Lately there has been a serious local concern that has bothered me, and it’s the hustle. The hustle game has been worrying me for a while, with some music makers stopping, not many people wearing designer clothes, and lack of general swagger. Over time I have observed the downfall of the music makers in Stockton, with some just openly admitting that Stockton is the worst place to hustle. I have seen a decline of designer clothing, the ultimate way to flaunt the harvest of your hustling, with many people switching over to Street Wear instead because it’s what everyone else is doing. I have witnessed people lose their swagger over the course of time, with many of my dear friends not having the proper outfits for the sake of having money in their pockets. This decline of the hustling game is of major importance, it impacts many of us who are trying to …show more content…
We aren’t getting the amount of views we usually bring in. I like to call this point in a music creators career “Falling Off”. When someone falls off, they leave the relevancy light, either their work isn’t with the time or their work is just sub par from what is used to be. Some of my closest music producing friends have quit their hustle for the sake of greener pastures. Many of them claim that music production just wasn’t making the money they wanted, so they had to pick up something else at the cost of their craft. Some of the rappers that I know have also been giving up making music. They aren’t lyrically up to par with today, or they still rap about the same things. They have fallen out from the relevancy circle. They just quit because they don’t wish to change up or improve lyrically. It really worries me because we lose many talented people due to their lack of commitment to the hustle. If they just kept attempting to improve they could have broke through the slump they were in and could have been making some
Success can be a very hard word to define, simply because where you come from
...t not have been good through those 8 years, but during those years we were signing and drafting some of the best coaches and players of the game to this day.
Houston kicked off the Southern hip-hop trends in the 1980's with pioneers such as the Geto Boys and UGK. Both groups we're overtly conscious discussing not only poverty, but also the implications of drug dealing and violence (Smith, 2004; Sanneh 2005). The early 1990's brought in Houston's signature chopped and screwed sound when DJ Screw made his name is a "psychedelic remixer" (Sanneh, 2005.) But the Houston sound took a while to expand to the rest of the US because like the other epicenters the sound of the artist on the independent labels stayed local (Speyer,
Since the early to mid 90’s, hip-hop has undergone changes that purists would consider degenerating to its culture. At the root of these changes is what has been called “commercial hip-hop". Commercial hip-hop has deteriorated what so many emcees in the 80’s tried to build- a culture of music, dance, creativity, and artistry that would give people not only something to bob their head to, but also an avenue to express themselves and deliver a positive message to their surroundings.
The fact is that so many artists out there are in the industry simply for the love. These artists are not “sellouts” that are only in the industry for the money and fame. Also, there are many artists out there in the hip hop world that promote positivit
Although many hip hop and rap artists are only in it for the money and fame, others are in it for a way to get their message out, taking into account artists like Common and Lupe Fiasco. To these entertainers, money is an added incentive. I feel that many artists should have this way of view, instead of making their songs meaningless just to make money.
These articles depict the controversies of the hip hop industry and how that makes it difficult for one to succeed. Many of these complications and disputes may be invisible to the population, but these articles take the time to reveal them.
Every film can be related back to socially significant issues that occurred during the time it was released. It’s a snapshot of the issues during that time period. Film is not created in a vacuum. As described in our textbook, film “Conveys “the temper of an age of a nation” as well as that of the artists who produces it” (Belton 22). Films tend to reflect current society, country ideals or beliefs in order for the audience to relate. Some of those techniques used include, the American dream, family, corruption, divorce, and crime. If a director decides not include current social issues than it becomes harder for an audience to relate to the film because they will not be able to connect to the characters and get into their shoes. One film that encompasses all of these current social issues is American Hustle (David O. Russell, 2013). This film is a melodrama because of the context and social issues this film deals with. American Hustle has a social significance to today’s current culture, society, beliefs and social issues through the use of the American dream, corruption, divorce, crime and family.
