Month: May 2016

The first rappers criticized institution such as the police and the government.Content is critical of social issues.

REEL is often used is Hip Hop when rappers lie in their songs.Hip Hop was never like this it started when the African slaves came to America with their oral traditions and that was the beginning of jazz,blues,soul and from soul came Hip Hop.The first rappers where Black and Latino teens that were move to South Bronx.The first Hip Hop song was not talking about killing fellow black men and having sex with girls it was talking about social issues like police brutality and the media when hip hop started getting popular by small labels the big labels like Warner Bros and others.The people that were listening to Hip hop the most were white suburban teens because they had the most money also they thought that they were seeing a different culture.After the big labels signed the rapper the lyrics changed,the only reason they changed the words is to make more money because lyrics that are social conscious do not sell the other thing that changed is the why they dressed the big labels cared more about the way they look than their talent.On emcee we were listen to was Kendrick Lamar,the song that we listen from him was called The blacker the berry the sweeter the juice.This song criticises the reel because the rapper Kendrick Lamar rap about stuff that effects the society and most rappers don’t do do this,so this song indirectly criticise the reel.The other thing that he adds in this song is repetition when he says the blacker the berry the sweeter the juice he is trying to say the the blacker you are the better person you are.Kendrick Lamar is from Compton this plays a big part because NWA were from Compton they were also rapping about social issues like police police brutality and racism and i think that Kendrick Lamar was inspired by them because they are black male.The thing that Kendrick Lamar adds as well is satire when he says I’m a proud monkey this shows that even if he gets mocked about being black he still loves being a black male.the other MC we were listening to was akala,akala starts his song by saying sorry to the people that are listening because usually rappers rap about violence.The other way he criticises the reel is when he says”I just thought that killing should not be glorified, silly me Apparently murdering man has become an aspiration”what he is trying to say is that the other rappers brain wash people to believe that killing people and having sex with girls is life but it is not.The other thing that akala is trying to say is that reel rappers just boost about how much jewellery they have but they don’t know the struggle that some one else had to go through to make them have the chains that they have the quote i got for this is when akala says “And you can boast about your platinum chains and your diamond rings While kids in Sierra Leone keep on losing limbs”.He also talks about reel rappers that say that girl are hoes but they still have sex with them this just shows that the reel rappers are just talking rubbish just to get money ,the quote i got for this is when he says “And if women are such hoes that we do not want to kiss them What does it say about us that we want to put our dick in?”.The next MC that i will be talking about that criticises the reel is mos def,in his song mathematics he talks about how big labels take most of the profit ” Like I got, sixteen to thirty-two bars to rock it But only 15% of profits, ever see my pockets”.

This quote means that racism is more powerful than material stuff.”So boost about your Prada and your Christian Dior,still security will follow when you’re in the store.The quote that I choose was when he said if a Chinese rapper said die chink die everybody would be like what is wrong with this guy this shows that people have been used to black people saying they kill each other.

Social issues are issues which influence a considerable number of individuals within a society. Mick Jenkins uses satire to criticise stereotypes about black men and boys.

Mick jenkins targets young black boys.It means that all the things that the black boys are doing may get them killed.The why he uses satire is when.

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It is when you use irony to make a point.They would use it to show how black people were killed.The bit that made sense is when he said what rappers would say in their songs.

Blues,Jazz,Soul,Hip Hop,

The reason that they use this tune because he was a role model to them.Eventhough the style of hip hop has change it follows the black tradition.

It means that he doesn’t only  rap to get money but he raps to tell you his it is.the third picture stands out because it is showing lots of things are happening.People was tussling, arguing and bustling.Like city lights stay throbbing,thirsty criminals take pockets.Mos Def repersents the city like a place with lots of crooks like when he said “can’t tell between the cops and the robbers, they both partners,they all heartless”this show that the police and criminals are the same in this city.