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An Analysis Of Cook's Song 'Praise'

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"Personal and political meanings" refer to the reality that "Take Yo' Praise" is a love song for a male lover and is "directed at all people of African ancestry, who at that time had been on the front lines of the battle to turn racism around" (Yarbrough, quoted in Katz, 148). Cook takes out only 20 seconds of the singing section in Yarbrough's original song, speeds up the tempo and he changes the sounds of vocal to make it hard for people to recognize the singer's gender and sexual orientation to make the song "Praise You" using the method of sampling. Yarbrough’s bodiless voice as a free-floating signifier transforms the personal to universal and allows the song to be heard by different groups of people. Besides, Cook changed the title to

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