Review Of ' The Brilliant Idiots '

MGK was born to missionary parents on 22nd April 1990. His family moved a lot during his childhood. Finally, they settled in Denver but his mother left his father. His father was suffering from unemployment and was very disappointed after her wife left. At that time MGK was bullied by other children there. He attended Hamilton Middle School and started to listen to rap songs when he was in 6th grade only.

First impressions are not always right. This is what this essay is about, and my opinion is that you should not judge even though it's hard not to. I've stereotyped and judged a person by their looks, but I was wrong and it made me feel bad. He was a good guy and he became one of my best friends. This is a 12 Angry Men essay about all the stereotyping and judging someone by their looks that is on trial in the

Kanye West also known as "Yeezy" is American rapper, fashion disaster, and also music producer. People may say that Mr. West is our youth of today voice. He has made a tremendous mark in the music and fashion industry. As we all know Mr. West is known for having his moments. It is safe to say that he has the best and top “omg” Moments, such as interrupting Taylor Swift at the VMA’s. Kanye in the begging when he first came on the hip hop scene was this calm, joyful, his music in my eyes was the most different music out at the time, just because he wasn’t rapping about what everyone else was. Kanye was one of those joyful guys, everybody wanted him on his record or produce it. Then a tragic event occurred where his mom died. After then you see

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

Christopher Brian “Chris” Bridges or better known as Ludacris is one of the first and most influential “Dirty South” rappers coming from Atlanta, Georgia. Known for his fast, wild, and comedic flow, Ludacris earned his name and continues to make music to match his name. Coming from Def Jam Records and co-founder of the record label Disturbing Tha Peace, one of Ludacris’ most famous song is his “Southern Hospitality” that made it to the Billboard Hot 100 after coming out in the year 2000. This song is full of catchy alliterations and uses imagery to take the listener on a wild wide to the south, explaining the struggle of the streets and giving credit to slave culture. However, Ludacris doesn't forget to mention his successful ways and how he

Twelve Angry Men, is a play written by Reginald Rose. The play is about the process of individuals and a court case, which is determining the fate of a teenager. It presents the themes of justice, independence and ignorance. Rose emphasises these three themes through the characters and the dialogue. Justice is the principle of moral rightness or equity. This is shown through juror number eight who isn’t sure whether or not the boy is actually innocent or guilty, but he persists to ask questions and convinces the other jurors to think about the facts first. Independence is shown through both juror number three and ten. They both believe that the defendant is guilty until they both realise that they can not relate there past experiences with

Pathos: “Cowell had been raised in poverty and chaos. Because he did not get along with other children, he had been unschooled since the age of seven.” (pg. 73)

In the music videos, I saw women being mistreated. I can’t knock someone’s hustle but I don’t think artists need to take their videos to the extreme. I didn’t feel like Biggie, Tupac, and Cash Money [popular artists in the early 90s] were as fixated on the women. They were more about showing off their money and cars, and clothes. (Roberts-Douglass & Curtis-Boles, 2012, p. 10)

Mcbride begins the essay with stating his nightmare, his daughter marrying a man, “and he’s a rapper, with a mouth full of gold teeth,” he continues to describe a modern day rapper to which the newer generation is familiar with. The reason to begin with this, is that the newer generation as symbolized as his daughter has picked up newer styles of rhythm and

Before becoming famous Kendrick was writing stories as a child, he put to music some lyrics about the rough Compton streets he grew up on. He rapped under the name K Dot. Lamar didn’t just stop there the excite lyrics on his debut album, caught and had the attention of hip-hop critics. As well, with MTV naming, him the "Hottest MC" of 2012 also putting him in the company of other rappers. Who have earned the title, including Lil Wayne,

In my opinion, Kendrick Lamar, an award-winning rapper and songwriter, has one of the best abilities to describe his distressed and abused lifestyle in Compton, California. He is not your original cliché artist who does not speak about anything meaningful. Kendrick, also known as K. Dot, is one of the most well known and most respected rappers in this era. Not only does he speak about his gloomy past, but he also speaks about his fortunate future. His ability to give detailed representations of his struggles and his story telling allows me to, metaphorically, enter the mind of Kendrick Lamar.

With 1983’s Wildstyle on the TV screen and legendary hip hop and soul vinyls on the walls, Magna Media Group’s downtown Columbus studio embodies hip hop. As SupaNatra lets us in, Trek Manifest, Tha Audio Unit, Darrio Lamont, Dominique Larue, and Nes Wordz fall in one by one. As everyone gets settled into interview mode, the group gets into a discussion about the questions they hate to answer; Nes says he hates being asked when he started rapping, and Dominique talks about a recent interview that repeatedly referenced the fact that she was the only woman a part of the group, as if she hasn’t been asked the question many times before. Knowing that there was no question to whether she could hold her own against the men of Magna Media, the guys weren’t having it.

Another rap artist she used in her argument was Shawn Carter, also known as Jay-Z. Jay-Z did not have a father as he grew up. Both Tupac and Jay-Z grew up as adolescents, who sold drugs, had guns, lived in the ghetto, and had a mentality of a thug or gangster. Even though they had those cons, they both rapped about being good parents will prevent your kids to be like them. “The fact that child abandonment is also a theme in hip-hop might help explain what otherwise appears as a commercial puzzle—namely, how particular music moved from the fringes of black entertainment to the every center of the Every teenager mainstreams” (Eberstadt). Hip-hop music does not only symbolize adolescent black teens, but also disobedient white teens.

His angry then reflected him to showcase the stereotypes of a young black man in America. The award show was aired also two years after his mother passed away and it seemed as though he was still mourning the lost of not just his mother but also his best friend who has been there for him all of his life.

There was argument about Charlamagne’s reputation and his ‘greatness’. (Dutton, 2011) Critics mainly focused on Eihnard’s works and came up with the argumentation that lack of sources and records about Charlamagne’s weaknesses. Reputation what shaped, sponsored, and received by specific people at specific time lead critics in this way: however Charlamagne was not that much ‘great’, Eihard – his closest one, exgarated Charlamagne in his works. What we know – Einhard’s work was primary source, and there are not enough sources and especially primary records defeat Eihard’s discussion about