Rykodisc albums Essays

Once upon a time, in a refrigerator in San Diego, there was an apple named Red. Red was a Honeycrisp apple with bright red skin and a short stem. He lived in the refrigerator with many of his fruit friends. His best friend was named Nara. She was a beautiful, round orange. They became friends the first day they were purchased at the grocery store. Red and Nara spend their time talking and playing games with the other fruit. They particularly enjoy playing hide-and-seek with the octuplets, eight of

In “The Storyteller” Saki uses figurative language and the tone of one of the characters to create a powerful voice. In “The Storyteller,” an Aunt is telling a story, to the children she is watching, about being good, but a bachelor on the train disagrees with how her story ends and he is challenged to tell his own story. When the bachelor is telling his story about being good he states, “She kept her clothes clean, learned her lessons perfectly, and had beautiful manners. In fact, she was horribly

Jermaine Lamarr Cole, better known by his stage name J. Cole is a hip hop recording artist and performer from Fayetteville, North Carolina. J. Cole had a rough childhood. His father abandoned his family, and his mother was addicted to drugs. J. Cole’s escape to such events during his childhood was his passion for rap music. After all, J. Cole was able to go to college with a scholarship, and he attended St. John’s University and graduated magna cum laude. Even after graduating with high honors, J

name in the musical industry. She has brought a passion for self expression into every song that she produces. Her musical career began in Canada in the early 90s and with a two-album recording contract with MCA Records; she released two successful dance pop albums Alanis and Now Is the Time. After producing these two albums she wanted to take her career to the next level but that was not the direction of the recording company. So they parted ways, and Morissette was introduced to Scott Welch. Scott

Cole. The album cover of The Sideline Story has J Cole sitting in a locker on a locker room bench. The locker room looks like a high school locker room. Its dark but it has some lighting coming from the back of J Cole as it would be a door that can be open that leads to the basketball court/gym. J Cole sitting on the bench with may look like a pair of expensive jeans and a black and red “DreamVille” varsity jacket with a pair of Air Jordans. 2014 Forest Hill Drive is also another album created by

Instruments of a Philharmonic orchestra, their position and how this contributes and or hinders the overall acoustics sound of the score. I chose this topic because I have heard the philharmonic orchestra many times before at ballets over the years. Even though I had heard them I never knew what the orchestra was composed of and how they made an impact on the mood or atmosphere of the room. It also made me curious about how the way that the different instruments worked so well together and how they

This wasn’t the only studio though. Their first couple of albums were indeed recorded at Clode Sound in Stephenville. Their first album that they had created was Saltwater Cowboys made in 1981. Those gave them more publicity in Eastern Canada. This lead them to make many more albums: in 1982 Heaven and Sea, in 1985 Outport people and Christmas Fancy, in 1986 Two for the Show, in 1987 Music and Friends (which is the album that has my song in it), in 1990 they came back with Chapel Walls,

In the 2014 album, Forest Hills Drive, Jermaine Lamarr Cole, or better known as his stage name “J. Cole”, raps a self- described personal statement about his childhood. Cole’s album is filled with different series of metaphors in which he speaks about love, growth and identity of his childhood home in Fayetteville, North Carolina. Cole’s 2014 Forest Hills Drive is the most personal and ambitious album he has yet written. In this album Cole tells his story about leaving home back in 2003 to find success

of Night Beds’ newest record. Winston Yellen’s first album as Night Beds, Country Sleep, was acoustic to the core: songs like “Ramona”, “22”, and “Was I For You?” are passionate and melancholy, and Yellen’s unique voice felt at home set to strummed guitars and reverb-soaked keys. Consequently, it was a bit of a shock to turn on the lead single from Ivywild, “Me Liquor and God”, and hear pulsing, bombastic synths leading the way. On this album, Yellen has taken a brave step in a new direction; Country

