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Music can be very inconceivable and to hard to describe, thanks to its magical nature. To further this dilemma, many musicians create songs using diversified melodies and obscure lyrics, conveying the impression of their music having multiple meanings. In the song “Rape Me” by Nirvana, many people assume the song is about a woman being raped, but with subtle clues embedded in the lyrics, “Rape Me” could also have a deeper meaning. Released in December 1993, Nirvana’s Rape Me was written by…

Kendrick Lamar is a rapper from Compton, who has made a big impact in Hip Hop, by having two of the greatest albums this decade GOOD KID, M.A.A.D City and To Pimp a Butterfly. He is known for his innovative take on social issues. Kendrick Lamar’s performance whether it’s the Grammys or the BET awards has received praised and backlash. The Grammy performance which is the most recent occurring on Monday February 15,2016. He used the Grammy performance as a platform to showcase his views on what is…

Curtain (as Winston Churchill described it) fell over the entire continent of Europe and created a rift between the East and the West. In 1949, the United States, the United Kingdom, and France combined their German land to create the Federal Republic of Germany, commonly…

After six years of performing under the name Grimes, Claire Boucher is blasting into the stratosphere of mainstream pop; her intergalactic, out-of-this-world beats and softened sound made more palatable for radio on her fourth studio album, “Art Angels.” Trading her signature dream-pop with thudding, club beats and more confident sounding operatics, the genre-blending album covers a lot of ground in its 14 songs, and features more live instrumentation than ever before, including piano, guitar,…

end of World War Two, the newly formed countries of East and West Germany were struggling to create new national identities in the aftermath of the destruction caused by the National Socialist German Workers party and the war. A parallel of the country as a whole, the capital city of Berlin was also split into an East and a West portion controlled by the Soviet Union and the Allies respectively. The close proximity of the East and the West in the same city—a political, economic, and cultural…

Nayvadius DeMun Wilburn was born on November 20, 1983, in Atlanta, Georgia. He began using his stage name while performing as one of the members of the musical collective. The Dungeon Family nicknamed him The Future. His first cousin recorded producer, and Dungeon Family member Rico Wade, encouraged him to sharpen his writing skills and pursue a career as a rapper. He attended Columbia High School. Future voices praises of Wade’s musical influence and instructio, calling him mastermind behind…

the wall was place democratic West Germany shortly after the Soviet-supported Communist state of East Germany . the division was a big problem for the for Easter side the separation of the freedom of choice. also the separation of the rich and the poor . their were separation of families divide between families. the thing about the wall is to change people to came and over to the other side to have that big separation in the soviet union and democracy of the west. the placement of the wall…

On November 10, Mod Sun, a well known American rapper, author, rock musician and poet, released his new album, BB. This new release is jam packed full of free spirit, self-realization and finding happiness in what you have. The vast majority of the songs on BB push for free thought and a carefree attitude. A prime example presenting this would be his song, #noshirton, which states, “no shirt on, head hanging out the window”. Obviously there is no deeper meaning to uncover from these lyrics, it…

The Fall Of The Berlin Wall How did the fall of the Berlin wall change the world? History In 1961 the communist government built the Berlin Wall. The was divided Berlin into East Berlin and West Berlin. The reason behind building this wall was to prevent people from the West Berlin fleeing to the West Berlin. It was also symbolized as the “Iron Curtain” that divided the democratic western countries and the communist countries of Eastern Europe throughout the Cold War. It all started after…

The first trading posts in Lybia were established by Phoenicians when the merchants of Tyre (current Lebanon) developed commercial relations with the Berber tribes and made treaties with them to ensure their cooperation in the exploitation of raw materials. By the 5th century B.C.E., Carthage, the greatest Phoenician colony, had extended its hegemony across North Africa, where the distinctive civilization of Punic came into being. Punic settlements on the Libyan coast included Oea (later…