Drake's Album Cover

Firstly, the cover of the album itself showcases a painting of Drake in the form of a child who is looking back at his journey in life and his music career. This is also a reflection of his album which consists of recent hits including “I Have Nothing”, “Started From the Bottom”, “Pound Cake” and “Hold On”. The overall message within the album remains Drake’s struggle along with his successful transition from being a struggling artist to a successful one. Moreover, he also doesn’t shy away from taking aim at his contemporaries and those who have dismissed him in the past. He is also vocal about his success by comparing himself with NBA superstar Dwight Howard while also letting the world know about his relationship with Tatiana Ali. However, the unique aspect

He wants his audience to understand that the music video’s messaging is that the most important aspect of a woman is her

Millions of people in the world listen to music for all different reasons. Most people all over the world listen to different genres of music in order to relax, but not too many people pay attention to the actual lyrics of a song. If you listen to the lyrics of a song you will realize that many songs have important messages or themes to them. An example of this is the lyrics of the song “Changes” by Tupac Shakur. If you listen to this song, you will realize that Tupac raps about not only the problems that African Americans face from society, but also the struggles that poor people in society have to endure and overcome. Many

Unlike many other mainstream artists, Kendrick Lamar attaches great importance to the lyrics of his songs. Lamar’s song “DNA”, released last April, became a real breakthrough in the world of hip-hop music. In this song, Lamar reflects on various social issues faced by the modern African-American community of the USA. The song’s lyrics, as well as the music video, portrays the most common stereotypes and biases labeled to the African-American community. The central aim of the song is to sarcastically demonstrate the image of African-Americans as they are viewed by biased media. By the use of symbolical sarcasm and double meanings, Lamar underlines the acuteness of the race inequality that remains existing in the modern America.

Imageries are formed when a composer uses the past experience of themselves or other to engage those audience that had a similar experience or understanding as the responders are able to view themselves if they were in that situation. Eminem uses second person throughout the song until verse three were he reveals the truth of what happened in his life. ‘His palms are sweaty, knees weak, arms are heavy… to All the pain inside amplified by the fact that I can’t get by with my nine to five and I can’t provide the right type of life for my family.’ The listeners can relate to this situation also modern day society every parent is working to provide for their family needs and the pressure they have been through helps in defining there past experiences.

Vanilla Ice uses a stereotypical approach to establish credibility from other rappers and his audience. With the use of literary devices, Vanilla Ice illustrates himself as an MC capable of “cooking [other] MC’s like a pound of bacon.” This simile comparing other MC’s to bacon gives the audience the impression that Vanilla Ice can out-perform any competitor. This is essentially challenging others as though they were no match for him. He also uses the stereotype that successful rappers constantly have female attention when he claims he has “girlies on standby.” However, he insinuates he is too good for these women after he “just drove by.” This implies that he not only has admirers, but it is not worth his time to stop and acknowledge them. He also makes his music seem desirable by comparing its value to that of drugs, claiming “if [his] rhyme was a drug [he’d] sell it by the gram.” This comparison demonstrates how addictive he believes his music is. Vanilla Ice uses these methods to appeal to the conventions of rap in order to create an image comparable to that of an established

Kendrick Lamar’s third studio album, “To Pimp a Butterfly,” sheds light on the struggle of achieving rich and fame and the trials that come with. Rolling Stone and Billboard praised the album awarding it the best album of 2015. The album depicts the difficulties of fame by putting the trials and tribulations on display; the inability for those to adjust to their new lifestyle and the potential temptations that creep in. “To Pimp a Butterfly” has been both a divisive and uniting factor in its emergence in popular culture.

The controversial context that is often used in Hip-Hop sets the standard of what it means to be ‘masculine’ as an artist of the culture. Artist who does not display contentious lyrical content in their music may not receive as much notoriety in the industry. In today’s Hip-Hop culture, more ‘conscious’, ‘apathetically masculine’ artist like, J. Cole have become more in popular. Cole’s lyrics are a reflection of his adversities that he has endured during his lifetime. Cole’s inspirations behind his music does not stem from a place of violence or from his ability to accumulate wealth, but from his ability to overcome his hardships as a black man and fulfill his purpose in life.

To their surprise, Drake won't budge. I personal like this song, because most people in the world will look you right in your face and smile but inside they're the people who don't want you to succeed in life. Then we've the people that will tell you, you'll never be nobody. But you as a person you can't let people stop you from succeeding in life, and once you've met your goal, you've to prove them wrong that tried to bring you down, and didn't believe in you that you're somebody, and you can do anything that you set your mind to do. Nobody can stop you from doing what you want to do. This song is basically proving people wrong and that's why I personally like this

Album covers are an important aspect in the music culture and industry. Many album covers vary, depending on the artist itself and music genres. However, all album covers are meticulously designed to represent an artist’s vision and work from their music. Musicians will choose an album artwork that represents them and their music. BADLANDS by Halsey and True Colors by Zedd are respectable examples of artists who choose their covers based on their inspirations. These two album covers are well thought of and beautifully created with depth and substance. Music is art, and so are album covers.

Aubrey “Drake” Graham is one of the biggest rapper and television actor, who is best known in Canada for playing a role as Jimmy Brook, the “wheelchair guy” on Degrassi. He began his transition into the world of Hip-Hop which is a style of popular music of rap, a subculture of inner-youths who are typically devotees of rap music. One of his well-known songs is “The Motto,” a song that has been popularized and defined as YOLO, an acronym for “you only live once.” It implies that one should enjoy life, even if that means to take risks in life. The video, “The Motto” illustrates that acquiring loads of cash and material possessions such as good looking low-riders, fine women, and appealing jewelry are the sources of pleasure and happiness.

In this song, Drake responds to Jay Z’s comments on him that he is not good enough to compare with Jay Z. Instead of directly answering the questions, Drake says that there is no way to compare us now because he is only 29 and much younger than Jay Z, so only time can tell the answer. It sounds like that Drake wants to shake hand with Jay Z and wait together for him to reach Jay Z’s age today, then he will accept the result no matter what happens. Thus, it shows Drake’s sportsmanship of respecting to the opponent and the final

The Album Cover for Kanye West's Graduation was discharged in 2007 on Roc-A-Fella records which is a backup of the Universal Music Group, it's circulated by The Island Def Jam Music Group in the USA and Mercury Records outside of the USA. The Genre of Kanye Wests music is mainly hip hop and RnB.

First off, this album was exceptional because it was different from any other album I have heard. I especially like the way drake articulated this album and he is actually one of my favorite artists. He is one of my favorite artists because when Drake raps or sings, he shows everyone basically how he is feeling inside and he has a deeper meaning to it than just words. For instance, people can relate to what he is saying because they can put themselves in his shoes, or they are going through what he is singing about, which is why it makes it easier for his album to be liked. For this reason, this makes him a different rapper, because instead of rapping or singing about what the usual rappers rap about such as getting money, partying, and getting girls, he actually expresses his real emotions instead of covering them up and acting as if he doesn 't care. Additionally, he doesn 't

Although in his current life, all the concern, which was not present within his younger self, has appeared. Now the singer must deal with it, but his past life keeps him hopefully of a better future which is