The impact of religion is sometimes apparent in many different forms of art. One type of artistic expression that religion is sometimes expressed in is music. Whether it is specifically Christian-based music or secular‚ musicians of all genres may eventually write a song or sing about their religious beliefs at some point. There is a very broad spectrum of diversity in music. People from all around the world with different backgrounds‚ race‚ religion‚ and style can express themselves in this form
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Sociology of Music: Buffalo Soldier and 8th Light Music is a worldwide language. Different genres come from different parts of the world‚ crossing over time zones and seas to reach out to another group of people to shed light on things happening where it originated from. You can listen to songs to learn about other cultures and things that are going on in the world from the perspective of those who wrote the song. Buffalo Soldier by Bob Marley which touches on the influence of blacks and how they
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not always provide positive messages for the audience. Some artists have taken a stand against this and have decided to rap about important and relevant issues such as racism‚ homophobia‚ consumerism‚etc... Nas‚ Mos Def‚ and Macklemore are three examples of this. 1) Mos Def Mos Def‚ whose real name is Dante Terrell Smith‚ has been ranked as one of the top 50 MCs of our time. He has spent a lot of his time being active in different social and political causes. One of his main causes is speaking
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Midterm Paper: Mo Willems Searching through the rows of picture books on the library shelves‚ I was caught by the gaze of a stick-figured pigeon. Initially I had another illustrator in mind‚ however the pigeon had me transfixed and I had to write about Mo Willems. Amazingly‚ the same pigeon also caught the eye of an editor after numerous rejections for five years and helped Mo Willems publish his first picture book‚ Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus! (Hume‚ 2008). Mo Willems is significant to
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Fiasco‚ along with rappers Common‚ Mos Def‚ and Talib Kweli‚ has been credited as a pioneer of the conscious hip hop movement‚ which focuses on social issues.[51] Subjects touched upon on Lupe Fiasco’s Food & Liquor include absent parents‚ terrorism‚ Islam and religion‚ war‚ and prostitution.[51] Fiasco attributes his interest in social issues to his highly cultured upbringing‚ as he describes his mother as "very intellectual" and his father as a "Renaissance man".[51] He rejects the misogyny
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Language and Power in Culture: Revolutionary Words Further Oral Activity Groups: 3-4 students in each group Revolutionary ideas‚ and revolutions‚ first begin with words. These words may be presented in grand speeches that move the masses or they may be the lyrics of the songs of the time. In this project‚ you are going to teach the class about a particular historical and cultural context‚ an important figure (or group) from that context‚ and engage in a close analysis of a speech or song
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Earlier this year‚ XXL magazine released a video of Desiigner performing a freestyle titled “Timmy Turner”‚ a bit that surprised a lot of hip hop followers who believed that the guy who delivered “Panda” would be yet another one hit wonder. However‚ the small‚ 46-second video upended everybody’s expectations of the young rapper‚ and created a huge hype over the Internet. Desiigner’s freestyle is everything “Panda” is not: impromptu‚ melodically complex and sung gently in a hushed voice‚ rather than
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Kanye has always been a very outspoken rapper and with My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy he isn’t afraid to show the world his opinions on divisive issues. Through powerful songs the album is able to go into difficult topics ranging from racial tensions to monsters in the industry and describe them from a different viewpoint. My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy is used to inform its listeners on what is really going on in the world and how it may not be as great as it seems. The album leads off with
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Adrian Middleton Comp I 25 Sept. 2011 Hip Hop’s Betrayal of Black Women The Hip Hop music industry is infamous for being controversial. In the article Hip Hop’s Betrayal of Black Women there’s a debate on whether the exploitation and constant verbal slander of women should be acceptable just because it sales records. It presents the question that why is it that male poverty breeds sexism? Even though women may have lived in the same environment males still see women as the enemy in their
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Thesis: Mos Def‚ in his song “Mathematics” addresses poverty in America by explaining the systemic issues that not only put black people in poverty‚ but furthermore keep black people in poverty. He does this by frequently alluding to various statistics that exemplify the backwardness of American politics and the effects it has on those living in poverty. Example: “When the average minimum wage is 5.15‚ you best believe you’ve got to find a new grind to get C.R.E.A.M.” Idea: Low wages Concepts: Minimum
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