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...many critics, a defining feature and matter of controversy for another musical genre. Among cries of protest against the aggressivity of lyrics, whispers of change have recently been heard among hip-hop’s fans, who don’t want to see their music take the same turn as popular rock and country. “Take Back the Music,” a hip-hop songwriting contest sponsored by Essence Magazine and the Berklee College of Music, is emblematic of the voices currently challenging artists and consumers to re-think the elements that define rap music, opposing...
Cynthia Gordy, associate editor of Essence Magazine, a lifestyle publication for black women, says that the contest promotes a “balance in mainstream hip-hop’s messages.” Part of this balance involves the gender representation in mainstream hip-hop...
...Whiting, the director of Vanderbilt’s program in African American and Diaspora Studies, agrees that though misogynistic and violent messages are often heard through public outlets, hip-hop’s full creative spectrum is concealed by major record labels and commercial radio. There has been a widespread struggle to reconcile the artistic expression of hip-hop’s participants with the objectionable, one-dimensional view of hip-hop that has recently come to represent the genre as a whole...
...nine-member hip-hop group was followed by pop-rock artist Gavin DeGraw, in the College’s third annual Yardfest...
...event “Afro-Asian Encounters” in Harvard Hall last night, visiting history professor Eric Tang disputed the notion that Asian Americans had “stolen” hip-hop music from African Americans. “Theft is too strong a word—lovingly hijacked,” Tang said. As part of the ongoing 2008 Educational/Political Colloquium Series, “Afro-Asian Encounters”—co-hosted by the Asian American Association (AAA) and the Black Students Association (BSA)—explored the relationship between African and Asian...