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female empowerment. Beyoncé’s career began in Destiny’s Child (officially in 1997), where she quickly became the star of the group (Kaufman). After she the group went on a hiatus in late 2001, she began to start up her solo career (Kaufman). Her first album, “Dangerously in…

demeanor. With some of his favorite songs mostly being top 40s hits, Jesse has a consistent, if not predictable, taste in music. Frank Ocean released Channel Orange, his debut studio album, on July 10, 2012. Classified as Alternative R&B, the album is just over one hour long, with seventeen tracks total. The album features vocals from artists such as John Mayer, André 3000, and Tyler, The Creator.…

because Melbourne five piece The Paper Kites literally crafted their sophomore album twelvefour when the rest of the world was asleep. “The album is a concept record, based around a theory that an artist's creative peak is between the hours of midnight and 4am,” says frontman Sam Bentley. The result is a collection of 10 tracks, mixing the introspection of the night with smooth guitar rifts. “If I could sum up the album, it’s about what happens when selfishness and love collide.” Describing…

Pimp a Butterfly: Setting the Standard for the Contemporary Rap Album On March 16, 2015, Kendrick Lamar released one of the most critically-acclaimed rap albums of all time. To Pimp a Butterfly sold 324,000 copies its first week, giving Lamar his first No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart and receiving platinum certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (Lynch 2015). To Pimp a Butterfly, Lamar’s second studio album, uses components of funk, soul, and jazz to reflect on his…

dress in any suggestive way and the focus was only on her singing abilities. Grande kept some aspects of her previous star text, but she made sure that the first album would draw a distinct line from her days as Cat Valentine and give a preview of what to come in the future in terms of her image. With the instant success of her first album and her powerful vocals, Grande successfully transitioned from a teen actress to a singer, and her experiment with her persona worked to her advantage since…

What was it? Why? What do you recall about it most? Or, tell me about your first concert or live musical experience. The first CD I bought was Taylor Swift’s self-titled debut album. The reason I bought it was because I absolutely loved her song, “Our Song.” The thing I recall most about it was the gorgeous scenery the album photos took place at. 6. What was your favorite television show, going as far back as you can recall? Why did you like it? Would you still watch it now? (Maybe you…

Whether it may be the different sensations of the eye from the reflection of light, how a person’s character is perceived by another, or in other cases it can be used in a metaphorical sense. Artist use these albums cover to relay a message to someone about what could be found within the album, it’s not likely that you would find a dark or evil cover for something with faint peaceful music. Another example of how one defines color can also be in a figurative sense, which is shown through…

In 2009, three brothers decided to form an alternative rock band in Adelaide, South Australia, Australia, but they needed a name. The band’s drummer, Michael Douglas Jeffery, suggested the name, which he said came to him in a dream. Michael’s brother, Keith William Hamilton Jeffery, serves as the lead vocalist and guitarist, and his other brother, Steven Roger Jeffery, is the band’s bass guitarist. The brothers took on a fourth member, keyboardist Darren Norman Sell, shortly after the band’s…

songwriting author. Although this comment from Heap was blogged back in 2014, this is a discrepancy in Swift’s work that she has been battling since the start of her career and potentially proved influential in Swift’s decision to write her third album, Speak Now, entirely by herself with no co-writers…

In the article called “Jay Z Testifies at ‘Big Pimpin’ Trail” by Associated Press from Bilboard, explains how the song "Big Pimpin" sample case was finally concluded to court after eight years of debate consideration between Osama Ahmed Fahmy and Jay Z and Timbaland. According to associated Press, both Jay Z and producer Timbaland will testify during the trail, which is set to begin on October 13. The argument of the trail basically ends up with whether or not Timbo and Jay Z rightfully sampled…