While I was watching these videos, I felt that they did a surprisingly good job of illustrating the differences between the two genres that they represent. I realize that most popular music shares some common themes, but I think that the differences were overt and maybe even exagerated in these examples. In the Hip-Hop/Rap Top [...]
I think one of the most interesting things about popular culture is the ability we have to recognize pop culture items and the way we continuously recycle them through references and parodies. Saturday Night Live is probably the best example of this happening. Most of us have seen the numerous SNL skits poking fun at [...]
Identity-one of the most bizarre, yet necessary, human fabrications. Trying to decipher the readings and develop a quality response for last weeks discussion topics is anything but easy for me. The fact that you must project an image in this world in order to survive or to attempt to be successful is somewhat daunting. [...]
This week we learned about the difference and of course, the most important difference would be the race- this is the first thing that came into my mind when I heard “difference”. When I am thinking of a race, one of biggest factors is the Geographic and Location even though I do take account of [...]
Let me just start off by saying that I was in utter shock while watching these videos. I was literally cringing the entire time I was watching them. I had no idea what popular music has come to these days. Before I watched the video I was expecting to see the typical motifs like the [...]
