Fascinating it is though to witness how the limestone bicarbonate structure has converted itself from a level plane, to a rough jagged edge figure. ... Among all these Rap Artist 50 cents drove my attention. ... Rap artist 50 and colleagues in G'D Up are excellent propagandist. ... Crimes are still increasing, Rapping is still lingering, and Prejudice is yet to stop, rappers are constantly using misogyny, violence, and hatred in their music. ... Standing Ovation is giving to those who made it to 2004, I dare though to see though how many will survive rap music, and make it to 2005....

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Proof of just how influential these musicians are is blatantly obvious by just looking at the children dressing and mimicking the actions of these idols. There have been numerous stories flooding the news about teenagers committing suicide or hate crimes due to certain song lyrics among the rap and rock genres. Many rappers do not serve as good role models for the children that listen to their music. ... Dozens of cities across the United States banded together to censor Manson from the radios and ban the distribution of his CDs, this is how strongly many parents felt that Manson was having...

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I will discuss about music lyrics and music videos and how these create an impact on youths over the decades. ... "Gangsta rap" music is another type of music that has been very influential over the years. ... Studies have shown that exposure to rap music "tends to lead to a higher degree of acceptance of the use of violence... "[4] We can also see in the media that some rap artists are being arrested for violent crimes in real life. ... In 1998, a "study of 518 music videos from 4 popular music video networks, contained almost 15% of interpersonal violence, with an average of 6 violent acts p...

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Featured as the main single on the soundtrack to rapper Eminem's biopic film, 8 mile, the song, "Lose Yourself", is seemingly the perfect theme song for the underdog. ... This essay will examine how the rapper effectively employs ethos, pathos and logos in his lyrics to convey his view of life-you only have one shot. Born Matthew Marshall, III, American rapper, producer and actor, "Eminem", represents himself as an authority on notion of carpe diem. ... Eminem writes, "his palms are sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavy" to describe the rush of nerves he use...

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Memes are started by such media icons like Pee Wee Herman, Ren and Stimpy, Beavis and Butthead, Micheal Jackson, Madonna, certain music like Rap and corporations such as MTV are all guilty of spreading the media virus. What Rushkroff believes is that shows like the ones I just mentioned are helping Generation X learn how to deal with such issues. Pee Wee Herman is teaching us how to deal with the "abnormal", Ren and Stimpy deal with homosexuality, Beavis and Butthead teach us how to be critical of what we are watching on television, Madonna gives us an understanding of sex, and Rap is deali...

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If music's purpose is to invoke emotions in the listener, then rapper Eminem has not only discovered this purpose but has utilized the power of music itself to convey his most agonizing traumas. ... However, when Caucasian rapper, Marshall Mathers, a.k.a Eminem, emerged from the slums of his Detroit home, he managed to stir more controversy with his lyrics than most people were ready to cope with. Eminem's lyrics made him "public enemy number one" when he openly rapped about murders and bad mouthed other artists in the music business. ... Experiencing the same kind of oppressi...

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Whether it's rap, or the sultry sounds of Shakira, even the rhythem of Gloria Estevan. ... Many actors feel the same way, Steve Harvey, a comedian-actor, said that he feels, "the film industry has yet to acknowledge how diverse and integrated America has become". Another, rapper-turned-movie- mogul, Ice Cube certainly knows the industry, he states, "Movies are a different animal", he is responsible for several successful films including Friday, and Barbershop. ...

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Here is how IAFIS works: a local agency must have a live-scan fingerprint terminal. ... After going through several quality-control checks, the information is run against an automated system, housing "rap sheets" on about 35 million offenders. ... If no match is found in the rap-sheet file, the prints are run against the FBI's AFIS system, which houses 35 million 10-print digitized files. ...

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Traveling hundreds of thousands miles together in school bus without air conditioning in the heat of Texas, exploring, sharing different fast foods, music, rap, culture, social interaction, cyber-interaction and tennis rackets, premium branded jeans and sweaters created the "Bobsy Twins- analogous to a reverse fusion of Siamese twins. ... The intimacy of sharing headphones with rap music blaring to the disgust of the conventional and the appreciation of the enlightened, the unashamed cockiness unmatched by tennis talent, the over powering attraction and adoration of "at-the-edge- off court soc...

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The devil makes work for idle thumbs', by using an iconic symbol the company appeals to the sense of religiousness and also to the story of Adam and Eve, how they were punished for having something that was forbidden, and the devil is renowned for evil and mischievousness. ... The characters in this advert are themselves, they have no specific part to play except the parts that they play through life, and Busta Rhymes often plays the role of a thug and a hard core rapper. ... Busta Rhymes is defined as a bad boy rapper', with the bad experiences of the hood' pushing him ...

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American hip-hop, rap, R&B and alternative musicians have collaborated with Jamaican reggae artistes to embellish their own music whether in remixed pieces or original pieces, British artistes have imitated the reggae style and have come up with their own slightly original version, Trinidadian musicians have combined reggae with their own indigenous music to create a unique hybrid and Jamaican calypso musicians have also done the same. It is hard to ignore the four-two-four beat that makes reggae beats what they are regardless of where it has been used or how it has been used....

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When we understand these contexts and how they affect the human experiences we can fully compare these texts and how language and film techniques are used to help convey these human experiences. In both texts, racism plays a significant role in how both Othello and Odin were viewed. ... The stereotype of rap music being associated to black people is used in the film and is further associated with the introduction of drugs, further emphasising the stereotypes Odin faces and how they shape and isolate him. ... This traditional view is heavily challenged by how the role of women is altered in ...

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Rappers like Mack 10, Korn, and Marilyn Manson use extremely explicit lyrics. ... From an ethical perspective, indecency and obscenity are not essential to the communication of socially relevant messages to adolescents, even within hip-hop or rap. ...

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The film follows Sal Fragione, owner of a local pizza parlor, and his consideration of how his neighborhood has changed in the time he has been there, to a now composed niche of primarily African Americans and Hispanics. ... Even the melodic tones of jazz serve as a polar opposite to the rap statement of Public Enemy's, "Fight the Power". ... A number of reviews felt that the film would trigger African Americans to riot after seeing it, and how African Americans were not intelligent enough to make the clear distinction between what plays on the screen and what occurs in real lif...

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Emma Sulkowicz has now become the face of the college rap survivors' movement for her famous carrying the mattress symbol. ... According to the same article, "The list from the Board of Education continues the Obama administration's push to shine a spotlight on sex assault in response to questions raised in recent years about how prominent colleges have handled rape allegations and related issues....

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The none digetic sound for both films are conventional for the times, A Nightmare On Elm Street uses creepy music but its techno and sounds like synthesisers had been used, but these techniques where used then .Scream is conventional for today's horror films as they tend to use more heavy music like rock or rap for their soundtracks, several recent examples are Freddy v Jason, Halloween resurrection and resident evil. ...

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It is obvious that significant improvements have been made in the way that the criminal justice system deals with Blacks during the history of the United States. Blacks have not always been afforded a right to trial, not to mention a fair one. Additionally, for years, Blacks were unable to serve on ...

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