t on the listener if it were sung in a slow old country style. The same can be seen with Rap and hip-hop. The way rap artists present their music is by representing the culture in which they live and to affect a certain group of individuals. Now to the foul language point. Foul language is a part of life. Just as certain types of language can be seen in different parts of the country and of the world. The same is true in different parts of our own country within differing cultures. People that listen to hardcore rap of to hip hop many of them live in a culture in which foul langue is a part of everyday life. Expression comes in many forms and to many a way to express themselves to a certain audience is by cursing and using foul language to stress a point. Although many disagree that foul language should not be a part of any type of music, censorship should be avoided at all costs. If we can tell a certain group of individuals that they cannot express themselves and cannot make music to relate to others around them, then we are in affect censoring ourselves. No one is exactly the same and no cultures are exactly the same in their beliefs, or worship or in the way they produce music. At one point many belied that rock and roll was ‘foul’ and should not be played. There was once a time in history that women musicians or singers were considered to be ‘foul’. In order to progress in a musical and social sense we must embrace others cultures and be able to be tolerant....
