Hip Hop Beyond The Beats And Rhymes Analysis

All across the world, there is one thing that follows you constantly, from the moment you leave you house, to when you enter your car, and even when you are waiting in line at Starbucks, media. From the Radio, to our headphones and the social media applications that are downloaded into your phones, and incorporated into almost every store, media is something that we are rarely if not ever away from. Today on average kids across America spend over two hours of their day in front of a screen. During that time, today’s youth is subjected to inappropriate content through social media. Leaving today’s youth more vulnerable to a life of mental illness. Without limiting the amount of social media intake on today’s youth we subject them to a life

A high quantity of sex related images and lyrics was produced at this time, and with the high results, the corporations came to the conclusion that sex sells. In the documentary Hip Hop beyond the Beats and Rhymes, by Byron Hurt he discusses, how after major corporations invested heavily into the record labels, society started to see the change in music. The products the industry released for hip hop started to objectify women, and portray violence. Record labels no longer wanted to produce music that talked about feelings, but rather things that men find pleasing; for example, the song: Baby got back by Sir- Mix - a lot, talks about a man who objectifies a women butt. Many songs like that are produced and loved by many, including women, However, society is not aware of the unconscious consequences will later have on the younger generation. Thus, by parents allowing their kids to have their electronic devices that play provocative advertisements and music before watching videos, as they do an errand children are being subjected to discriminating advertisement, commercials, and

High exposure of super models, famous actresses in magazines, and back up dancers in music video, who fit the social construction of body images are at a all time high; it is no wonder why mental illness is higher for women than it is for males, according to a survey conducted by Jane Timmons-Mitchell et al. stated that “the mental illness for girls are 84% compared to boys that are 27%.” Of course we do see a high demand for males as well, the only exception is, that there are more provocative objectifying videos of females then there are males. It is also expected for a female to be more aware of their physical appearance and express emotion, where as society has dictated it, un masculine for a male to evoke one’s emotion