Marvin Gaye has made a long lasting impact on music‚ without him who knows if R&B would have the same sound or if many of the artist he wrote for would be famous at all. Marvin Gaye has been called‚ “The number-one purveyor of soul music” (Classic Motown). Davis quotes Michael Dyson describing Gaye as someone “…who transcended the boundaries of rhythm and blues as no other performer had done before” (Ritz 121). He paved the way for many artists of this time‚ so much even after his death people are
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The Golden Era of Hip Hop had a huge affect on people all around the world. It was an era where the young and the old all around the world connected. It brought people together. The Golden Era started from the year 1986‚ to the year 1994; The starting point is less disputed than the endpoint. The Golden Era was about innovation in content‚ inflow‚ and in production. In addition‚ the Golden Era was very influential‚ original‚ and creative. The 4-5 elements of hip hop did their part in the golden age
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1Mariano Marcelina Mariano Mrs.Spurlock AP Language and Composition 13 October 2014 Period 4 My Personal Philosophy My Pursuit of Life “A good decision is based on knowledge and not numbers.” Wise words from Plato lessening the importance of quantity. As I continue to learn about this man and his beliefs‚ the more influence he has on my own Personal Philosophy. Not only have his stories impacted me as a person‚ they have driven me to figure
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Valedictory Graduation Speech Today‚ we celebrate our success after all these years of hardship‚ struggle and perseverance. We reminisce the challenges that stood before us‚ and we savour the victories that came upon our hands. It was not so long ago when we dare to dream‚ and not so long ago‚ when we dared to take the first essential steps towards our fulfilment of satisfaction. Along the way‚ we met a surplus of trials‚ but our burning desire to reach our goals has kept us from straying or giving
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Research Portfolio: Ben Pettit - DJ Zinc In this essay‚ I will be looking at one of the producers who has greatly influenced my work and has a successful career spanning over 20 years in multiple genres; Ben Pettit AKA DJ Zinc. When I first heard "Super Sharp Shooter" in 1995‚ which came out on DJ Hypes Ganja Records and his Dope Skillz alias for Six Million Ways; I was astounded as this track seemed to elevate the "jump up" sound of DnB and Jungle to a higher level. At a time when Jungle was
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Sadly a requirement to see if I needed to get glasses. We got to the program and it was my turn to go up to the stand and read the letters and numbers on the wall‚ i covered my weaker eye first then my stronger eye. Even though i was a little bit scared i was confident that my eyesight would be fine but that thought shattered when i got my results back‚ i got the devastating news that i needed glasses. I was looking back on how i probably destroyed my eyesight and i figured it out‚ my friend lending
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About the Music Video Both Jay-Z’s third single album “99 Problems” and its corresponding music video were released in 2004. Although Jay-Z is known today as a famous rapper and a producer of Roc-A-Fella record label‚ he did not start off with the most fortunate setting. The music video portrays the ghetto of Brooklyn‚ New York in the 1990s and illustrates the struggles that Jay-Z had to go through during his career in order to reach the top of the music industry. This hip-hop music video won
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Woodberry‚ Hijiri Ms. Bralock American Literature February 13‚ 2015 Cornel West Cornel West‚ Ph.D.‚ is an American philosopher that was born on July 2‚ 1953. He is involved politically with the Democratic Socialists‚ and teaches in the Department of Religion and African American Studies. Cornel West is sometimes referred as a “non-Marxist socialist” and is one of the most famous and popular African American intellectuals in the United States. He wrote the bestseller book Race Matters
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century‚ one of the Four Great Classical Novels was written by Wu Ch’êng-ên‚ Journey to the West: Monkey also sometimes known as just Monkey. The significance of this novel is because the Four Great Classical Novels of Chinese history greatly influenced the development of Chinese literature and culture. The graphic novel‚ American Born Chinese by Gene Luen Yang is directly connected to Journey to the West: Monkey and helps readers better understand the story through a general theme about hybrid identities
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“You’ve got to have a dream‚ if you want to have a dream come true.”. “Let the beauty that we love be what we do.” “Hold fast to dreams. For if dreams die‚ life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly.” “The vision that you glorify in your mind‚ the ideal that you enthrone in your heart - this you will build your life by‚ and this you will become.” “Every fool knows you can’t touch the stars‚ but it doesn’t stop a wise man from trying.” “If one is lucky‚ a solitary fantasy can totally transform
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