Rhetorical Analysis on Eminem and Rihannas, "I Love the Way You Lie"
I Love the Way you Deceive Me
Kelsey Kendig
We as human beings are all influenced by one thing or another in our lifetime. It’s not necessarily always a bad thing, but when does it become serious enough to cause an epidemic to our society? One such instance is through music, songs, videos, and lyrics, specifically related to the song, “I Love the Way You lie”, by Eminem Ft. Rihanna. This song has become number one on almost all pop charts and has become popularly honored by people of our society, myself included. At first what seemed like a powerful song about tough love, was soon discovered as a parent’s worst nightmare. As I’m replaying the song over and over again trying to decide my opinion on the overall message, I’m beginning to see the reason why people are worrying about the “okaying” message of domestic violence being delivered to our nation’s youth and young adults through its provocative lyrics. Marshall Mathers, A.K.A. Eminem, is someone that most people in today’s world are familiar with. He is a Grammy-winning rap artist whose music center’s around a rage that many times plays itself out through murder and other acts of violence (Eminem’s violent lyrics). Yet kids in grade school and college alike are buying his CD’s, singing his lyrics, and signing on to Internet chat rooms in which they rave about his music and voice their opinions on Eminem’s personal life, of which many of his songs are a reflection(Eminem’s violent lyrics). He has an extensive background in violent music and has negative, brutally honest connotations about himself. This is why it was no surprise when he released his newest hit song, “I Love the Way You Lie”. The song itself is pretty catchy, and at first caught I caught myself enjoying the beat and overall tempo of the song. It carries a pretty self explanatory story. The song is about an obsessive love relationship between two very troubled individuals. It talks about the violent relationship the two
Kelsey Kendig
We as human beings are all influenced by one thing or another in our lifetime. It’s not necessarily always a bad thing, but when does it become serious enough to cause an epidemic to our society? One such instance is through music, songs, videos, and lyrics, specifically related to the song, “I Love the Way You lie”, by Eminem Ft. Rihanna. This song has become number one on almost all pop charts and has become popularly honored by people of our society, myself included. At first what seemed like a powerful song about tough love, was soon discovered as a parent’s worst nightmare. As I’m replaying the song over and over again trying to decide my opinion on the overall message, I’m beginning to see the reason why people are worrying about the “okaying” message of domestic violence being delivered to our nation’s youth and young adults through its provocative lyrics. Marshall Mathers, A.K.A. Eminem, is someone that most people in today’s world are familiar with. He is a Grammy-winning rap artist whose music center’s around a rage that many times plays itself out through murder and other acts of violence (Eminem’s violent lyrics). Yet kids in grade school and college alike are buying his CD’s, singing his lyrics, and signing on to Internet chat rooms in which they rave about his music and voice their opinions on Eminem’s personal life, of which many of his songs are a reflection(Eminem’s violent lyrics). He has an extensive background in violent music and has negative, brutally honest connotations about himself. This is why it was no surprise when he released his newest hit song, “I Love the Way You Lie”. The song itself is pretty catchy, and at first caught I caught myself enjoying the beat and overall tempo of the song. It carries a pretty self explanatory story. The song is about an obsessive love relationship between two very troubled individuals. It talks about the violent relationship the two
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