http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IbfF_PHBgDM

1. Pleasure P- Boyfriend #2

This video was extremely "sex" oriented. It is primarily about a boy trying to charm his new girlfriend and telling her that he can treat her better than her first boyfriend. And it seems that he is wanting to treat her better in bed...(not to be inappropriate!) But a lot of the video takes place on the bed.

2. Slick Rick- Children's Story
http://www.nutsie.com/song/Children%27s%20Story/4015391?artist_id=2908206&album_id=4015388

This video was quite peculiar...It started off by three children asking Slick Rick to tell them a bedtime story. The bedtime story ends up being about a guy that becomes obsessed with stealing and he becomes really good at it. He one day gets caught by the police and put in jail but he gets the keys and escapes. The whole video was made to be a humorous video.

3. The Dream- Rockin that Thang
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxTFNXhb1kY

This video is all about him wanting a girls body. He is infatuated with the girl in the video and seems to enjoy watching her "shake that thang." He talks about wanting to change her last name and get her into bed...

4. Talib Kweli- Get By
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77zxCAfVeD8

This video is talking about everything that people must overcome on a day by day basis just to "get by." It shows a single mother of three, he talks about living in a trailer park, quitting smoking and drinking, just to get by.

5. Iglu & Hartly- In This City
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahqPu8ziGi0&feature=channel

This video is about a group of guys who are comfortable where they are. It shows them hanging out in the streets, skateboarding, having a beer at a bar, and just being comfortable in their city. It says "I won't disappear in this city" and I took that as how they feel that they won't just be another face in the crowd in this city because they feel that this is where they belong.

Three advertisements that I have heard on hip-hop stations are Advanced Laser Center in Oklahoma, Ticket Master and Verizon Wireless. I heard all of these quite frequently.

You can also find the influence of hip hop in the media such as music videos on MTV and VH1 and award shows such as the MTV music awards. You can also see hip hop in magazines in the pictures they show of different hip hop bands.

I feel like "sex" has been a big part of hip hop culture. A lot of songs are somehow based around sexual meanings or interpretations and have also been somewhat controversial in the news/public.

My dad LOVED rock and roll and was a huge Led Zeppelin fan. He also liked R & B and listened to Van Morrison, and my mom loved R & B and her one of her favorite singers was Petula Clark who sand "downtown."

Hip hop has become a huge part of our culture. It has taken over the music industry with a new band coming out of the woodwork almost everyday it seems like. Many of our parents seem to not care for hip hop because of its sexual content and images. It is very racy and some of the language and lyrics used seem "inappropriate" to parents. I personally enjoy some hip hop and some I do not, as with all music. I love all music in general. I think it depends on what kind of mood you are in for what you listen to. But I definitely think that hip hop has had its way of bringing about new images in the media. Images including: big booties, mid drift, extremely short shorts, provocative dancing, bed scenes etc. Thus, some parents are trying to screen what their young children are watching on both the television and the computer. I personally don't think that things are going to get better with it..I think it will only continue to get worse just because that is the way our culture has seem to become accustomed to.