...September 9, 2014 Mockingbird by Eminem The song “Mockingbird” by Eminem reveals many concepts throughout the song. Many emotions were shown through his lyrics for the love he has for his two daughters. His lyrics provide a brief and straight forward message but if you take time out to interpret each line it consumes a story of his life. The word alone proved an important message about how he feels about himself as a father and describes the problems he faced trying to raise Hailie and Laney. The music adds emotion to the lyrics but just reading the lyrics alone is enough to understand the struggles Eminem went through. I believe that true rap music serves its purpose by sharing life stories and confronting harsh realities. There is a rap song called “Mockingbird” by Eminem, and it is about Eminem telling his daughter that he will always be there for her even though he is thousands of miles away. Lyrics of “Mockingbird” is a heart-warming sensation and addresses to a lot of people who are without a member of their family. “Hailie I know you miss your mom and I know you miss your dad” (Eminem). This is the first line to the song Mockingbird by Eminem, which is one of many songs that tell a story about his life. This is the one that I feel is the most powerful and fullest of emotion, more than any other song he has written. The first line turns on a switch for the rest of the song, and bursts into questions like: “Why does Hailie miss her parents?” ...
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...the theme you have chosen? The image is exotic because of what she is wearing as it is very unusual and different. Why do you think the artist has been represented this way? I think the artist has been represented this way because she stands out and the outfit kind of represents a goddess. Is the representation a positive or negative one? I do not thinks this is a negative representation as I think all she is trying to do is stand out and look good so that people by the CD. What impact does the representation have on the audience? I think the impact this has on the audience is that she is portraying the idea that she is a goddess and that she is important. Janelle Monae How does the image represent the theme you have chosen? The image is exotic because of what she is wearing as it is very unusual and different. Why do you think the artist has been represented this way? I think the artist has been represented this way because she stands out and the outfit kind of represents a goddess. Is the representation a positive or negative one? I do not thinks this is a negative representation as I think all she is trying to do is stand out and look good so that people by the CD. What impact does the representation have on the audience? I think the impact this has on the audience is that she is portraying the idea that she is a goddess and that she is important. Danger Danger Exotic Danger Eazy-E How does the image represent the theme you have chosen? The image represents...
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...Running Head: EDUCATION AND ACTION 1 Education and Action for Gender Violence Meaghan Pollard Education and Action for Gender Violence The website I chose to study is http://www.jacksonkatz.com. This website is about Jackson Katz, who is an anti-sexist male activist. He is recognized for his work in gender violence prevention education and lectures at high schools, colleges and workshops across the world. He is the co-founder of the Mentors in Violence Prevention program; which according to the website is “the leading gender violence prevention initiative in professional and college athletics.” He is also the director of the “first worldwide domestic and sexual violence prevention program in the United States Marine Corps” and has created a handful of educational videos regarding gender violence. The home page of the website describes Jackson Katz’s accomplishments, acknowledgements and recent honors. The website has many tabs to lead readers to further information about Katz, including his full biography, publications, seminars, and lectures and consulting. After reading Katz full biography it is easy to determine that he has a multitude of experiences to support his work in gender violence prevention. Katz helped architect the “bystander” approach, which is used in the Mentors in Violence Prevention program to train students to be positive role models in the school environment and how to respond if they witness or know about a violent or abusive situation...
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...“You’ve enemies? Good, that means you stood up for something in your life” - Eminem. Standing up for the you things you believe in is really important, or standing up for people as well. I think it’s important to stand up for what you believe in because it sort of represents you. I stand up for myself because it’s what I believe. There’s a reason of why people stand up for themselves. Those people want other people to hear their ideas of what they believe in. People sometimes do not stand up for themselves because they are afraid that other people will judge them. One example, is me I always stand up for myself. Maybe people may judge me for I believe in, but I do not care what people say. I’m not shy to say my opinion. Many people...
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...Topic An example of morality and decision-making 07:26 PM 10/3/2011 An example of decision making is making money and what to do with it. Money is the driving force of American society; we thrive on capitalism (an ideology that the free market and entrepreneurship will set us free). Money is what we use to pay for electricity to power our houses and apartments. We pay for the use of water, sewage disposal, garbage disposal, clothing, and of course food. Without money life would be bleak. But the real question becomes what to do when you have money? How much money is enough? Both are very good questions. I believe during this particular time in our history, that money is doing more harm than good; I spend my money faster than I can make it, just like many Americans do. The morality part of this topic is that money is not the answer to the privileged people’s problems (though we think it is). However, money in the right hands can literally save lives. All that I have to do is give money to charity. Do I sacrifice that new television to give a little to the extremely poor? Or do I buy the latest one (even though I already own three good working televisions)? The answer is simple, spend less, save more, and give as much as I can to the less fortunate. Topic My definition of happiness 07:43 PM 10/3/2011 Happiness means a lot of different things to a lot of people in my time. Many people consider happiness ...
