And how they can be interested in simple pointless words that mean nothing. And how can they call these words lyric. ... Rap is being blamed for increasing crimes and murders and heavy metal is being blamed for giving teens only dark images and thoughts in their minds. Although the media and public criticize rap and rock music and blame the music for influencing teens negatively, I"m sure these kinds of music actually give many teenagers an outlet from their life problems. ... I hear far worse words and phrases everyday during school than on a rap album and the words do not effect me or anyb...

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• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

This new type of music was rap music. ... I loved the new sounds and lyrics of rap music. ... The rap music in a sense is not as relatable, though I still enjoy many other qualities of it. ... His music is also authentic since most of his songs comes from how he lives. ... The other thing I look for in music is how relatable it is. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

It can have an impact on how we treat people. ... What is music and how does it affect us? ... Now that we have determined what music is and how it affects us, let's look at how music unites people. ... Now we will look at how music can divide people. ... An example of this is, an individual that listens to rap music might be labeled as being a "thug" or an individual that listens to country music might be labeled as being a "hick." ...

• Word Count: 834
• Approx Pages: 3
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

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...

• Word Count: 1106
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Being a big rap fan, in which the lyrics generally talk about society and all the issues keep me aware of what is going on and how there is no justice and no true freedom. Along with rap I listen to other genres of music, which have their own way of sending out a message and expressing themselves. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

After coming to America from my native land of Kuwait I was unsure on how the American culture was going to differ from mine. ... Right now some of the most popular music is rap, for example P Diddy and Busta Rhymes. ...

• Word Count: 527
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

Ellison's essay is about his relationship to music, but it also tells the story of how he became a writer. ... When I am being productive I listen to rap music, songs that motivate me or encourage me to actually get my work done. ... To be a good writer, you must know how to use good description, explosion that clarifies their thoughts, and persuasion. ... I don't know how she does that. ... I can never focus on writing a paper or studying when I'm listening to rap music, but when I'm doing out of the book homework, worksheets and math homework I don't have any problem...

• Word Count: 1445
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

How are you getting that?' ... They would take a prerecorded piece of music and using editing and splicing techniques they would then add rap and other effects over it to create a very new sound. The music of rap would not exist today if it had not been for the creation of track editing. ...

• Word Count: 2099
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

One of these fans stated Manson's message within his lyrics is, "not a negative message, and I"d rather her listen to him than rap where they degrade women by calling them b**ch or "pop a cap in you"re a**" so the band's not bad and if there's any influence it positive not negative" (Sympathy For The Parents 3). ... Store chains such as Wal-Mart, have banned several artists, such as Marilyn Manson, from their music shelves and are also sellers of edited CDs and tapes, many of which are rap labels. ... But usually the first thing a person hears when a song is played is the mu...

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• Approx Pages: 10
• Has Bibliography

The question of how the pyramids were built has not received a wholly satisfactory answer. ... However what this debate does show us is how little that we actually know and understand about the creation of this extraordinary monument. ...

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• Approx Pages: 18
• Grade Level: High School

Thus providing a significant example of how music effects the brain. ... Thus providing a significant example of how music effects the brain. ... On the way home he/she listens to heavy metal and hard rap. ... An illustration of how music affects behavior is in movies. ...

• Word Count: 1632
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School