Lyrics

keep the listener engaged. Approaching the song like this helped create a solid track, allowing more focus on the lyrics and vocal melodies. The chorus…

people see rap as just putting words together that rhyme but it's much more than that. There are many things that make a good rapper like having a good flow, having good lyrics and having good beats. All the best rappers have theses in common but some are better than others. Some of the best rappers to ever live all have complex lyrics. Eminem is one good example of a great lyricist. This makes Eminem one of the greatest because he's able to put words together and have them make sense like no…

Introduction Rap lyrics have continuously made a large impact on the lives of people living in the North American ghettos in both positive and negative ways. Rap music, intrinsically has generally created a positive base to which people of the North American ghetto can relate and express their feelings and values towards things like mainstream culture. Kubrin refers to rap music as “The CNN for black America” (2005), it keeps the nation updated with the struggles of the ghetto. Although the…

and Hispanic origin, featuring rap with an electronic backing. Hip hop music in 2018 is still very popular in the United States by both men and women and diverse cultures. In the article “Fly-Girls, Bitches and Hoes” by Joan Morgan she quotes rap lyrics from the Notorious B.I.G.’s platinum album “Ready to Die”, scenarios and statistics relating to black on black crime and her mother’s words of wisdom to develop the argument that hip hop and feminism aren’t at war; however, she believes the…

The first characteristic is the importance of emotion. The lyrics display multiple times: “I feel a little more like something dear was lost” (Kansas). Because the line gives off an emotional longing. While the lyric, “I fear that I may be too weak” expresses a worrisome emotion rather than longing. Having such varying emotions keeps the listener intrigued in the lyrics. The song also emphasizes intuition over reason, another Romantic characteristic. “To pass beyond…

interesting lyrics. Very beautifully sang but…

move 100 miles per hour. With Elvis making the song faster and more of a rock and roll type of song it lost the soul that the original writer had for the long. This can be seen in the lyrics as well in Thornton version, she sings, "Well they said you was high class, I can see through that." Well, Elvis changed this lyric to "Well they said you was high class, but that was just a lie.” To me when Elvis…

The lyrics read, “I think it’s because I’m clumsy/ I try not to talk to loud…” (metrolyrics.com). The verse includes a number of reasons that the child gives as an excuse as to why they may be getting abused. Again, I think Vega wants the listener to recognize…

Their songs include music videos that helps justify my research question and therefore, lyrics assist the visual content. The two songs I chose to analyze were “Mfn right (remix)” by 2chainz released in 2016 and “I get around” by 2pac released in 1993. Both songs by the hip hop artists and music videos indicate and can visually express the…

Krakauer’s Into The Wild. In the soundtrack, there are several songs that help to develop the story of Chris McCandless’s journey into the wild. Guaranteed, one of the songs on the soundtrack, provides further insight into Chris’s situation, uses lyrics to get it’s message across, and provides emotion through music and literary devices. The song Guaranteed is a song that shares Chris’s feeling about his his inability to maintain close relationships, his opposition to material possessions and…