Hegemonic Masculinity in the Jay-Z/Nas Beef A conversation between two men often seems shallow and unimportant. However, male conversation can actually provide good insight as to what men feel is masculine. As Jennifer Coates explains in her book Men Talk: Stories in the Making of Masculinity, one can determine what masculine behavior is by observing dialogue between males. She points out, “in friendly talk men position themselves in relation to hegemonic masculinity” (41). This also holds true
The novel Who’s the Best Rapper: Biggie, Jay-Z, or Nas confronts head-on the issues that individuals involved in hip-hop culture endure. The author, Ronald Crawford, wrote this book with the intention of reaching an audience of people who do not have the resources or motivation to read. As a psychologist and hip-hop lover, Ronald Crawford felt it was necessary to reach as many people as possible with information pertaining to the betterment of youth and adults in hip hop culture. In doing so, he
Analysis of 2pac's Letter to My Unborn Child and Nas Featuring R. Kelly's Did You Ever Fink Introduction ============ There are many different media texts and are showed in many different ways such as Television: - Sound, words, pictures, movie clips. Newspaper: - pictures, detailed sentences (attract the readers attention) sub headings (catch eye of readers). Flyers: - little advertisements (inform people about up coming events e.g. discos, parties trips and events) written in very brief
The Vietnam War was a brutal war for everyone involved. There were many American and Vietnam deaths alike. The U.S went into Vietnam with the goal of preventing the spread of communism. The authors of the secondary sources in Thinking Through the Past, George Herring and Loren Baritz argue why the U.S failed in Vietnam. According to those two articles, there were many causes for why the U.S failed in the Vietnam War, including our lack of plan, our over confidence in our capabilities, and fighting
Nasir Bin Olu Dara Jones, also known as Nas, is a lyrical genius when it comes to rapping. His stories are crafted so beautifully that they make even gangsters cry. There is a uniqueness to Nas that sources from a crystal gem hidden in the depths of earth called "the dictionary" and emotion. Mastering the dictionary may be a difficult task for many, but not for Nas. Nas's rap consists of lyrics with many forms of meaning, style, and realism from life experiences.While Nas's rap seems to be pure entertainment
Sodium (Na) Sodium has an atomic number of 11 and a mass of about 23g. It is a silvery white-metallic element classified under the alkali metals. Sodium has been known since early times and was used by the people of Mesopotamia and Egypt to make glasses. Sodium is the sixth most common element found on the earth. It is usually not found in nature but more often in compounds such as salt (NaCl). Sodium conducts heat and electricity easily. Without this element life could not exist. Each compound
have been many controversial issues that focus’s on what the rapper is trying to put out. Some people may look at the same song or video, but have a different opinion on it. Artists have different outlooks on things in there life such as the rapper Nas. He has a new song titled “I Know I can”. This song gives a positive message to all viewers, and more importantly the kids. His message is that he encourages kids to grow up and be anything they set their minds on. For example, the chorus “I know I
Nas debut album “Illmatic” which is considered one of the greatest albums ever made was released on April 19, 1994. Illmatic is considered by many to be a masterpiece. The album is a story of his life, the things he experienced, what New York City was like in the 90’s. Illmatic established Hip-Hop in its truest form. Only nineteen at the time Illmatic came out, Nas proved to be ahead of his time. With his story telling, lyrical content, complex rhyme schemes, production and great album instantly
J Cole’s second studio album, Born Sinner, runs for fifty-nine minutes and twenty-eight seconds; however, its effect on an audience is indelible. The album implements a clever duality between reflection at sin and rejoice at morality. Furthermore, the album is bifurcated so that the sin occupies the beginning of the album and the morality occupies the end of it. The sum of these parts results in more than a collection of songs, but a cry of spiritual expression. Cole skillfully employs seriality
There are hundreds, if not thousands, of rappers in the United States. If one scrolled through the list of all rappers in the US, he/she would not recognize more than, at the most, 10% of the names on the list. Why is that? Why are there so many names on the list, but many of their names are not familiar to the majority of people? This is because, they are not considered, “great.” While there are many rappers, to be considered a “great.” Consequently he/she must possess three very important qualities
