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Yo! MTV Raps was also a great venue for up and coming rap legends to showcase their work to their world through performances. Audiences around the world were exposed to a new type of raw creativity in rap music, one which took the music industry by storm. Yo! MTV Raps was a huge first for the network; it was the first show dedicated one hundred percent to rap and hip hop, an emerging art form in American popular music that had not yet found acceptance within the larger body of society.
Major name artists saw their career explode alongside the publicity they were getting from the show and the movement it was inspiring within pop culture. Huge names in the rap industry were seen before they really made it big and when they had a definite hold over the lure of pop culture in the United States. The series was especially supportive of East Coast hip hop, and played...
Notorious B.I.G. And many other New York rappers saw supportive publicity as their careers were exploding, helping them reach a greater popularity with mainstream American society. Still, a lot of West Coast artists also got a lot of exposure through the MTV legend. A very young Tupac and his affiliates were featured on the show several times. Dr. Dre and NWA were one of the first major controversial artists to really push the buttons in mainstream media with their presence on the show.
Contemporary rap music has a lot it owes to the breakthroughs that Yo! MTV Raps had to endure. The show helped expose the raw talent that was present in a new and emerging rap culture here in the United States. Without its help, rap today would be nowhere as accepted by mainstream America.
Rap Music - a Soundtrack of Revolution Soundtrack of Revolution for the Generations of Rap Artists Since 1980s Hip hop is a culture that encompasses a vast corporation of artistic forms, which originated from marginalized subcultures within the South Bronx in New York City during the 1970s. This culture encloses four distinct elements, representing diverse manifestations of its founding reasons: the rap music (oral), disc jockey (turntablism), graffiti art (visual), and break-dancing
Rap Music and Society Rap Music currently enjoys a status of mouthpiece for society's rebels. In fact, since the music of Elvis, various forms of music have pushed the boundaries of acceptability and decency in culture. According to some critics, rap has done this to an extent that cannot be condoned in terms of social norms. Below a short historical overview of this music genre is examined, followed by a consideration
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Music & Personality Music has been acknowledged to be a universal form of communication. Even with the barriers of language, music allows the sharing of feelings, thoughts, and meanings. Research is finding that it can be an invaluable tool of communication, education and therapy for those with special needs or disorders. Music is recognized to be able to evoke profound emotions, but modern technology is only just discovering how many of