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A lot of artist use pathos, logos, and ethos in their music everyday to explain a argument. The “Other Side” by Macklemore has a lot of logos in his lyrics as he described how his friend Pimp C was killed by over dose of the purple drank a.k.a lean when he says, “ thinking he might of sipped just a little bit too much of the cough syrup.” He also argues that this drink is very addictive and is influencing our youth. Lean is a addictive cough syrup(promethazine) mixed with sprite that most…

For many decades, there has been the connotation that “rappers want to be athletes, athletes want to be rappers” (Stoute 150). We’ve seen the intermingling of the two professions from the early 90s when Shaquille O’Neal started rapping (Joseph, Revisiting Shaquille). Others, like Kobe Bryant and Allen Iverson, also hopped on the bandwagon early. Now, there are much more serious attempts by those of Louis Williams and Damian Lillard. On the other side, we have seen numerous hip-hop artists…

Public Speaking Analysis In 2015 Scott Mescudi, or commonly known by his rapper-name, Kid Cudi, traveled back to his hometown of Cleveland Ohio to visit his old high school and deliver a TEDx Talk. In the talk, Scott talks about his younger days spent in the same school of Shaker Heights. He then tells his story of how he moved to New York at young age to pursue his dream of becoming a professional rapper. After many trials and tribulations, he reached his dream. Currently Scott is a Grammy…

A trend with The Weeknd’s work seems that with every project of his the tone is set by its introductory song. His cover of Michael Jackson’s ‘Dirty Diana’ capitalized on the ominous sound throughout Echoes of Silence while the mundaneness of ‘Real Life’ was carried throughout his Grammy nominated Beauty Behind the Madness. Disappointingly, that's not the case with his newest album, Starboy. The album kicks off with the Daft Punk produced 'Starboy', a marvelous ode to his luxurious lifestyle,…

Since their debut single “Cruise” was released in 2012, Tyler Hubbard and Brian Kelley of Florida Georgia Line have been busy proving themselves to the music industry with their incredible fusion of country, rock, hip-hop, and pop. The duo has earned several awards-including three consecutive Vocal Duo of the Year titles from both Country Music Association and Academy of Country Music. Their third studio album, Dig Your Roots, was just recently released in August 2016 including songs like…

Listening to rap music now a days is to become cool in school. However picking the right artist can be a struggle. Luckily there are only two rapping legends right now and not a whole list of them. These two rapping legends are Jay-Z and Kanye West. Though both of these rap artists are legends there can only be one. Looking into their backgrounds they both lived a different life. Kanye grew up in Chicago while Jay-Z was raised in Brooklyn. Jay-Z had however grown up with a tenacious lifestyle…

The reason I picked to 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…

From the onset of his now illustrious career with the release of his legendary debut, Reasonable Doubt, in 1996, Jay-Z to this day has remained a fixture in the music industry longer than just about anyone. Though Jay-Z has found immense success, not just as a rap artist, but also as an entrepreneur and philanthropist, he presents himself more so in an apologetic, lamenting, and humble manner in his newest release, 4:44. Contrary to most lyrical themes in his previous work, Jay-Z spends a…

Considered by many to be the, “Most talented Rapper of his Generation,” Kendrick Lamar has become extremely influential and popular since the release of his hit album Good Kid, M.A.A.D City (Stone). It is this great influence around which his second and most recent album, To Pimp A Butterfly, is based. Throughout the album Lamar struggles in dealing with his wealth and influence: each song is a slow progression from an abusive, wealthy consumer to a wiser man who understands the good he can do…

successful. By having Nas deliver his voiceover in a formal tone in the advertisement, it gave the audience something that they would appreciate. With that being said, the formal tone was determined when viewing the advertisement because the phrase “the ride” refers to a train, having Nas traveling on the train, he is surrounded by professional adults, making a connection that people tend to dress formal travel by train to get to business events and also it wouldn’t make sense to have Nas…