Vanilla Ice Analysis

Fans of J Cole may once again be posting “J Cole went double platinum with no features” with the release of his new album “4 Your Eyez Only.” Produced by J Cole himself, “4 Your Eyez Only” was released on December 9, 2016, exactly two years after the release of his most successful album “2014 Forest Hills Drive.” The recent release has been much appreciated after many fans believed that J Cole was perhaps headed for retirement. However, this was not the case as the album spotlighted the rapper’s signature style of slower, more purposeful lyrics as he describes the life of his childhood friend James McMillan Jr. Providing a social commentary on the justice system, fatherly love, and life in the projects, the tracklist’s meaningful message is

Johnny B Goode has the chord progression of 12 bar blues. The song includes a guitar, drums, tenor vocal, bass and piano. The guitar techniques used in this song are bending notes, pull offs and slides. The piano fills on a blues scale. Chuck Berry doesn’t use many vocal techniques; it is all the same sort of tone. The texture is thick, playing as a melody dominated homophony but the intro is monophonic with the guitar alone. The song uses lyrics that are repetitive “Go Johnny Go”. The guitar uses little riffs in this song. The time signature of the song is 4/4.

Robin Thicke’s music video to his song “Blurred Lines” avidly contributes to the patriarchy, while portraying sexism, gender standards, and beauty standards. His music video can be analyzed from a feminist theory approach, as it’s evident that his song and video contribute to a patriarchal society and its inherently sexist and sexualized ideologies. The ideology behind the song and music video is purely sexual and about male dominance. The lyrics to the song and actions in the video exhibit extreme over sexualization and objectification of the women. Analyzing this piece of popular culture through a feminist approach opens up a provoking conversation about how popular culture functions in a patriarchal culture. Analyzing pop culture though a feminist theory can allow for a larger variety and more in-depth analysis about the social aspects and political agenda within popular culture.

In this essay, you will read about an artist in the name of Robert Matthew Van Winkle, known professionally as Vanilla Ice who became famous for a while, not because of his talent, but because of the copyright of someone else baseline. He thought changing the rhythm of David Bowie’s “Under Pressure” baseline and not giving him credit would avoid him from any questions. In this essay I will provide you my opinion of Vanilla Ice’s song “Ice, Ice, Baby”as an example of plagiarism, with evidence provided of what he did wrong, and what he could have caused.

In the music industry, it is not uncommon for original songs to be rerecorded and altered by other artists resulting in what is known as a cover song. One example of this situations occurrence can be seen in Vance Joy’s indie folk-pop song, “Riptide”, that was famously covered by pop and country crossover artist, Taylor Swift. Overall, there are many factors that go into the relationship between an original and cover song and the artists of each song. Such as both artist’s connection to the song and the relationship between the artists themselves. There are also differences between the original and cover songs themselves including song structure, instrumentation, vocals, lyrics, and lyrical meaning.

Ode to Meek Mill Been with you since the straight backs and classics, But your money only attracts the crazy girls and ratchets. Lord Knows, you were going to make to the top, But everyone knows the Meek Milly grind don’t stop.

Kendrick lamar’s award winning music video for his 2017 single Element shows the many experiences he faced growing up as a black man. The various symbols broadcasted throughout this music video show specific conflicts and struggle that he has dealt with throughout his life and also allowed black man that have been in his position something to relate to. He teamed up with director/photographer Jonas Lindstroem to help him convey his message but in a unique and creative way. The slow moving scenes show a softer depiction of his encounters. They give a sense of understanding which allows the viewer to be able to comprehend and absorb his message. As a whole, it was a collection of the pain, beauty, peace and violence that exists within his “element”.

Have you ever noticed the similarity of guitar riff in Vanilla Ice's “Ice, Ice, Baby” and David Bowie's “Under Pressure?” In 1990 Vanilla Ice came out with a new song called, "To the Extreme", that included the number one hit "Ice, Ice, Baby.” This song had the same baseline as the song “Under Pressure" by David Bowie. David Bowie's song went, “Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom, Bing”; and Vanilla Ice's song went, 'Boom, Boom, Boom, Boom,

The way artists cover songs today is very different than the way they were done in the mid nineteen hundreds. Today if a band covers a song it will typically be from a while ago. A performer like Miley Cyrus would not cover “Take Me To Church” by Hozier. Even if she were to perform the song people would be confused as to why she is playing Hozier’s song so close to when Hozier came out with the song. And when someone covers another bands song, it will still sound similar to the original. They will keep the same lyrics, but change the key or rhythm. In the mid nineteen hundreds, anybody could cover another bands song, but it would sound completely different. In many cases the artist would even change the lyrics to a point where it does

The Anthology of Rap is a guide to everything hip-hop from 1970 to 2010. Starting with artists such as Afrika Bambaataa, Grandmaster Flash, and Sugarhill Gang then ending with Kanye West, Eminem and other modern artists. While this book does focus more on the lyrics of certain songs, the authors, Adam Bradley and Andrew DuBois, mention the song’s samples and how the artist used them within the song. This book provides a great understanding of how the use of samples have changed over the course of hip-hop history. Comparing my findings with other references such as “Creative License: The Law and Culture of Digital Sampling annotation” I can find out exactly how the use of samples changed during and after the result of the trials listed in the

When Earl Sweatshirt’s first commercial album Doris was released in 2013, its style really threw me off. Lyrically poetic and occasionally amelodic, it refused listeners the lyrical thrills of his debut mixtape Earl, which was released three years earlier when he was 16 under LA collective Odd Future (OF). Instead, Doris came off as complex, understated, and disconnected as he tried to commit to a sound.

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.

The song “Ice Ice Baby” recorded in 1989 and written by Robert Matthew Van Winkle (Vanilla Ice) was put under scrutiny in 1990 when it was discovered that he copied a section of baseline from a song called “Under Pressure” created in 1981 by David Bowie that was played by his band named Queen in England. This was unbeknownst by David Bowie and his band, until the issue became known when Ice Ice Baby became a nationwide hit in USA in 1990. Vanilla Ice was then scrutinized by the public and was questioned by the media. In one interview Ice stated that the two melodies were different since he added a beat between notes, because of this Ice received a lot of public distain. In another interview, he revealed that was merely a joke. In the end Bowie

My fat rap You know i'm fat You know i'm plumpy It sounds like stomping when i start running Shoving all my food inside my face As i'm watching my chair start to break

The famous Kennedy center that was named after John F Kennedy after he funded for the re-open of the venue in 1971. This historic venue located on the banks of the Potomac River near the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C has hosts all variety of art performance. Kendrick Lamar fans in the DMV area sold out the tickets online just in 10 munities after they were placed online. Standing on the stage at the Kennedy Center, the atmosphere of the fans screaming and the band playing music, Kendrick Lamar started the show with saying that he did his new album (to pimp a butterfly) for moments like this that made him connect to the audience more by establishing that he is there to make his fans happy. Thought the show Kendrick Lamar showed the picture