Jingyi Weng English 151 "How to Save a Life" by The Fray is a song that recalls an important moment in my development when I was eleven years old. As a young immigrant to the country‚ I did not have many friends who I was acquainted with. School became a big part of my life when I was in fifth grade. My mother walked me and my brother who was in first grade to school every day. Time in
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Imagine somebody’s innocent 15-year-old son listening to a rapper advocating dangerous sexual activity and snorting cocaine‚ which influences him to partake in using harmful narcotics. Then weeks later his mom opens his door staring at her son... dead due to an overdose. These drug raged artists are supposedly the role models to today’s youth‚ but they are teaching teens that drugs are-so called-"cool". Rappers should be guiding kids into standing up for what they believe in. 90’s and 2000’s meaningful
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Folk music and rap music sound very different from one another. It would be difficult to compare the music of folk-legend Pete Seeger to the music of The Notorious B.I.G. from just listening to them. Despite this‚ folk music and rap music are very similar. This is because both genres aim to make the public aware of the many problems going on at the respective times. The social contexts and political messages are similar between folk music and rap music as both genres create social awareness through
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Black Berry The main purpose of music is to be enjoyed while some times carrying and spreading a message. Kendrick Lamar is a famous artist known for making good music while at the same time spreading awareness about racial issues‚ racism and to speak about the African-American experience. In his song‚ “The Blacker the Berry”‚ Kendrick talks about his self-hatred because of his race and expresses his rage over the killing of Trayvon Martin in 2012. By analyzing the song‚ we can understand the depth
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Hip- Hop can give a postive vibes and give you a central message to go on throughout your day. At most times it can stop people from committing harmful crimes. For example Hip-Hop was born in the 1970’s with scratching disco and old vinyl records and boys and girls bustin’ down rhymes that talks about dreams and life purposes. Later presented to block parties by DJ Kool Herc aka (Clive Campbell) and Grandmaster Flash aka (Joseph Saddler) who all they wanted to do is mind their own and just have fun
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The vibrant luxurious life style of Michael Jackson has made him one of the most influenced humans in the world Michael Jackson has been a hit since the early years.Since a young age Michael Jackson has captivated the world. with his hit songs from the early days with the Jackson 5 and his solo career millions of fans have seen michael has a role model breaking the boundaries in the fashion world. The early life of Michael Jackson was tough his father joe Jackson would often torment little
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I’ve more than three favorite’s songs‚ however this assignment is asking for only three. I grew up in Puerto Rico and Spanish is our primary language. The music I heard was Latin music from Salsa‚ Bolero‚ and Merengue it would keep everyone on a Saturday morning in the happy mood. With the radio on it was time to do our chores. Also when I was a teenager and loving any kind of music I started to listen to The Beatles‚ Elvis Presley‚ Tom Jones‚ and the Osmond. My mother uses to say “music comes
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I feel that the song “New Soul” would be the best song to represent me as a person or be my theme song. The song talks about life having its ups and downs‚ good and bad‚ which I feel can relate to anyone. The song also brings up that it can be hard to find people that you can trust‚ but she tries to find the good and bad in everyone. We both agree that life can be harder than it seems as well. She and I are both young and make mistakes in life. We also try to find happiness through the fear and struggles
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In an age of error the most influential thing in a child and or a teenagers life is music. Whether it be Reggae‚ Hip Hop‚ Gangster Rap‚ R&B‚ Oldies Rock‚ Latin‚ or Heavy Metal it still has a way to overpower a persons mind no matter how old they are. Right now pretty much everybody that I talk to when I am on the Internet like Rap. I don’t understand how people could listen to non-stop cursing and fast-paced lyrics. Even though my opinion of the music isn’t so great the singers have to get some credit
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A Q-Methodological Study of Attitudes towards Rap Music Abstract The aim of this research is to investigate attitudes towards rap music using Q-Methodology. Previous research shows varied findings‚ some suggesting that rap music can cause deviant behaviour and some suggesting that rap music can be beneficial. The method to investigate attitudes in this research involved asking participants to mark their level of agreement on different statements about rap music on a scale from -4 to 4. The data
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