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Quote- "Much about the music industry has changed in recent years, but at least one thing remains the same: the role of Eminem, left, as a chart-topping star. His latest album, ''Recovery'' (Aftermath/Interscope), sold 741,000 copies in its opening week, according to Nielsen SoundScan, the most sales in a one week by any artist since AC/DC's ''Black Ice'' moved 784,000 copies in October 2008. Eminem's sales easily exceeded those of other albums, including the new release from Miley Cyrus, ''Can't Be Tamed'' (Hollywood), which sold 102,000 copies, good enough for the third slot. The opening week of Ozzy Osbourne's ''Scream'' (Epic) had sales of 81,000, putting it at No. 4. Last week's top-seller, Drake's ''Thank Me Later'' (Aspire/Young Money/Cash Money), dropped to No. 2 with sales of 157,000, 65 percent fewer than the week before. Rounding out the Top 5 with 55,000 sales is the 34th volume of ''Now That's What I Call Music!''

Paraphrase- Eminem sold the most albums of 2010 with his album entitled "Recovery." Eminem has once again shown up many other artist again, by beating everyone in the highest album sales of the year. He left many artist in the dust, the only other hip-hop artist on the charts is not far behind him another hip-hop artist by the name of Drake the name of his album is "Thank Me Later." These two young men are also trying to make a future for themselves in the rap industry as well.

Citation: Plambeck, Joseph. "Eminem tops the album chart with other artists far behind." New York Times 1 July 2010: C2(L). Gale Opposing Viewpoints In Context. Web. 11 Nov. 2010.<http://ic.galegroup.com.wf2dnvr8.webfeat.org/ic/ovic/NewsDetailsPage/NewsDetailsWindow?displayGroupName=News&action=e&windowstate=normal&catId=&documentId=GALE%7CA230221677&mode=view&userGroupName=scschools&jsid=2691c330c4182b2192098ccfa059ec3a>

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BET admitted to naming the hip-hop rapper Eminem the best rap/hip-hop artist of the 21 Century. The main corporation of music admitted that Eminem is the best, so that must mean he really is or either he is really close. By having the most fans, albums sales, and giving back to the community Eminem is ranked number in many people eyes; however, some people are rebellious to the statement that Eminem has shown the world who the best really is.

Citation: "Rappers of the 21 Century ." http://www.bet.com/. BET, 10 Nov 2010. Web. 10 Nov 2010. <http://www.bet.com/OnTV/BETShows/top10rappers/top10rappers_toprappersof21stcentury_photos_ontv_09.27.10.htm?i=9>.

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Quote- "Although widely considered a synonym for rap music, the term hip-hop refers to a complex culture comprising four elements: deejaying, or “turntabling”; rapping, also known as “MCing” or “rhyming”; graffiti painting, also known as “graf” or “writing”; and “B-boying,” which encompasses hip-hop dance, style, and attitude, along with the sort of virile body language that philosopher Cornel West described as “postural semantics.” Hip-hop originated in the predominantly African American economically depressed South Bronx section of New York City in the late 1970s. As the hip-hop movement began at society's margins, its origins are shrouded in myth, enigma, and obfuscation."

Paraphrase- Hip-hop was created or discovered in 1970's in South Bronx of New York City. As we all know hip-hop has many elements to it such as; deejaying, "turntabling," rapping, "MCing," ryhming, etc. These were all apart of basic African American cultures or economics. Hip-hop is now developing over years, and so are other styles of musical techniques.

Citation:  "hip-hop." Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica Online School Edition. Encyclopædia Britannica, 2010. Web. 10  Nov.  2010 <  http://school.eb.com.wf2dnvr16.webfeat.org/eb/article-288175?query=about%20hip-hop&ct>

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 This picture shows what most citizens of American want and feel; although there a myriad amount of rap/hip-hop artist but most people choose Lil Wayne to be the best of the best. His apply has become broader than normal artist, is there a reason why people are more interested in Lil Wayne & Eminem than the rest of the other artist? What makes Lil Wayne & Eminem so special?

Citation: "Lil Wayne Vs. Eminem". 9 November 2010, 9 November 2010, <http://www.holamun2.com/news/versus/versus-eminem-vs-lil-wayne>.

Primary Sources

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Hip+Hop+?&qsrc

-I thought this website would help me figure out what hip-hop music was, when did it originate, and give a simple definition of the term, hip-hop. The information I found on this website was very useful; because, this website listed everything that I needed to know about hip-hop and what it stands for; nevertheless, hip-hop can be a very complicated and a very difficult concept to grasp

http://www.holamun2.com/news/versus/versus-eminem-vs-lil-wayne

-This article that I have found on the internet had very useful information; although, it did only list two artists, the two artists were known as the bests of Hip-Hop. The article that I had found had personal information, their recent albums, etc. I personally thought that this information was needed to narrow down the best Hip-Hop and Rap artist.

http://www.bet.com/OnTV/BETShows/top10rappers/top10rappers_rappers

-I used this article as a way to view multiple articles; the articles were about the rappers that were official nominated the top ten rap/hip-hop artist of the century, this website was significant in many ways. The website contained the information on all the rappers that were nominated for, the top ten rap/hip-hop artists. The articles were made up of personal information, record label they were signed with, and the year they were started their profession.

http://www.billboard.com/#/charts/r-b-hip-hop-songs?tag=chdrawer

-I think this website was one of the website that I really need to improve my paper; because, this website held information on downloads the rap/hip-hop artists have had lately. This website also contained the most album sales of the artists for the 21 century.

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What Do I Need To Learn About My Topic?

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There are many things unknown and question to be answered, but to make my blogger more significant and factual I need information that will be helpful to my understanding. The things that I want to know and need to know are the fan base of the legible rappers that qualify for the title, “The Best Artist Of The 21 Century;” Although the fan base is a major part of this research paper that not all of it. Album sales and downloads are a big part of this music industry, whenever you consider yourself to be the best rapper these three major things come to mind. Many people don’t notice the whole concept of being the best artist, so they look over the little things that might not seem so significant. These are the things that need to be known in order to be or qualify to see who is the best artist of the 21 century.