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(Jay-Z, 70-71)īut where does this sense of competition in hip-hop culture come from? On this, Jay-Z and Kubrin both illustrate the roles hustling cocaine on the streets have on the mind set.
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Yet this fighting, while superficial and show-boating, also elevates the artist to the next level by forcing him to compete, and know exactly where they stand. In the hip-hop industry, not only do you have to stay on top, you have to deal with everyone trying to pull you down at the same time, especially close to the time of Album release. A brief narrative, in 2003 Jay-Z was forced to change the release of the Black Album to be ahead of the bootleggers, knocking him into the same week as G-Unit’s debut album Beg for Mercy. One of the most obvious themes is the quick battles that 50 Cent has had with Kanye West or Jay-Z himself. One of the chief aspects of Rap music and the hip-hop culture drives straight from competition. As in metrical verse,the lengths of rap’s lines are governed by established rhythms, in rap’s case the rhythm of the beat itself.” Similar to these old bardic poems, the rapper needs not rap of oneself, but may also introduce characters and tell a story, or use it as a moment to reflect on a specific theme in the first person. While vocalists of other genres of music must obey both melody and rhythm, the hip hop artist need only concern themselves with the rhythm of the track, the “poetic meter rendered audible.” (Bradley xv) Bradley continues to claim that Rap “…is old school poetry…such as the strong-stress meter of Beowulf and the ballad stanzas of the bardic past. In comparison to other styles of music, hip-hop operates closer to poetic expression than other styles of music.