...Robyn Rihanna Fenty (born February 20, 1988), known by her stage name Rihanna is a Barbadian recording artist, actress and fashion designer. She lived the life of a normal island girl going to Combermere, a top sixth form school. Rihanna won numerous beauty pageants and performed Mariah Carey "Hero" in a school talent show. Her life changed forever when one of her friends introduced her to Evan Rodgers, a producer from New York who was in Barbados for a vacation with his wife, who is a native. Rodgers arranged for her to go to New York to meet Jay-Z, CEO of Def Jam Records. He heard her sing and knew she was going to be incredibly successful. She was 16 when she was signed to Def Jam. Since then, she's amassed phenomenal success. After watching Rihanna’s 2013 Grammy performance of her hit song ‘Stay’ it led me to conclude that Rihanna has a Strong personality, an assumption which is based off the application of Evolutionary psychology and Existential psychology concepts. As she sang, the audience could feel her raw emotion, it didn’t feel rehearsed it felt real, which was only suitable since the song can be seen as a representation of the current dilemma she currently faces in her love life with ex lover Chris Brown. Existential Psychology is the study of human existence, however Rollo May focuses on concepts like freedom, responsibility, Authenticity, Death, courage, anxiety, destiny, dasein , daimonic , etc. All of which can be found in the traces of rihanna’s personality that...
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...Twenge has been doing a lot of studing to prove her point that, narcissism is more common with the new generation than what it used to be. I do not think that our generation known as “Generation Y” is more narcissistic than earlier generations. Dr. Twenge claims that the younger generation is more narcissistic because of the results that she got on one of her tests. According to a test done in the past, “In the early 1950’s, only 12% of teens ages 14 to 16 agree with the statement ‘I am an important person’. By the late 1980’s, an incredible 80% claimed that they were an important person” This test supposedly proves that the newer generations are in fact more narcissistic that the older generations. I do not think that one can actually see how many teens are narcissistic with these types of yes or no questions.It is not fair to do these types of tests because someone could have answered yes to one of those questions not becuase he or she is narcissist, but maybe for the reason that teachers and parents frequently tell kids that they are important. Other things that affect the test is the fact that the teens that could the test could have had easily picked the opposite answer of what they really should have chose. The teens could have decided to not select the right answer because no narcissistic person likes to admit that are in fact narcissistic. In the article “Will...
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...Sultan Kamara Dr. Derrais Carter Hip Hop & Racial Idealogy BST 511 October 5, 2014 “Put Some Bass In Your Walk.” 3 Quotes from Article 1. “I shouldn’t think about or openly write about black male bodies in hip hop because the black male body had been historically under siege in American culture, a site of violence and trauma and demasculization.” 2. “So what was one to make of this new sound, this rap music, straight from the streets of New York and New Jersey, in which “masculine” bodies and voices spit boasts and stories over disco music? It certainly wasn’t coded as “gay,” even though the music behind the voices was a snippet of the musical soundtrack that had been relegated across the sexual line to the “gay crowd.” 3. “Disco, too, was aspirational music: it trafficked in glamour; it sold a vision of access, of high living, of escape from the mundane. It was, in many ways regardless of its European club linage a singular soundtrack of American dreaming. And who dreamed harder made their dreams (and nightmares) the stuff of publicly rendered fantasy better than rappers? 3 non-evaluative 1. This article is basically about sampling and how stereotypes view what’s masculine and feminist. Majority of hip hop songs in the 80s and 90s and early 2000s are sampled from R&B music. Even though stereotypes view R&B as feminine, rappers today have hits that will make them so much money and also they are viewed as thugs/gangsters that is a masculine...
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...In 2004, one of the most notorious albums was made, The Grey Album. It consisted of Jay-Z’s Black Album and The Beatle’s White Album. DJ Danger Mouse created this mash-up album without the permission of Jay-Z or The Beatles. The album included acapellas and instrumentals from both of the albums. As of result of this, recording company EMI filed a cease-and-desist letter to Danger Mouse as he started to distribute and sell the album. A fellow music group by the name of Negativland released a song with the name U2 on the front cover. Negativland sampled the song “I Still Haven’t Found What I’m Looking for” and outtakes from the host of American Top 40, Casey Kasem. Negativland never received permission to use any of U2’s work. As soon as Negativland released the album for retail, recording company Island Records and Warner-Chappell Music filed a lawsuit against Negativland and their record company. The lawsuit ended with Negativland recalling all the copies of the single and having to pay over $70,000 in damages and legal costs. Artists should not be allowed to use each other’s work. According to the case study, Negativland claims “Our work is an authentic and original whole, being much more than the sum of its samples”. In other words, Negativland does acknowledge that they in fact did use U2’s work but it should be looked at as more than that. Negativland’s work is not original and is just refurbished pieces of some other artist’s work. It’s been said that true creativity is...
