Word: hipping
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...sexual objectification and musical commercialization present in Dylan’s Victoria’s Secret commercial is, to 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...
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...
...Negative messages in hip-hop music have long been a topic of concern among worried mothers and professors of popular culture alike, who call for the genre to be reformed. But controversial values are not the trademark of hip-hop generally. Tracy D. Sharpley-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...
...It’s not, ‘You listen to hip-hop and then you go do these horrible things to women,’” Sharpley-Whiting says. The author of “Pimps Up, Ho’s Down: Hip Hop’s Hold on Young Black Women,” Sharpley-Whiting argues that American culture in general is over-sexualized...
...narrative begins with the fictional mother—whose waist-to-hip ratio is already Barbie-esque—bringing her daughter to the office of “Dr. Michael,” an overly muscular male with a medical degree. Here, the mother explains to her daughter: “As I got older my body stretched and I couldn’t fit into my clothes any more. Dr. Michael is going to help fix that and make me feel better.” When the girl asks if the operations will hurt, the mother answers...