Nelly

feel like I'm going to cry Where I'm going is not showing Being eighteen is pretty hard Chills from bills and they will Make me upset and I don't have skill In survival on my own – I must keep up my guard. Well, I shouldn't be a Negative Nelly. It can't be that difficult to find an occupation But, I am going to a new nation. At least I have money for some food for my belly. This boat ride makes me feel sick The swaying at night keeps me awake And gives me a terrible, monstrous…

When it comes to vulgarity and misogyny, most people agree that rap music can be extremely and unnecessarily offensive; however this agreement usually dissolves when considering the art and interpretation of this genre of music. Supporters of the free expression of hip hop music argue that controversial lyrics can often bring attention to greater issues in society and that rap is simply a poetic expression of the African-American culture and history. According to rapper Jay-Z, rap has done more…

Wuthering Heights , by Emily Bronte, is a novel of love, deceit, and revenge. Catherine Earnshaw loves Heathcliff, but marries Edgar Linton instead. The story’s narrator Ellen Dean, a housemaid, describes Catherine as dramatic and manipulative. She believes Catherine uses her emotions as a ploy to get her way. Catherine's husband Edgar would disagree. In his eyes Catherine uses her intellect and emotions to prove a point, but these emotions at times do alarm him. Both Ellen and Edgar believe…

“I hate you, I trusted you,” the victim reportedly screamed before the girls left her for dead. In 2014, two 13 year old girls from Waukesha stabbed their 12 year old friend 19 times at a sleepover birthday party. The night had been going completely normal until they decided to go play in the woods, where they held her down, stabbed her, and left her there to die. When asked why they did it, they said it was to prove themselves to the internet character, Slenderman. How did this world turn two…

Selena Quintanilla was star eyed even from childhood. She had always been playful, happy, and most importantly, a great singer. Though she got better over time of course. Selena’s dream was not originally to be a musician, but her father had imposed the idea on her at a young age by making her and her siblings play music together. Her sister and brother weren’t as enthusiastic about the idea as she was, but over time they came to love the idea of practicing and rehearsing together. In the…

However, there was an element of suspicion in early readings of the text as the text was published under a male pseudonym: Ellis Bell, which made it perceived as a highly masculine text and for more than a century, women avoided this text under the threat of getting identified with the fate of Catherine Earnshaw and It was only after coming up of Freudian theory that this novel was seen as a female’s quest for self-consciousness. The Madwoman in the Attic: The Woman Writer and the Nineteenth…

The Harm of Destructive Love Destructive love is caused by females wanting full control over the men. The men know how to lead a relationship especially during the time period these stories were written. The women stayed home and took care of kids and the household. Is Destructive love caused by male of female? Well many females feel they should have equal power to men, but that causes this destructive love to occur. It creates a very unhealthy relationship that ends up in arguments and…

The gothic novel Frankenstein, by Mary Shelley, focuses around the downfall of a scientist, Victor, and his obsession with creating a monster. In Wuthering Heights, by Emily Bronte, two neighboring families grow together by love and death, causing them all to suffer. These gothic elements are caused by the pursuit to regain justice. Heathcliff and the creature are plagued with revenge, ruthlessly killing their enemy’s families, bringing about their demise. Revenge comes about in…

In the case of Michael Brown’s racially charged murder, not many black celebrities spoke out. One would see Missouri native and rapper Nelly on the streets of Ferguson showing support for the cause. R&B artist John Legend took to Twitter to express his feelings on the situation, and rapper Talib Kweli followed suit by traveling to Ferguson and live tweeting everything that he observed…

To the untrained ear, all rap can sound the same. This is because a rap song usually has an artist rhyming over a bass beat. However, rap/hip-hop has different sub categories and styles which are seen throughout different time periods. Hip-hop was born in the south Bronx in the early 80’s then spread to the west coast by the late 80’s. This hip-hop sweep quickly began the feud between the upbeat rhythm of East-Coast rappers and the “g-funk” beats of West-Coast rappers. Once the era of East…