Ever since 1981‚ the year that MTV first aired “Video Killed the Radio Star”‚ music videos have been a huge part of the popular music industry‚ and any artist hoping to be relevant was expected to produce some music videos. What makes music videos so important is the ability to create a visual representation of the music. Jamiroquai’s music video for the song “Virtual Insanity” is essentially an interpretive dance number for the themes present in the lyrics of the song that are the fear and rejection
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Music is engraved in people’s brains whether they like it or not. People all rely on music for entertainment‚ self soothing and a way to express their feelings. However the question uppermost in my mind‚ is what kind of effect does it have on teenagers? The older generation often complain about the adverse effect that music has on young impressionable minds. Do they really mean music or the inclusion of questionable video and lyrics? Without a doubt‚ many of today’s music videos include high levels
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the LGBTQ community in media and the stereotypical depictions of queer sexuality leads us to believe media has become a negative platform. This matter is perceived in the episode “Lesbian Request Denied” from the television series Orange Is The New Black as it captures Lavern Cox’s struggle in prison as a transgender individual. As I considered the impact of cultural gender definitions on transgender people‚ I further wanted to discover
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The older versions of black music is better than the modern day black music. The first Africans transported to this country came from a variety of ethnic groups with a long history of distinct and cultivated musical traditions. African Americans used homemade drums and banjos to communicate among themselves. In fact‚ back the 1700s‚ drums had been banned on many slave plantations. Slaves on southern plantations had their own musical styles‚ which later evolved into gospel‚ blues‚ and what is now
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The X factor: What women want? Woot! Women for the Win In any business‚ being plagued by stereotyping signals the clarion call to diversify as a means to resuscitate itself. This cardinal truth should be understood and applied if maximum gains were to be accrued. The multibillion dollar video gaming industry has banked thus far in catering to male interests‚ while making haphazard attempts at attracting the female audiences. Many view it as a saturation
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To be honest‚ this music videos was quite difficult for me to break down initially. I had never seen the music video and my only experience with the song was hearing part of it in the movie Never Been Kissed‚ which‚ admittedly‚ is not a significant experience with the text. After listening to in a dozen times for this assignment though‚ I have to say that I do like it. I had also never analyzed a music video before‚ so I felt unqualified‚ but our in-class discussion was very enlightening. I was
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Rhetorical Analysis of “Hip Hop’s Betrayal of Black Women” In “Hip Hop’s Betrayal of Black Women”‚ McLune addresses the influence of hip hop’s choice of words towards African American women and females. McLune’s article is written in response to Powell’s opinions in “Notes of a Hip Hop Head”‚ along with various other hip hop artists‚ that black females are the leading cause of poverty and racism why black men undertake racism and poverty‚ as if women do not face these struggles from day to day.
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"BLACK MUSIC" African-American music has had such an impact on our society today. African-American music became popular in the 19th century after the civil war as musicians of color were hired to play in saloons and brothels. A couple of forms of popular music are spirituals‚ gospel‚ blues‚ jazz and ragtime. Spiritual and gospel music reflected the poverty and oppression of slaves. As Jazz entered the popular culture it provoked a great deal of criticism. An artist know as‚ Louis Armstrong
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most interesting musical and literary developments of the 1980s was the emergence of rap‚ a form of popular music in which words is recited to a driving rhythmic beat. It differs from mainstream popular music in several ways‚ but‚ most interesting in literary terms‚ rap lyrics are spoken rather than sung. In that sense‚ rap is a form of popular poetry as well as popular music. In Black English‚ rap means “to talk‚” and in most current rap songs‚ the lead performer talks or recites‚ usually at
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female character in gaming history‚ and the foundation of the female characters portrayed in video games such as Lara Croft from “The Rise of the Tomb Raider” series or more recently‚ Aloy from “Horizon Zero Dawn.” Isn’t this good for women’s representation in video games? For Anita Sarkeesian it most certainly is not. Sarkeesian makes claims out of context. It is clear that she does not even play video games‚ and she doesn’t talk about the intentions of the developer or the audience. She has been
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