Monday, 16 December 2013
Historical Text
The golden age is noted for its innovation – a time "when it seemed that every new single reinvented the genre" according to Rolling Stone. Referring to "hip-hop in its golden age", Spin's editor-in-chief Sia Michel says, "there were so many important, groundbreaking albums coming out right about that time",[10] and MTV's Sway Calloway adds: "The thing that made that era so great is that nothing was contrived. Everything was still being discovered and everything was still innovative and new".[11] Writer William Jelani Cobb says "what made the era they inaugurated worthy of the term golden was the sheer number of stylistic innovations that came into existence... in these golden years, a critical mass of mic prodigies were literally creating themselves and their art form at the same time".
One of the definitive characteristics of the golden age of hip-hop is the proliferation of sample-heavy music. These samples were derived from a number of genres, ranging from jazz to rock & roll. Much of the sample-laden albums that were release during this time would not be able to receive legal clearance in today’s day and age.
It also provided some of the greatest advances in rapping technique - Kool G Rap, referring to the golden age in the book How to Rap says, "that era bred rappers like a Big Daddy Kane, a KRS-One, a Rakim, a Chuck D. . . their rapping capability and ability - these dudes were phenomenal".
Many of hip-hop's biggest artists were also at their creative peak – Allmusic says the golden age, "witnessed the best recordings from some of the biggest rappers in the genre's history... overwhelmingly based in New York City, golden age rap is characterized by skeletal beats, samples cribbed from hard rock or soul tracks, and tough dis raps... rhymers like PE's Chuck D, Big Daddy Kane, KRS-One, Rakim, and LL Cool J basically invented the complex wordplay and lyrical kung-fu of later hip-hop".
There was also often an emphasis on black nationalism – hip-hop scholar Michael Eric Dyson states, "during the golden age of hip hop, from 1987 to 1993, Afrocentric and black nationalist rap were prominent", and critic Scott Thill says, "the golden age of hip hop, the late '80s and early '90s when the form most capably fused the militancy of its Black Panther and Watts Prophets forebears with the wide-open cultural experimentalism of De La Soul and others"
Stylistic variety was also prominent – MSNBC says in the golden age, "rappers had an individual sound that was dictated by their region and their communities, not by a marketing strategist" and Village Voice refers to the golden age's "eclecticism".
Along with focusing on black nationalism, hip hop artists often talked about urban poverty. This brought a great deal of listeners to the genre who were struggling with poverty and were coping with the scourge of alcohol, drugs, and gangs in their communities. Public Enemy's most influential song came out at the time of urban poverty called "Fight the Power." The song speaks up to the government proclaiming that people in the ghetto have the freedom of speech and rights like every other American. One line in the song by Public Enemy, "We got to pump the stuff to make us tough from the heart," grasped the listeners attention and gave them motivation to speak out for themselves.
Tuesday, 10 December 2013
New And Digital Media
http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2013/dec/05/playstation-4-gamers-frustrated-ps4-pre-order-failures-game-sony
From this article, i personally believe that The Guardian put a huge negative towards game by expressing the amount of disappointment and frustration customers have been through to getting their PS4 on time. This gives GAME a very bad reputation as many audiences that read or look online on the guardian would most likely think that GAME is not to be trusted with and this really does put a negative affect on GAME as the use of this article would most likely lose them a lot of customers as the use of the article from the guardian will make many people be less attracted to GAME.
From this article, i personally believe that The Guardian put a huge negative towards game by expressing the amount of disappointment and frustration customers have been through to getting their PS4 on time. This gives GAME a very bad reputation as many audiences that read or look online on the guardian would most likely think that GAME is not to be trusted with and this really does put a negative affect on GAME as the use of this article would most likely lose them a lot of customers as the use of the article from the guardian will make many people be less attracted to GAME.
Monday, 9 December 2013
Essay Planning
How is J.Cole Represented in Hip-Hop and how does he challenge negative stereotypes of the music genre of Hip-Hop?
Introduction:
Back in the 1980's many people considered hip-hop to be very poetic and enlightening, making words rhymes and keeping a great rhythm to make people rap along to and dance also. However, over the years many people have tended to change their opinion on this genre of music, many claiming that the music promotes to much negativity, examples such as violence, sex and drugs are mostly linked with hip hop and many stereotypes believe that this is putting a huge negative affect on our society as many young adults seem to copy what many of the hip hop artists portray to their audiences. In this investigation I will be expressing my views on how hip hop is represented mainly focussing on the artist J.Cole but also giving a lot more examples in media language on how he challenges the negative stereotypes to represent hip hop in a positive way.
Paragraph 1:
How is rap represented from the uses of new media technology?
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How is J.Cole represented in his videos and other rappers such as Chief Keef?
