Author : Make It Happen Publishing Inc
Publisher :
Page : 104 pages
File Size : 11,24 MB
Release : 2018-10-08
Category :
ISBN : 9781989116234
This RAPPER JOURNAL is perfect for recording your favorite RAPS, writing your own RAP lyrics and jotting down any of your RAP ideas and inspirations.Also includes: RAP RESOURCES such as Rhyme Patterns, Types of Rhymes and a list of some of the most used words used by RAPPERS as well as some famous RAP Lyrics
Author : Raplife Press
Publisher : Independently Published
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 49,53 MB
Release : 2018-12-18
Category :
ISBN : 9781791929152
A handy portable journal for quickly getting down rap ideas and lyrics when inspiration strikes you. Details 6" x 9" - perfect versatile size for a pocket, jacket, bag or backpack. 110 Pages High-quality white paper - 60gm. Professionally designed thick cover. Notebooks and journals are the perfect gift for any occasion.
Author : Erik Nielson
Publisher : The New Press
Page : 223 pages
File Size : 11,45 MB
Release : 2019-11-12
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1620973413
A groundbreaking exposé about the alarming use of rap lyrics as criminal evidence to convict and incarcerate young men of color Should Johnny Cash have been charged with murder after he sang, "I shot a man in Reno just to watch him die"? Few would seriously subscribe to this notion of justice. Yet in 2001, a rapper named Mac whose music had gained national recognition was convicted of manslaughter after the prosecutor quoted liberally from his album Shell Shocked. Mac was sentenced to thirty years in prison, where he remains. And his case is just one of many nationwide. Over the last three decades, as rap became increasingly popular, prosecutors saw an opportunity: they could present the sometimes violent, crime-laden lyrics of amateur rappers as confessions to crimes, threats of violence, evidence of gang affiliation, or revelations of criminal motive—and judges and juries would go along with it. Detectives have reopened cold cases on account of rap lyrics and videos alone, and prosecutors have secured convictions by presenting such lyrics and videos of rappers as autobiography. Now, an alarming number of aspiring rappers are imprisoned. No other form of creative expression is treated this way in the courts. Rap on Trial places this disturbing practice in the context of hip hop history and exposes what's at stake. It's a gripping, timely exploration at the crossroads of contemporary hip hop and mass incarceration.
Author : Junior Rhymes
Publisher :
Page : 119 pages
File Size : 46,32 MB
Release : 2020-06-20
Category :
ISBN :
Rap Notebook Journal for MCs, Rappers and Lyricists - Cool Custom Interior If you're a rapper or hip hop artist then your head is probably full of lyrics, words, hooks and verses making it hard to sleep so this is the perfect book for you. No longer worry about losing your lyrics on scraps of paper with this hip hop themed rap notebook, which gives you place of space to record your thoughts, raps, sketches and of course your lyrics and verses. Featuring a funky cover and: 119 blank pages with a funky trim and custom illustrations Handy 6 x 9 inches size Matte finish Great for lyrics, ideas, songwriting and rhymes This rap journal for men and women makes a great gift for rappers, songwriters and hip hop music lovers who write lyrics or play music.
Author : Felicia Angeja Viator
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 353 pages
File Size : 26,98 MB
Release : 2020-02-25
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0674976363
How gangsta rap shocked America, made millions, and pulled back the curtain on an urban crisis. How is it that gangsta rap—so dystopian that it struck aspiring Brooklyn rapper and future superstar Jay-Z as “over the top”—was born in Los Angeles, the home of Hollywood, surf, and sun? In the Reagan era, hip-hop was understood to be the music of the inner city and, with rare exception, of New York. Rap was considered the poetry of the street, and it was thought to breed in close quarters, the product of dilapidated tenements, crime-infested housing projects, and graffiti-covered subway cars. To many in the industry, LA was certainly not hard-edged and urban enough to generate authentic hip-hop; a new brand of black rebel music could never come from La-La Land. But it did. In To Live and Defy in LA, Felicia Viator tells the story of the young black men who built gangsta rap and changed LA and the world. She takes readers into South Central, Compton, Long Beach, and Watts two decades after the long hot summer of 1965. This was the world of crack cocaine, street gangs, and Daryl Gates, and it was the environment in which rappers such as Ice Cube, Dr. Dre, and Eazy-E came of age. By the end of the 1980s, these self-styled “ghetto reporters” had fought their way onto the nation’s radio and TV stations and thus into America’s consciousness, mocking law-and-order crusaders, exposing police brutality, outraging both feminists and traditionalists with their often retrograde treatment of sex and gender, and demanding that America confront an urban crisis too often ignored.