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...354: The Visual Culture of Crime Kristina Ezhova 260454703 April 9, 2015 “Monster”: Misogyny, Racism, and Popular Culture Kanye West is a prominent figure in popular culture nowadays and his reputation is quite complicated and conflicting. West is acclaimed as one of the best rappers of this era, and is celebrated as a successful entrepreneur and fashion designer. However, he is also frequently condemned for his outspoken personality and offensive attitude. From numerous acceptance speech interruptions to questionable interviews and statements, Kanye West has created a contradictory image for himself in the media and is often characterized as a misogynist. The music video for his single “Monster,” in which he collaborated with Jay-Z, Rick Ross, Bon Iver, and Nicki Minaj, was released in 2011 and almost immediately became known as deeply controversial: the six-minute clip, which depicts dead women hanging from ceilings and scantily clad in lingerie, was banned by MTV for its violence and explicit content toward women (Vassar). Undeniably, the misogynistic theme runs throughout the video, however, West has defended himself by stating that “the concept of models hanging or people being eaten alive or [other] type of visuals for a horrific video was purely artistic” and addressed the ignorance of misogynistic accusations by claiming that “they [women’s rights activists] couldn’t understand how a rapper can have a taste high enough to do something like that without being misogynistic”...
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...As the sun goes down the starts come out, lights flickering, people chattering as I walk down the strip with the wolf pack with laughter, suited up looking dapper, we come across this giant poster with a bold writing, well lit up reading “Jay Z performing tonight at 11 in the Revolution Bar featuring Kanye West”. With excitement we all huddle down to the Revolution Bar like a pack of lions hunting for its prey, hungry, waiting in this long queue that never seemed to move. As the tall hunky bouncers perform their routine checks on us, the bass vibrates through the floor into our hearts making our heart beat sync with the rhythm of the music blasting inside the bar like it was welcoming us to join the party. The colourful lights flashing through the gaps as the door opens, constantly making eye contact with everyone as they walk past me, leaving a trail behind of their fragrance filling my nostrils with flavour. Waiting to get served by the bartender that seemed to be moving faster than the light eagerly working her way down to me, standing, filled with people around me, pushing and rubbing their body against mine, sweating to slide their way to the front of the bar like which felt like touching a fish, wet and slippery. As I stand there in slow motion with my mouth slightly open the bartender pours the poison elegantly into the glass making my tasted buds tingle with excitement, like it was having its own party inside my mouth. I felt like a winner as I lifted up my glass with...
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...The generation gap: thinking and communicating towards the same goal “Juvenoia,” or “exaggerated anxiety about the influence of social change on children and youth.", is a term created by sociologist David Finkelhor of the University of New Hampshire to describe the phenomenon of past generations not agreeing with the ideology of youth nowadays. This phenomenon affects the way "older" generations judge the "new" generations and their electronics, political thoughts, decision making skills, in addition to many other factors that up and coming young adults and teenagers are known for. It seems that it is nearly impossible to have a say or opinion in a matter when discussing it with middle-aged adults or senior citizens, just as hard as it is to convince a young adult or teenager to listen to their elders/parents in situations that they have lived before. The thought that any generation is better than the one before or the next is a bit selfish, if I may say. To explain the situation in a much simpler way, let's see it through and interpretation of an old saying: "an old dog can learn new tricks". Let's call the old dog generation X, targeting the adults of the 1960's. Now, as I see it, the world around the dog keeps revolving as new toys arrive, dog food gives better nutrition and food bowls get new styles. If the dog chooses to stick with his old kibble, bowl and toys, what will happen? The toys will break, the bowls will get worn and start leaking, plus it's old food won't give...
