“Stripes and stars” creates an imagery of American flag and patriotism. Eminem uses sarcasm to describes American should be proud but in the later of the song‚ it is clearly conveyed that the American shouldn’t be proud to be an American and hence indicating “men have died for to protect” men have sacrificed themselves to protect the freedom of speech in the United States. Moreover‚ rhetorical questions are often used to
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In the writing of “Is Eminem Right?”‚ Eberstadt takes a deep dive into today’s teens and the music they listen to. She analyzes the genre of music that has to deal with teens growing up in broken homes. Eberstadt mainly focuses on the negative music that teens listen to and how it affects their lives. What she fails to do is look at the big picture. Do the songwriters even write the songs they are singing? Do the rappers mean what they are rapping? That is what she fails to focus on in her writing
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Why Eminem Is Important Why Eminem Is Important Marshall Mathers‚ otherwise known as Eminem‚ plays a great part in society. Think about what would happen if there was no Eminem? One less rapper is more than likely what you are thinking right? Well it is not just one less rapper. It would also be one less role model for those who really care about him. Eminem is an influence to the young life and even the adults. His songs are stories based on his life and things that he would have wanted to change
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public figure is Eminem‚ he is the rapper. While doing the writing task 2‚ I’ve spent a lot of time on his songs‚ tried to understand what his slang words in the song. And tried to know his personality or his opinion throughout the songs. As far as I know that Eminem is the only rapper who called themselves a Rap God and actually proved it. The song “Rap God”‚ which was released in October 2013‚ as the third single comes from Eminem’s eight album‚ The Marshall Mathers LP2. Eminem spits a total of
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tune with rhythm and music than the rapper Marshall Mathers‚ or popularly known as Eminem. Based on Eminem’s mind-blowing rapping career‚ he would be considered to be a right brained thinker. Right brained people are known for being “Intuitive” and having a “spatial/abstract perception” (Diffen) on things. Eminem could be considered an abstract thinker because just about everything he puts in a rap song
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Professor Portony Engl-152 24 October 2012 The Real Slim Shady Marshall Mathers‚ widely known as Eminem‚ is an American rapper‚ record producer‚ and actor‚ who is recognized as one of the most controversial and best-selling artists of the early 21st century (“Eminem”). Marshall writes most of his lyrics through his personal life experiences while adding a comical “I don’t give a S***” vibe to them. He struggled through a rough and lonely childhood‚ had relationship issues‚ became a father
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perspectives into life and the world. Through the use of the lyrics in his songs‚ the rapper Eminem offers his own perspective of his life and the events that have occurred throughout it. In this essay I shall be discussing a few key themes from his songs and how they are communicated to the audience through the use on language techniques and language in general‚ as well as how they relate to Eminem’s context. One theme that has a recurring use in his songs is the issue of poverty‚ as Eminem spent his
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Marshall Mathers‚ Slim Shady‚ or Eminem. All three are the same man who has changed and influenced the way the rap and hip hop industry is portrayed today. His journey from living through the ghetto‚ poor streets of 8 Mile‚ Detroit‚ to becoming a platinum selling artist in the early 2000’s is one with many obstacles that occurred in between. To understand where he came from and where he is now‚ the movie “8 Mile” is a great visual example of how he struggled with many concepts of sociology prior
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English 9 April 18‚ 2013 Eminem: Personal Life versus Career When you hear the name Eminem‚ you picture a skinny‚ tattoo-covered white guy rapping about drugs‚ rape‚ and violence; he has created this image for himself‚ and tends to hide away the other parts of himself. His alter ego‚ Slim Shady‚ is the complete and utter worst possible version of himself – he is completely uncensored and always speaks his mind. The artist behind the music is Marshall Mathers‚ whose life was not so easy‚ especially
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It was then that his daughter‚ Hailie Jade Scott‚ was born on December 25th of 1995 with long time girlfriend Kim Scott. Having nothing to lose at all‚ flat broke and not knowing where he would be living the next week‚ Marshall set out to rant about life in general‚ the set quickly caught the ear of hip-hop’s difficult-to-please underground. What came out of this was the Slim Shady EP‚ the early work for the later Dr. Dre revised Slim Shady LP. Down to nearly his last dime‚ he went into the 1997 Rap
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