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Hip Hop Artists:

·      Dark Ends (Acapella) – The Likwit Junkies, feat. Rakaa Iriscience 12’

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·      Yellow Journalism – Critical Theory

                  -from the album: The Worst Breakfast Ever

http://www.audiostreet.net/artist.aspx?artistid=56722

·      Running Thangs – Busy Bee

                  -from the album: Running Thangs

·      Put ‘Em In Their Place – Mobb Deep

         -from the album: Blood Money

http://www.hiphopreaction.com/artists/Mobb-Deep

·      Rock, Shock, Shake, Break (Acapella) – Backyard Bangers

                -from the album: Rock, Shock, Shake, Break

 Hip Hop Music Videos:

·      Livin’ It Up – Ja Rule, featuring Case

                -from the album Pain Is Love

            -this video is about living the American Dream in Hollywood, driving expensive cars, dating hot women and relaxing by the pool, hence the title "Livin' It Up." The whole video centers around Ja Rule's life and    the many luxuries he has in it.

http://new.music.yahoo.com/videos/--2153571

·      Jesus Walks – Kanye West

      -from the album The College Dropout

              -set in a chuch with a choir singing, as well as out on the streets where there is a lot of gang violence, drugs and sexual promiscuities happening. It shows a conflict between the life on the streets and giving up that life to live a life of Christianity and respecting yourself.

http://www.mtv.com/videos/kanye-west/32296/jesus-walks.jhtml

·      Can’t Touch This – MC Hammer

              -from the album Please Hammer, Don’t Hurt ‘Em

          -this video centers around MC Hammer's dancing with his back-up dancers. It was a fairly old music video before they started getting graphically complex. But basically he talks about going to clubs, dancing, and how everybody knows him when he goes out. It is a self-absorbed music video, as well as the song.

http://www.vh1.com/video/play.jhtml?vid=11945&artist=19652

·      California Love – Tupac

                     -this video shows people, who somewhat look like they are supposed to be wild and animal-like, are  dancing and singing around a bonfire, shouting and being loud. It pretty much goes through a series of  miniature stories, like a bunch of guys driving army hummers through the desert. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWOsbGP5Ox4

·      Getting’ Jiggy Wit It – Will Smith

                    -this centers around Will Smith looking good, trying to get style down. It has a lot of multicultural aspects,  showing different cultures, such as Egyptian, African, etc., and how they celebrate, dance, or dress. 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j4G1L8lV6LQ

 Hip Hop Radio Stations:

·      Power 103.5 #1 Blazin’ Hip Hop & R&B

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·      Wild 104.9--All the Hits Now

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Hip Hop in the Media

·      Hip Hop can be found in a lot of commercials, especially ones aiming at young adult audiences. It is also prevalent in many movies as part of soundtracks. There are many aspects of Hip Hop that have become mainstream for young people. As mentioned, the word bling. Another word I thought of that has been utilized is the word boo. Ever “My Boo” came out by Usher, I have remembered people using that term in everyday life.

Parents’ Music

·      Genre: Pop

o   Artist: The Beatles, Elton John, The Beach Boys

·      Genre: Rock

o   Pink Floyd, Rolling Stones, The Beegees, Billy Joel, James Taylor, Led Zepellin

·      Genre: Oldies

o   Elvis Presley, Everly Brothers

Reflection:

·      After doing this assignment, I have become more interested in Hip Hop music. Some of the music I found was really interesting, and intrigued me to find more like it. I definitely think Hip Hop has changed throughout the years, as I found older music to have different storylines and the lyrics talked about different issues. I felt like the older Hip Hop music had more to do with simply going to the club and dancing, and self-images of the artists. Nowadays, the current Hip Hop I saw and listened to seemed to have deeper meanings behind the lyrics. There are political and religious inferences, as well as questioning the character of people. Granted, not all Hip Hop music is like this, but that was just one trend I noticed, especially when watching the music videos. Another thing I noticed when watching the older videos, compared to the newer videos, was how women were treated. When I was watching MC Hammer’s music video, the women were wearing jazzercise-type outfits, and were simply the back-up dancers. They were just dancing and having a good time, but were slightly seen as sex objects, because they were watching MC Hammer. But I think the current Hip Hop videos sexualize women more and more. The women were shown as being sort of ‘sex slaves,’ like bringing Ja Rule drinks out by the pool and waiting on him hand and foot. Again, this cannot necessarily be contextualized to all Hip Hop, but from what I saw, women have been treated worse as time goes by. have been treated worse as time goes by.