Journal Entry #4 Hip Hop Matters

5 Comments:

• Music has an impact on the economy.
• Eventually there was enough rap music to make a difference.
• Public Enemy also made a difference in Hip Hop.
• Even though two different rappers came from different areas they collaborated and achieved together.
• From being rich there were many people who were jealous of Simmons.

4 Questions:

• How did the internet really improve Hip Hop's production?
• Does Aldephi University major in Music?
• Why were the commecial life getting farther away from Hip Hop?
• Were there other rappist besides Eminem who were very successful?

3 Words:

• Silhouetted (pg. 116): a two-dimensional representation of the outline of an object
• Seditious (pg. 122): given to or guilty of sedition
• Venues (pg. 137): The locality where a crime is committed

2 Literary Terms:

• Personification (pg. 116): "Public Enemy seized pop culture"
• Metaphor (pg. 116): "If Public Enemy understood the fine line between pop art and revolution"

1 Sentence Summary:

• In this chapter it explains how Eminem changed the cultural background and the present day Hip Hop.