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... In the article entitled “Is this generation really more informed?” by Palder and Syeda, talks about different opinions on whether or not Millennials are more informed than previous generations. In order to be a Millennial, you have to be around the ages of 13-32. Millennials are not more informed than previous generations, because they are given the choice of what to look at online, they are learning about unimportant information, and they don’t take the opportunity to learn more. Millennials have many resources to look at the news, however they do not take the opportunity to read about what is going on in the world. Previous generations care about the news, more than Millennials do. The AVID Weekly article states that, “In 2012, a Pew Research survey reported that members of the Silent and Boomer generations spent almost twice the amount of time following the news as Millennials.” This proves that previous generations spent more time learning about what is going on in the world. Teenagers today, spend less time looking at the news. There are many social media websites that distract teenagers from learning information about the world. The AVID Weekly article declares that, “Unlike sitting down and watching the evening news, Twitter and Facebook provide users with the ability to pick and choose what information they see and investigate more closely.” This illustrates that teenagers can choose what they look at on social media. When reading a newspaper, you couldn’t choose...
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...The impact of religion is sometimes apparent in many different forms of art. One type of artistic expression that religion is sometimes expressed in is music. Whether it is specifically Christian-based music or secular, musicians of all genres may eventually write a song or sing about their religious beliefs at some point. There is a very broad spectrum of diversity in music. People from all around the world with different backgrounds, race, religion, and style can express themselves in this form. Growing up I was exposed to many different genres of music. Hip-hop, which is classified as a subculture that originated from an African American community in the 1970’s, has always been intriguing to me and is a huge part of who I am. There are four elements of Hip-Hop; rapping, DJing, break-dancing, and graffiti. I will be focusing on the music aspect of Hip-Hop and the large impact religion has on some of these artists that perform Hip-Hop music. Over the years, Hip-Hop music has gained a bad reputation. Many people find the lyrics to be offensive, obscene, or even racist. A very small portion of it is, but most of it is the complete opposite. Matthew Paul Miller, better known by his Hebrew stage name Matisyahu, is known for the positive messages he delivers through his reggae-rap style music. Matisyahu says his Jewish spirituality has most, if not everything to do with the way he writes music. In his song “Jerusalem”, he raps about ancient history and religious acts that took...
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...Report 1 Throughout the history of managamnet, we have had many theorists who have tried to improve managamnet strategies, thus imrove efficiency and effectivness. From the pinoeers of managamnet, like Robert Own and Charles Babbage, through the time of classical managamnet, to scientific managamnet and other contemporary theories, we have had many people with different ideas and strategies on how to imrove the managamnet of the company. This research will concentrate on the work of one of the scientific managamnet theorists, Douglas McGregor. Scientifc managamnt is a type of managamnet that emphasizes on workflows and specifically on labor productivity. Managers in this period have made a significant influence on managamnet as a whole, since this was the first time managament was considered a science. Frederic Taylor, who is considered to be the father of scientific managament, started developing scietific managament in 1880's. After his theories became famous, there were many more followers of scientific managamanet and many other theorists, like Douglas McGregor. Douglas McGreorg was born in 1906, received quality edcuation, peeking with the Ph.D. form Harward University in 1935. (The Economist) He is most famous for his book "The Human Side of Enterprise", thus his theoy of X and Y. McGregor theorizes that management should view the employees' motivation for work in two distinct ways, Theory X and Theory Y. Theory x is authoritative and it assumes that workers naturally...
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...Misogyny Page1 In today’s view hip hop is blamed for the negative images of women in music videos. When it comes to degrading and sexist representations of women in music, it is often perceived as misogynistic. Misogyny in hip hop culture refers to lyrics, videos or other aspects of hip hop culture that justifies exploitation of women. Hip hop has influenced modern popular culture, saturating mass media through music videos, radio broadcasts, and a variety of others. Most of the lyrics and images you see today in the hip-hop industry portray women of all ethnicities as sexual objects and depicts the exploitation of women. The image of dozens of semi-naked women dancing provocatively around one famous rapper has become the usual in music videos. Hip hop has become a mess of unrealistic images of female sexuality. Some defend that the sexism in hip hop is a part of a hip hop artist life. If that’s the case then how did this image become the accepted standard of hip hop music video format? Many artists try to manipulate their fans in believing that this is their lifestyle, but the main reason behind that is sex sell and it draws people in. Some women have made careers of this lifestyle. If you pay attention to hip hop videos you may see some of the same faces in multiple videos. The more revealing they are the more casting calls and more money they will receive. To me I find it embarrassing that rappers degrade females in their music videos but still have the same ones in every...
