Amazing stories, endless street slang, rugged beats. What do you get when you put all of those three things together? The Big Picture, by Big L. The Big Picture was produced in 2000 shortly after the death of Big L (Lamont Coleman) in 1999. Even though the album was in progress and not compl...

Back in the year of 1983 Arturo Molina Jr strted Raping with his homi Ice T. They did usual Gigs at local bars, freestyling and comming up with wicked rymes. Ice T later gave Arturo the name Kid Frost, then he realased a demo, called M.C. Terminator, witch was one of his first songs composed/made ...

I find it remarkable that Norah Jones, a piano-playing, female, jazz musician, with soft, romantic, feel-good lyrics, could, in this day and age, rack up 5 Grammys, including best album of the year, record of the year and song of the year. No one thought that sweet Norah would be able to compete wit...

Like the old saying goes, "The best things in life are free." digital media is no exception. Digital media has lately been getting attention due to the legal accusations on a certain type of digital media, MP3s. MP3 stands for Mpeg (a common file compression format) audio layer 3 (which means i...

Sunset Concert On November 1, 2002 Loyola Marymount held its annual sunset concert in Gersten Pavilion. This years performers included two hip-hop acts, City High and Eve. The performers for this year were up in the air for much of the month and the organizers were tossing back and forth ideas...

For my research paper, I chose to write about Marshall Mathers. I chose to write about him because he is the best young rapper, and I like how he doesn't care what happens, he just goes with it. He isn't a very good role model, but he is funny, and couldn't care less what anybody ...

Celia Cruz Salsa music started circulating around North America in the 1960's. It was described as a mixture of Latin musical styles. For years, 'salsa' was dominated by the male gender. Even though most salsa musicians were male, a woman by the name of Celia Cruz was able to...

JJ Matthews Rhet 105 MW 3-4:15pm The Hand that Pulls the Trigger Television has made a tremendous impact on the way of living for people of the twenty- first and twenty-second centuries. Some people claim that television has corrupted the morals of America's youth. Some even compare t...

Entertainers nowadays are trying to sell more than just albums and merchandise. They are selling sex. They are telling young girls that it is okay to walk around half naked. Singers like Britney Spears and Christina Aguilera are going around flaunting their bodies in front of young girls and basica...

Technology is changing the world. Some of the more significant technological advances have been made in the field of communications. Every few months a new way of sharing information is developed and disseminated. The newest information being shared is music and the technologies being utilized a...

Music Sharing Networks Music sharing over peer to peer networks is a part of everyday life. I know myself, I used to, and still do trade numerous albums online. After all, our culture partially revolves around music. From Shakespearian sonnets to roadside bands, music allows us to express our em...

Marshall Mathers, better known as Eminem, has had many achievements in his life, but life wasn't always good. Growing up in a poor trailer park in Warren Mich. He failed out of ninth grade, which led to him dropping out of high school. He tried to go back but couldn't do it, he just wanted to rap an...

Music The 80's were very important years in music history. Known as the "decade of excess," the 80's brought a more visual experience to music. From fireworks at concerts to MTV, the 80's made sitting next to the radio a thing of the past. Musicians became more into their ...

Major Music Types in America Through the past two decades in American history music has led the way in its influence of pop culture. The major types that have paved the way for other forms of music have been Rap or Hip-Hop, Rock, as well as Pop. These three have certainly left their mark on today...

More than 25 million people have used Napster in less than one year of operation. It took America Online over 9 years of mailing out start up c.d.'s and other publicity ideas to have that many users. Napster has become the most popular computer software ever made. However, as the majority of y...

EMINEM!Eminems Biography:Birth name: Marshall Bruce Mathers IIID.O.B: 17th October 1973 In Kansas City, Missouri, USAStar Sign: LibraFamily Members:Mother - Debbie Mathers- BriggsFather - Marshall Mathers IIGrandmother - Betty KresinEx-wife - Kim ScottDaughter - Hailie Jade ScottUncle - Ronald Dean ...

Garth BrooksTroyal Garth Brooks was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma of February 7, 1962. He was raised in Yukon about one hundred miles away from Tulsa. Ray, his father, worked as a draughtsman for an oil company while his mother Colleen was a country singer in the 1950's and appeared on radio and televisio...

Music adds cultural continuity to any immigrant group\'s national, religious, and family celebrations. Like other immigrant groups, Mexican immigrants continued their musical traditions once they moved to the United States. The influence of music traditions from Mexico, particularly regional music, ...

Thesis Statement: Bob Dylan's life affected his writing and contributed to the development of his music.Introduction: Bob Dylan was recognized by his poetry and song writing. He usually wrote songs about protesting and religious themes. Bob Dylan is unquestiably one of the most influential figures i...

Wow! That's Derek pulling up in an Escalade stretch limo that has twenty-one-inch alloy rims that spin. He's wearing a black Armani suit and shoes with a white tie. His butler drives off in the stretch limo and parks it in the parking lot adjacent to a four-door sedan. Derek flashes his fancy cel...

Beauty and the Beat; Comparing Mya Harrison and Carl ThomasThe truth is out. We listen to R&B and sometimes we like it. But do not get it twisted: half the stuff you hear on the radio is not R&B. It is usually some child of rap and pop whining vocals and not enough soul. Reality R&B, Love song, Soul...

Marshall Mathers, better known as Eminem, has had many achievements in his life, but life wasn't always good. Growing up in a poor trailer park in Warren Mich. He failed out of ninth grade, which led to him dropping out of high school. He tried to go back but couldn't do it, he just wanted to rap ...