Paragraph 3:
How does J.Cole put positive impact on audiences?
Paragraph 4:
How does Chief Keef put negative impact on audiences?
Introduction:
Back in the 1980's many people considered hip-hop to be very poetic and enlightening, making words rhymes and keeping a great rhythm to make people rap along to and dance also. However, over the years many people have tended to change their opinion on this genre of music, many claiming that the music promotes to much negativity, examples such as violence, sex and drugs are mostly linked with hip hop and many stereotypes believe that this is putting a huge negative affect on our society as many young adults seem to copy what many of the hip hop artists portray to their audiences. In this investigation I will be expressing my views on how hip hop is represented mainly focussing on the artist J.Cole but also giving a lot more examples in media language on how he challenges the negative stereotypes to represent hip hop in a positive way.
Paragraph 1:
How is rap represented from the uses of new media technology?
- The rise of Media Technology has had a huge affect on how Hip-Hop is portrayed to be, from the uses of 'Twitter Beef' to explicit and violent videos being put online to many Hip-Hop artists social life or maybe even concerts. For instance, The Game was recently featured to be one of the Hip-Hop artists to be seen online for beating up other Hip-Hop artist 40 Glocc www.youtube.com/watch?v=bL_xU6QLYxM as seen on the video The Game is seen to be rapidly punching the rapper 40 Glocc and this really does bring the negative stereotype of Hip-Hop as they seem to be promoting violence by recording such violent events in their life and really does show how the new media technology has had a negative affect on the Hip-Hop culture
- mise en scene
- twitter bombing
Paragraph 2:
How is J.Cole represented in his videos and other rappers such as Chief Keef?
- Mise En Scene of props such as cannabis and the costume of baggy jeans and no shirt really does conflict a negative look on Chief Keef as this really does make him look intimidating and provokes many audiences to be scared or most likely apply to the theory of bobo doll that many people will be influenced by Chief Keef and copy exactly what he does and this is not a good look for Chief Keef and really does represent him to be a bad role model.
- As we clearly know from his videos J.Cole is represented s to be a very powerful and wise man, from his lesson learning video's to showing audiences you have to go through some powerful wars to pre-vale. His videos would most likely be linked to Todorov's theory of equilibrium, disequilibrium and new equilibrium which is very effective as this makes audience's feel very motivated on doing the right things and this represents him to audiences to be very wise but also a role model as his powerful videos motivate them to do something with there lives.
- Copycat theory
- camera angles
Paragraph 3:
How does J.Cole put positive impact on audiences?
Paragraph 4:
How does Chief Keef put negative impact on audiences?
- Most people stereotype Hip-Hop to be negative, promote violence and very explicit. This is surely a bad look to Hip-Hop as many people portray the genre to be negative making it really hard for them to break through and prove that there is a positive side to Hip-Hop. Many rappers such as Chief Keef and Blood Money promote the negativity of Hip-Hop proving the common stereotypes of rap artist's with lyrics like "Bitches ain't shit" and "BANG BANG!", which is really unfair as this is not really how Hip-Hop is.
- Copycat theory
Paragraph 5:
How does J.Cole challenge the stereotypes of Hip-Hop?
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How are woman portrayed in hip hop videos?
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How does hip hop put an impact on audiences?
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Should hip hop be negativity portrayed in the 21st century?