Hip-Hop/Rap is one of the biggest growing genres of today. From its early stages in the 1970’s to today’s pop culture, it has grown quite a lot. Unfortunately, it has developed a terrible reputation of drugs, violence, abuse, and gangs. When people associate Hip-Hop with things it is usually a negative image that comes to the person’s mind. Which is sad, Hip-Hop/Rap has a great artistic quality to them that gets so easily overlooked. There is true poetry and emotion behind these lyrics and beats, but not everyone is willing to sit down and listen to it. They quickly judge this music genre and the immediately dislike it without giving it a second thought. Rappers pour their emotions and their souls into their songs and it really speaks to people who would stop and listen to them. Hip-Hop/Rap has evolved over time. From the early stages of Kool Herc, Afrika Bambaataa, and others to today’s rap stars like Eminem and Kendrick Lamar. Each decades style is different but each style is still good. What really made Rap huge was the Sugarhill Gang’s own song called “Rapper’s Delight” the entire song is around 15 minutes long with just three emcee’s rapping, Wonder Mike, Big Bank Hank, and Master G. An emcee is another word for a rapper. Most emcees are the head of whatever event is being taken place, kind of like people that do skits in a talent show to introduce the next act. Hip-Hop/Rap today is filled with emcees and rappers. Today we find a more complex and more diverse style than what we would find back in the 70’s. There are different styles to different rappers. Each one unique in its own way and it makes that rapper stand out compared to everybody else. Also, another thing today that is different from the past is the flow of a rapp...
I do not think that overall as a genre Hip-Hop can return to the way it was before commercialization. That being said there are artists that preform because they want to and are not necessarily seeking financial compensation, instead they want to please the crowd. However, for mainstream rappers it is impossible to go back to a time before commercialization. For example, the music that plays on the radio can influence how much exposure an artist can get; however, their music won't go on the radio unless it is deemed fit for the radio by the labels and managers. By the time all of the "management" has their say on the music many times it isn't what the artist would have overly wanted to produce himself. Also in terms of the live performance
From its conception in the 1970's and throughout the 1980's, hip hop was a self-contained entity within the community that created it. This means that all the parameters set for the expression came from within the community and that it was meant for consumption by the community. Today, the audience is from outside of the community and doesn’t share the same experiences that drive the music. An artists’ success hinges on pleasing consumers, not the community. In today's world, it isn’t about music that rings true for those who share the artists' experiences, but instead, music that provides a dramatic illusion for those who will never share the experiences conveyed. This has radically changed the creative process of artists and the diversity of available music. Most notably, it has called in to question the future of hip hop.
not have the resources that the hip-hop movement has today however it has the resiliency,
In the past, rap music has been criticized for its obsession with the high life, with the wearing of the most expensive clothes, the driving of the fanciest of cars and the watching of the most absurdly oversized home-entertainment systems.But what if we were to tell you that such flights of fancy can actually have a positive,socially beneficial effect?
Education is the world’s most powerful tool, but many people use it as an excuse to stop them from excelling in their careers. After getting college a college degree, many find a job but lose their drive to accomplish more or go higher up the ladder. They become so comfortable with their position that they don’t work towards a new goal. I don’t believe you can fully achieve any dream or become successful without drive. There is passion in every individual whether they use it to motivate themselves or not.
In the eyes of the general public, all of Hip-Hop is usually categorized in the same way. Labeled as the poison of the Black community because nowadays, most Hip-Hop lyrics all sound the same generic way always talking about money, women, cars, drugs, or some type of beef that all these rappers sooner or later continuously have with one another. But what this new generation doesn’t know about are the positive and creative flows that were spit not so long ago in the 80’s and 90’s. Rappers back in the day like Tupac and Ice Cube both had times when they had to show off their thug sides but they both had reasons or a call-to-arms for that, and indeed were in tune with that era’s problems as well as the society where they were raised. Moreover, even though some new school songs actually look promising, old school songs are still always great classics that anybody in this day and age will most certainly vibe to.