Personal Narrative: I Don T Follow Rap Music

Rap is a genre in music that consists of rhyming or being poetic over a certain unique beat. The origin of rap is significantly different from any other form of music. The flow, change, subject of the music, and the instrumentals behind the rapping has all changed with time. Most people would underestimate the complexity of the music and the evolution it has undergone. The real roots of rap music began in the late 1980’s with the “Golden Age.” It was innovative and mostly based around the party scene. Gangsta Rap followed the Golden age and was very impactful on the young culture. After the Gangsta Rap era came the time in rap referred to as Crunk Rap which combined the country sound with the party lifestyle. Conscious

I like rap because of the beats,or the rhythm of the music, as well as what they say. Rap can meaningful, or just plain rap.

Music is a path of relaxation and happiness. Rap music has an interesting and exciting effect. Rap music has an amazing talent of narrating a life story, thought or emotions to a rhythm of sound. Rap artists create music that is not only great, but also meaningful. Yes, rap songs may contain violent and insulting lyrics, and rap artists living violent s lives. Rap music could be considered a negative influence on teenagers and young adults. However, unlike most rappers today J Cole isn’t your typical rapper you see on T.V.

Rap music does more good than harm. It can send good points and messages through the lyrics. It is good to take things off your mind because it distracts people because of the beat. Rap explains things that are going on like poor people or peoples struggles and stuff like that.

One thing that is true is that rap music has a negative reputation among the mainstream audience because of its heavy references to gang violence, drugs, money, misogyny, sex, etc. Another truth is that rap music has been historically considered a large part of black culture.

     Rap music is on its way to becoming one of the most popular forms of music on the market today. Although rap has only been popular for the last 15 years, it can be traced back to the days of slavery and even further to the tribes of Africa. Rap is used now as it was used for the past few centuries, as a form of communication. This music has been a way for the young African-American's to speak out about their lives and the struggles they go through. Like rock-n-roll and other forms of music that achieve national attention, rap is being blamed for corrupting our youth. There is a new type of rap music out called "Gangster Rap". This form of rap music is not the same and should not be compared with rap

The rap genre originated from some of the most underprivileged areas of New York in the 1970’s. What was once DJ’s talking over a beat they were playing to encourage more activity on the dance floor, turned in to a new genre of music called rap. The majority of earlier rap songs were fun inducing tracks, but in the 1980’s, Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five introduced social consciousness to the genre. They sparked a long lasting impact on rap as it started to evolve rapidly as time went on. The 90’s was home to “gangsta rap,” followed by a softer side of song writing pioneered by the likes of Outkast and Kanye West in the 2000’s. Today, rap music is very diverse and more accepting of different styles than it was before. However, throughout the entire history of rap music, the one thing that has stayed

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Making its start in the 1970’s in New York , rap has taken the world by storm as a way to express individuals emotions and give a inside look at one's life through rhythm and rhymes. The genre of rap is an outlet for emotion and struggle for many individuals . Creating lines that tells stories about one's life and paints a visual and scenes in the listeners minds of the situations and problems that the artist has encountered . Rap has made many strides and changes from 1970-2017. There are so many similarities and differences in the age of old school rap and new school rap . So much as changes going artist to their lyrics and things will always such as the culture of rap .

The history of rap music started in Africa with rhythmic beats using drums. From Africa to the Caribbean islands it came to America and started its influential change on American Music. The first rap song to take flight and make its mark on the up and coming rap culture was the Sugar Hill Gang in 1979. In 1986 rap music finally reached the top of the music charts and was show on MTV for the first time featuring Run-DMC. Continuing to change in the 90's in the east coast came the more harsh and raw of the rap music scene like Wu-Tang Clan and Notorious Big. As for rap music on the East coast rap music was mellower. When these rappers first started rapping the music videos were

Often in history, and especially in the timeline of musical trends, the introduction of new ideas is almost always met with steep judgement and general distaste. "It is not music at all. It 's merely an irritation of the nerves of hearing, a sensual teasing of the strings of physical passion." Coarse opinions, such as Princeton University Professor Henry van Dyke’s, were common when jazz music initially received a reputation as being immoral with many members of the older generations viewed it as threatening old values in culture and promoting the new decadent values of the “Roaring 20s.” Eventually though, through informed discussion and appreciation for it’s innovative qualities, jazz became recognized as indispensable and one of the most definitive styles of American music. History appears to have repeated itself again in the case of another emerging musical genre: rap.

Rap music was creating a negative influence throughout the music industry for awhile, it’s agreeable that modern day rap today mostly involves drugs, gangs, violence, money, etc. Although, a lot of it also gives inspiration or at least has that goal being set when creating the music. Most

The rap music today does not make sense anymore, it takes away from the love of music and poetry. It's not good for the mind and can cause people mental issues that can turn into physical just like certain video games such as Mafia and Grand Theft Auto. When I listen to today's rap music, it's because I am interested in the beat. Otherwise, I could care less on the lyrics. There is no meaning in today's rap music. I prefer to listen to Old School rap music because it made sense, they rapped about life and having fun, without making the listeners feel angry.

In Rap music, there is a musician that creates words based on their feelings and mood. After creating the words, the musician ties the words to a beat that sounds catchy and appealing to listeners. In rap music there are no limitations to what can be said. Musicians can use profanity, violence and hate to express their feelings. Also, there is a length of the music that is being created. Originally, for the music to get played on the radio or television the musicians must make that the song is no longer than four minutes. Rap music reflects me because of the style that musicians create.

I changed my mind about rap music. Growing up, I never really liked it, the quick beats, the vast usage of inappropriate words not equipped for my adolescent ears disgusted me. I associated rap music as being "dirty," only discussing explicit topics and having no real meaning. While everyone else in high school was blaring Drake and Lil Wayne in the parking lots, I was perfectly okay with listening to Demi Lovato or John Legend. During my sophomore year of high school, my friend kept pestering me to listen to the Hamilton soundtrack, and even though the songs were raps, I realized I loved it. Eventually, I started to not associate all rap music as detrimental and discovered that some rappers rapped about important messages of adversity, conflict, and pain. This lead me to listen to Chance the Rapper's "Coloring Book, " Childish Gambino's "Red Bone and J Cole's "4 Your Eyez Only." I realized that rap is just poetry with accompaniment, poetry that has the rhythm and style to bring generations of people together.