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Is today's music negatively affecting the youth? With the advent of Hip Hop and Rap, new Rap artists are emerging in large numbers with more songs than ever. Today's Rap and Hip Hop songs are mostly about sex, gang related things, and often meaningless crap. 50 cent's Candy Shop and Snoop Doggy Dogg's Holiday Inn are good examples. They were two popular songs i'll recite some lyrics for those who are unfamiliar with these songs.
Candy Shop by 50 cent - I take you to the candy shop I'll let you lick the lollypop Go 'head girl, don't you stop Keep goin 'til you hit the spot (whoa) [Olivia] I'll take you to the candy shop Boy one taste of what I got Holiday Inn by Snoop Doggy Dogg - (this is what it starts out with) Oh I know you got that bomb *** pus.sy ma, I know you got that bomb, I know you got that bomb *** pus.sy ma, I know you gota that bomb bomb, Songs like these and more are very sexual and perverted. It's ok that it's being sold on cd's and such, but the media peddles them all around. These songs are played on the air with moans and sexual promiscuous noises replacing such words like pus.sy. These songs are acted out for music videos which are played on television stations and the internet. " The average child spends more time watching TV than in school. On average, kids spend about 20 or more hours each week watching TV, which is more time than is spent in any other activity besides sleeping. " With today's kids spending so much time watching t.v and often these music videos and hearing these songs on radio and such, are they being negatively influeced by the media and more importantly, the music industry faster, and at younger ages? With so many songs being made (often just for the rapper to make some fast cash) about sex, violence, drugs, using drugs, selling drugs, and other gang related actions. I'm even beginning to see the effects of it on my 10 year old cousin. His AIM SN (and yes he has an AIM sn, but I keep a close eye on the kid) was (before I made him change it) BigPimpin###. The other day, I went to his school to pick him up and keep in mind this is an elementary school. While I was there, I saw many kids with baggy pants, down to their thighs, wearing "blings," walking like one of their legs was broken (the limp walk) already dressing like a lot of the hip-hop and rappers you would see out there. This disturbed me greatly. For one, I couldn't even believe that parents would let their kids sag their pants or buy for them these types of clothings. They're in elementary school for god's sakes. Thank god my cousin doesn't dress or act like that and if I have anything to say about it, he never will. I think the quality of music has gone down greatly. A lot of the new songs coming out are just crap in my opinion. They're about nothing but sex, drugs, and gangs. While this maybe okay for adults, it's undoutably affecting today's youth because the television and the radio are spreading these music like wildfire.
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Last edited by aunggu2002; 06-11-2005 at 05:03 PM. |
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Yes and no. You have to remember that the majority of mainstream music is awful.
However, there is a lot of good underground stuff if you got time and money.
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Specifically, what do you think are the detrimental effects of this kind of music on kids?
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Crapola! Wrong title.
Can an admin please change the title of my thread to "Is today's music negatively affecting the youth?" Thx lots. [EDIT] thank you ![]()
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Last edited by aunggu2002; 06-11-2005 at 05:05 PM. |
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Then I came back from where I'd been. My room, it looked the same - but there was nothing left between The Nameless and the name. - Leonard Cohen. |
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They're very sexual, should children be exposed to these types of acts this early in life, and especially in this way where it's not educational? They often have bad language in them. Why this is bad should be self-explanatory.
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Do you think there is a relationship between this kind of music and violence in children?
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Then I came back from where I'd been. My room, it looked the same - but there was nothing left between The Nameless and the name. - Leonard Cohen. |
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