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...world are composing, as well as listening to, all kinds of music, and this unifies nations in all countries and continents. Introduction to Literature is an anthology that consists of a variety of literary works – poems, short stories, and excerpts from novels – that discusses globalization. I believe that a chapter regarding the subject of music and its evolution should be included in the Introduction to Literature. Music has continuously been changing ever since the first beat was tapped, the first piano was struck, the first violin was plucked, and the first horn was blown; however, in the last 150 years, the meaning of lyrics and the style of music has changed drastically. From Bing Crosby to Elvis Presley, Michael Jackson and Eminem, the artists and composers have altered the way music sounds on the radio, computer, and other musical devices. Every genre has artists, who have songs, which have lyrics that contain a story. Whether the story is from a memory, a dream, or an ambition, it becomes clear when it is being heard by billions of people. Music has become a basis for artists to exert their most inner emotions and thoughts into lyrics that others can relate to, live by, and act upon, as well as a means to degrade women in an approach that people don’t realize until the lyrics are sought out, the song is heard an abundance of times, or the video is seen. This proposed...
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...D E L U X E E D I T I O N Verse 1 It’s like I’m in this dirt diggin’ up old hurt/tried everything to get my mind off you, it won’t work/ all it takes is one song on the radio yer/right back on it, remindin’ me all over again how you fuckin’ just brushed me off and left me so burnt/spent a lot of time tryin’ to soul search/maybe I needed to grow up a little first, well looks like I hit a growth spurt/but I’m comin’ for closure/don’t suppose an explanation I’m owed for/the way that you turned your back on me just when I may have needed you most, oh, you thought it was over/you could just close the/chapter and go about your life like it was nothin’/you ruined mine, but you seem to be doin’ fine, well I’ve never recovered/ but tonight ‘betcha that whatch yer/’bout to go through’s tougher than anything I ever have suffered/can’t think of a, better way to define poetic justice/can I hold grudges? Mind sayin’ “let it go fuck this”/hearts sayin’ “I will once I bury this bitch alive hide the shovel and then drive off in the sunset”/and… Chorus I flee the scene, like it was my last ride/you see right through, oh, you had me pegged the first time/you can see the truth, but it’s easier to justify/what’s bad is good and I hate to be the bad guy/I just hate to be the bad guy/follow me I run, I run, follow me, follow me, I just hate to be the bad guy/Verse 2 And to think I used to think you was the shit, bitch/to think it was you at one time I worshiped...
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...Being able to monitor what your children watch and listen to are easier than ever. There are parental locks on cable and satellite networks and censored music that can be purchased, but teens getting their hands on what they want and hiding it, has also gotten easier than ever. This is why parents need to be the number one role model in the lives of teenagers and young adults. Listening to music and watching TV may be a huge impact on how we behave in our everyday life, but how we want people to perceive us will eventually take hold, and control our actions. If a parent allows a child to grow up thinking that Britney Spears is a good role model, they may turn out differently than a child who grows up thinking of their mother or father as a strong role model. Miley Cyrus is one of many artists out there who grew up...
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...The Rap Culture’s Negative Side In America women are supposed to be equal to men. In rap music though, it is portrayed that men are superior to women. Rap music was created in the 1970s and it is a fast growing culture. Rap has “taken the center stage in both the music and television worlds” (why we need to…). This is a problem in our society because women are not portrayed fairly in rap music. This has a negative effect on how the audience perceives women. Rap culture can influence men to think of women as sex objects, normalize domestic abuse, and can instill misogynistic views towards women. Sex is a big part of rap music and culture. It is mentioned in the majority of songs at an alarming number. This has a big influence on males. Rap music contains very explicit content of sexual acts, sexual thoughts, and sexual images. The problem is that most rap songs aren’t about love. The songs are only about the act of sex with a lot...
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...The Impact of Musical Lyrics on the Lives of Graduate Counseling Students Taylor Swift, Ke$ha, Usher, Eminem, or Nicki Minaj these are popular artists or as some would consider them their favorite artist and we all have one. In my study I wanted to find out what people liked more in music the lyrics or the artist, and with that in mind I wanted to narrow my thoughts on to why do people hear certain songs and what does it mean to them? Song lyrics have more importance for some than for others as in the general populous (Buser, Flannery, Bentley & Gladding, 2005, p. 90). I want to know how important are those lyrics and its messages are to the general music hearing population. Buser, Flannery, Bentley & Gladding conducted a study by surveying 28 graduate students in counseling on the meaning of lyrical music in their lives. Their results showed that some songs were more popular or better remembered than others. Their data also showed that while some lyrics are personally meaningful and others conveyed important messages, a number of lyrics are just relaxing, joyful, and entertaining without a deeper level of significance to them. Although their data had its limitations with only surveying 28 graduate students in counseling, and the majority of those being female does limit the study’s findings. It still shows us what few people see in songs and the meaning that the lyrics are trying to convey onto their audience. 1. Does genre determine the depth of...
