2009 MTV Video Music Awards

Place in Music Music is a moral law. It gives soul to the universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and gaiety to life and to everything. –Plato Music shapes who we are as an individual as well as a society, however, within the last several decades there has been an astonishing increase in the objectification of women in the music industry. From country, to pop, to rock, to hip-hop and rap there has been a dramatic rise in the use women’s bodies to sell music. The…

after watching K-pop music videos that it feels very commercial. Commercial not in the sense that is a profitable business, which indeed it is. In fact, Hallyu, also known as K-pop is becoming one of South Korea’s largest exports (Leong). Therefore, there is a national effort to maintain this profitable brand. First, it is important to understand that K-pop is not just lyrics and melody, it is also about the beautiful people who perform these lyrics. So, having a “genre” of music that is heavily…

the struggle of depending on alcohol to lift you up. A text that has significant value, instead of another alcohol rap song to take shots to. I will summarize this music video, analyze it using Rhetorical Method as well as using the Race & Ethnicity Method, apply an outside source, and evaluate the deeper meaning behind this music video. Kendrick Lamar started off by recalling childhood memories of being around an alcoholic family coming from Chicago. Lamar then describing why people used…

debut album Illmatic, Nas held a contest inviting fans to collaborate and produce the official music video for “Represent,” an influential track off of the classic release. This is the first video ever made for the track and was shot at the YouTube Space Los Angeles. One winner, Brian Katz was chosen, and invited to collaborate alongside Nas and Mass Appeal’s own Jason Goldwatch, who helped bring his video vision to life. Inspired by the song’s beat, produced by DJ Premier which incorporates…

relationship to end and cannot stop thinking about it. The singer mentions a new girl who makes the guy happy and used to be her. When you watch the video with the song it adds another layer to the story. The video seems to be both a flashback of sorts and also another story completely. This song is very redundant if you are listening to it alone, but the music video was done extremely well. The storyline flows smoothly while still following along with the lyrics. The first lyrics in the song…

You know who should listen to Soulja Boy? YOOUUU! Soulja Boy was only 17 when he made “Crank That”, which was number one on the Billboard Hot 100 for seven weeks in 2007. At one point, “Crank That” was the highest selling digital song in history!. The song “Superman” by Soulja Boy makes you feel energetic because of it’s lyrics and the rhythm of the beat making you want to “hit that soulja boy”. The song, “Superman” by Soulja Boy makes you feel energetic because of it’s lyrics and the rhythm of…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7bqootR6rs The products impact and effect on the audience. The audience type that will be watching this music video released by Spinnin’ Records are going to be in the C1, D and E brackets of socio economic status. I have found this to be correct as in theses brackets it will tend to be a much younger audience than in the other brackets, and from my research I have found that the average age for listening is around 24 and a good majority are under this age,…

Commonly, children are an exact copy of their parents whether in their matching personality and the way they look and sometimes personality and looks both. With the biological set of parents it is not easy to match the children with just their looks. The believed is that a single human have 7 identical in the world. And you may take it strange that there are babies who look like world-famous celebrities with whom they have never met in their past. And not only children, there are animals who…

States. Hozier’s music contains rock ‘n’ roll and RnB influences. According to Ehrlich’s (2014) interview from MTV with Hozier, Hozier’s exposure as a child to blues music through his father, a drummer in a blues band, as well as his love for rhythm and blues, featured in the music produced by Stevie Wonder and rock musician Sting, caused him to have an appreciation for these two genres (Ehrlich, 2014). It is apparent through his album From Eden that rock ‘n’ roll and RnB music play an…

Establishing Credibility The article “Selena Gomez Pregnant with Bieber’s Baby”, lacked credible information regarding source material. The author, Frank Lake, attempts to convince his audience of Selena’s pregnancy; while neglecting concrete evidence of his claims. He mentions Selena’s appearance on The Tonight Show saying, “She had been complaining of nausea and a severe headache”. (Lake) He goes on to refer to her hospital visit using information from an unknown source who relates information…