Representation in the media

Saturday, 25 March 2017

CoCo- O.T. GENASIS

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6vYnas6q3Sg&list=RD6vYnas6q3Sg

[Hook]I'm in love with the coco
I'm in love with the coco
I got it for the low, low
I'm in love with the coco
I'm in love with the coco (cocaína)
I'm in love with the coco
I got it for the low, low (turn up!)
I'm in love with the coco

[Verse 1]Hit my plug, that's my cholo (mi amigo)
Cause he got it for the low, low
If you snitchin' I go loco (go crazy)
Hit you with that treinta ocho
Niggas thinkin' that I'm solo
Fifty deep, they like, "oh, no"
Heard the feds takin' photos
I know nothin', fuck the popo

[Refrain]
Bakin' soda, I got bakin' soda
Bakin' soda, I got bakin' soda
Whip it through the glass, nigga
I'm blowin' money fast, nigga

CoCo" is a song by American hip hop recording artist O.T. Genasis. It was released as a single on October 27, 2014 by Conglomerate Records and on November 10, 2014 by Atlantic Records. The song's title and lyrical content explicitly refer to Genasis' love of cocaine. It was produced by Juice 808. The song was certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) February 26, 2016, for selling over 1,000,000 digital copies in the United States.
Upon its release, the song noted a commercial success, peaking at number 20 on the US Billboard Hot 100 and number five on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart.

Thursday, 23 March 2017

THE NEXT EPISODE- SNOOP DOGG FT. DR. DRE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QZXc39hT8t4

[Snoop Dogg]

La-da-da-da-dahh

[Explicit version:] It's the motherfucking D-O-double-G, Snoop Dogg!

[Music video version:] It's the one and only D-O-double-G, Snoop Dogg!

La-da-da-da-dahh

You know I'm mobbin' with the D.R.E.

Yeah, yeah, yeah

You know who's back up in this motherfucker!

What what what what?

So blaze the weed up then!

Blaze it up, blaze it up!

Just blaze that shit up nigga, yeah, 'sup Snoop?

Top Dogg, bite 'em all, nigga burn the shit up

D-P-G-C my nigga turn that shit up

C-P-T, L-B-C, yeah we hookin' back up

And when they bang this in the club baby you got to get up

Thug niggas drug dealers yeah they givin' it up

Lowlife, yo' life, boy we livin' it up

Takin' chances while we dancin' in the party for sure

Slip my hoe a forty-fo' and she got in the back do'

Bitches lookin' at me strange but you know I don't care

Step up in this motherfucker just a-swangin' my hair

Bitch quit talkin', crip walk if you down with the set

Take a bullet with some dick and take this dope from this jet

Out of town, put it down for the Father of Rap

And if yo' ass get cracked, bitch shut yo' trap

Come back, get back, that's the part of success

If you believe in the X you'll be relievin' your stress

[Snoop] La-da-da-da-dahh

[Dre] It's the motherfuckin' D.R.E., Dr. Dre motherfucker!

[Snoop] La-da-da-da-dahhh

[Dre] You know I'm mobbin' with the D-O-double-G

[Dr. Dre]

Straight off the fuckin' streets of C-P-T

King of the beats you ride to em in your Fleet, Fleetwood

Or Coupe DeVille rollin' on dubs

How you feelin' whoopty whoop nigga what?

Dre and Snoop chronicled out in the 'llac

With Doc in the back, sippin' on 'gnac, yeah

Clip in the strap, dippin' through hoods. What hoods?

Compton, Long Beach, Inglewood!

South Central out to the Westside, wessyde

It's California Love, this California bud got a nigga gang of pub

I'm on one, I might bail up in the Century Club

With my jeans on, and my team strong

Get my drink on, and my smoke on

Then go home with, something to poke on. What's up bitch?

Loc it's on for the two-triple-oh

Comin' real, it's the next episode...

[Nate Dogg]

Hold up, hey

For my niggas who be thinkin' we soft

We don't, play

We gonna' rock it 'til the wheels fall off

Hold up, hey

For my niggas who be actin' too bold

Take a, seat

Hope you ready for the next episode

HeyyyeyyyeEYEYyyyEYYYY....

.... smoke weed everyday!

BRAINSTORM:

- this music video portrays african american men as heavy drinkers and smokers who spend a lot of there time at dim lit strip clubs surrounded by underdressed females.

- it places stereotypical values on black men these being women, drugs, alcohol and money.

- The song peaked at number 23 on the Billboard Hot 100.

CANDY SHOP
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRcnnId15BA

"Candy Shop"

(feat. Olivia)

[Intro: 50 Cent]

Yeah...

