Working with First Draft

Part 1:
In my first draft, I had three problems citation wise:

1. To cite sources with 2 or more authors in my paper, I can just write the first author's last name and then "et al," instead of all the names. For example, instead of (Adams, Fuller 939), I'd write (Adams et al, 939).
2. In areas I used blocked quotes, I need to write what source and/or who wrote it before the quote. 
3. On the works cited page, I need to italicize the journals or other larger texts that my articles came from.

Part 2:

Adams, Terri, and Douglas Fuller. "The Words Have Changed but the Ideology Remains the Same: Misogynistic Lyrics in Rap Music."Journal of Black Studies, 36.6 (2006): 938-957.

• 1.
• Perspective: Music as Misogynistic
• Their quotes in my paper exploit the various ways misogyny is used in not only rap music, but many genres. It provides data that shows why some people view rap negatively and proves rap isn't the only genre with misogyny.

Conrad, Kate, Travis Dixon, and Yuanyuan Zhang. "Controversial Rap Themes, Gender Portrayals and Skin Tone Distortion: A Content Analysis of Rap Music Videos." Journal of Broadcasting & Electronic Media, 53.1 (2009): 134-156.

• 2.
• Perspective: Rap music videos
• Analyzes rap music in relation to their music videos, showing the connection between sound and image. This shows how people's portrayal of rap is affected by music videos.  

Fried, Carrie. "Who's Afraid of Rap: Differential Reactions to Music Lyrics." Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 29.4 (1999): 705-721.

• 3.
• Perspective: women/ rap in relation to other genres
• The article provided a lot of comparison between rap and other music genres, allowing me to prove that rap isn't the only genre with negative themes and content. 

Herd, Denise. "Changing Images of Violence in Rap Music Lyrics: 1979-1997." Journal of Public Health Policy, 30.4 (2009): 395-406.

• 4.
• Perspective: women/ changing image of rap over time
• Using this source, I could to break rap into decades (up through the 90s at least), then allowing me to show the change that occurred in its portrayal.

Richardson, Jeanita, and Kim Scott. "Rap Music and Its Violent Progeny: America's Culture of Violence in Context." The Journal of Negro Education, 71.3 (2002): 175-192.

• 5.
• Perspective: violence
• By raising the issues that America itself promotes a culture of violence and violence in media can effect youth's actions, I was able to make conclusions about music and media as a whole in relation to public violence.

Sullivan, Rachel. "Rap and Race: It's Got a Nice Beat, but What About the Message?." Journal of Black Studies, 33.5 (2003): 605-622.

• 6.
• Perspective: rap as negative
• Showed the reasoning as to why some people view rap negatively, mostly using lyrical content.

Trapp, Erin. "The Push and Pull of Hip-Hop: A Social Movement Analysis." American Behavioral Scientist, 48.11 (2005): 1482-1495.

• 7.
• Perspective: specific/ theoretical 
• I mostly used this source compare Tupac and Queen Latifah, and show how two similar artists with similar messages were portrayed differently.

Tyson, Edgar. "Rap-music Attitude and Perception Scale: A Validation Study." Research on Social Work Practice, 16.2 (2006): 211-223.

• 8.
• Perspective: theoretical 
• Used in relation to rap being produced for entertainment and a source of money. 

  Sources 1,3, and 5/ 2,8 seemed to support each other. Source 6 contradicted 1 and 3. 4 seemed to fill in gaps with 2. I can use these relationships to provide balanced, but factual information about the same topics within my paper.