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…
9th, J Cole released his album 2014 Forest Hills Drive which was the address of his childhood home, and this album had no featuring artists. Releasing an album with no features was a rare occurrence in the hip-hop industry and was only done by top-tier artists and even then it was difficult for their albums to be successful. When Cole’s album was dropped it was like listening to hit after hit after hit. With only 13 tracks on the album, seven of them were hits. This album did not only go…
Female. In 2012 she made a national appearance at the Super Bowl. She was born in St. James,Trinidad and Tobago. In March,2012,she made guest star appearance on a popular t.v show called American Idol. She won 2 American awards for her album Pink Friday.…
Higher and Higher. His career began to slide during the postwar years leading to him losing his recording and film contracts. Over the next few years he started to release albums such as, ‘Songs by Sinatra’ (1947), ‘Christmas songs by Sinatra’ (1948), ‘Frankly Sentimental’ (1949), ‘Dedicated to You’ (1950), but none of these albums were as good as the first. In 1953 he made a huge comeback by winning an award for supporting actor for the movie From Here to Eternity. Received a recording…
has put into the music and choreography. Listening to the album is based off of visuals in your head as of what is going on in the song, or how the story is being played out. The concert is about giving the fans a show, but artist also let fans join in on the songs while they sing it just to see how many people actually listen to the music that they have been putting out. You could anticipate similarities and differences when comparing an album and a concert, but would you really know how much…
Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. This album immediately made waves within society, and continues to have a profound impact on people today. It had changed how music was delivered, recorded, and listened to, while also helping to move society in a direction of major change. Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band was not simply a piece of art through the music it contains, but also through the imagery it portrays proudly on its album cover. This cover is 144 square inches of…
Her album Taylor Swift is country whereas 1989 is mainstream pop. The country style approach that Swift uses on her first album depicts feelings of sadness and evokes a lot of emotion. She uses many acoustic tones which dispenses a certain vibe from her music. The tones that can be heard are softer and not as solid…
the group was all American girl group comparing four members. The four girls are Amy Correa, Melissa Tessmen, Tynisha Keli and Katy Scanlan. The Gyrlz society released their single, Double 'D' Mix, produced by Damon Jones in 2002. In 2003, the group album was cancelled and the group quickly disbanded. Tynisha knew that she was being part of the group was not her desire to be in a group she wanted to try is on her…
producers came in on this album. Unlike Jon’s mixtapes, he bounced his ideas off of people and tried to make his album the best he possibly could. With good reason as well. Not only was this the first Jon Bellion album on sale, it has a very specific purpose. The Human Condition is business proposition for Pixar. Bellion wants someone like John Lassiter to see the hard work that was put into every aspect of the album. Jon put $50,000 of his own money into the art of this album. Just to get…
write about Jermaine Lamarr Cole is because he is on my top three favorite artist list. I remember back in in 7th grade in 2007 my brother first introduced me to his debut mixtape “The Come Up,” it was love at first listen. My all-time favorite J.Cole album to date is Forest Hills Dr. Forest Hills Dr. to my opinion is one of Coles best work. Another reason I’m a big fan of Forest Hills Dr. is because I attended his Forest Hills Drive tour in 2015. That day was such a perfected day, and a day I…