Grammy Award for Best Rap Solo Performance

Coldplay is an influential aspect of American popular music because they originated at an awkward time in musical history and had to find a new direction to go in. In the late 1990s, there were so many different genres and styles of music and Coldplay shaped the way that the new bands would style their music. They also didn't believe in living the Rock ‘n' Roll lifestyle, which made them much better role models for the younger generation than previous popular musicians. Chris Martin said in a…

instrumentation used in her version. Nina Simone was born February 21, 1933; she died just two months after her 70th birthday on April 21, 2003; she sang the rhythm and blues between the years of 1954, and 2003. She was even nominated for an Oscar Award (nin). British songwriters Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse wrote…

Addressing a mass amount of people in hopes to produce a clear and concise message is achievable using proper public rhetoric. “Aristotle saw the function of rhetoric as the discovery in each case of the available means of persuasion” (Griffin, 2012). Ancient rhetoricians have produce principals that guide this art of persuasion that allow the message to be clear, concise, and persuasive. The cannons of rhetoric are invention, arrangement, style, memory, and delivery. By using all five cannons,…

Colbie Caillat is a pop artist who loves to love love, and she’s not afraid of letting the whole world know all about it repeatedly in her 2007 hit album, Coco. Her work was far from enjoyable, but in order to fully dislike her for her work on this album, and to prevent you from picking it up, or listening to another album like it, it’s important to understand some of her past history, such as the reasons that explain her desire to get into the music business in the first place. For instance,…

Won a Grammy for Album of the Year When it comes to awards and recognitions for musicians, the Grammys is certainly the cream of the crop. Here are four African-American artists who earned the most prestigious, Album of the Year. 1. Michael Jackson – The legendary King of Pop won Album of the Year for Thriller in 1984. Thriller was released in 1982 and became a huge phenomenon. It became Jackson’s first number one album for 37 weeks. In 1984, he became the first artist to bag eight Grammy…

personally. His process of making music is different from many people. He would listen to the beat and then think about the lines for about 30 minutes and walk into the booth to record what he thinks. Lil Wayne stopped writing music very long ago before his solo career even began. American artist Drake says Lil Wayne does not come up with lines abruptly, but he merely says what he feels or what he’s thinking then. He tries to be real as possible. For an artist to do that without putting…

3 Reasons Why Beyonce is Overlooked at the Grammy’s At the 59th Annual Grammy Awards held last February 2017, there were a number of categories where Beyonce and Adele went head to head. Both artists were nominated for song of the year, best solo pop performance, record of the year, and album of the year. However, out of four categories Adele took home the Grammy. Although Adele’s voice and talent is undeniably great, Beyonce’s Lemonade is certainly one of the most artistic albums of all time.…

Go” and broke musical records by having a streak of four additional singles on the charts. The group scored a monumental 12 number one hit making them Americas first vocal group with the most Billboard toppers in history. Ross left the Supremes for a solo career in 1969 and continue to be a musical influence for the culture. Within the next decade, she created hit records as “Touching Me in the Morning” and later released platinum selling album “Diana”. Ross carried her continuous success to…

Macklemore, relevant music and latest track ‘Growing Up’ Known for chart-topping and megalomaniac hits Same Love and Can't Hold Us, rap artist Macklemore and producer Ryan Lewis is set to keep the ball rolling again with a new song to be released entitled Growing Up. After being low on the radar for the past two to three years, Macklemore and Lewis would be heard again via the said song which shouts of the former's recent penetration to fatherhood. Macklemore's latest hit would definitely be…

the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Also, the album has reached a certified quadruple platinum with sales. Ready to Die has been regarded by many music critics as one of the greatest hip-hop albums of all time, as well as one of the best albums of the…