The Eminem Show

For this paper I decided to choose a song that is very popular right now called “Closer,” the song is performed by The Chainsmokers and features the up and coming singer Halsey. This song falls under the dance genre and is very popular with the younger crowds right now and held number one on Billboards Hot 100 and many other music top charts around the world. “Closer” also helped the Chainsmokers surpass Calvin Harris’ record by becoming The Chainsmokers fourth number one dance hit on the…

Jay Z is currently in court for a lawsuit filed against his 1999 hit, "Big Pimpin'." He is scheduled to testify on Wednesday. The lawsuit was filed by Osama Ahmed Fahmy, the nephew of late Egyptian songwriter Baligh Hamdi; Fahmy accused Jay Z, née Shawn Carter, of using part of Hamdi's composition in "Big Pimpin'." The composition Jay Z is being accused of violating is titled "Khosara Khosara." Defending alongside Jay Z is Timothy "Timbaland" Mosley, who helped produce the track. According to…

into the list of notable hip-hop music producers in the industry. Since your interests are in hip-hop music and audio production, you have to know how to make these kinds of beats. Make nice hip-hop beats because you will need them when you want to show artists looking for suitable beats to sing or rap over. The best way is to know places…

Eminem (Marshall Mathers) is one of the most famous rappers to ever live. He raps about about his abused childhood and how he was poor. Heis also a Music producer, rapper, and a film actor. He been famous for his type of rap since the late 1900s. He released The Slim Shady LP in early 1999, and the album went multi-platinum, garnering Eminem two Grammy Awards and four MTV Video Music Awards. In 2000, the rapper released The Marshall Mathers LP, which was noted as the fastest-selling album in rap…

by Logic. The title, a hotline for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, gives assurance for those who are struggling. The pre-chorus, “I’ve been on the low/I been taking my time/I feel like I’m out of my mind/It feel like my life ain’t mine,” shows a suicidal person. Logic’s song, balancing both the person and the hotline’s conversation later replies with, “"I want you to be alive/ You don't gotta die today." This song empowers people to seek help when they are in a very dark place and…

Someone’s rise to stardom can take a day or many years to reach, but at the same time all of that hard work can be washed away by one wrong mistake. An artist that has had experience with this is Snoop Dogg whether it be internal problems in a record label or run-ins with the law that left him on the run Snoop has faced problems that threatened his career and forced him to make some tough choices to save his career from falling apart. Back in 1992 when Snoop Dogg first signed to Death Row…

commonly known as Eminem, is one of the most successful artist in the rap game with almost 150 awards (Wikipedia) to his name - one being the artist of the decade award; this almost certainly has to be accompanied with a sense of pride. During Eminem’s early career, he portrayed asshole like characteristics and would have taken that sense of pride and turned it into offensive pride. It was after his nearly fatal overdose in 2007 (Rolling Stone, 2011) that we saw a different side of Eminem, one…

Rose Pierre Prof. Sowers Intro to Speech 3/7/16 Misogyny in Hip Hop (Gangsta Rap) Music Specific Purpose: To persuade Central Idea: Hip hop music is very misogynistic and can cause abuse to women Introduction Mary was a 16 year old girl who just got her first boyfriend and his name was Jake. Mary was very naïve and young, she thought she was in love. She noticed the music Jake listened to had changed and she also noticed that he started acting differently. One day she went through…

Gangsta rap gained its highest level of nationwide acceptance in the early 1990’s. The greatest spike in the violent crime rate occurred between 1989 and 1990 with an increase of close to 180,000 violent crimes being reported. Violent crime statistics show a gradual increase beginning in 1984, a year after gangsta rap pioneered. The increase in violent crime continued until 1993. Changing demographics, economic shifts, and policing procedures are just a few variables that contributed to the…

trying to get him to take the mic or tell a joke. He argues the unfairness of this, trying to show himself as a regular guy. Such as in the opening scene, in which he is shown preparing for the wedding while being used as the butt of many jokes from his guy friends. And behind the whole idea of the song, a testament to his humanity, showing weakness and emotion just like the rest of…