The music that is reaching urban and suburban youth is full of violence and sexual context, however the truth remains that it is sending a message and the bigger it gets the harder it is to ignore. Youth all over the world express hip-hop attitudes for example in France, the Middle East, Africa which s where the hip-hop culture arguably originated.
I did not know that the sugarhill gangs first song was produced by Sylvia Robinson who ran All Platinum Records in Englewood New Jersey. She got all the rappers together and made them make "Rapper's Delight" using other people's lyrics made a lot of money off it and never paid due to the real rappers that created those lyrics.
The Last Poets are considered to be the first rap group speaking of their "revolution". They seemed to scare many people because their lyrics spoke of things that most people didn't want to. They were the first musical group to use the N word on a record. They embodied black power. Their records consisted of percussion and spoken-word rhyme. Their debut recording sold 400,000 copies in three months.
2 comments:
The Last Poets are REAL!!! I would love to hear some of their work in person. I agree with the fact that they speak about the things that nobody wants to hear. It's obvious that if nobody wants to hear it then it must be an issue, and what better way to address an issue than head-on.
It may be considered a "revolution" but that's life. The "revolution" continues everyday, and until we as a society can face the facts and deal with it then we will forever be lost.
By the way, those stats are crazy! For being known as the "first" rap group and to sell out like that in the first couple months is amazing. Think of how long it takes to sell that many albums these days...
I think that the music is getting more derogatory, but I think as long as parents communicate with their kids about the music and what is wrong about it there should be no problem
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