Dr. Dre Essays

Dr. Dre: The perseverance of a great Producer When I was younger, I always knew I had a talent and passion for music especially in the audio production field of music. I started my career off by enrolling at Full Sail University to obtain my goal and achieve all the skills necessary to follow the dream I love. Focusing on one professional I admire I’ve dived in deep and researched an abundance amount of information, and applied it to lessons that can come toward my own success. The role model I

It had started like any other day, I was waking up to the smell of clean socks. A smell I remember as if it was my bride for many years. I live for the clean socks. The clean socks live for me. But something wasn’t right, one of my limited edition Dr Dre socks was smelling funky. I realized I had to journey into the Mexican Water Laundromat and clean them. When I got there I noticed I had only one hour to clean them because it closed at 5:38. I tried and tried to make my socks funky fresh in an

politicians C. Delores Tucker and Dan Quayle. They said it went against American values, encouraged violence and was degrading to black women. Snoop Dogg was later charged with murder but he was later accquited. After his second album and the withdrawal of Dr. Dre from the label, Snoop Dogg realized that he was under an iron-clad contract, which meant that Knight owned anything he produced for a number of years.efused to record any more songs for Death Row until his contract expired. He even went as far as

Straight Outta Compton is a movie that focuses on five teenagers who have this love and desire to perform, entertain, and make music. The hip-hop group, N.W.A, is a group of guys known by their stage names, Dr. Dre, Eazy-E, Ice Cube, MC Ren, and DJ Yella, who are all from Compton, California. Compton, during this time, was known to be one of the worst cities to live and grow up in because of gangs, drugs, crime rates, and police brutality. Police brutality has been around for years now, and in Compton

his successful rapping career earned him some success and his business investments and deals got him the rest of his fortune. Not to mention the fact that his wife is also Beyonce, a fact that I'm sure many men on this list envy. Number Two: Dr. Dre Dr. Dre is well-known as one of the richest rappers in the game. He is worth an unbelievable $700 million. He helped supplement the money he made rapping with profits from his own record label, Aftermath, the successful Beats headphones line, an an HP

generation of Hip-Hop and Gangsta Rap. Growing up in one of the most dangerous cities in the U.S, Compton, CA isn’t the best place to live and start your own label because of all the gangs, drugs, and criminals. The five members (Ice Cube, Eazy-E, MC Ren, Dr. Dre, and DJ Yella) , all born around the same time met each other through business and other jobs. The men saw themselves writing music that actually meant something to society, and liked to call their music “reality rap”. After making

Kendrick Lamar In today’s society, minority groups have no voice some elites want to change this, they talk for the people in powerful but unethical ways, one of these individuals is Kendrick Lamar. Kendrick Lamar, an upcoming rap protege, wants to spread thoughts, messages, and things he has learned through his music and have an impact on his audience. Kendrick Lamar Duckworth is a twenty-eight year old rapper native to Compton, California. He shortened his name to what we now call the humble raper

scattered around, burned buildings and smoke in the iar background and foreground angry L.A residents destroying cars and grocery stores. There was multiple cross cutting from Ice Cube close-up reaction shot of him watching the news coverage back to Dr. Dre close-up back to medium close-up shot of him riding around. The purpose behind not having any dialogue was to grab the audience in the moment of American history and how people

“Rolling Stone” magazine and that doesn’t even begin to describe how amazing the album is. The album was released on March 15, 2015 on Top Dawg Entertainment and Aftermath Entertainment, and was distributed by Interscope Records. “TPAB” was produced by Dr. Dre and Anthony “Top Dawg” Tiffith. In an interview with “Rolling Stone” magazine Lamar stated that, "Just putting the word 'pimp' next to 'butterfly'… It's a trip. That's something that will be a phrase forever. It'll be taught in college courses — I

In the mise-en-scene of films, “…there are at least two different levels of story telling, the actual narrative which is the upfront story and the visual story which is the undercurrent (Sanchez 22). Although Drumline (2002) and Straight Outta Compton (2015) were released over a decade apart, there were similar conflicts in black communities that were highlighted and represented through music and the mise- en-scene in both films. Of the black community issues, the main ones that were similar were