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...Erik Estrada English 12 Julian 21 January 2014 Music Piracy Ever wondered how the music that you listen to probably every day of your life becomes the music that you love so much? Well there is a long and tedious process that goes into to making just one song. The artists does his or her best to make a song that he or she likes and also a song that all of the fans would enjoy too. It takes days, maybe even weeks to just make one single song; and there are so many components or people that go into its creation. To start, there are songwriters and audio engineers, computer technicians and also the actually artist or artists in the song, and all of those people profit off of that one song. So when a person goes online and decides to illegally download a song using either a digital storage locker or a peer-to-peer site you a basically stealing money from a people that worked really hard on making that song, and when not just one but thousands and millions of people start to do that, that takes a big toll and has a big impact on those people. This type of stealing is called music piracy and music piracy is a serious problem and affects the music industry in many different ways, from revenue loss, to a decline in jobs. Music piracy is the illegal copying or distributing of music that a company did not give permission to do. Music piracy has been on a rapid increase since the beginning of the 2000s. In 2005, the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) estimated...
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...As the genre grew in popularity and became a global, the ‘hoodie’ was also becoming more and more popular as a result. The fashion eventually spread to Europe also; ‘In addition to Puma and other brands like Nike and Adidas, Dresden graffiti artist Simo explains, ‘”the hoodie, baseball cap, and leather sneakers were the three most important things” in hip-hop fashion’. The link between ‘hoodies’ and hip-hop predominantly arose in the US due to several artists wearing hoodies in their music videos. It is clear that hip-hop culture contributed to the rise in the popularity of hoodies during the 80’s and 90’s, after its early beginnings in the 70s. The following quote summarises hip-hop’s influence on the popularity of hoodies and why they became more frequent as a result; ‘As hip-hop culture spread in the 1980s, the hoodie became part of the look associated with street style. When hip-hop went mainstream, penetrating homes in white middle-class suburbia and beyond, hoodies remained a key part of hip-hop's global commercialized look, with rapper Eminem memorializing the hoodie's oversize style in the 2002 film "8 Mile."’ It is clear that hip-hop culture’s use of hoodies in mainstream fashion brought the items of clothing away from the ‘workers utility’ label, although hoodies are still used as a means of warmth outdoors, this was not the only way in which they were...
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...The rules or codes which are set by the society for a man to follow The guy code . Being a man starts very early in a boys life. The pressure of being a boy/man comes at a very early age. Boys are told not to cry and to not be a sissy. There is also a boys code that all little boys need to follow so their guy friends can accept them.The boy code tells boys to act tough but their mothers show them the complete opposite.That is why many boys disconnect themselves from their mothers because they do not want to learn about girl things. Many get angry and violent because they think is the only emotions they can show. Despite these deeper rooted possibilities of what the article may be trying to convey, in most cases it would be considered a typical stereotyping . It is built around most of the assumptions made from society and their view of men . Only when looked at closely does this article show any evidence of underlying meaning or issues being presented. The guy code puts a lot of pressure into boys/guys on becoming a man, pressure they really do not...
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...KPWR 106 Radio Channel Analysis Radios have been around for more than 100 years now and it has played a big role in our modern society. Through radio, news, music and advertisements have thrived. However, as technology advanced time after time, the radio stations had many other stations to compete with. For this assignment, I chose KPWR 106 which is hip-hop station to examine and learn why this station is a successful one. I think there are two types of radio personalities: those that plan an actual show, and those that have no idea what they want to talk until the station starts. A planned show keeps the listeners tuned in and makes the listeners want to come back to it often. PWR 106 is seems unplanned but maintains the good hit playlist and engaging talks. There are several things to keep in mind, which I have learned from this assignment. The time frame was 10:30 to 11:30 in the morning on March 19th,2014. The station was called KPWR106 and it mainly played rap, hip-hop and R&B. The Format of the show kind of unique. The first 15 minutes, it played 2 music back to back and then one 30 second commercial and repeated once more. However after 15 minute mark, it had about 9 commercials non-stop 15 to 30 second playing time each. Following the unending commercials, 9 songs were played non-stop again, each one playing for about 3 minutes. So in total there were total of 18 commercials for about 11 minutes. They advertised auto insurance, school degree programs, loans...
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...It is impossible to know exactly how many babies were born in the time it takes to read this sentence, however, it is easy to accept that every day brings a multitude of brand new human beings. All of these babies need many things to thrive, but one of the most important in American society has increasingly become a problem for low-income parents; diapers. An unnecessary, and sometimes insurmountable cost is being placed on parents simply so that they can place their children in daycare- something poor parents utilize so they can provide a better life for their families and become more productive citizens. Which is why the government should provide daycares with diapers, because the high cost of diapers, which is not covered by food stamps,...
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