...Aubrey Drake Graham born October 24, 1986 in Toronto, Ontario, who records under Drake. He is a Canadian recording artist, rapper, and songwriter. Drake started off playing Jimmy Brooks on the television series Degrassi. After that career was done he later rose as a rapper, after releasing a couple of mixtapes before signing with Young Money Entertainment (Kellman). For one Drake is one of my all time favorite music artists. He motivates me and puts me in a positive attitude with his original lyrics. The song “Successful” in the album So Far Gone and Ready sticks out as one of my favorite songs record by Drake. He pushes past the dilemmas in his life and all the dislike everybody throws at him but still does what he wants to do. Compared to other rappers, Drake has by far the most meaning in every song he produces. Drake has a music style that isn’t like any other; most of his lyricism is in regard to being rich and famous and also past relationships with strippers. “Drake's sound is labeled as "soft" for his genuine, forgiving lyrics and expressive melody.” (Lester). What is another thing that sets him apart from the rest is he has a wide vocabulary in his rhymes that he produces; you can tell that he is very high educated. From the album Take Care I can sing every song on that album because you can understand Drake when he raps. “Drake has a unique musical style that has set him apart from his Young Money counterparts, especially in his latest effort album “Take Care” (Markman)...
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...named Aubrey Graham. He is well known as Drake in the music industry. The song I am referring to is called ‘Jungle.’ There is one lyric in particular that caught my attention and stuck with me. The lyric itself personally inspires me to be my best and encourages me to keep moving toward success. The song is fairly new. It was released in February of 2015, along with seventeen other songs, on Drake’s album ‘If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late.’ This is his fourth commercial released album. It was randomly available on iTunes on the thirteenth of February. The album has been very successful, as well as his others. The album debuted as number one on the Canadian Albums Chart and the Billboard 200. Because of ‘If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late,’ Drake became the first rapper to top Billboard’s Artist 100 chart. Jungle has the third most plays out of the whole album. Drake has always been one of my favorite artists to listen to. I feel his music is more relatable than others. Jungle really grabbed ahold of my mind and wedged itself in there, continuously playing even when I’m not listening to the actual song. It loops the same part of the song over and over again when I’m in apposition of giving up. It is a rather emotional song though. The meaning of the song is said to be about him realizing he was down playing his feelings for a woman and their relationship, which led to their falling out. In my opinion, the one significant lyric, “the things I can’t change are the reasons...
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...Complex Sentences Exercise (See related pages) ------------------------------------------------- Top of Form Directions: Determine the independent clause in each sentence. Example | Although too little sleep is an effect of stress, too little sleep can cause stress. | | a. Although too little sleep is an effect of stress | | b. too little sleep can cause stress | | | Explanation | The answer is b. The most important thought the author wants readers to understand is that too little sleep can cause stress. The dependent clause, which is introduced by although, tells readers information the author considers less important, that too little sleep is an effect of stress (that is, people who are stressed may not sleep well). Notice that if you read the dependent clause aloud to someone and stopped there, the listener would expect you to add something more. The dependent clause does not make complete sense by itself. | | | | 1 | | Although we know the benefits of exercise, most of us don't know that a brisk after-dinner stroll can help with digestion. | | | A) | Although we know the benefits of exercise | | | B) | most of us don't know that a brisk after-dinner stroll can help with digestion | | | | | | | | 2 | | People need to be able to share their fears, frustrations, and joys, so it's important for us to develop a network of people we can share our feelings with. | | | A) | People need to be able to share their fears...
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...Lyric Censorship: Language is Power Words create powerful emotions in all of us. They are used to express our feelings, thoughts and ideas, as well as communicate with one another. There are countless examples in history where we see language equating power. Within those examples we see people in the position of power, using this power of language to degrade their enemies and those they consider beneath them, and shape language in their favor. Music ties into language completely. The words of song lyrics convey powerful messages. As language is power, those in control seek to repress the power of this language in music, attempting to keep the power in their favor. But this attempt at censorship only gives those words even more influence and any attempt to infringe our right to free speech should be fought for to prevent its loss. The censorship of lyrics has occurred globally and can be dated back as far as music and poetry can be traced. Let’s take Asia as an example. Under the ruling of the Taliban in Afghanistan, music became a crime (Korpe, 2004). Instruments were burned, and people were severely punished for singing or creating any kind of music that was not deemed acceptable by the government. In Kabal, President Rabbani went as far as to create an Office for the Propagation of Virtue and the Prevention of Vice, which was used to regulate the lyric of song in the favor of the government, and punish those who spoke ill towards those in power. In Pakistan...
