The song is a pleasant collaboration of Mr. ... In the song, LL Cool J raps about how he falls victim of a serious crush on a lady in his neighborhood. ... I can remember a crush I had in 12th grade whenever I hear the song.. ... Percussion is the lifeline of the song and keeps a sleek but steady pace throughout the song. ... I have many favorites but this one in particular is great because it is one of the few rap/r&b collaborations that is on my favorites list. ...

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No group combines a rapper with a drummer, keyboard, bass guitar, guitar, conga drums, and a vocal percussionist. Before the beginning of the second song Black Thought (lead vocalist) started with this message to the crowd, "we are the original article, no additives, no preservatives," Vocal Percussion or "beat boxing" has been around since hip-hop music began. ... Skratch can almost any beat with his mouth, he did Wu-Tang Clan beats and many other recognizable songs. ... Being a Roots fan it was a lot of fun to just see some of my favorite songs performed ten feet from where I was standing....

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Obviously, it's always been a major challenge for anyone to find a direct link between the lyrics of any song and virtually anyone's behavior, whether good or bad. ... Another point raised is that references to the song "12- by the group Insane Clown Posse were also made in a letter attributed to Eric Harris. The music of Marilyn Manson is believed partly responsible for the December 12, 1996 suicide death of Richard Kuntz a Burlington, North Dakota teenager who was listening to Manson's "The Reflecting God- at the time of his death, a song his friends say he was always playi...

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Songs make common graphic references to sex, drugs and violence, unlike the past where sensitive issues were cleverly veiled. ... Teenagers, who listen to heavy metal or rock music, are attracted because they can connect the lyrics of these songs with their own troubled feelings. "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 re...

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Groups like Run-DMC, MC Hammer, and LL Cool J were among the earlier pioneers of Rap. ... In response to the controversy risen by Rap, KRS frontman Chuck D once memorably described rap music as "black people's CNN" - the only medium in which black voices could tell the truth in a white-dominated country". ... Modern artists like 50 Cent, Jay-Z, and Eminem have not only revolutionized Rap, by creating Hip-Hop (a mix of rap and R&B), but have also symbolized and broken standards for American's freedom of speech. ... Rock and Roll and Rap gave birth to another innovative and profound...

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Corn rolled, marijuana smoking, diamond wearing, and Bentley driving rap stars. ... Songs like "I Wanna Hold Your Hand" by The Beatles in 1964 and "To Sir With Love" by Lulu in 1967, deal with juvenile subjects yet both were the top selling songs of their years (Smith, Ron 6.). ... Their lyrics when from the happy love songs like "I Want to Hold Your Hand" (Lennon/McCartney), to the more direct "Let it Be" (Lennon/McCartney). ... For that reason alone can you got into a music store look in the popular music isle and find boy bands right next to punk rock and rap....

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One young Englewood native, Keith Cozart (better known as rapper Chief Keef), has spearheaded a movement in Chicago and across the nation focusing on the uprising of a new genre of music: "drill"" music. ... Keef has been shot at by the police, arrested on gun charges, is responsible for a child, and was investigated in the murder case of fellow teenage Chicago rapper Joseph "Lil Jojo" Coleman" (7) (8). ... Drill music, however, has stirred up intense controversy among listeners, as its performers are a plethora of archetypal "Chief Keef's " that rap about what they know: graphic violence...

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Many of the song lyrics condone sex and violence making it appealing to the youth. ... They have to dress like them, try and sing the lyrics to songs and dance. ... Right now some of the most popular music is rap, for example P Diddy and Busta Rhymes. ...

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For example, in one song, titled "I"m Just A Kid", the band discusses how a boy in his teens wakes up early to hang out with his friends one weekend only to discover he hasn't any. ... Another example is in the song, "Addicted", in which a boy tries to gain forgiveness from his recent ex-girlfriend and plead his case in that he doesn't deserve the breakup, mostly because he misses her and feels awful for driving her to break up with him. ... It's almost like poetry the way that they rhyme it, and yet it's soft enough, and slow enough to be better than that awful rap which...

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By the middle of the 80's, almost every country had begun to support indigenous music, and at the end of this "a vigorous talk-song style called rap became extremely popular among urban black teenagers" ("Rock Music", Encarta, p.1.). ...

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