‘La Nena’ (little girl) is the nickname that she carries around the world since she entered adolescence. However, even if she is still young and girl-like, Dominique ‘Dom’ Pinto moves around the music scene like a seasoned actress. Her experience is enviable and she can easily be described as a “musician of the world”. She was born in Porto Alegre, but couldn’t settle too much in the South Brazilian city, because she moved to Paris with her parents when she was little more than 8. Then, when se

all about. He’s had accomplishments that have tremendously stood out over the course of these last ten years. For example, having a album platinum with no features, 2014 Forest hills Drive one of his albums became number one on Billboard 200 and winning the Billboard rap album of the year. Just before Christmas of 2016 J. Cole came out with 4 Your Eyez Only a album that also went number one. He brings back the flow of 1990’s Hip-Hop but also modernizes it to his own type of taste which

Music has always been a part of my life. In definition, it is “vocal or instrumental sounds combined in such a way as to produce beauty of form, harmony, and expression of emotion.” Ever since I was a young child, I have loved music. The strong, steady beats, the entrancing melodies, and the lyrics that vary between heartwarming and heart-wrenching have always had an unexplainable effect on my life. Music seems to have the ability to change certain aspects of my world. Even with my moods, whether

Beyoncé and Rihanna are two of the biggest music icons in the world right now. Each having their own unique careers. Both have a lot of similarities and also a lot of difference. Beyoncé Knowles was born on September 4, 1981, in Houston, Texas. When she was child, she performed in different dancing and singing competitions. At the age of seven, she won a school talent show singing John Lennon’s “Imagine” . Her singing talent was recognized by dance instructor Darlette Johnson started humming a

most successful Columbian artist. Shakira wrote her first song at eight years old. Only 4 years later, at the age of 13, she received her first record deal. Though her first two albums didn’t do so well, on her third album Shakira became more involved in the production of the music. By the time she released her fourth album, she was winning music awards. Up until this point, Shakira had

for the amount of albums sold worldwide within seventy-two hours (Joseph). However, the current record holder did not do any advertising, promotions, or announce that this album was even being recorded. So one may ask, how does an artist create the fastest-selling album to date, in complete secrecy, without the world and potential listeners being aware of its existence? Through the use of image, brand, time, and nontraditional forms of release, Beyoncé authored a self-titled album that is currently

of in-text citation by providing one citation used in paper 1 from one of your body paragraphs. The following is an example of an in-text citation located in my song summary essay. “Baby Boy” is Childish Gambino’s ninth track off his third studio album, “Awaken My Love!”. The song denotes the tumultuous relationship between Childish Gambino and the mother of his son trying to take the child away from him essentially leaving him pride less and despondent. In the chorus, Childish Gambino makes this

“You know it’s real when you are who you think you are.”-Drake - Pound Cake ft. JAY Drake should be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame because he has impacted the world of music by conquering many musical boundaries , he has inspired many by making the come up all on his own, and having the freedom to be himself. “Most number ones, how long did it really take me?” In all honesty it only really took him about two years. In 2014, Drake landed on the Billboard Top 100 chart for the 72nd

Wale's The Album About Nothing is projected to sell more than 90,000 copies in its first week, which will earn the project the Number 1 spot on the Billboard 200 chart. If the album tops the Billboard albums chart, it will mark Wale's second Number 1 album. Two years, the rapper's The Gifted entered the top of the charts, after selling over 150,000 copies in its debut week. The Album About Nothing features guest appearances from J. Cole, Usher, SZA, Stokley Williams, and Jeremih. Three singles

Paige Johnston Mark Jaskowski English 101 23 October 2015 Album Artwork Analysis To analyze an album cover there are multiple steps to take to figure out the true meaning, why that artist chose to put what he or she did on their cover. For someone to provide a quality and effective cover that entices their target audience to want to buy the album there are a few general ideas that need to be considered: the purpose, context of the image, genre, effectiveness, audience and relationship to the

The first album I chose to analyze was released from the band Coldplay. The name of the first album cover is called Viva La Vida or Death and All His Friends, which was released in 2008. The second album I chose came from a Japanese band named Dragon Ash. The name of the album is Viva La Revolution, which was released in 1999. I chose these two albums on how similar each cover is to one another and at the same time very different. They are both very interesting to look at and each cover has its own