Word: rapping
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With his latest mixtape, “Harlem’s American Gangster,” rapper Jim Jones attempts to present a depiction of Harlem street life as only a native of Harlem could do. Unfortunately, Jones fails, offering instead the conventional definition of gangsta rap that the naïve have come to accept and the knowledgeable have begun to ignore. Released on February 19th, “Harlem’s American Gangster” was not compiled as a bona fide album but as a mixtape in response to Brooklyn-born...
...never been difficult to reconcile my love for hip-hop with my eternal devotion to Gordon Sumner. Like the best rap music, the Police always had funky basslines, rhythm-driven songs, and an oft-maligned intellectual underside. But after the Puffy sob-fest “I’ll Be Missing You,” I figured the party was over. 11 years later, imagine my surprise when a respected Atlanta rap stalwart releases not one, but two tracks prominently featuring samples from the Police on an otherwise “back-to-basics” album. In addition...
...feel the culture of vanity in rap and hip-hop has given young people a skewed reality of what is important in life? -Linsey Jones, Geneva, Ill.A lot of things affect people's views if they let their views be affected. A weak-minded person who was going to do something negative or be vain was going to do that whether it was the music or somebody else that affected...
According to the study, 75 percent of rap lyrics portray education as “limited and naïve as a means to financial success,” and that “teachers and schools are not to be trusted...
...more evolved than people give them credit for,” said Dash. Reverend Eugene F. Rivers III ’83, a Boston-area pastor and co-founder of the National Ten-Point Coalition, agreed with Dash, saying that consumers are moving away from buying violent rap music. “There has been a shift in the consumer market that cannot be denied,” he said, adding that consumers are now more likely to buy an album made by Kayne West than 50 Cent. Dash also said that critics over-emphasize the negative aspects...