Final Outline for Essay #3

Rufus Osby 

3-23-11

English 4

Mr.Stein

Outline

I. Intro:

            A. When Hip Hop was first created in the inner city no one could have imagined the impact that it would have on the world today. A fun a vibrant style of music has went from the streets to millions of people and cultures around the world.

            B. Nowadays if you ask most people to give a definition of "rap", they're likely to state that it's the reciting of rhymes to the best of music. It's a form of expression that finds its roots imbedded deep within ancient African culture and oral tradition. Throughout history here in America there has always been some form of verbal acrobatics or jousting involving rhymes within the Afro-American community. Signifying, testifying, Shining of the Titanic, the Dozens, school yard rhymes, prison 'jail house' rhymes and double Dutch jump rope' rhymes are some of the names and ways that various forms of rap have changed and formed over time.

            C. However the changes may occur with in the United States and in South Africa rap music has remained the same. Although the styles may vary as they do from person the person the underlining foundations of a chance to freely express one self. This was basically the same reason why any of the aforementioned verbal/rhyme games manifested themselves in the past. More importantly, it was an art form accessible to anyone. One didn't need a lot of money or expensive resources to rhyme. One didn't have to invest in lessons or anything like that. Rapping was a verbal skill that could be practiced and honed to perfection at almost anytime. Both culture rooted there struggles and expression with in each note and underlining phrase.

II. Body:

            A. Hip Hop is known as a form of popular music that originated among inner city African American youth in the 1980s. According to Source magazine, hip hop is a form of ground breaking music that involves deep rooted culture and self expression.

                        i. In the US hip hop has become an image of flashiness, bi g chains, expensive cars, women, and a way to go from rags to riches. It has also incorporated rap violence and self hatred.

                        ii. Although some may seem hip hop as a main stream culture that promotes violence and fast money there are other who use the=is form of music as self expression and political and culture awareness.

                        iii. Examples of hip taking on a negative image within the US would be the academy award winning song being “it hard out here for a pimp,”. Another example is the use of music in conception with negative images and violence on media devices                     

                             iv. An example of self expression would be a concert by Wyclef to promote peace, aid   awareness, and to raise money for poverty. Self expression by music talks about culture, struggle and the community of the person who is bringing forth the music.

                B. Across the glob hip is being used self expression, communication, and self identity. In South Africa during a time where legal racial segregation enforced by the National Party of South Africa, a group of south African began to use hip hop as a form of coded communication, self expression of how they felt about what was happening to them and a way to have something in common to identify with. Because of the continued struggle for Africans in South America the origination of hip hop stays intact and the form of its use stays closely related to the underling foundations and origination of the US hip hop.

                C. According to political figures especially those from other countries feel that hip hop is used as a slang language that has no meaning and not significance to the South African people.

                D. The world. H, I, P, H, O, P, Highly Intelligent People, Healing Our Planet. Is the philosophy of South African who sue hip hop to communicate and remain strong through the struggle of slavery, poverty and political dictatorship.

                   i. In the year of 1985 to 1990 hip hop was used as a tool to help deal with and communicate how they felt about Nelson Mandela and his freedom.

                   ii. C-A

                        iii. Examples

E. hip-hop is rooted in the post-Civil Rights Movement, when it was fuelled by racial tensions and the economic climate real culture of hip-hop is not what is on the radio, but what lies within the artists of the underground. Underground hip-hop is a massive cultural phenomenon; it has the power to change nations, overthrow governments and inform consumers, and it contains the creative freedom of expression. It has become a global phenomenon that offers voices to those all over the world that are in marginalized circumstances. Hip-hop is becoming more and more popular in Arab and Muslim countries, due to the social and political injustices found there. Though the words may be different and the language not the same the underline meaning is one. Overcoming the social structure that one may have been bind with.