical or quiet music they aren't as pu ... s have this trouble. Research has shown a link between loud music and dangerous driving.Drivers say rap and other music such a techno make them feel "pumped up". Nevertheless, this affect has the oppo ...

(1 pages) 39 1 5.0 Nov/2004

Subjects: Science Essays > Mental Health

"The Cultural Diffusion of African Music in Modern day Mainstream American Culture"

s information during wartime, and entertainment music diffused into other music forms today such as Rap, Jazz, and even Rock-and-Roll.Gospel music, though primarily performed in churches, specifically ... traditional, classical opera singers. During the 1960's and 1970's amassed followers, specifically rap artists who had "found God" and soon they began to rap about Christian ideas and God.The Blues i ...

(6 pages) 96 0 4.7 Jan/2005

Subjects: Art Essays > Music History & Studies

Mrs. Jefferson

solicitors" sign that seemed to be plaguing the neighborhood. He opened the screen door and a quick rap. No one answered. He looked down towards his feet and noticed a small stain on his tie. He sucke ...

(1 pages) 20 0 5.0 Feb/2005

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Descriptive Essays

ICT-course work; Database project:-Identify

ay party, a 21st, or even a 40th, each age group has a different taste from time to style e.g. 2000-rap, 2000-pop, 2000 soul, etc.The problem that Dan is facing right now is every time before he goes ...

(2 pages) 34 0 2.3 Feb/2005

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

What is Hip-Hop?

"Hip-hop". You are thinking about images that relate to a particular brand of popular music called "Rap". Today rap is different from what it used to be just decades ago, where meaningful music is slo ... what it used to be just decades ago, where meaningful music is slowly diminishing as time proceeds. Rap has transformed into a culture that promotes money, violence, drugs, and sex. The violence and d ...

(2 pages) 41 1 5.0 Mar/2005

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Current Issues

Video game violence Destroying are youth?

don't think videos games are to blame. Music videos are one of the reasons. All the trash that the rappers rap about like I got 99 problems but a "exploited delete" is not one. You have to think abou ...

(1 pages) 46 1 2.0 Apr/2005

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Poetry, A mirror of it's time.

turn to gangs as there only way to escape the poverty. A vast majority of gang members (in America) rap, rap reflects their lifestyle and situations in the lyrics and its style of music. The lyrics ar ... would most definitely have been read or listened to more than others. For example nowadays slam and rap is very popular and it portrays a message in a manner that people will listen to. In the Shakesp ...

(2 pages) 38 0 4.3 Sep/2006

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Language Studies

"Common: The Rare Romantic Rapper"

n hip hop. And instead of objectifying women by calling them disrespectful names, Common chooses to rap about how much love and respect he has for the women in his life, something that rarely occurs i ... hop from a poetic standpoint. Although he occasionally talks about similar subjects to most popular rappers, he creates his authenticity by approaching his subject matter in a much more artistic way. ...

(5 pages) 11 0 3.0 Nov/2006

Subjects: Art Essays > Music History & Studies > Performers & Composers

"The Hardcore Healers"

Ever since rap was created in the late 1970s, artists have used the environment they live in as the subject of ... ironment they live in as the subject of several of their songs. The environments that most hardcore rappers grow up in are mostly black, urban areas that consist of many violent, illegal acts where it ... nel K. McPherson's essay, "From That Gangsta Hobbes to Radical Liberals," he gives the opinion that rap isn't revolutionary, even though the majority of rappers detest the condition of their neighborh ...

(6 pages) 1353 0 5.0 Nov/2006

Subjects: Art Essays > Music History & Studies > Performers & Composers

Hip-Hop industry

e that created it. From Chromagnum men to musician and from grunting too classical music, rock, and rap. So today Music plays an essential role in our everyday life. We listen to music every day and e ... our life. And my research question, Does the today's mainstream music industry (pop music, hip-hop, rap, R&B and etc) have desecrated the meaning of music as an art? The new cultures as Hip-Hop, R ...

(8 pages) 130 0 5.0 Mar/2007

Subjects: Art Essays > Music History & Studies

"You call this dinner?" is a second part to the story "Coffee House" about Jordan and his girlfriend.. but this time jordan's best friend which is a girl is introduced into the story.

emory, and a wild adventure. This summer, our road trip is much needed, seeing that he has been so wrapped up in the whole “boyfriend girlfriend” scene, we don’t really get our, what we ... ccupied in the car instead of listening to him pretend he’s “gangster” and trying to rap, although it can be quite amusing at times. I’m in my garage with the garage door open, gat ...

(2 pages) 1503 0 3.0 Apr/2007

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing > Poems & Short Stories