Bibliography
Bilbliography
Work Citied
Books
Hip-hopsploitation:
Representing 1980s Hip-hop in Wild Style and Beat StreetBakari Kitwana
Media
Messages: What Film, Television, and Popular Music Teach Us about Race
Linda Holtzman
Linda Holtzman
Media/cultural
Studies: Critical Approaches Peter Lang
American
Behavioral Scientist P85-P86 Laura Lawrie
News Articles
[1] PBS org: http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/hiphop/gender.htm
The
State of Hip Hop: http://www.thestateofhiphop.com/article-04-drugs-and-hip-hop.html
Internet
[1] Mise En Scene Definition: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mise_en_sc%C3%A8ne
[1] Bobo Doll Theory Definition: http://www.simplypsychology.org/bobo-doll.html
Hippie
Definition from Free Dictionary: http://www.thefreedictionary.com/hippie
Iconography
Definition: http://www.thefreedictionary.com/iconography
Moving images
J.Cole-Sideline Story http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwux1A5hBdQ&list=PLBA31C8E8880F4509
Chief
Keef- Don’t Like http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6g5ZF6DUrHI&list=PLEzC08QtIXe71MIIMWahff6SxMadW9piB
Work Consulted
Books
Hip-Hop:
Beyond Beats & Rhymes (2006) Director: Byron Hurt
The Hip-Hop
Generation: Young Blacks and the Crisis in African-American Culture by
Bakari Kitwana
Can't Stop Won't Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation by Jeff Chang
That's the Joint!: The Hip-Hop Studies Reader by Mark Anthony Neal
When Chickenheads Come Home to Roost: A Hip-Hop Feminist Breaks It Down by Joan Morgan
It's Bigger Than Hip Hop: The Rise of the Post-Hip-Hop Generation by M.K. Asante Jr
Can't Stop Won't Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation by Jeff Chang
That's the Joint!: The Hip-Hop Studies Reader by Mark Anthony Neal
When Chickenheads Come Home to Roost: A Hip-Hop Feminist Breaks It Down by Joan Morgan
It's Bigger Than Hip Hop: The Rise of the Post-Hip-Hop Generation by M.K. Asante Jr
News Articles
Internet
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYHQcRGRV60
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IVhCzz8qRms
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QHmkE_gfxyk&list=PL1F3UCtHBLybTQKB2P765qAbZWDahB
Moving
Images
Monday, 2 December 2013
TWO chosen extracts
The two chosen extracts that I will be analysing are 'Chief Keef-I Don't Like' and 'J.Cole-Sidelines'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6g5ZF6DUrHI&list=PLLtPKGYBKLHZCFho1Ki-DjuMTp1BSU6mq&safe=active
When analysing 'Chief Keef-I Don't Like' there are many negative sources that really does imply the negative stereotyping of hip-hop. For instance, Chief Keef is shown to be holding a gun in a threatening way, this is very negative and really does make the negative stereotypes of hip-hop look right, from the uses of the iconography a gun really does represent violence and power and really does portray Chief Keef to be a murderer and a dangerous person, this puts a huge affect on hip-hop as this implies to audiences that it is very violent and really does imply the negative stereotypes to the genre.
Also the Mise En Scene of props such as cannabis and the costume of baggy jeans and no shirt really does conflict a negative look on Chief Keef as this really does make him look intimidating and provokes many audiences to be scared or most likely apply to the theory of bobo doll that many people will be influenced by Chief Keef and copy exactly what he does and this is not a good look for Chief Keef and really does represent him to be a bad role model.
The use of the camera shots also imply the negativity that Chief Keef brings to hip hop, from the uses of close ups of him smoking cannabis to showing how intoxicated he is really does imply the negativity he brings to hip hop and really does imply to many audiences to believe the negativity of hip hop is true due to this video from Chief Keef as the uses of him taking drugs is not a good look at all and really does bring a lot of negativity on him.
Lyrics such as 'I'm killing these niggas, shit that they don't like broski the 30 he ain't trying to fight' really does show how much negativity Chief Keef brings to hip hop as he described about shooting people instead of fighting them, this really does imply the amount of violence that Chief Keef brings to hip hop and really does imply the amount of negativity that is stereotyped about hip hop. This is dumbing down the audience as the use of lyrics talking about drugs, sex and violence puts a huge affect on their audience and really does show the the negative stereotyping on hip hop as Chief Keef seems to a very violent and frightening role model.
Also the use of lighting in the video seems to be a bit dark, this most likely portrays the amount of danger and intimidation that Chief Keef brings as the use of dark lighting makes him look a lot more intimidating and this could really affect audiences to be frightened and really believe the negative stereotypes of hip hop. Also many times we see that the camera seems to go blurry at times, this could possibly imply the vision of Chief Keef as the use of him being very intoxicated, the camera shot maybe is trying to imply his vision and this is really affective as this gives audiences the idea of being in the eyes of someone being intoxicated and really does imply the negativity of hip hop.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwux1A5hBdQ
When analysing 'J.Cole-Sidelines' there are many positive sources that really does challenge the negative stereotypes of hip hop. For example, the use of J.Cole showing the amount of famous city's that he is visiting to tour really does put a positive on Cole as this implies to audiences that Cole is recognized around the world for being a very good rapper, even places such as Abu Dhabi is very effective as many people from Dubai main music is not hip hop and really does portray the amount of power and positivity Cole brings to hip hop as he is welcomed in many famous places in the world to perform and even places that main music audience isn't even rap.
Also the way J.Cole is dressed is very casual and efficient, from the uses of just wearing simple straight jeans and a hoodie really does challenge the negative stereotyping of hip hop, as many people would think that a rapper would wear baggy jeans and no shirt with tattoo's all over, however, Cole challenges the stereotypes as he is seen to be wearing very casual clothes which is extremely positive. This would also be a positive affect for hip hop as the use of the bobo doll theory having Cole dress casual would make many of the audiences that listen to him dress casual as they look up to Cole and this would really put a good affect on our society today.
