The chapter about “Hip-Hop causing violence” was very much muddied
on how it confronted its critique. It
would give a critique like, critics say rappers are speaking autobiographical,
and then it would show how they are not. It seemed the author wanted to show the
critique, but then almost immediately after doing so she would put in her own
view. This greatly weakened the
critique, because the author imminently told the reader why this critique did
not work.
In the begging of the chapter, a critique on violent stories was brought up, but never revisited again in the chapter. It was a critique that was backed up with a study, saying violent music lyrics have been proven to increase “aggressive thoughts and feelings”. The author imminently moves on to state that Hip-Hop is perceived to have more violence, because of the medium it appears in. The problem is, the author neglects to really look at this idea, that violent music lyrics create aggressive thoughts and feelings. This to me is a glaring sign that Hip-Hop can cause violent behavior, because if you have aggressive thoughts and feelings, you eventually act on them. (Look at bullies in schools.) The author tries to sweep this idea under the rug, by saying rap is perceived to be more violent, and if the same lyrics are presented in a different context they are not perceived the same way. The problem with the study is, it does not talk about beat or rhythm. Hip-Hop usually comes in faster beat or rhythm, were country music is a slower beat or rhythm. These faster beats and rhythm’s paired with violent words could cause a double affect making the listener feel more aggressive. Even though this idea was only briefly touched upon in the start of the chapter, I believe it is something that should be discussed more.
Over all, the chapter high lights why the critique’s about how Hip-Hop causing violence is wrong, instead of letting the reader decided. This chapter should have been combined with the “keeping it real chapter”, because it’s almost the same message, just packaged a little differently.
In the begging of the chapter, a critique on violent stories was brought up, but never revisited again in the chapter. It was a critique that was backed up with a study, saying violent music lyrics have been proven to increase “aggressive thoughts and feelings”. The author imminently moves on to state that Hip-Hop is perceived to have more violence, because of the medium it appears in. The problem is, the author neglects to really look at this idea, that violent music lyrics create aggressive thoughts and feelings. This to me is a glaring sign that Hip-Hop can cause violent behavior, because if you have aggressive thoughts and feelings, you eventually act on them. (Look at bullies in schools.) The author tries to sweep this idea under the rug, by saying rap is perceived to be more violent, and if the same lyrics are presented in a different context they are not perceived the same way. The problem with the study is, it does not talk about beat or rhythm. Hip-Hop usually comes in faster beat or rhythm, were country music is a slower beat or rhythm. These faster beats and rhythm’s paired with violent words could cause a double affect making the listener feel more aggressive. Even though this idea was only briefly touched upon in the start of the chapter, I believe it is something that should be discussed more.
Over all, the chapter high lights why the critique’s about how Hip-Hop causing violence is wrong, instead of letting the reader decided. This chapter should have been combined with the “keeping it real chapter”, because it’s almost the same message, just packaged a little differently.
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