Music Essay
Music has always been a voice for the ages. It is one universal language that we all speak. Most people use it to express what they are feeling, some people use it to relate to, everyone enjoys it in one way or another. That’s where my point comes in; there is no doubt that music has changed according to the changes in society. My generation’s music censorship has changed, the way music is conveyed and the lenience of the music has allowed for the stories being told through the music to change and the depth of the music and the implications of the music to diversify . Music today is a genuine combination of yesterday’s music with an original spin. This hat makes our music worth listening to.
One of the defining changes would be that a large percentage of students ages fourteen through seventeen say that Rap and Hip/Hop are the kind of music they listen to due to its sudden popularity and admiration of mainstream music. Not only that but, it has broken barriers for censorship in Rap music. “Rap music has had little impact from the use of censorship because the artists have not yet been impaired by it. The need for cleaner rap music has arisen and left a very small dent in the rap world. The degrading words and phrases and the explicit language may or may not stay within the culture of rap music may change to fill the need for cleaner music, but for now rap is still rap.” (Helium.com/Cody Keeble-Author/How Censorship Has Changed Rap Music). Rap and Hip/Hop music will always be controversial because of the paths these artists have walked. The stories being told and the emotional ride listeners are taken on are supposed to be raw first-hand accounts of these rappers’ and artists’ lives. To put a censorship on the truth is unsustainable since the truth always comes out.. Eminem has been under scrutiny for his vulgar language and graphic stories being expressed in his songs since the beginning of his mega stardom. The fact of the matter is that he has a huge fan
One of the defining changes would be that a large percentage of students ages fourteen through seventeen say that Rap and Hip/Hop are the kind of music they listen to due to its sudden popularity and admiration of mainstream music. Not only that but, it has broken barriers for censorship in Rap music. “Rap music has had little impact from the use of censorship because the artists have not yet been impaired by it. The need for cleaner rap music has arisen and left a very small dent in the rap world. The degrading words and phrases and the explicit language may or may not stay within the culture of rap music may change to fill the need for cleaner music, but for now rap is still rap.” (Helium.com/Cody Keeble-Author/How Censorship Has Changed Rap Music). Rap and Hip/Hop music will always be controversial because of the paths these artists have walked. The stories being told and the emotional ride listeners are taken on are supposed to be raw first-hand accounts of these rappers’ and artists’ lives. To put a censorship on the truth is unsustainable since the truth always comes out.. Eminem has been under scrutiny for his vulgar language and graphic stories being expressed in his songs since the beginning of his mega stardom. The fact of the matter is that he has a huge fan