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While political rap artists may have been more sensitive to the needs of urban communities, record labels were less enthusiastic about endorsing controversial messages. For example, political rap songs they put out like “Burn Hollywood Burn” could potentially be seen as a self indictment. Thanks to political rap downloads, political rap music still has a place in society.
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Today, rap is both an art form and an industry under intense examination, both from within and without. Perhaps the late C. DeLores Tucker, who began railing against rap's "pornographic filth" in the early 1990s, was onto something after all.
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While gangsta rap has been a target of criticism for years, a legislative resolution condemning it is unusual, according to the Recording Industry Association of America. In Kansas, resolutions typically are reserved for honoring people or notable achievements, expressing the Legislature's position on federal issues or urging specific actions by an executive branch agency.
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The strongest battle rappers will generally perform their rap fully freestyled. This is the most effective form in a battle as the rapper can comment on the other person, whether it be what they look like, or how they talk, or what they wear. It ... allows the rapper to reverse a line used to "diss" him or her if they are the second rapper to battle.
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Just like you can be a good songwriter, but a poor singer, there is no shame if you can't rap the greatest lyrics you wrote. Get someone who can rap to test it out.
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Rev. Jackson tells Chicago’s CBS 2 News that the use of “ho†and the N-word in rap music is comparable to the comments used by Imus. The activist says record companies ... bear most of the blame.
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