Music And Violence Essay Research Paper Rap

Music And Violence Essay, Research Paper

Rap music can be considered a style of art, and a way for the artists to express

feelings through their words on paper. However, there are quite a few rap

artists that get criticized for their lyrics. In my essay, I want to discuss why

rappers use certain lyrics in their music and why people shouldn.t believe

that it causes violence among the younger generations. People shouldn.t censor

the music just because of violent, vulgar and abusive messages it promotes to

the world. I believe in my own mind, that there is a reason for these types of

lyrics that rap artists use and I will simply explain those reasons in this

essay. Rap has been called one of the most important music forces to emerge in

two decades. It.s pounding beats and staccato rhymes exploded on the streets

of the urban America in the early 1980s and since have become the theme music

and lyrical heart of the vibrant youth culture called hip-hop ( SIRS 1993).

There are many different types of rap artist. There are some that talk about

money, some talk about righteousness, and the list goes on and on. Every rap

artist had their own way of expressing themselves. There are those that talk

about sex, drugs, and violence who receive the negative attention( SIRS 1993).

People, think this so- called gangster rap is a bad influence on children in the

world and that it promotes violence and that it also is abusive to women.

Delores Tucker, head of national congress of black women has been among those

pressuring different record companies to stop distributing gangster rap music.

There were other significant names that participated in this action. Names like

Senate Majority leader Bob dole, and former education Secretary William J.

Bennett(Surveys, pg. 1). There are some rap artists that have been openly

criticized for their lyrics. Rappers like Lil Kim, Too Short, Snoop Doggy Dogg,

and a member from .Too Live Crew,. named Luke Skywalker. These rap artists

in the past have been appointed for the things they say in their music. Lil Kim

talks about sex in her music, Too Short talks about drugs, sex, and how much of

a pimp he is, and Luke Skywalker talks about girls and sex. The lyrics that

these rap artist use in their music might not be suitable for everybody to

listen to but I don.t think their music should be banned or criticized because

you don.t have to listen to it if you don.t choose to. Rap music, how much

influence does it really have on it.s youthful listeners. Many, from record

company executives to high school students agree that it plays a critical role

in the lives of many tans, affecting the way they dance, dress and speak(SIRS

1993). Personally, I feel that rap music is a form of art. I think it takes a

great deal of talent to write lyrics that rap artists write, because you have to

use metaphors and similes, and at the same time get your point across so the

listeners can understand. I give rappers a great deal of credit because I know

it took them a long time to get where their at today, and I know it takes a

tremendous amount of time to write a song. It.s also true and I strongly agree

with that rap artists use lyrics that reflect on their childhood and the way

they grew up. That could be the reason why gangster rappers and rappers talk

about sex, drugs, and violence in their music because that was what they were

exposed to through out their life. Rap artists generally write about what they

know because it is easier to write about things and situations that you know,

and if sex, drugs and violence is what you know about, then you are going to

write about situations that involve those subjects. Not just write about them in

hopes to cause more violence in our world. Young rap fans caution it is wrong

and simplistic to believe music can dictate their actions. Upbringing and

circumstance steer a child.s behavior, they say, not a record on a turntable

or a performer posturing on stage(Newsweek, 1998). There are other reasons why

gangster rappers should not be criticized for their lyrics. One reason is that I

would rather hear gangster rappers talk about violence on the streets than them

actually going out on the streets and participate in the violence. Another

reason why rappers shouldn.t be criticized is because the world was violent

long before rap was invented, and it is not rap music that is making the world

more violent then it is already. I strongly believe that people have the freedom

of choice to listen to rap music and if you don.t like what rap artists talk

about, then you do not have to listen to the music. If people didn.t have a

choice that would be one thing, but as long as people have a choice to do or not

to do something then they shouldn.t try to criticize it. To me, rap music is

more than a strain. It is the reflection of horrible suffering, struggle and

pain

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