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“Goddamn Lie”
Anderson .Paak was a music artist who I had recognized the name of, but never really sat down and listened to, that is, until he came on my friend’s playlist in the car. It was just one song, but my ears instantly perked up when I heard it: “Lockdown”. At first I was too focused…
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Rick Ross – Here I Am
By Derek Janoff In this post, I will be analyzing the Rick Ross music video of his popular song entitled “Here I Am”. This song was the third single from Rick Ross’s second album Trilla. The video starts off with a little bit of a storyline to set the scenery. Rick Ross is talking to…
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Brockhampton: A Modern American Boyband
Frontman Kevin Abstract, along with his mix of producers, musicians, and production crew that form the hip-hop and self-proclaimed “boy band” group named BROCKHAMPTON set themes of racial and social justice on their album Saturation II. The album contains tracks filled with woes regarding drug addiction, trouble meshing in society due to sexual preferences, and…
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JPEGMAFIA And His Controversial Sample
Music can be a powerful tool in order to evoke strong emotions in people. Musicians use lyrics, melodic and harmonic ideas, instrumentation, and much more in order to achieve this. A musician who can manipulate sound to evoke extreme emotions is the artist JPEGMAFIA. A 28 year old ex-military rapper/producer, Barrington Hendricks is determined to…
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To Pimp A Butterfly And Musical Politics
Throughout history, many artists, especially musicians, have used their position as an artist as a way to voice their beliefs and political views. Within the realm of music, there have been many politically charged works, for example many of the Vietnam war protest songs, many of the early civil rights protests songs, such as strange…
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MCY141-01 (Spring 2022) 