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...Part 1: Is the topic too broad? No, it is not too board because we are concentrating on the effect of music lyrics on a specific age group, which is youth. Can the problem really be investigated? Yes of course it can be investigated because teenagers nowadays get exposed to music more than ever before. So they can be observed and the results can be analyzed. Can the data be analyzed? Yes the data can be analyzed through content analysis of different kinds of music and music lyrics. Can the results of the study be generalized? Yes the results can be generalized because teenagers get expose do different kinds of music with different lyrics and I am not only examining one kind of music. I’m researching the effect of all kinds of music lyrics on youth. What time is involved in the analysis? The time does not really play an important role in this research since we are not focusing on a specific musical era; but the questions we mainly about contemporary song lyrics. Is the planned approach appropriate to the project? Yes, I believe that the questionnaire was the most helpful tool to analyze the effect of music lyrics. The content analysis also made me compare the answers of the people and it helped me discover how music lyrics affect each person differently. Is there is any potential harm to the subjects? No, there is no harm to the subjects. Part 2: Write a paragraph about your problem’s significance: With the recent technological advancement, youth are now being...
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... • Get the children to take over the ‘Call’ function as soon as possible from you. You are modelling skills and empowering them to model to each other as well. Children leading others is a very powerful re-inforcer and motivator. 2) Injecting backing tracks into lessons at key points • allows you ‘pick up’ or ‘calm down’ a lesson depending upon the mood. • allows you to overlay any lyrical content that you want to highlight from your lesson. • You can use songs from Sing Up website but you can also simply use the backing tracks of some key songs Example Let’s Dance backing track from Sing Up website Suggest some lyrics to practise to this track from any work you have done today. Can you see a way in which children could be asked to suggest some simple lyrics that summarise key points of a lesson? How would engaging children creatively in the song help them to learn the content of your lessons? How would it affect their attention and involvement? What other ‘support’ might you need to give then to help them come up with some lyrical ideas? How could you build this in to the work you do on a topic so that this support is already there before you play the track? eg: Key word...
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...road when you look back and have no regrets and are happy with what you accomplished is success. The person I picked to do this project on has done all of these things. His name is Aubrey Drake Graham and he came from nothing to something through hard work and it lead to success. He fits my definition of success perfectly. Drake was known as an actor named Jimmy Brooks on the TV show called Degrassi early in his life. He began his acting career in 2001 and starred on the show for seven years. Drake was a very young and successful actor “earning a 2002 Young Artist Award for Best Ensemble in a TV Series” (Profile). While still acting he started to fall in love with music. He began making music and eventually released his first mixtape, Room for Improvement, in 2006. The next year he came out with another mixtape called Comeback Season. His music career was going in the right direction but wasn’t that good yet. “In 2008, the producers of Degrassi overhauled the cast, eliminating Drake's character” (Profile). Without his acting job and not making substantial amount of money as rapper, Drake was on the brink of looking for a job. "I was coming to terms with the fact that ... I might have to work at a restaurant or something just to keep things going." (Profile). Without a real job or much money Drake could have gave up on everything but he didn’t. In order to achieve...
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...Emily Simone Mr. Buonaspina World History & Cultures, Block H 18 February 2014 -I Just Wanna Be Successful~Rise of Drake- Born on 1986, Aubrey Drake Graham was born in Toronto, Ontario. Aubrey began attending Forest Hill Collegiate Institute where he began his acting career. He attended two institutes before dropping out of high school although years later he graduated. At the age of fifteen, Aubrey's agent found him an acting job on the new hit series Degrassi: The Next Generation, as a character named Jimmy Brooks. By this point many might recognize Aubrey Drake Graham as the famous and talented rapper/ actor who goes by the name Drake. Over the years Drake has portrayed hard work, dedication, and pure talent throughout his early childhood, his acting career and most of all his musical career. As a child, Drake was a skilled drummer who worked alongside Jerry Lee Lewis. At the age of five, his parents divorced and he lived with his mom, in a wealthy town in Toronto. He went to Forest Hill Public School system, but did not graduate the high school; Forest Hill Collegiate Institute, where he tried pursuing his acting career. Born as an African, Canadian Jew Drake had a Bar Mitzvah and faced much racial discrimination. Persevering through all of the hardships in his life, Drake also was able to play in a minor hockey league with the Weston Red Wings. After dropping out of the Forest Hill Collegiate Institute, he was shortly after accepted in Vaughn Road Academy...