Uh huh

So seductive

[Chorus: 50 Cent & Olivia]

[50 Cent]

I'll take you to the candy shop

I'll let you lick the lollipop

Go 'head girl, don't you stop

Keep going 'til you hit the spot (woah)

[Olivia]

I'll take you to the candy shop

Boy one taste of what I got

I'll have you spending all you got

Keep going 'til you hit the spot (woah)

[Verse 1: 50 Cent]

You can have it your way, how do you want it

You gon' back that thing up or should i push up on it

Temperature rising, okay lets go to the next level

Dance floor jam packed, hot as a teakettle

I'll break it down for you now, baby it's simple

If you be a nympho, I'll be a nympho

In the hotel or in the back of the rental

On the beach or in the park, it's whatever you into

Got the magic stick, I'm the love doctor

Have your friends teasing you 'bout how sprung I gotcha

Wanna show me how you work it baby, no problem

Get on top then get to bouncing round like a low rider

I'm a seasons vet when it come to this shit

After you work up a sweat you can play with the stick

I'm trying to explain baby the best way I can

I melt in your mouth girl, not in your hands (ha ha)

[Chorus]

[Bridge: 50 Cent & Olivia]

Girl what we do (what we do)

And where we do (and where we do)

The things we do (things we do)

Are just between me and you (oh yeah)

[Verse 2: 50 Cent]

Give it to me baby, nice and slow

Climb on top, ride like you in the rodeo

You ain't never heard a sound like this before

Cause I ain't never put it down like this before

Soon as I come through the door she get to pulling on my zipper

It's like it's a race who can get undressed quicker

Isn't it ironic how erotic it is to watch em in thongs

Had me thinking 'bout that ass after I'm gone

I touch the right spot at the right time

Lights on or lights off, she like it from behind

So seductive, you should see the way she wind

Her hips in slow-mo on the floor when we grind

As Long as she ain't stopping, homie I ain't stopping

Dripping wet with sweat man its on and popping

All my champagne campaign, bottle after bottle its on

And we gon' sip 'til every bubble in every bottle is gone

[Chorus 2x]

- 50 cent is demonstrated in this video as a sex obsessed male who believes woman will drop at his feet with the click of his fingers
- "Candy Shop" peaked at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100,
- it was nominated for Best Rap Song, and at the 2005 MTV Video Music Awards, the music video was nominated for Best Male Video.
- When writing the song, 50 Cent stated: "I attempted to be as sexual as possible, from a male perspective, without being vulgar or obscene" ( these words said by popular artist 50 cent make it seem like it is valued to degrade women and be obsessed with sex.)
- wrote that it was an "appealing throwaway single" and lyrics such as "after you work up a sweat, you can play with the stick" are not seductions; "they're orders"
-50 Cent’s song, “Candy Shop” has a certain cultural and social message that is surrounded with sexual implications. With a song that is completely filled with inappropriate lyrics, ranging from “In the hotel or in the back of the rental on the beach or in the park, it’s whatever you into got the magic stick, I’m the love doctor,” to “Give it to me baby, nice and slow climb on top, ride like you in the rodeo,” you can start to understand how youth listen to this and think sexual acts are alright no matter the circumstances surrounding them. This song is number two right now on MTV’s top forty, and is in the top five in most popular songs of the month. This postmodern culture of teenagers today is all about experience, and it is songs like these that give youth another reason to want to experiment sexually. The cultural value portrayed here is that sex is good, rough and should be experienced with as many different women as possible.
- video set in a mansion, with lots of cars, women, drugs, alcohol, bling etc.
- Candy Shop is defined as a bedroom filled with attractive women

Tuesday, 21 March 2017

SMACK THAT- AKON

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bKDdT_nyP54

BRAINSTORM

- starts out the music video as a convict in prison

- demonstrates the importance black males place on cars, money, bling, women

- set in a dim lit club

- The song received praise from contemporary music critics for being a great club song.

"Smack That" was released as the first single from Konvicted on September 26, 2006. Commercially, the song reached number one on ten record charts and peaked inside the top ten in nine, including the Billboard Hot 100, where it peaked at number two. It received several gold and platinum certifications and sold over 3 million downloads in the United States. The song earned a Grammy nomination for Best Rap/Sung Collaboration.

Shady, Konvict, Upfront
Akon, Slim Shady
I see the one, could she be that lady?

I feel you creepin', I can see you from my shadow
Wanna jump up in my Lamborghini Gallardo
Maybe go to my place and just kick it like Tae Bo
And possibly bend you over
Look back and watch me
Smack that, all on the floor
Smack that, give me some more
Smack that, 'till you get sore
Smack that, oh-oh-oh-oh-oh
Smack that, all on the floor
Smack that, give me some more
Smack that, 'till you get sore
Smack that, oh-oh-oh-oh-oh

Upfront style, ready to attack now
Pull in the parking lot slow with the 'Lac down
Konvict's got the whole thing packed now
Step in the club now and wardrobe intact now!
I feel it down and cracked now (ooh)
I see it dull and backed now
I'm gonna

Sunday, 19 March 2017

WHISTLE - Flo Rida

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSnkWzZ7ZAA

Lyrics:

