good because they can relate to the experiences and the hard times rap artists have gone through. A good example of this is Tupac Shakur in his song titled "Changes." He uses the same beat of the original song written by Phil Collins in 1989‚ "That’s just the way it is." I like Tupac’s remix better because it is more up beat and relates to my generation. I believe that Tupac set a new
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That artist name was Tupac Shakur‚ a rapper who is considered to be one of the best rappers of all time but sadly passed away in 1996. His song “Keep Ya Head Up” addresses issues concerning lack of respect toward the female gender‚ especially poor black women. It has a very positive
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The Role of Protest Music The harmonious song Changes was written by Tupac Shakur. Changes was written during his tenure with Interscope records in 1992. It was produced by Deon Evans‚ who had worked with Shakur on various other songs. After the tragic shooting death of Tupac‚ the song was remixed with the song That’s The Way It Is by Bruce Hornsby. Shakur was notorious for rapping on the unjust that was going on in America during the late 1980s and early 1990s. This song had such a great impact
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Tupac Shakur was a man born into poverty who knew all too well the struggles of black men in the late twentieth century. Tupac’s many achievements in bringing about racial equality have placed him among the few great civil rights advocates of his time. Tupac embedded his message of equality into his verses allowing it to reach many‚ and even in death his teachings continue to show us that there is hope for a brighter tomorrow and that no one should give up hope in the future. The controlling message
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Respectable Rapper or Torturous Tupac? On September 7‚ 1996‚ Tupac Shakur was shot dead in a drive-by shooting as he was headed to a suite Suge Knight‚ a member of Death Row Records‚ rented for the night after the Mike Tyson vs. Bruce Seldon boxing match. The fight was held at the MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas‚ Nevada‚ where Knight had spotted a crips gang member. As the black BMW Shakur and Knight were riding in halted at a red light‚ an unknown white Cadillac pulled up to the right of them. One
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Tomorrow and Tomorrow poem (A scene where Macbeth says his last amazing words) Why would Shakespeare make a scene that shows amazing lines about tomorrow? Shakespeare made this scene a one of a kind scene because it before Macbeth goes to war. When Macbeth says these words it’s like the end before he dies and the end of the Act or story. These words aren’t just for Macbeth to say it‚ its word that Macbeth has struggled with and he knows what his aftermath is. In tomorrow and tomorrow poem Macbeth
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TUPAC: MAMA The piece of music I chose to analyze is a rap/hip hop song called Mama by the rapper Tupac. This song is so different from his many other songs because it isn’t his usual graphic and vulgar type of music. This is one song that really gets to me and make me really understand what he is talking about‚ because I truly love and appreciate my mom also. Mama is a somber song because he is telling his mom how much he appreciates her and cherishes her. The instrumentation in his song
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to a loving family we reside in a small but happy home with a white pickit fence and a little dog. Although my childhood was not quite this rosey‚ I must confess it was not quite as bad as MR shakur. His gestation period was spend in prison. His mother Afeni Shakur was in serving time on a boom charge. Tupac was rasied in the Bronx and where he learned and participated in theather at and early age. When he was 13 he had his first performance at Apollo theatre where he performed in a stage play of
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Tupac "Changes" Lyrics combined with beat and tempo has the ability to change one’s whole outlook upon a certain subject. In Copland’s theory he states that music should be listened to only the beat. He thinks that music is supposed to be heard on only three planes; expressive‚ sensuous‚ and the musical plane. Yet Copland doesn’t talk about what lyrics add to these planes. In a song called "Changes" by Tupac Shakur ‚ lyrics to this song made it a brilliant example of Copland’s theory on all three
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Poet: Tupac Shakur Poem: And 2Morrow Critical Analysis Tupac Shakur is one of the most legendary and popular poetic/rap artists to this day. He is considered to be one of the most influential people of his time‚ influencing every African-American citizen in North America. Thought of as the creator of rap‚ Tupac has sold over seventy-five million albums worldwide although his career ended as quickly as it started. Six‚ is the number of years Tupac spent making rap professionally. Thirteen
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