Author : Matthew Oware
Publisher : Springer
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 36,92 MB
Release : 2018-07-11
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 331990454X
What do millennial rappers in the United States say in their music? This timely and compelling book answers this question by decoding the lyrics of over 700 songs from contemporary rap artists. Using innovative research techniques, Matthew Oware reveals how emcees perpetuate and challenge gendered and racialized constructions of masculinity, femininity, and sexuality. Male and female artists litter their rhymes with misogynistic and violent imagery. However, men also express a full range of emotions, from arrogance to vulnerability, conveying a more complex manhood than previously acknowledged. Women emphatically state their desires while embracing a more feminist approach. Even LGBTQ artists stake their claim and express their sexuality without fear. Finally, in the age of Black Lives Matter and the presidency of Donald J. Trump, emcees forcefully politicize their music. Although complicated and contradictory in many ways, rap remains a powerful medium for social commentary.
Author : Kevin Mitchell
Publisher : Alfred Music
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 41,44 MB
Release :
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781457421204
With Over 40,000 words including slang and hip-hop terms, the Hip-Hop Rhyming Dictionary is the perfect resource to help you find the right rhyme-every time. The book includes helpful writing tips to inspire creative lyrics as well as a brief history of rap and the artists who sent hip-hop to the top of the charts.
Author : Clement Wood
Publisher :
Page : 495 pages
File Size : 15,96 MB
Release : 1947
Category : English language
ISBN :
Author : Susan Hadley
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 429 pages
File Size : 49,63 MB
Release : 2012-05-22
Category : Medical
ISBN : 1136652337
In perceiving all rap and hip-hop music as violent, misogynistic, and sexually charged, are we denying the way in which it is attentive to the lived experiences, both positive and negative, of many therapy clients? This question is explored in great depth in this anthology, the first to examine the use of this musical genre in the therapeutic context. The contributors are all experienced therapists who examine the multiple ways that rap and hip-hop can be used in therapy by listening and discussing, performing, creating, or improvising. The text is divided into three sections that explore the historical and theoretical perspectives of rap and hip-hop in therapy, describe the first-hand experiences of using the music with at-risk youth, and discuss the ways in which contributors have used rap and hip-hop with clients with specific diagnoses, respectively. Within these sections, the contributors provide rationale for the use of rap and hip-hop in therapy and encourage therapists to validate the experiences for those for whom rap music is a significant mode of expression. Editors Susan Hadley and George Yancy go beyond promoting culturally competent therapy to creating a paradigm shift in the field, one that speaks to the problematic ways in which rap and hip-hop have been dismissed as expressive of meaningless violence and of little social value. More than providing tools to incorporate rap into therapy, this text enhances the therapist's cultural and professional repertoire.
Author : Cheryl Lynette Keyes
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 10,18 MB
Release : 2004
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780252072017
In this first musicological history of rap music, Cheryl L. Keyes traces the genre's history from its roots in West African bardic traditions, the Jamaican dancehall tradition, and African American vernacular expressions to its permeation of the cultural mainstream as a major tenet of hip-hop lifestyle and culture. Rap music, according to Keyes, is a forum that addresses the political and economic disfranchisement of black youths and other groups, fosters ethnic pride, and displays culture values and aesthetics. Blending popular culture with folklore and ethnomusicology, Keyes offers a nuanced portrait of the artists, themes, and varying styles reflective of urban life and street consciousness. Drawing on the music, lives, politics, and interests of figures including Afrika Bambaataa, the "godfather of hip-hop," and his Zulu Nation, George Clinton and Parliament-Funkadelic, Grandmaster Flash, Kool "DJ" Herc, MC Lyte, LL Cool J, De La Soul, Public Enemy, Ice-T, DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince, and The Last Poets, Rap Music and Street Consciousness challenges outsider views of the genre. The book also draws on ethnographic research done in New York, Los Angeles, Detroit and London, as well as interviews with performers, producers, directors, fans, and managers. Keyes's vivid and wide-ranging analysis covers the emergence and personas of female rappers and white rappers, the legal repercussions of technological advancements such as electronic mixing and digital sampling, the advent of rap music videos, and the existence of gangsta rap, Southern rap, acid rap, and dance-centered rap subgenres. Also considered are the crossover careers of rap artists in movies and television; rapper-turned-mogul phenomenons such as Queen Latifah; the multimedia empire of Sean "P. Diddy" Combs; the cataclysmic rise of Death Row Records; East Coast versus West Coast tensions; the deaths of Tupac Shakur and Christopher "The Notorious B.I.G." Wallace; and the unification efforts of the Nation of Islam and the Hip-Hop Nation.
