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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.

Many musicians and artist get plagiarized. Sometimes the case goes threw in court and they have to take down music, others they get money for it, and sometimes they just have to credit them. If the case is extremely ridiculous they just kick the case out and it doesn’t go anywhere, but that's not what happened in the Chuck Berry vs The Beach Boys case.

In the 2015 kendrick Lamar song “u”. Kendrick describes the feelings that constantly haunt his heart and the guilt he carries everyday. Reflecting on his darkest moments, lingering pain and the details of his depression. The song “u” by kendrick uses literary tools like Soliloquy and Conflict to show how built up guilt leads to his prolonged depression.

Fake Love” written by Drake is a great representation of how Macbeth was a fake king and how he obtained his reign of kingship in Scotland was through a disrespectful way of betraying King Duncan and in Drakes song it corresponds to how he was disrespectful and how he betrayed King Duncan. It also represents when the witches were brewing up a new prophecy and they wouldn’t tell Macbeth what was going on, so he also had fake friends in the play too. But in the scene where he killed Duncan Act 1 Scene 7 of “MacBeth” this relates to the song “Fake Love” because it shows that Macbeth has betrayed the king when he killed him in his own home and that it has never been the same after that for Macbeth. A quote from Drake’s lyrics that represents what

Kanye West has proven himself over time that he is much more than just a producer. With each new album he releases, he constantly pushes the boundaries of music influencing artist across all genres. Kanye has an ever evolving sound that changes almost year to year. Kanye West’s Yeezus album is an album that takes a much darker and more minimalist turn in his discography. This approach to music makes Yeezus a much harder album to listen through because it is not filled with nice, polished sounds. Having the album made this way makes us look over what the message of a song and the album are. Among many rough songs one the most popular on the album was Blood on the Leaves. Blood on the Leaves samples from another song called Strange Fruit sung by Nina Simone which is a very political song talking about gruesome lynchings that happened before and at the turn of the century. With help from the sample, West uses the pain of lynching and drug abuse to compare with the break ups he goes through.

One of my favorite songs is, “Love Yours” by J. Cole. He is one of my favorite artists and his words are very lyrical. In this song, he is speaking as a first-person narrator. Jermain Cole AKA J. Cole was born in Frankfurt, Germany but moved to North Carolina when he was an infant. He credits Tupac as one of his major influences on his music. Growing up he didn’t have much but on his birthday, he asked his mom for a beat machine. He started out in producing music, but then used his rap on his own beats throughout high school. When he was fourteen, he had two mentors that gave him his stage name “Therapist” for his soulful flow and rhymes. After graduating high school, he moved to the Big Apple to attend St. John University on scholarships.

Borrowing that is transformative of a source of inspiration, versus a borrowing in which the source is copied exactly, is separated by a very thin line. There is a stark difference in the steaks subsequently raised from crossing this line, between both the artistic and literary communities. Specifically, within the music industry, artists constantly battle hysterical cries of theft when their song sounds similar to that of another. For artists Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams their hit song “Blurred Lines” was met with much controversy, as the estate of deceased artist Marvin Gaye, filed a lawsuit against both Thicke and Williams. In John Walsh’s “The Blurred Lines Between Inspiration and Plagiarism,” Walsh states “Robin Thicke and Pharrell

Many black musicians used their music as a platform to express the struggles that their community experienced daily during the 1980’s and 90’s. It allowed them to represent their anger or sorrow without acting out violently while also spreading awareness to the listeners about their stories, ideas, struggles, deep emotions, and the messages behind their songs. Lyrics to songs can bring a lot of meaning to a person or society. Music is an art and showcases an individual’s spirit. Hip hop music has brought many messages forward, for example the song Expression by Salt n Pepa had lyrics that showed the public how to be yourself and how to let lose. On page 7 of “Understanding Black American Aspects in Hip Hop Cinema” it talks about how during slavery the slaves would make up songs that would lift the spirits of the people working. Some of these songs had messages about freedom and dreams that the slaves had. Considering most songs have an impact on people, the slaves would create a culture of music that was brought forward. Craig Werner talks about genres and their impacts on the black culture.

