Identity-formation by white oppression is something that is still existent in today’s music genre: rap but not a total focus in contemporary rap music much like it was in the late 1970’s, the 1980’s, and 90’s. Even though, some rap music of today strays from the lyrics of white oppression, most rap music still expresses the means of identity-formation affected by social construction just like original rap music. Contemporary, twenty-first century, rap music expresses two concerns: social construction
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anJason Palmer 12/1/2011 How Jay-Z in AN EDUCATED PERSON What does it take to be a liberally educated person? Is it the amount of intelligence that one has? Is it solely individualism? Normally the stereotype of what an educated person is who has undergone an obligated set of learning experiences through education. So if we were looking at the person that hasn’t traveled a traditional path through education what qualities or what examples are we looking for to be defining this educated person
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Look, I was gonna go easy on you not to hurt your feelings But I'm only going to get this one chance (Six minutes, six minutes) Something's wrong, I can feel it (Six minutes, six minutes, Slim Shady, you're on) Just a feeling I've got Like something's about to happen But I don't know what If that means, what I think it means, we're in trouble Big trouble. And if he is as bananas as you say I'm not taking any chances You were just what the doctor ordered [Chorus:] I'm beginning to feel
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Marshall Bruce Mathers III (born October 17, 1972),[1] better known by his stage name Eminem and by his alter ego Slim Shady, is an American rapper, record producer, songwriter, and actor. In addition to his solo career, Eminem is a member of the group D12, as well as one half of the hip hop duo Bad Meets Evil, alongside Royce da 5'9". Eminem is one of the world's best-selling music artists and is the best-selling artist of the 2000s.[2] He has been listed and ranked as one of the greatest artists
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everything off his chest. That is exactly what Eminem wants to do in his hip-hop/rap song “Cleanin’ out my Closet.” In the music video, it portrays Eminem shoveling up the moist dirt and aggressively throwing it onto the ground. However, as Eminem is shoveling, the camera takes a sudden turn to where you are looking at everything from above. I first noticed the shape of a rectangle or what seems to be a grave. When first seeing the music video, I thought Eminem was burying his mother because of how much
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everything off his chest. That is exactly what Eminem wants to do in his hip-hop/rap song “Cleanin’ out my Closet.” In the music video, it portrays Eminem shoveling up the moist dirt and aggressively throwing it onto the ground. However, as Eminem is shoveling, the camera takes a sudden turn to where you are looking at everything from above. I first noticed the shape of a rectangle or what seems to be a grave. When first seeing the music video, I thought Eminem was burying his mother because of how much
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Someone crawled out of the back and came up on 50's left with a gun cocked. "Sneaky motherfucker, man," 50 says. "He did it right. He just didn't finish." The man hit him with nine shots at close range. 50 took bullets in the hand ("shell hit my thumb and came out my pinky"), the hip ("that one hurt-hurt"), the calf and the chest, and one to the face went through his left cheek and into his mouth. "You don't actually feel each one hit you," he says. "The adrenaline is pumping. You movin' and tryin'
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primarily listened to pop and country music. During lunch, my friends and I were gathered around the lunch table, talking about the upcoming super bowl when my friend Tyler began to argue that Eminem should’ve been chosen for the halftime show performance. All my friends agreed with him, when I said, “who’s Eminem?” Everyone looked at me as if they had seen a ghost. After a moment of disbelief, I was given a crash course about his music. Even though I wasn’t into the rap genre, I decided to give it a
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Need A Doctor" (feat. Dr. Dre & Liz Rodriguez) [Chorus - Skylar Grey] I'm about to lose my mind you've been gone for so long I'm running out of time I need a doctor call me a doctor I need a doctor, doctor to bring me back to life [Eminem] I told the world one day I would pay it back say it on tape, and lay it, record it so that one day I could play it back but I don't even know if I believe it when I'm saying that ya'll starting to creep in, everyday is so grey and black hope
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During my 18 years, I’ve learned how important family is. Your family will always be there for you no matter what. My family supports me in everything I do. All their time and money cannot express how much they love me because love is more than any of that. Love between families is a special bond of time, laughs, smiles and memories. Love is something that family doesn’t have to say to each other because we already know and I am blessed to have a family that loves me in every way possible.
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