Loyola Greyhound

Issue date: 10/6/09 Section: Arts & Society

Media Credit: Photo Courtesy of MCT Campus Lady Gaga has skyrocketed to the top of the Billboard charts and she has been adopted by the hip hop community.

With fresh new sounds on the hip-hop scenes these days, anything that sounds exclusive or deviates from the norms of 90's rap music, including relations with model women, hustling hard for the big bucks, diamond studded Jesus pieces, Maybach cars, and personal jet flights, is being put on the forefront of the mainstream music that is dominating the iPods of all ages.

Backpack rap artists such as Wale, Cudi, B.O.B., Blu, Drake, and all other Internet-based artists are always looking for new looks to their artistic expressions. The answer is not found in remaking songs of classic Jay-Z beats, nor is the answer found in getting Weezy F. Baby to feature in a song.

The answer is:

A- Looking stupid and having grown men make a dance for kids.
B- Name-dropping by dissing some of the greatest rappers.
C- Being Yourself.
D- Being fashionable.

While all these answers may seem correct when analyzing the state of hip-hop culture today, the best possible answer is C- being yourself.

Those who stand out are always the ones who are themselves. For example, Caesar was a unique man. Jesus was a man one-of-one, known before him and none to come after. Even Kanye is a distinct individual. No matter how much he made himself look like a complete idiot at this year's VMAs, he is still the only entertainer who would probably ever pull a stunt like that.
But new to the hip-hop scene comes a new voice. The princess of pop, leading the world in a new experience not only through her music but also through her performances, is Lady Gaga.

Lady Gaga was born Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta on March 28, 1986. The international pop star released her debut album, "The Fame" in August 2008. With two straight No. 1 selling singles, she was nominated for 9 VMAs this year, but won an exceptional three.

A songwriter at heart, Gaga is the pinnacle and paragon of what the premiere artist of 2009 should represent. Not only does she do her thing vocally, but she brings musical theatre to the stage every time she performs, resembling an Andy Warhol adaptation of one of your favorite Shakespeare plays.

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