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    As time continues to change, so does the music industry as we know it. Artists of different races, genders, and differing music styles continue to emerge and create top hits on the charts. However, some of these artists chose not to associate with major record labels, or sell any of their music to them. These are the people bringing about the real changes that ought to be recognized and discussed. For this paper, I decided to look at the group Postmodern Jukebox, their background as a group, their

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    Doo-wop represents a subcategory of vocal group harmony that includes the following musical qualities: group harmony, a wide range of vocal parts, nonsense syllables, a simple beat, light instrumentation, and simple music and lyrics. Above all, the focus is on ensemble singing. Single artists fit only when backed by a group (the possibility that the group may not be mentioned on the record label is immaterial). Typically solo billing simply means that this individual is more prominently placed in

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    The second book of Thessalonians, part 2 verse 7 says, "For the secret of injustice doth as of now work: just he who now letteth will let, until the point that he be taken out the way". Lauryn Hill, an American artist, rapper, and performing artist, who is otherwise called an individual from the Fugees, put out a standout amongst the most noticeable collections of the 90s entitled The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill. A standout amongst the most politically charged tunes on this collection is additionally

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    This essay will be an analysis of the song Doo Wop and the rhetorical choices Lauyan Hill uses to make the listener self-reflect on their actions. This song uses many different types of rhetorical choices throughout the song, but the main 3 I will be focusing on are pathos and the direct address of the audience. The first rhetorical choice she used that I will be focusing on is pathos, which is very frequent in this song. The first use can be seen in the first two stanzas of the song. These lines

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    Death and We Real Cool "The sluggard’s craving will be the death of him, because his hands refuse to work" (Proverbs 21:25). The Bible makes a very clear statement in this passage as to how being lazy can be the cause of one’s death. "We Real Cool" is about seven African-American high school dropouts who want everybody else to think that they are cool. These teenagers explain how they stay out late playing pool, fighting, sinning and drinking. Though they think they have everybody

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    I just recently finished my prison sentence and one thing is very clear to me, I will never go back. I got one thing on my mind and that's to go out and make my money but this time the right way. Only problem is no one will hire a felon. I’ve applied to almost every job on the east side of chicago but let's face it, no one wants to hire a 6’5”, 240 lb guy fresh out the yard. I can't blame them I can be a bit intimidating. I started thinking hard about what I'm going to do.Sleeping at the shelter

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    Nowadays many people try to convince other people that censoring music on the radio and CDs is not a right thing as censorship can hide a meaning of the song. There are a lot of different factors why many people want their songs to be the way that the songwriter writes them. But these people usually forget that there are many more factors why songs should be censored. On the other hand, people want songs to be сensored because uncensored music can highly affect young children, limit the exposure

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    “Grenade” is a song from Bruno Mars’ album Doo-Wops & Hooligans. Which debuted in 2010. As you take a look at the album cover you see a man walking down an unoccupied and never-ending road. This shares a common theme with the song “Grenade,” with a guy feeling lonely and anguish. Mars’ song tells a tale about how he got heartbroken, by a girl that seemed to have never loved him. He sings about how he gave her his all but she do the same in return. It’s a heartbreak song that any young teen can relate

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    a bunch of cartoons but the one show that affected me the most was Scooby Doo, it had a very positive effect on me growing up because it taught me how to work together as a team, never give up on anything and to do the right things because when you don’t there will be consequences to pay. I recommend this TV show to all children because it will positively influence them in their life growing up in this cold world. Scooby doo taught me how to work together as a team because when the gang would be trying

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    The baseball bat that wanted to be free Is there any way out ? Mr.Bat didn’t know where to go. He sits there in the baseball stadium. His friend Miss.baseball tries to find him. Mr.bat was sitting there in the middle of the baseball stadium then he goes one way and gets lost. On a sunny day in New Jersey the year is 2005 there is someone name Mr.Bat . Mr.Bat was stuck at a baseball stadium. He got out of the room he was in. He sits there thinking there is no way out. Scince Mr.bat goes back the

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