Essays about: "hip-hop music"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 19 essays containing the words hip-hop music.

1. 1. Female Hip-Hop in the Sufi Community of Taalibe Bay : Interpretative analysis of the Sufi symbolism and meaning behind two music videos

   University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Institutionen för kultur och samhälle

   Author : Elisabeth Perra; [2022]
   Keywords : Sufism; Islam; Hip-Hop; Women; rapper; Senegal; Ibrahim Niasse; Taalibe Bay; Africa; Videos;

   Abstract : Senegal is a country in West Africa that is 95% Muslim and where Islam is deeply linked to hip-hop music. According to existing academic research, the emerging rappers in the artistic and cultural scene in Dakar are men and belong to the Sufi Taalibe Bay brotherhood, whose founder Ibrahim Niasse (1900-1975) is considered the spiritual leader of the rappers. READ MORE

3. 2. Something Stolen, Something New, Something Copyright Protected in the EU – A Study of Swedish Compatibility with EU Copyright Law Following the Pelham Judgment

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

   Author : Samuel Karlsson; [2022]
   Keywords : copyright; sampling; sample; hip hop; hip-hop; music; law; musikjuridik; upphovsrätt; pelham; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : Creativity is at the very essence of being human. For as long as we have created, we have done so on the basis of what we have seen previously. READ MORE

4. 3. Do I Make You Horny Baby? - A musicological analysis of current sexual music made by women in relation to contemporary feminism

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för musikvetenskap

   Author : Marie Nemark; [2022]
   Keywords : sexual music; popular music; feminism; female empowerment; self objectification; Cultural Sciences;

   Abstract : In this study I examine current sexual music, made by women. I focus on songs made and/ or performed by contemporary female artists working in genres - such as hip-hop, pop and R&B - that fall under the umbrella term popular music. READ MORE

5. 4. Does the Beat Go On? Regime Type and the Repression of Hip-Hop Music and Artists

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskning

   Author : Christian Hazes; [2022]
   Keywords : critical hip-hop; state repression; Spain; Russia; China;

   Abstract : Hip-Hop music is bigger than ever, a development that some states watch with Argus eyes. The latter is especially the case when the content that hip-hop artists produce is critical towards the circumstances in their country. In various cases, regimes subsequently attempt to repress and silence these critical hip-hop performances and artists. READ MORE

6. 5. Global Dichotomies on a Local Scale: A Grounded Theory Approach to Turkish Hip-Hop Culture

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi; Lunds universitet/Sociologiska institutionen

   Author : Mert Gürbüz; [2021]
   Keywords : grounded theory; hip-hop music; subcultures; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : The concepts of ‘Old School’ and ‘New School’, peculiar to hip-hop's lexicon, have long been framed by theories of subculture heavily drawing on a binary scale of authenticity and inauthenticity. This dichotomy is widely used to characterize a discursive conflict between the authentic aspects of hip-hop music and its excessively commercialized versions undermining hip-hop’s counter-hegemonic potential. READ MORE