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...Courtney Blakley Professor Arnold Music Appreciation 10 November 2015 Aubrey “Drake” Graham Aubrey Drake Graham was born on October 24, 1986 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He most knowingly goes by his middle name of Drake. His parents are Sandi and Dennis Graham. At the age of five, his parents divorced. Drake was then raised by his mother in Canada and would sometimes spend the summers in Memphis with his father. Drake attended a Jewish Day School but as time went on, Drake ended up dropping out of high school but later finished in 2012. Drake has seen many experiences in his life and some he said were very life changing. One life changing event includes of when he his own father, Dennis, being taken away for jail time and he had to see his father get taken. Drake states that since his father had been taken away, it made him learn that he needed to grow up fast and be the solid, supportive backbone for his mother. At the age of 24, Drake makes this comment explaining his life changes he has experienced, "I've seen a lot, man. I've seen a lot of life, put it that way. I've been with the most blessed kids in the world. I've been with people whose life is right at the bottom of the barrel. I was on a TV show, I went to art school, I went to hood schools. I've lived. I've lived a full 24 years, man.” Drake is now 29. In the year of 2001, Drakes life was about to make a big change and he had no idea what was coming. A classmate of Drake’s had a father who was an agent....
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...Gendered Violence in Browning’s Poems “My Last Duchess” and “Porphyria’s Lover”, both written by Robert Browning in 1842, contain strong elements of gendered sexual violence that is likely a product of the repression and censorship that typified the Victorian Age. While “Porphyria’s Lover” is much more graphic and obvious in its depiction of sexual violence, “My Last Duchess” contains a number of elements that are dark and disturbing in their own right. Most important of these is the objectification of the duchess, which reduces her identity to that of another display in a collection. Both similarities and differences between the poems will be analyzed, including theme, symbolism, rhyme scheme, tone, and the nature of the sexual violence itself. This will show that the gendered sexual violence present in Browning’s poems is indicative of their historical context, primarily the social norms of the time. There are strong similarities between the two poems, particularly in theme, where both poems display a preservation of the mens’ idea of the feminine in a form that fit their ideal. In “My Last Duchess” this is seen in the opening lines, “That's my last Duchess painted on the wall / Looking as if she were alive . . .” and a little later in lines nine and ten, when it is revealed that the Duke keeps the painting curtained so that only he can enjoy the sight and smile of his late wife (1-2,9-10). In “Porphyria’s Lover” the theme is present in the narrator’s desire to fix Porphyria...
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...Thesis: In the poem “The Lamb” by William Blake is a lyric poem in which the author marvels at the love, wonder and innocents of a child as the child in turns marvels at the love of a creator and all that the creator has created. 1. Intro a. Thesis b. Curiosity of a child 1. Lyric Poem a. Expresses personal or emotional feelings b. Traditionally in the present tense c. Have a specific rhyming scheme 2. A creator’s love for all that he has created a. Invites the lamb to eat in the valley b. A life blessed with out worries c. Bright soft wooly clothing 3. Innocents of a child a. Amazement at the lamb itself b. He calls Himself a lamb c. He became a child d. Comparison of the child’s personality traits to those of a lamb and those of their creator 4. Setting a. Peaceful meadow b. A quiet resting place c. Soothing tones throughout the poem 5. Conclusion a. Little lamb God bless you Running Head: Poetry Thesis 1 Poetry Thesis Engl 102: Literature and Composition Summer D 2013 Regina M. Carroll ID#24487654 APA Format ...
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...Where are we? What the hell is going on? The dust has only just begun to fall, Crop circles in the carpet, sinking, feeling. Spin me round again and rub my eyes. This can't be happening. When busy streets a mess with people would stop to hold their heads heavy. Hide and seek. Trains and sewing machines. All those years they were here first. Oily marks appear on walls Where pleasure moments hung before. The takeover, the sweeping insensitivity of this still life. Hide and seek. Trains and sewing machines. (Oh, you won't catch me around here) Blood and tears, They were here first. Mmm, what you say? Mm, that you only meant well? Well, of course you did. Mmm, what you say? Mm, that it's all for the best? Ah of course it is. Mmm, what you say? Mm, that it's just what we need? And you decided this. Mmm what you say? What did she say? Ransom notes keep falling out your mouth. Mid-sweet talk, newspaper word cut-outs. Speak no feeling, no I don't believe you. You don't care a bit. You don't care a bit. Ransom notes keep falling out your mouth. Mid-sweet talk, newspaper word cut-outs. Speak no feeling, no I don't believe you. You don't care a bit. You don't care a bit. You don't care a bit. You don't care a bit. You don't care a bit. You don't care a bit. You don't care a...