The Gayes’ lawyers simply decried Thicke and Williams as outright liars who emulated and copied one of legendary R&B hits, ‘Got to Give it Up’. An expert from Gaye’s family insisted that there were eight discrete elements present from ‘Got to Give It Up’ that were used in ‘Blurred Lines’, including the bass rhythm and melody, while Thicke and Williams denied these similarities. However, although Williams may have not explicitly copied Gaye’s song as he declared that he was simply emulating the R&B vibe, paying homage to the musician,

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 “Alright” Kendrick Lamar is speaking to the public about police brutality, or is he sending a deeper message to the people of minority. Kendrick Lamar released the song titled “Alright” in 2015. Upon release the song instantly blew up. It 's catchy and even though people got tongue tied trying to recite the song everyone knew the hook of the song which stated “We gon be alright do you hear me do you feel me we gon be alright.” I wonder did anyone catch the poetic verses Kendrick was saying before the hook. By simply watching the video you instantly think oh police brutality but I recieved a deeper message. I believe Kendrick wanted the song to inform the public about the brutality that seemed to be continuous at the time; and offer a bit of hope to those who didn’t feel there was any. That’s why the song was so famous, Kendrick performed this song on numerous award shows and talk shows because the people needed to hear it. Though some believe the song is in protest against cops or sending a bad message others believe it is an anthem for african americans.

The video starts off with a silhouette of a city followed by some visuals of the city full of people at night and the followed by the worksite at a rock quarry. Then, Pharrell Williams starts to sing the song which matches the visual in his background. During the parts where he sings, the visuals follow the lyrics, for example when he sang “hold on to me”, there were people holding on to each other and when he sang “cheetahs need to eat, run antelope”, there was a cheetah chasing the antelope. There were also moments where he screams out the words “freedom”. During these moments, there were visuals in the background showed things that evokes the feeling of freedom and things that don’t.

I chose “Humble and Kind,” by Tim McGraw as my theme song. “Humble and Kind” is a very good song that has very unique lyrics. The song gives advice on how to live. There are many manners in this song that are very important. The song is a parent telling their child how they should live life. It seems that the artist wrote the song on how he wishes he would have acted when he was younger. One of the main messages of this song are that everyone has something in their lives, but you still need to be nice. Some of the lyrics on the song are about the 10 Commandments. Even though we grow up, we still need to remember our manners and how to live life. “Don’t hold a grudge or a chip and here’s why Bitterness keeps you from flying.” This is an example

Shawn Mendes uses his music as a form of communicating messages to his listeners. These messages mainly consist of relationship problems, relationship advice, personal experiences, and a vivid picture of who he is. Mendes’s messages can clearly be seen in songs like don’t be a fool, mercy, treat you better, three empty words, and others (Hampp). All of these songs are in Shawn Mendes's new album, illuminate, as a result of Mendes wanting his new album to have a “deeper meaning” and seem more like an “actual person” to his fans. Mendes hopes to use his songs to show who he his mainly because he did not want people to misread his words during interviews (Patrick). Mendes always portrays a different message in all of his songs, and each message

The song "The message" by Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five depicts the struggle of young black adults growing up in society. The struggle to make it out of poverty can be compared to survival of the fittest in a jungle. Only the strong would survive and adapt to the changes to fit in. Trying their best to make a betterment with whatever little society offers. Being a young black African American in the early 1980's was not easy. It was easier to live the fast life and gain fast money by being part of the drug community. Drugs, guns, and money was glamorized and this is what the young adults looked at as a means of getting rich. In the songs, a young man talks about how he is trying hard to hold on to the little bit of sanity he has left in his soul. He talks about the struggle he endures while trying not to get pushed over the edge. He was born an innocent child who's blind to the ways of mind kind. Growing up he faced many challenges and had to fight