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Taco Bell Hip Hop
1,263 words... gh modification of symbols and materials found in dominate culture. Individuals identify themselves with the changes they make to their cars, allowing their automobiles to project the image that they wish for themselves. Car Stereos also are an important factor in a "bitches ride. " The volumes achievable today in automobiles is staggering. Car Stereos often can be heard as far as a mile away, causing the whole chassis to rattle with each bass hit. West Side members, all have customized spea...
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Music In This Movie Singing And Playing Mood
432 wordsThe film that I chose to do my report on is Jerry Maguire. The basic style of music in this movie varies. There are some scenes in the movie that plays rap music in the background. The styles of music differs from scene-to scene. For example, at one point in the movie Jerry is in his car changing the radio stations and some of the styles included rock, vocal, and country. It effected the mood because Jerry was in a very happy mood and all his problems went away, he was singing as loud as he coul...
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Eminem Wife Night Club Music
730 wordsIt seems that wherever you turn teenagers are committing some sort of rebellious or violent act. Sociologists have analyzed these behaviors as a result of the many aspects of teenage life. One might say family, school or friends have the largest impact, however, it is believed that music is most influential. Music of today often includes severe and violent lyrics that sends a negative message throughout society. Not only is this type of music popular, but it also receives praise by being greatly...
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Bye Bye Buddy Holly
1,880 words"Singing... bye bye, Miss American Pie, drove my Chevy to the levy... but the levy was dry... These lyrics, this song, sung today by Madonna, and years ago, a song that my Dad probably sung... as written by Don Mclean in the 70 's, symbolized for many an aspect of America of the 60 's and 70 's. Who was the American, and what did it mean to be American? What did America mean or represent? When I listen to that song, I see different things than what my dad probably saw. To talk to my dad, you'd l...
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Royce Writes Moral Insight Loyalty
456 wordsBefore spelling out why I think Royce's loyalty-centered ethics is best understood as part of his response to the problem of evil, let me indicate what I take to be other clues that Royce was thinking about loyalty in conjunction with the struggle against evil for many years prior to the publication of The Philosophy of Loyalty in 1908. The structure of The Religious Aspect of Philosophy is such that the practical precedes the religious. In Book I, Royce discusses the moral insight, which can be...
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Dis Me Says Tupac Finally Felt White
1,180 words... at fucked-up childhood. The reason why I could get into acting was because it takes nothin' to get out of who I am to get into somebody else. " When Tupac was 12, Afeni enrolled him in the 127 th Street Ensemble, a theater group in Harlem. "I wanted Tupac to focus on something since he was becoming of age, " she says. In his first performance, Tupac played Travis in A Raisin In the Sun. Tupac leans back on the sofa and beams at the memory. "Right now I can remember the bug biting me right th...
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Tupac Was Arrested Hughes Brothers Role
1,116 words... th a rubber doll to the latest dance craze. Just as things were again beginning to look up for Tupac, he learned that his mother was addicted to crack. "I was on the road with D. U. and called my homies in Marin City just to say wassup, and they told me my moms was buying dope from somebody. It fucked me up. I started blocking her out of my mind, " he says, fingering his gold watch. Neither Tupac nor Afeni will talk much about that period. "After she started smoking dope and all that, " says...
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The Life And Music Of Tupac Shakur
1,006 wordsWhat does it take to be an icon of the 21 st century? An icon is a symbol representing what a person did to be admired by many people and achieved many things rarely an ordinary person can do. I would consider Tupac to be an icon of the 21 st century because he became a living symbol of his generations to many hip-hop and rap fans all over the world. He was the son of Agent Shakur and Billy Garland. At his teens, his family moved to Baltimore, MD. He attended The Baltimore School for the Perform...
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Tupac Amaru Shakur Biographical Info
744 wordsDOB: June 16, 1971 - Brooklyn, NY DOD: September 13, 1996 - Las Vegas, NV Height: 5 ' 10 Weight: 168 Mother: Agent Shakur Father: William Garland Step Father: Jean Wayne Williams AKA Mutulu Shakur Half Sister: Sekyiwa Shakur Half Brother: Maurice Harding (Mopreme of Thug Life) Godfather: Elmer "Geronimo" Pratt Music Groups: One Nation Emcees, Two From The Crew, Strictly Dope, Digital Underground, Thug Life, Outlaw Immortal/Outlaw Aliases: MC New York, 2 Pac, Makaveli (the don) Marital Status: Di...
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Roseland Ballroom Tragic Overtones Music
713 wordsIn 1997 I've attended the live concert of band Portishead, which was held in Roseland Ballroom, New York. This was the first live musical performance that I have even been to. Partially, because of it, this concert has left me deeply impressed. But it was also the quality of the music and authentic band's style that instantly made a Portishead's fan out of me. The first thing that turned out to be a completely different from my idea of live concert, was the fact the band was playing in the middl...
