This document provides 5 essay and discussion topics about themes in hip hop lyrics such as ambition, resilience, and the American Dream. Students are asked to analyze selected rap lyrics on these topics, compare them to assigned readings, and argue how one particular artist's rapping revolves around these themes, using evidence to support their answers.
This document provides 5 essay and discussion topics about themes in hip hop lyrics such as ambition, resilience, and the American Dream. Students are asked to analyze selected rap lyrics on these topics, compare them to assigned readings, and argue how one particular artist's rapping revolves around these themes, using evidence to support their answers.
This document provides 5 essay and discussion topics about themes in hip hop lyrics such as ambition, resilience, and the American Dream. Students are asked to analyze selected rap lyrics on these topics, compare them to assigned readings, and argue how one particular artist's rapping revolves around these themes, using evidence to support their answers.
1. Based on the selected lyrics (attached to each word) in this
section, how do rappers discuss themes of ambition and resilience? * 2. How do these lyrical excerpts connect to the idea of the "American Dream?" * 3. Compare and contrast how the themes ambition and resilience are reflected in Hip-Hop versus how these themes are reflected in your assigned readings. * 4. Compare and contrast how the "American Dream" is reflected in Hip-Hop versus how it is reflected in your assigned readings. * 5. Pick an artist and argue that their brand of rapping revolves around the themes of ambition, resilience, or the American Dream. Use the Search Bar to help you search by artist! *