… and Johnny; String of Pearls; Blue Moon; Jingle Bell Rock; and Dirty Pop: none of these songs would be here today without influence from African-American culture. Some people have a hard time listening to “black music,” meaning Jazz, Blues, Rap,…

… most influential person in my life has to be the rapper, Slug, In atmosphere. He has had a large influence on my thought and my views on this earth. His lyrics have changed my thinking and realization of what life is really about. Slug has many…

… phenomenon. Lately, the multi-billion dollar industry has been in definite decline. Not to say however, that this decline doesn’t have any relation to that of the state of the economy. In fact, looking statistically at the economy could help…

… referred to as rap, started in the 1970’s s among Black and Hispanic performers in New York City. It was at first associated with an athletic style of dancing, known as break dancing. Critics have disparaged most Hip Hop as a boastful promotion…

… fathers put into the United States Constitution, right? Then why is the United States government trying to regulate what we hear through music censorship? Society blames current Music trends for disfunctional behavior among teens and demands censorship…

… in the fall of 2002, and it was truly an event of sensory overload. I felt inspired by their music in every aspect possible and the level of sound was through the ceiling. Throughout my seventeen years I have seen quite a few concerts but this was…

… of Elvis Presley in the 1950’s, to the much questioned lyrics of Eminem and Marilyn Manson of today, the music industry has always had a way of stirring up controversy in the United States (Zuckerman152). Some may argue that music is too violent…

… while drugs were passed out at every moment. But for The Doors it was different, because they could get a person high by just listening to songs of mystery and intenseness. The nights belonged to the gods of revelry and rebirth, and the songs invoked…

… January 22, 1924. At the age of nine, Johnson became very interested with music thus learning the piano with a church organist. He took further interest in music once he attended Crispus Attucks Senior High school playing the. He started out playing…

… the love of a beautiful woman are just a few of the ingredients for this classic play. Cyrano de Bergerac was written in 1897 by Edmond Rostand and is originally a French play. Edmond Rostand created his play based off of a real character name Savinien…