Essays on Eminem

Hip-hop is a music genre popular among the youth and teenagers around the world. The genre has experienced significant changes from its inception to what it is currently. Besides, rock music, Hip-hop advocates lifestyles that are louder and daring than the modest or ordinary lifestyles. Additionally,Dalton (77) shows that the genre also has influenced how its fans relate and identify with each other, advocates the use of slang language. the Hip-Hop music is characterized by turntablism also known as Disk Jockeying, rapping, graffiti, dances such as the famous breakdance. The genre was started in the 1970’s in ...

Rap has entered the history of American art over a century ago. The people who have laid the foundations for rap as we know it today were the two big ethnical groups of the American society: African Americans and people from the Caribbean Islands. Folk artists of the mentioned origins were telling rhymed stories with the accompaniment of rhythmic music (drums and sparse instrumentation). This music already existed years before hip-hop was developed and became popular. Rapping is actually reading or chanting of rhythmic lyrics that were designed to set a beat. Many specialists are of the opinion that ...

In our paper, we will try to understand and find a correspondence between such concepts as rap and classic poetry. In our article, we hold a point of view, according to which rap is still modern poetry. In any poetry, we find the good and bad, but got used to calling all this stuff the poetry. So there is the same division into good and bad rap. The main “Chief of Justice”, that is, the factor separating rap and poetry into good and bad is time. Until our times, there have been a lot of poems, true masterpieces of ...

During many years, music has changed societies around the world. Each era experiences a pattern of music that incredibly motivates that particular period on what to wear, the proper behavior, and what to say. Music is something that everybody can associate with and as it keeps on developing, so will society. There is one kind that has ceaselessly mixed up discussion and started numerous verbal confrontations with respect to the bearing it is taking its audience members. One and only type has had the initiative to take a stand in opposition to the administration all the time. One and ...

Introduction

Eminem’s Stan presents a case of obsessive fan named Stan, who continuously corresponds to Eminem. Stan expects a response and an embrace from Eminem and expresses how he wishes to be like him and calls himself his biggest fan. Within the song, there is a significant theme that can be identified through the use of rhymes and imagery that shapes the meaning of the song. The language used in the song represents two different characters showcasing the artist-fan relationship and the possible consequences of over obsessing for a fan.

Rhymes

Some of the rhymes used by Eminem in the ...

Introduction

Crime refers to wrong actions that cause injury to people or cause interference of their lives. However, these actions that interfere with other people lives cannot be classified only as a crime, but also as a tort. A tort is a wrongful action that causes injury or interferes with the other person life or property.

In the Pahler case, the court did not use the same reasoning used in Bailey vs. Eminem case. Pahler committed a crime by shooting and murdering actress Lana Clarkson. Crime can be defined as, wrongful act identified by a state as a crime, leading to hearing criminal case in the ...

Violence against women is one of the most prevalent themes of the pop culture as shown by the media. American TV dramas, sitcoms and series discuss emotional and physical abuse that women have to endure because of their irrational, violent, manipulative, abusive and unstable husbands. The Hollywood big screen also displays domestic abuse as several movies tackle the hardships of a woman with their abusive husbands. A great example of this movie is “Sleeping with the Devil” which chronicles the miserable life of a poor woman who is unhappy with her marriage to a wealthy man. Thus, when she attempts to escape ...

English

The Beatles made people swoon and dance to their tunes in the 60s and 70s, and it was during this time that a man by the name of Elvis Presley turned Pied Piper and had women the world over follow his music like the children of Hamelin. These personalities were so popular that they could make people stop in their tracks and take notice. So powerful was their music that even politicians tried to make use of their popularity to gain political mileage. Music has always found a way to one’s heart, and it’s no different when young African ...

Marshall Bruce Mathews, best known by his stage name Eminem, is American rapper born in the year 1972, October 17. He is also a songwriter, actor, and a record producer. He is a member of a group named D12. He is the best-selling artist in the 2000's in the United States. He was ranked 82nd by stone magazine on the list of the greatest musicians of all times. He was also declared "The King of Hip Hop" by the same magazine (Nelson, Debbie & Annette). The album that was declared as one of the best in the United States was named "Curtain Call: ...

In 1995, popular hip hop artist Tupac Shakur released a song entitled “California Love” that topped the Billboard Music Charts. In 2011, Time magazine named the single on their list of All Time 100 Songs (Adams). The song’s video also became an instant success. The video begins with an image of a woman undressing for the visual pleasure of man who nods his head at the camera with a smile as if to affirm his desirability. Most of the video features scenes of a party where scantily clad women dance around the artists and includes several close-up shots of women’s bottom’ ...

Introduction

Many rappers commend Eminem for his clear pronunciation, complex rhyming style, and the very good word playing skill. In the music industry, he was labeled as the most successful white rapper due to his awards and music sales. Eminem has also been subjected to many debates weather he has a positive or negative influence for the issues of gender, race and class. Many politicians and other celebrities also despised him because of his violent words, corruption of youth, misogyny, homophobia and other allegations. However, there are also critics that value his influence and contributions to the world of Hip Hop. ...

“Chrysler Eminem Super Bowl Commercial – Imported from Detroit” (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKL254Y_jtc) is a commercial that introduces Chrysler 200 automobile, rebranding Chrysler by positioning it in direct relation with Detroit city, as it is observed from the title of the commercial, which is also the slogan of the advertisement: “The Chrysler 200 has arrived. Imported from Detroit”. The commercial makes use of ethos, logos and pathos to reach its audience, the targeted customers for buying the Chrysler 200 automobile, and to position it on the market as a Detroit product, rhetorical mechanisms that will be further investigated in this essay. The commercial appeals ...

Analysis of Summary

This paper will point out the analysis and results of different summaries that follow the rules of a good summary. I have chosen to write a summary on a single named ‘Beautiful’ by famous rapper Eminem. The reason for picking out this summary is because of its easiness to understand. Also, the summary paraphrases the information from the original sources, instead of using the words directly from the source. It acknowledges the original writer and the titles. 1. The song ‘Beautiful’: Rap music is the most popular genre of music among people around the world. Beautiful is a single song ...

Thesis

This paper will consider whether Eminem’s song ‘’Not Afraid’ can be dismissed as mere light entertainment or whether it is worthy of more serious academic interest. My argument will focus on style and use of language, and on the song’s subject matter and impact within the context of Eminem’s total artistic output – which convey significant messages about personal growth and maturity.

Poetry accompanied by music is, as far as anthropologists can tell, the oldest form of human art (apart perhaps from cave drawings). Poetry, passed down as part of the oral tradition, existed before writing. Lyric ...