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...The couple I chose for the assignment was chosen via request from my son. He chose Jay-z and Beyonce (Sean Carter and Beyonce Knowles). In the Case of Sean Carter (Jay-Z) and Beyonce Knowles: 1.List your current residence address 2.List and briefly describe all positions of employment held by you since you were married. A.Name and address of the employers(s) B.Dates of employment C.Wages/Salary earned, including compensation and bonuses D.Any benefits provided to you by the employer 3.List all sources of income and/or compensation 4.List all assets in detail, and include: A.Description of each asset B.Exact name(s) on the record or registered owners C.Date acquired D.Original cost E.Taxes F.Current fair market value 5.List any interests held in any of the following: sole proprietorships, joint ventures, or partnerships, stocks, and/or bonds. Include the following for each: A.The names and date of the organization or business B.Statement of the organization or business’s capital/profits/losses C.Names and addresses for any persons who hold any ownership interests D.Description of the organization or business E.Current fair market value of each 6.If you acquired any debt during the marriage, list all creditors, including their names and addresses and describe the debt owed. 7.If any individual, corporation, or business owes you money or is indebted to you financially, include a...
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...Culture Wars Culture wars; there have always been a variety of music to listen to such as Country, Pop, Latin, Hip Hop and Rap. The meaning of culture wars to me is people who dislike a certain genre for instance rap music. Some people are against rap music because of the controversial meaning that songs have. In this paper you will be reading on an interview for Foxx 11 news with O’reily interviewing rap icon Cameron and CEO producer Damon Dash. Principal Salome Thomas-EL asked a couple of questions stating that gangster music is a terrorizing impact on his students, On my opinion you can never tell a rapper they have a negative effect on the youth. It’s their work and their art and what they do as a musician. For example when you hear the stories of kids shooting up a school, was it the rap music they listen to? No, it is the parent’s responsibility to moderate what their kids listen to, it’s wrong for people to blame rappers for the actions that people make. O’reily interviewed rap icon Cameron and CEO producer Damon Dash. During this interview there was also a principal from an elementary school who had questions for the rap stars. The principal complained that the kids at his school look up to the rap star and he thinks Cameron is showing a bad example. He confronted Cameron asking him why his music is so negative when there are little kids listening to his music. Cameron replied that his music is just what he see’s and what he goes through as a person. ...
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...Celeb Forever Changes: Email Additions Bio: From the folks who brought you talent such as Beyonce, Lil Wayne', Drake, Kanye West and many more.......ICM and Bryant-Management proudly introduce 19 year old Cleveland, Ohio rapper, producer, actor and songwriter Celeb Forever. No stranger to the music industry having penned several tracks we all know and love, including his own debut single "Me First" which has been catching much steam both on and offline. Serving as an opening act for Trey Songz, the single was quickly rumored to have featured Trey, thus receiving over 200,000 downloads and equal views on Youtube. So, without further ado, we invite you to take a listen to his latest installment presented by Mick Boogie and Terry Urban "The Situation Room" (mixtape). With production by several big names including Drumma Boy, Sarom AKA Mr. Philadelphia, Just Blaze, Jim Jonsin, Johnny Juliano, Boi1-DA, The Runners. It's sure to keep hip hop seekers happy for months on end. I would love to increase the size of the Cd and I want to host the CdDownload on our server for immediate download. Also make the twitter,myspace and celebforever.com logo’s bigger. Just like the www.smplmth.comsite I would love to have the logo’s go along the bottom in some sort of header like Simple math. It does not have to go all the way across the bottom. Please add Mick Boogie, Jessie Maguire, ICM, Somehow we need to find some sort of something for Cortez Bryant. That might...
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...Braden Division of Business & Economics Lecture: Theory Z Participative Management Styles: Theory Z - William Ouchi During the 1970s, when Japanese-style management was all the rage, William Ouchi, took the Theory X, Theory Y concept one step further: Theory Z. This is the participative model. Ouchi was born and educated in America, but was of Japanese descent. He visited Japan and studied their success with team and participative management and developed this theory. Assumptions about: Workers' motivation. Theory X The Theory X manager assumes that the only motivation that works for employees is $$money$$. Theory Y The Theory Y manager assumes that employees are motivated by their needs to fulfill their social, esteem, selfactualization, and security. The Theory Y manager believes that employees see work as a natural activity and will seek out opportunities to have increased responsibility and understanding of their tasks. The Theory Y manager believes that workers will respond best to favorable working conditions that do not pose threats or strong control. Theory Z The Theory Z manager assumes that employees are motivated by a strong sense of commitment to be a part of something worthwhile -- the self-actualization need. The Theory Z manager believes that employees will not only seek out opportunities for responsibility, in fact, they crave opportunities to advance and learn more about the company. The Theory Z manager believes that employees should learn the business...
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