Monday, April 15, 2013
Hip-Hop
In the reading in class over hip-hop I found it very true about the ways people view the music. It has evolved over time into a medium misogyny, materilism and murder. For example, in the album produced by 50 cent called "The Massacre", it to me seemed like revenge or murder towards somebody. We talked in class about the top three most terms people use for hip-hop listeners like young, aggressive, which I can see why people have choose that because most people that listen to it are young and they think violence is related so they come up with the word aggressive to describe it. People also, feel a gang-related vibe and or drugs. The qoute from the reading on p.157 says, " The most poisonous one defines middle-class normalcy and achievement as 'white' while embracing violence, illiteracy and drug dealin as authentically 'black'. I think that is what alot of people would describe it as.
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I agree with what you said about how people view rap or hip hop. As we said in class many people view at as potentially dangerous or threatening. I think most listeners tend to listen to the music portion rather than the lyrics. They may sing along, but do they really know what messages the artists are getting across? In most cases, that answer is no. I can see why most parents and elderly are disgusted by rap music. It continues to downgrade women, and it can be seen as a potential threat on society, but we, including myself, just can't get enough of it!
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