Kendrick Lamar Duckworth was born in Compton, California on June 17, 1987. Before he was born, his parents lived in the South Side of Chicago, Illinois, where life was just as hard in Compton. Both his mother and father came from large families; his mother was one of thirteen, his father one of seven. Kendrick’s parents moved to Compton in 1984 while they were still in their teenage years in order to avoid the gang life. However, Kendrick would grow up exposed to unpredictable activity in the streets

have a larger playlist to choose from. However, Kendrick is the more consistent and masterful rapper. Here are quotes from some iconic rappers that prove that statement. “Isn’t that album incredible? (referring to the album To Pimp A Butterfly)” - Dr dre said on an interview with BigBoyTv. T.P.A.B. was one of Kendrick’s first studio albums, being released eleven years ago. “ I love that album (Referring to Mr Morale and the Big Steppers)” - Tyler, The Creator said in an interview with converse

Marshall Bruce Mathers III, better known by his stage name Eminem (EMINƎM) is a rapper from Detroit, Michigan who is not difficult to classify as a creative genius who dominated a black race music industry. Since the release of his debut album The Slim Shady LP (1999), Eminem has dictated the hip hop charts worldwide. A holder of thirty awards and fifty nominations, Eminem’s awards include seven Grammys and an Academy Award for Best Original Song. He was the first rapper to ever acquire an Academy

album, Howard Hanger Trio's A Child Is Born (1974). The album's cover message is how “easily innocence is lost in NY's neglected concrete jungles”. Illmatic was a very influential album for several reasons. With rap artists like Ice Cube, Eazy E, Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg and Tupac. Nas's Illmatic led to the rise of east coast rap. Illmatic is a major influence to the rise of rappers like Biggie, the Wu tang clan, Jay Z, and pretty much every rapper from that point on. Nas was born in Crown

While watching some scenes from "Straight Outta Compton" you cannot help but be in some kind of shock. We have all heard of police brutality and discrimination, but watching scenes based on a true story raise many eyebrows. You can see the anger that the characters feel after being discriminated because of their skin color. To this day, police brutality is a big issue across the country and it is always making headlines. You would think that by now we would have come a long way, but that is not the

and Shider would later transfer their right to Bridgeport Music Inc. It has been said that not only "Atomic Dog" but most of George Clinton 's work is notable for the style of rap. His style of rap has been made famous by artists such as Snoop Dog, Dr. Dre and many more. The song "D.O.G. in me" was written by songwriter Felony Davis. "D.O.G in me" was released on the album All Work, No Play by the rap group Public Announcement. All Work, No Play is the group 's second album. Off of that album, they

for best rap album. The article tells about how kendrick released his first album his junior year of highschool under the rap alias K-dot, and how this article jump started his career into rap fame and earned him a record deal. With Compton legend, Dr. Dre. The author goes on to detail kendricks current career timeline, as well as giving mentions to his personal life, of how Kendrick has had a child with one, Whitney Alford. Kendrick Lamar is one of the most talented rappers to ever live, and within

Countless artists, actors, activists, and celebrities assure to have their voices heard. Artists in the music industry write about love, heartbreak, their lives, and hardships. N.W.A used their music to share their stories of hardship and injustice within the system. In this essay, we will be discussing how popular hip-hop and rap group N.W.A. used their voices to express how they felt toward law enforcement. Most importantly, we will dig deeper into how N.W.A.’s hit song F**k the Police affected

With the introduction of cinema came the introduction of cinema-induced personalities and stereotypes. Often times people think that just because something appears in a movie multiple times that it is the same reality in real life. These thoughts can form many thoughts, whether they are positive or negative connotations. According to Kristine Wright (2004), she said that “the ‘gangsta image’ representing the ‘real’ black urban experience” (p.12). Through the realm of cinema, the introduction of the

Anthropomorphism has always been among prominent features of human psychology. Multimodal studiesof personification contribute to a better understanding of this phenomenon.Anthropomorphic personification is a humanoid personality attributed to an animal, state or action.Multimodality is a theory which looks at many different modes that people use to communicate with each other and to express themselves.Modes may aggregate into multimodal ensembles, shaped over time into familiar cultural forms, a