Rap music has given me personally something to look up to. Not a role model but hope of continuing my dreams because rappers successfully made it. “For what’s money without happiness, or hard times without the people you love” is from a song called “Love Yourz” by J. Cole. He clearly understands how there is “beauty in the struggle and ugliness in the success” because he’s lived that life. Other songs such as “2Face” or “The Autograph” were instantly relatable to me because he has been through several
2014 Forest Hills Drive is a hip-hop album by artist J. Cole. The album itself is not just an album that talks about whatever, this is an album that discusses an almost life story of coming together as a man and his dealings with fame and fortune. The album discusses many other things as well as social issues in our everyday life, and him losing his virginity as well. 2014 Forest Hills Drive flow of this album is at an all-time high the way it starts from the first song “January 28th”, which is J
For years i’ve always been inspired by lyrical artists and their passion for telling stories. There are so many different genres of music but my favorite is hip hop. My favorite artist is J.Cole, Jermaine Lamarr Cole, an American Hip Hop artist from Fayetteville, North Carolina. J. Cole has been active in the music industry since 2007 when his first mixtape was released. He soon signed to Roc Nation with successful entrepreneur, rapper, and producer, Jay Z in 2009. Cole has three mixtapes and three
Popular in the united states, the rhythmic music known as rap can be traced back generations to it’s ethnic origins. Centuries before hip hop music existed, the Tribes of West Africa were delivering stories rhythmically, over drums and sparse instrumentation. Connections between tribal story telling virtuals and rap music have been acknowledged by many modern day "tribes", spoken word artists, mainstream news sources, and academics. In the 21st century, rappers rap about their lives and how the place
The Nineteen-nineties marked a significant time in the history of Hip-Hop, producing many greats such as Nas, Jay-Z, Biggie, OutKast, and DMX, just to name a few. However, one of the most renowned names in Hip-Hop, even today, is Tupac Shakur, often described as the greatest rapper of all time. What makes Tupac different from the others? Many equate his fame to his relatability. He was a black man that had not only witnessed the struggles of inner-city life such poverty, drugs, gun violence, and
During the 90’s, underground rappers like Big L would get recognized through radio shows or on music channels like MTV, VH1, and BET by flexing their lyrical prowess. Nowadays this isn 't as common anymore due to the rise of reality shows on music channels. Also there are very few radio shows that do live freestyles and discuss hip hop music, the well known ones are Hot97 in Atlanta and Sway in the Morning on SiriusXM. Since technology is innovating, these powerhouse radio authorities are starting
“I 'm living in that 21st Century doin ' something mean to it, do it better then anybody you ever seen do it, screams from the haters got a nice ring to it, I guess every superhero need his theme music.” Many people believe modern day Hip-Hop contains nothing but blasphemy, profanity and references to narcotics, despite these contrary beliefs Hip-Hop is still an outlet for rappers/artists to express their thoughts and opinion through lyrical composition. Artist work night and day to compose what
There are more than 200 music genres in this world, out of those 200 one of them affects our generation the most. The author of “Music Lyrics Offer Earful about Drugs” points out “Substance abuse was most frequently featured in rap music and most rarely portrayed in pop music.” (Hitti) This paper will show that rap music is influential to teenagers when it comes to discussing topics relating to drugs. Not all drugs, but marijuana, also known as “Kush” in the music world. This is the kind of influence
Celebrity worshiping has a major impact on one's physiological senses and general worldview. Looking into pop stars Beyonce’s fan base, shows a great example of CWS. Celebrity glorification seems to be at an all time high in today’s society. Celebrities seem to to be praised like Gods opposed public figures. After witnessing two people get into a heated debate that turned into a slight altercation over who was the best rapper. I decided to investigate a little deeper into this topic. After doing
Since the 1970s, our society has been negatively influenced by rap. If you were to stroll by the streets more than half the teenagers in sight are likely to be hearing this music. However, allowing teens with developing brains is extremely dangerous. This is because rap can affect a child’s cognitive development. Not only does rap contain derogatory terms and explicit content, it also exposes kids to things like dropping out of school, incarceration, homophobia and prostitution. It can be very offending