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Institutional Racism Spike Lee
595 wordsAnyone who would dismiss Spike Lee as a racist is confusing pride with prejudice. Sure, hes abrasive, blunt, unvarnished and maybe egotistical. But hes also got the self-confidence, fearlessness and knowledge of his personal mission that in past years, and some parts of Idaho today, would have gotten him called an uppity N-word, maybe worse. This reaction to him, to him in America today, and on our campus this week, is an illustration of how far whites (yes, whites) in this nation have not come....
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Piece Of Wax Evil Demon
913 wordsDescartes epistemology is known as foundational ism. In his Meditations, Descartes tries to discover certain, indubitable foundations for knowledge. He is searching for absolute certainty, and does this by subjecting everything to doubt. Through this he reaches the one thing he believes to be certain, his existence. In Meditation One, Descartes describes his method of doubt. He subjects all of his beliefs to the strongest of doubts. He invokes the notion of an all-powerful, evil demon who could ...
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Heavy Metal Music Metal Blade Records
1,358 wordsMusical preferences are as diverse as the people who listen to it. Different types of music have different reputations. Heavy metal music is often labeled as " negative. " Yet others find it a harmless form of music. The argument presented in this paper will show that heavy metal music poses no threat to the well-being of its listeners. Like other types of music, such as jazz, blues, and even rap. The distinct style of heavy metal music can be grouped into three main sections (Ratliff ...
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Recording Industry Association Industry Association Of America
1,079 wordsThe PMRC was founded in May of 1985. (Tipper) In November of 1985 the PMRC met with the Recording Industry Association of America. The two organizations made an agreement that a label saying Explicit Lyrics-Parental Advisory should be placed on albums containing obscenities, or sexual lyrics. The main parent leading the PMRC is Al Gores wife, Tipper Gore. Tipper Gore seems to be ruining her husbands chances at ever becoming president. The problem is that the entertainment industry, which would m...
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Gun Possession Hip Hop
606 wordsA jury acquitted Bad Boy Entertainment CEO Sean Puffy Combs and bodyguard Anthony Wolf Jones on all charges brought against them, after a 1999 shooting in a nightclub in Midtown Manhattan that injured three people. The verdicts finally ended a seven-week trial that produced the spectacle of two worlds in conflict: the gray bureaucracy of State Supreme Court in Manhattan and the flashy world of Mr. Combs, whose supporters filled the benches day after day. Before the verdict was read, Puffy stared...
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Second World War Pain And Suffering
1,597 wordsWords today mean so much in society that we seldom look back on the consequences they hold. These words can cause much pain, anguish, and conflict amongst people who don t even know each other. People say slurs such as jap, flip, chink, and jew to others, but they don t know who these other people are. These racial, religious, and ethnic remarks are made to demoralize others and to make others feel inferior. Sometimes these slurs are made in society where we have learned to live with them, by th...
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Tupac Shakur Tupac Amaru
775 wordsTupac Shakur, Tupac Tupac Shakur Tupac Shakur, in my thoughts, is the best rapper there is. Tupac Amaru Shakur was born on June 16, 1971. He was born in New York. Tupac Amaru are Inca words. Tupac Amaru means a shining serpent. Shakur means thankful to God, and that came from the Arabic language. When Tupac was 12 years old, his first performance was a play A Raisin in the Sun. In that play Tupac played Travis. In June of 1986, Tupac's family moved to Baltimore from New York. That is where Tupac...
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Toy Story Computer Animation
1,121 wordsChaz Laughlin approached the stand and my first impression of him was of a small Italian business man with his gray suit and black shoes. A company known as Fearless Eye employs Chaz Laughlin. He has been working there for five years now. It s no surprise that the company has kept him for he is very talented with what he does. His job title is Director of Illustration, and with this title comes a lot of responsibility. He edits, produces and designs computer animated advertisements for companies...
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B I G Rap Artists
1,069 wordsStereotypes of a black male misunderstood and it s still all good raps the Notorious B. I. G. as I turn the volume on my stereo louder. The song entitled Juicy illustrates the struggles the Notorious B. I. G. went through before making it big in the music industry. The song insinuates drug selling, living in poverty, and gang violence. These are just some examples of stereotypes that are being placed on young black males in today s society. Everybody has stereotyped an individual or a group beca...
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Tupac Amaru Tupac Shakur
796 wordsTupac Shakur was born Leave Parish Crooks in Brooklyn, NY in 1971. While still a small child, his mother changed his name to Tupac Amaru after an Inca Indian revolutionary, Tupac Amaru, meaning Shining Serpent. Shakur means Thankful To God in Arabic. From childhood, everyone called him the Black Prince. For misbehaving, he had to read an entire edition of The New York Times. When he was two, his sister, Sekyiwa, was born. This childs father, Mutulu, was a Black Panther who, a few months before h...
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