Also the use of camera shots are very affective, for instance, the long shot of Cole rapping outside of a church is very positive as this implies to audiences that Cole is very religious but also very different to rappers such as Chief Keef as he doesn't have any drugs or violence implied through his videos but shows how holy he is to have a long shot of rapping outside a church and this really does challenge the negative stereotypes as his video is not seen to have drugs or naked woman in it. Also the long shots of fans screaming his name but also the amount of mix culture fans that Cole has is very affective it shows that his music is very much appreciated but that he can bring everyone in the world to come together from different cultural background to hear his music really does put a positive onto hip hop as he is connecting everyone in the world together and this is really good for our society.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6g5ZF6DUrHI&list=PLLtPKGYBKLHZCFho1Ki-DjuMTp1BSU6mq&safe=active
When analysing 'Chief Keef-I Don't Like' there are many negative sources that really does imply the negative stereotyping of hip-hop. For instance, Chief Keef is shown to be holding a gun in a threatening way, this is very negative and really does make the negative stereotypes of hip-hop look right, from the uses of the iconography a gun really does represent violence and power and really does portray Chief Keef to be a murderer and a dangerous person, this puts a huge affect on hip-hop as this implies to audiences that it is very violent and really does imply the negative stereotypes to the genre.
Also the Mise En Scene of props such as cannabis and the costume of baggy jeans and no shirt really does conflict a negative look on Chief Keef as this really does make him look intimidating and provokes many audiences to be scared or most likely apply to the theory of bobo doll that many people will be influenced by Chief Keef and copy exactly what he does and this is not a good look for Chief Keef and really does represent him to be a bad role model.
The use of the camera shots also imply the negativity that Chief Keef brings to hip hop, from the uses of close ups of him smoking cannabis to showing how intoxicated he is really does imply the negativity he brings to hip hop and really does imply to many audiences to believe the negativity of hip hop is true due to this video from Chief Keef as the uses of him taking drugs is not a good look at all and really does bring a lot of negativity on him.
Lyrics such as 'I'm killing these niggas, shit that they don't like broski the 30 he ain't trying to fight' really does show how much negativity Chief Keef brings to hip hop as he described about shooting people instead of fighting them, this really does imply the amount of violence that Chief Keef brings to hip hop and really does imply the amount of negativity that is stereotyped about hip hop. This is dumbing down the audience as the use of lyrics talking about drugs, sex and violence puts a huge affect on their audience and really does show the the negative stereotyping on hip hop as Chief Keef seems to a very violent and frightening role model.
Also the use of lighting in the video seems to be a bit dark, this most likely portrays the amount of danger and intimidation that Chief Keef brings as the use of dark lighting makes him look a lot more intimidating and this could really affect audiences to be frightened and really believe the negative stereotypes of hip hop. Also many times we see that the camera seems to go blurry at times, this could possibly imply the vision of Chief Keef as the use of him being very intoxicated, the camera shot maybe is trying to imply his vision and this is really affective as this gives audiences the idea of being in the eyes of someone being intoxicated and really does imply the negativity of hip hop.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwux1A5hBdQ
When analysing 'J.Cole-Sidelines' there are many positive sources that really does challenge the negative stereotypes of hip hop. For example, the use of J.Cole showing the amount of famous city's that he is visiting to tour really does put a positive on Cole as this implies to audiences that Cole is recognized around the world for being a very good rapper, even places such as Abu Dhabi is very effective as many people from Dubai main music is not hip hop and really does portray the amount of power and positivity Cole brings to hip hop as he is welcomed in many famous places in the world to perform and even places that main music audience isn't even rap.
Also the way J.Cole is dressed is very casual and efficient, from the uses of just wearing simple straight jeans and a hoodie really does challenge the negative stereotyping of hip hop, as many people would think that a rapper would wear baggy jeans and no shirt with tattoo's all over, however, Cole challenges the stereotypes as he is seen to be wearing very casual clothes which is extremely positive. This would also be a positive affect for hip hop as the use of the bobo doll theory having Cole dress casual would make many of the audiences that listen to him dress casual as they look up to Cole and this would really put a good affect on our society today.
Also the use of camera shots are very affective, for instance, the long shot of Cole rapping outside of a church is very positive as this implies to audiences that Cole is very religious but also very different to rappers such as Chief Keef as he doesn't have any drugs or violence implied through his videos but shows how holy he is to have a long shot of rapping outside a church and this really does challenge the negative stereotypes as his video is not seen to have drugs or naked woman in it. Also the long shots of fans screaming his name but also the amount of mix culture fans that Cole has is very affective it shows that his music is very much appreciated but that he can bring everyone in the world to come together from different cultural background to hear his music really does put a positive onto hip hop as he is connecting everyone in the world together and this is really good for our society.
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