Can you blow my whistle baby, whistle baby
Let me know
Girl I'm gonna show you how to do it
And we start real slow
You just put your lips together
And you come real close
Can you blow my whistle baby, whistle baby
Here we go

(Look) I'm betting you like people
And I'm betting you love freak mode
And I'm betting you like girls that give love to girls
And stroke your little ego
I bet you I'm guilty your honor
That's just how we live in my genre
Who in the hell done paved the road wider?
There's only one flo, and one rida
I'm a damn shame
Order more champagne, pull a damn hamstring
Tryna put it on ya
Bet your lips spin back around corner
Slow it down baby take a little longer

Can you blow my whistle baby, whistle baby
Let me know
Girl I'm gonna show you how to do it
And we start real slow
You just put your lips together
And you come real close
Can you blow my whistle baby, whistle baby
Here we go

Whistle baby, whistle baby,
Whistle baby, whistle baby
Whi-whistle baby, whistle baby
Whistle baby, whistle baby
Whi-whistle baby, whistle baby

It's like everywhere I go
My whistle ready to blow
Shawty don't leave a note
She can get any by the low
Told me she's not a pro
It's okay, it's under control
Show me soprano, 'cause girl you can handle
Baby we start snagging, you come up in part clothes
Girl I'm losing wing, my Bugatti the same road
Show me your perfect pitch, you got it my banjo
Talented with your lips, like you blew out a candle
So amusing, now you can make a whistle with the music
Hope you ain't got no issue, you can do it
Give me the perfect pitch, ya never lose it

Can you blow my whistle baby, whistle baby
Let me know
Girl I'm gonna show you how to do it
And we start real slow
You just put your lips together
And you come real close
Can you blow my whistle baby, whistle baby
Here we go

Whistle baby, whistle baby,
Whi-whistle baby, whistle baby
Whistle baby, whistle baby,
Whi-whistle baby, whistle baby

Go girl you can twerk it
Let me see you whistle while you work it
I'mma lay it back, don't stop it
'Cause I love it how you drop it, drop it, drop it on me
Now, shawty let that whistle blow-oh, oh oh
Yeah, baby let that whistle blow-oh oh!

Can you blow my whistle baby, whistle baby
Let me know
Girl I'm gonna show you how to do it
And we start real slow
You just put your lips together
And you come real close
Can you blow my whistle baby, whistle baby
Here we go

Whistle baby, whistle baby,
Whi-whistle baby, whistle baby,
Whistle baby, whistle baby,
Whistle baby, whistle baby

Brainstorm

- Whistle" is a song by American rapper Flo Rida from his fourth album Wild Ones (2012). It was released on April 24, 2012 as the third single from the album. "Whistle" was written by Flo Rida, David Glass, Marcus Killian, Justin Franks, Breyan Isaac and Antonio Mobley while production was handled by DJ Frank E and Glass. It is a song frankly about oral sex.

- interpreted as a thinly veiled euphemism for oral sex, calling it "the least subtle song ever".

- "Whistle" was a commercial success, topping the charts in some countries, including Australia, Israel and Sweden, and peaked within the top ten of the charts in others

- In Flo Rida’s music video “Whistle” the main concept is Flo Rida is singing to the hundreds of idealistic females who are falling over him accepting his requests of sexual acts. The females placed in his video are the perfect portrayal of his ideal woman with full lips, big breasts and big bottoms, the women with these qualities are only allowed to attract themselves to Flo Rida himself and do whatever they are asked of. At the beginning of the music video Flo Rida is placed on a cliff next a chapel wearing all white, leading watchers to believe he is a fair, pure and commendable man. The next scene then contrasts to Flo Rida’s ideal portrayal of woman with full lips, big breasts and big bottoms, the women with these qualities are dancing around Flo rida himself as he is laid out on a bed in the middle of a beach. Flo Rida is trying to make out that the life he leads is some form of fantasy.
- Represents rappers as arrogant men who take pride in believing women will act as sexual slaves towards them
- Rob Markman of MTV News noted that he makes "catchy tunes that appeal to the masses, but Flo is also a master of the double entendre, masking some pretty suggestive lyrics with a candy-pop coating.
- Whistle" debuted at number 64 on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart. For the week dating August 25, 2012, the song reached number one on the chart, selling 317,000 copies and overtaking Carly Rae Jepsen's "Call Me Maybe",

"Can you blow my whistle baby, whistle baby? Let me know," Flo croons on the hook before he instructs his lady to put her lips together and "come real close."
"It's definitely for referees," Flo Rida joked when he visited earlier in May.

Sunday, 12 March 2017

THEME: The representation of male African-American music artists in the media.

MEDIUM: Music videos

EXAMPLE: 1) "Whistle"- Flo Rida

2) " Smack that"- Akon

3) "Candy shop" - 50 cent

4) " The Next Episode" - Dr Dre, Snoop Dogg
5) "99 problems" - Jay Z