Analyzing Kanye's Music Video 'Heartless'

Kendrick Lamar is a hip hop rapper who has been in the music industry for a few years. The first song of his I listened to was “The Recipe” on his album good kid M.A.A.D. city and at the time I did not really take a liking to his music. After watching Kendrick’s performance at the 2014 Grammy Awards with Imagine Dragons, I began to listen to more and more of his music. Kendrick Lamar’s latest studio album “To Pimp A Butterfly,” is great because of how instead of mainly rapping about the common topic of music, sex, drugs, and infidelity in relationships, he chooses to base this album on the struggles of the common people. Although throughout the album he does occasionally refer to sex to emphasize his opinion on how he views himself and how

During the 1900s, passion of composing music arose and encouraged many young teens to create garage bands and elder to perceive music as career. Famous musicians like Robert Johnson, Bill Monroe, and Elvis Presley were seeking the same. Although many were composing songs, most of them adapted their own versions from many which created a list of similarities and differences between them. Most commonly similar were themes or forms yet some differentiated in delivery style or instrumentation. Many artists got more creative and used similar instruments but give a twist into the sound play. This can be seen in the script or heard in the audio of the songs “Walkin’ Blues” and “Blue Moon of Kentucky” like many others.

“Hey, Joey! Ready to touch the sky?” a young man sitting in Journalism loudly exclaimed, meanwhile his arm was reaching for his best friend Joey Schittina. “Touch the Sky” by Kanye West is David’s favorite song at every volleyball game. After being cut from the Amity Boys’ Volleyball Team junior year, David has made the team this year as a senior and is ready to start the season again and enjoy the Kanye West’s song with his buddies.

Transformative qualities are an essential aspect of deciding the applicability of fair use when borrowing from copyrighted works. Transformative equates to works that step beyond the replication of a copyrighted work. This can be accomplished by changing the purpose and adding artistic value to the new creation. Through the incorporation of a new purpose and character, consideration of the minimal portion used of the copyrighted work, and inspection of the lack of effect on the market of the original work, it is conclusive that Kanye West’s “Champion” falls under the protection of fair use when taking into account its incorporation of Steely Dan’s “Kid Charlemagne.” West uses a

Music has evolved too many different forms that we recognize today. We trace this development throughout time. Beginning in the middle ages, we have seen advancement from the Gregorian chant all the way to the Jazz of the 20th century. The current events, politics, religion, technology and composers can shape musical eras during time. Here I will look at the middle ages, renaissance, baroque, classical, romantic and twentieth century periods. I hope that a better understanding can be reached to why, when, where and who are the reasons for musical evolution.

From hip-hop to rap, house to deep house, and rock to alternative, music is changing and shifting into different directions that we thought could not be possible. Different

There was a boy in a new middle school who had a black mom who was in South Carolina with two brothers, a step-mom who was white and was way better at being a mom. And he also had a dad who was puerto rican. The boy moved to a new state in 2013 and started a new life in a town called Plymouth. I was excited but once he started 1rst grade he was always being called and said stupid jokes about being black. This moved on to middle school which was way worst than being joked in elementary school. The middle school was way different, and some of the reasons why it was so different was because it had sports teams, you walk around the hallways to get to classes, and was to elementary schools put together and that is why it is so different. There were kids that think they are cool and bully or make fun of anyone who they don’t like and this is something that is going to come back to bother me!

In the video “Paper Tigers” that stood out to me was the authentic tears and emotions by the students. For example, describing being sexual assaulted. The student had such a sense of sadness and hurt that I have seen in many of the young ladies that I come into contact with. Also, the statements, “they cared about me as an individual”, “These are good people why wouldn’t I listen to them”, “building relationships first” and, “The behavior might be out their control”.

However, there Is truth behind the fact that music is constantly changing as when it changed decades leading up to the age of rock, soul and hip-hop influencing genres. In ten years time, there will potentially be different music.

Music changes so often that it is hard to know what artists are going to come out with next. Music changes to the artist and to society. Society is very different now than it was even ten years ago. I agree and disagree with statements made in the article “Music can change the world” by Dana Da Silva. People and societies change over time and music has to change with them.

Music has been changing since the time that it was creating was so many centuries ago. The changes to music are always happening, however; this past year has been a great example of the way music changes. For example, this one band that had become more known last year was Twenty One Pilots. Their music too many people have revolutionized the way music is made. This band doesn’t stay to one just genre of music they are all over the range of different types of music styles. This type of

Let me be the first to say, music evolves, and it will continue as we move forward into the future

Music is something we hear everyday whether it be from our phones,in our cars,or background music wherever we go. Over the years there have been numerous types of music that have different beats,sounds,and different emotions. Such types of music is hip hop and rap,alternative music,and rock and roll music. Music has a long time line and every single sound and type of music is intertwined within each other and influenced by each other. For these reasons music not only defines a type of sound but also recreates lifestyles and defines entire generations. The power of music can be seen from all different types of music.

The music video “Wings” by Macklemore and Ryan Lewis helps to tell the story of a hip-hop style song addressing the issue of consumerism that we have today in America. In this music video, Nike shoes are used to portray an expensive item that people desire to have. Nike shoes are an effective symbol for this as many Americans attempt to impress others by buying shoes and showing off the purchase. In many cases, because the possession of status items is more important than saving the money for basic needs, people buy luxury products (expensive shoes, for example) even though they are difficult to afford. The message of this music video is that people wrongfully believe that the possession and displaying of status items makes them superior

Advertisements surround us on a daily basis. Constantly bombarding our conscious and subconscious minds with consumer items and suggestive material. But how much of that impacts the mind of young adults? More specifically, how does the constant incursion of beauty advertisements impact young women? Media, any form of mass communication- is one of the biggest factors in this widespread problem. Through the use of the media, ideas, images, expectations of perfection broadcasts throughout the country and on most occasions throughout the world. The portrayal of beauty in the media has contributed to a variety of psychological problems such as: misinterpretation of beauty, early exploration of sexuality and lowered sense of self worth which later leads to eating disorders.