Week 8

This week’s entry was the hardest entry yet because we had to use a Technorati to track and find blogs related to our subject. This was because there was rarely any blogs that related to my topic of Music’s Influence on Society during my first couple of searches. I tried various search words and phrases and it just did not work. The majority of the results focused on musicians and new music releases. However I was able to find my blog and also another blog which I thought was interesting. The Just Listen, the unexpected connection Blog, focused on many aspects that was related to my discussion. This blog focused on the connection between music and society. Although it did not focus on the hip-hop genre of music it did focus on how people can be moved by music. It also focused on how people are moved by different types of music because of their personality and the different events that are going on in their life. All-in-all I find blog tracking to be interesting however, I think it is difficult to narrow down your search results to fit your particular topic. But I am pretty sure I will grasp the concept of it eventually.

Week 7

This week I wanted to examine hip-hop music and give it some meaning. To some hip-hop just seems like a blur of words, with no significant meaning except glorifying money and clothes, over fast beats. But to others hip-hop serves a purpose. And no matter what your reasons are for liking or disliking hip-hop its presence is felt.

I was online this weekend when I came across an essay by a student entitled My Hip-Hop Reality. In this essay, Richard Wallace writes about how hip-hop lyrics are applied to his everyday outlook on life. I found this interesting because he choose songs which people would usually give a negative connotation and gave them a positive meaning. I think this just shows the many ways rap music can be interpreted, and how it can impact one’s life.

In the study FROM THE FRINGE: THE HIP HOP CULTURE AND ETHNIC RELATIONS, R. Reese examines hip-hops’ impact on the economy and society. This study presents another positive view on the hip-hop culture. It outlines many arguments for hip-hop including the argument that the hip hop culture that it encourages corporations to recruit a diverse cadre of individuals.