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Continued Explorations: Musical Analysis

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  Love Yourz J.Cole  Love Yourz by J.Cole was composed by him and released in February of 2016. J. Coles full name is Jermaine Lamarr Cole and he was born in Frankfurt, Germany but now lives in Raleigh, a city located in North Carolina. Listening to this song is like a reminder to love yourself and that your life should be seen as the best for you even though people around you may have things you don't have. This song is very positive and tells more of a story.  Lyrics The lyrics that J. Cole is singing in this song is spreading nothing but positive energy. He starts off the song singing "there's no such thing as a life that's better than yours" and as he continues he ends up mentioning many struggles that people go through but as he does that, he makes it clear that it is okay because there is beauty in the struggle and ugliness in the success but at the end of the day you are still blessed to be you. The lyrics show that although there are people on different l

Music and the Fictive Dream

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  The Lion King The Lion King is a 1994 American animated film directed by Roger Allers and Rob Minkoff, produced by Don Hahn - Walt Disney Feature Animation. The screenplay in this film is also credited to Irene Mecchi, Jonathan Roberts and Linda Woolverton. This film was released by Walt Disney Pictures. The Lion King is the 32nd Disney animated feature film and the fifth animated produced during the "Disney Renaissance." The Disney Renaissance was a period of time during 1989-1999 that Walt Disney Feature Animation began to produce critically and commercially successful films again.  Hakuna Matata's music   was written by Elton John and lyrics by Tim Rice in 1994. Hakuna matata is a Swahili language phrase from East Africa and means no trouble/no worries. This song was sang in the 1994 Disney animated film, The Lion King. In the film, the song is being sung by Timon (the meerkat), Pumbaa (the warthog) and Simba (the cub). The whole reason behind Timon beginning to the

Role of the Performer

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 Rihanna  Robyn Rihanna Fenty is a pop superstar. Growing up she was shy but her outlet was singing and performing for her friends. Her and 2 other friends formed a girl group and got te chance to meet Evan Rogers, who is a famous producer. Evan Rogers liked Rihannas sound. She signed with Evan Rogers in 2004 and he then began to send her music to many different record labels. She released her first single in 2005 and that hit number 2 on the billboard singles chart. She received her first grammy in 2008. She is known for fashion, having a beautiful voice and her Fenty brand.  Music by Rihanna Disturbia by Rihanna was composed by Chris Brown, Brian Kennedy, Andre Merritt and Robert Allen. It was released in 2008. In this song the beat and tempo were pretty fast paced. Rihannas voice when singing over this matched perfectly in the sense that she was able to reach higher notes that went along with this sound. The articulation was choppy and she was able to match it with her voice allowin