Hip Hop Planet

McBride writes about hip hop in his article. Its beginnings, its history, what it is, and what it means. Then he ends by saying that "the drums are pounding out a warning", but he never comes out and directly states what that warning is. By interpreting what McBride said before that line of warning, he means that hip hop music as well as rap is music that often dresses current world issues. This is music that warns the world of the problems it is creating. It is music that says "Look at what's wrong with the world! The people will eventually rise against it!"
I believe that McBride's idea of hip hop as a warning is true in some senses but not in others. In earlier areas of his essay he states that rap and hip hop has been used in the past as a way to point out issues that then grew into enormous problems. The lyrics often describe what people are struggling with under current circumstances. Some of the hip hop and rap music of today also does this. The music describes problems such as inequality between races and genders, and sexual harassment or assault. Lady Gaga just recently wrote a song about sexual abuse. These songs call attention to the topics they discuss, and they warn that these topics will become or already are serious problems.
However, there is another side of this music. Much of the hip hop and rap music of today does not touch upon such serious subjects. Most of the time such music means hardly anything at all and simply has a good beat. This music is still powerful, but I don't see it being any type of warning.

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