X MAS Task 5 essay plan

The representation of female hip hop artist have changed over a period of time , how have artist like Nicki Minaj shown an alternative representation in this specfic music industrie?

Introduction

·         Introduce the question and explain what you will be doing within the essay

“The representation of female hip hop artist have changed over a period of time , how have artist like Nicki Minaj shown an alternative representation in this specific music industries?”

·         Firstly my crucial investigation will be focusing on the different ways females are represented within the hip hop music industry. I will introduce how male artist portray the females then go on to how females portray themselves within the industries

·         Show different videos which portray females in the typical and alternative way and then contrast the two

Examples

50 cent pimp

Sisqo thong

Heavy  D – big buts

Queen Latifah- had enough

queen latfiah - U.N.I.T.Y
Lil kim how many licks
Nicki Minaj - baddest bitch
nicki minaj - super base
nicki minaj your love
Missy elliot


Link these songs to each other by lyrics and scenes .
"“Who you calling bitch?”, this questions the way females are treated in society and shows a complete alternative representation of females within the music industry. However , in 2010 , Nicki Minaj released a song called “Romans Revenge”, where she states “ I’m a bad bitch” , this shows an alternative representation of females within the hip hop industry and shows how Nicki Minaj has changed it since the early 90s."

Theories

·         mulvey ­- Phallocentrism and patriarchy , male gaze                                

·         Mulvey – fetish and voyeurism , sexual objectification

·         By females wearing revealing clothing , they can appeal to the males and arose them , which will result into helping them feel more dominated within society , according to Mulvey.

·         Mulvey argues “this is unconscious,  idea is that a male power and dominance over a female is his penis, and his dominance is threatened by a woman if she does not arouse this”.

·         The theory of chum sky and Herman can link back to this scene, even doe Nicki Minaj is showing that she has dominance and power; she is still outnumbered by the males within the music video to show a balance within the music industries.

·         Packard Vance expresses the theory of “The Hidden Persuaders”(1957) , “ expose the way ordinary people were being manipulated into buying consumer goods without being conscious of the persuasive techniques in questions.
- Using juxtapose within the essay in order to show lyrical representations as well


Conclusion to state how the representations of females has changed over the years due to various amount of artist that are being introduced to the industry. From the pre historical times like Queen latifah , there was alot of female empowerment especially for black females , (where the majority of them are black). Queen latifah gained the power and rapped about it . This may of been the reason why she wanted to represent black female power and the reason why she did it. However over the years , the representation of females are degarded as they are refering to themselves and others as " bitch , hoe " , this shows that the power has turned into a mockery and also not taken and appreciated as before.