Reflection Paper On Hip-Hop

Something that I am fairly sure everyone has an opinion on is music. I have yet to meet a person who had to preference to music; everyone has something that they like to listen to. Lately for me that music has been hip-hop. But what about hip-hop am I trying to talk about, you are asking. Honestly, I would respond, would be anything; from the rhyme schemes and themes used in various sub genres of hip-hop to it being a political tool to some. At first when I interested in writing on the subject it seemed like something that I wanted to do just because I am really interested in the topic, which is true. I did not think about what exactly there was to write about, but as I was listening to some music, I took a conscious effort to really listen to the music. I paid close attention to the word play used, the rhyme schemes used, the choice in samples and other various aspects to a short, barely three minute song. It was when I did this that I found out how open of a world hip-hop is. For the quarter I can easily see myself on the various of hip-hop music making and the culture surrounding the music. So now that I was confident in what I am going to write, I had to make sure that though I could write about it for a quarter, that there was

I would like to very much know about the people who played the foundation for the artists of today and what they grow up listening to. I have listened to some late eighties and early nineties hip-hop and it is different from what it sounds like today, as you would imagine. I would be interested in seeing how the trends in hip-hop formed and how they changed over time. For example, in today’s hip-hop we have seen a trend of trap hip-hop dominating, but at the same time we also have a wave of dance/electronic hip hop as well. Trap artists such as Migos and Gucci Mane have found increased success, as well have producers such as Zaytoven and Metro