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...MAIKLING TALAMBUHAY NI JOSE PROTACIO RIZAL (Manunulat, Pambasang Bayani ng Pilipinas, Dakilang Henyo ng Lahing Malayo) ISINILANG SA: Calamba, Laguna (Hunyo 19, 1861) BINARIL SA: Bagumbayan (ngayo’y Luneta; Disyembre 30, 1896) Mga Magulang: FRANCISO MERCADO at TEODORA ALONSO (“Z” sa ibang aklat) Mga Ninuno: Domingo Lamco, sa panig ng ama (negosyanteng Instik); Lakandula, sa panig ng ina (pinuno ng Tondo na namuno sa isang bigong pag-aalsa sa mga Kastila, inapo ni Rajah Sulayman ng Maynila) Nagbinyag: Padre Rufino Collantes Ninong: Padre Pedro Casañas Paboritong kura paroko/parish priest: Padre Leoncio Lopez (nagturo kay Rizal ng pagrespeto sa karapatan ng ibang tao) Buong Pangalan: Jose Protacio Mercado Rizal y Alonso Realonda Jose Protacio - first name Jose: sa karangalan ni San Jose, patron ng mga manggagawa, asawa ng Birheng Maria, tatay sa lupa ni Hesukristo Protacio: sa karangalan ni San Protacio (isang martir; kapistahan/feast day niya tuwing Hunyo 19) Mercado: tunay na apelyido ng kanyang ama; nangangahulugang “pamilihan/market” sa wikang Español Rizal: apelyidong pansamantalang pinagamit kapalit ng Mercado upang makaiwas sa gulo (kabibitay pa lamang sa Gomburza; konektado kay Padre Burgos si Paciano kaya delikado ang apelyidong Mercado); mula sa salitang Español na “ricial” (luntiang lupang tinatamnan ng trigo/green fields of barley) Alonso: tunay na apelyido ng ina noong dalaga pa/maiden name; middle name ni Jose Rizal Realonda: middle name ng kanyang...
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...EPEKTO NG MGA MAKABAGONG TEKNOLOHIYANG GINAGAMIT SAMGA PASYENTENG MAY MALALANG SAKIT DAHON NG PAGPAPATIBAY Bilang pagtupad sa isa sa mga pangangailangan ng asignaturang Filipino , ang pamanahong-papel na ito na pinamagatang “Epekto ng mga MakabagongTeknolohiyang Ginagamit sa mga Pasyenteng may Malalang Sakit´ ay inihanda at iniharap ng mag-aaral mula sa: Tinatanggap ang Pamanahong Papel na ito sa ngalan ng Departamento ng Filipino, Governor Feliciano Leviste Memorial National High School sa bayan ng Lemery lungsod ng Batangas, bilang isa sa mga pangangailangan sa asignaturang Filipino. TALAAN NG NILALAMAN KABANATA I, Ang Suliranin at Sanligan ng Pag-aaral * Panimula * Paglalahad ng Suliranin * Kahalagahan ng Pananaliksik * Saklaw at Delimitasyon ng Pag-aaral * Paradigma ng Pag-aaral * Paglalahad ng Haypotesis * Depinisyon/Kahulugan ng mga Termino KABANATA II, Mga Kaugnay na Pag-aaral at Literatura * Lokal na Literatura * Dayuhang Literatua KABANATA III, Metodolohiya at Paraan ng Pananaliksik * Paraan ng Pananaliksik * Mga Pokus ng Pag-aaral * Mga Instrumentong Pampananaliksik * Tritment ng mga Datos Listahan ng mga Sanggunian * Aklat * Journals * Internet KABANATA I Ang Suliranin at Sanligan ng Pag-aaral Panimula Ang teknolohiya ay mayroong higit sa isang kahulugan. Isa sa mga kahulugan ang pagsulong at paglapat ng mga kasangkapan...
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