Prince - "Purple Rain" 1984
Purple Rain is a
music video, album and movie released by Warner Bros. Records on June 25, 1984,
by titan of the 1980’s Prince.” Rolling Stone magazine ranked it the
second-best album of the 1980s and 76th on their list of the 500 Greatest
Albums of All Time. Zounds magazine ranked it the 18th greatest album of all
time. The two main songs from Purple
Rain, "When Doves Cry" and "Let's Go Crazy", would top the
US singles charts and were hits around the world, while the title track would
go to number two on the Billboard Hot 100.”Prince’s style and music alone
represents the 1980's through his take on of hard rock and new wave to his continuous
creativity of moving on and trying new things. From embracing everything from
hip-hop to Velvet underground, whilst having hits from “When doves cry” to “Purple
rain.” Purple Rain is an eight minute
video filled with slow burning- red hot emo joy. It’s noted that within the
each verse of “Purple Rain” is about a group of people in his life. For instance
his parents, Appolonia (A Gangster Girl, who doesn't chill with a huge group,)
and his Band mates. There has been loads of controversial regarding the meaning
of “Purple Rain” some has said it’s something to with the end of the world as
prince was very interested within that concept of the 1980’s and suggested that
the apocalypse wasn't Far from his mind. But what makes “Purple rain” by Prince
a representation of the 1980's? The context of purple rain represents the views Prince
shared within that period in which reflected the song as well as in the movie. Stan
Hawkins who wrote the book “Prince: The Making of a Pop Music Phenomenon”
states that “The site of horror or monstrosity in purple rain is not within
women and their sexuality but rather with their repression in the mid-1980's and
how that power relationship was manifested in the cultural sphere.” In which
defines the repression women was facing within the 1980's. Purple Rain is a song that still survives 30 years later after being released and will survive/ be a representation of the 1980's and classics of all time.
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Jay Z ft Kanye West - "Niggas in Paris" 2014
I feel the period I live
in today will be represented as the era of provocative music. Especially the take
on Hip hop music and some R&B the music is so provocative and that’s what
people want to listen to and watch. I feel
this era is a contemporary and knew type of hip hop music compared to music
within the 80s/90s that mostly related to political statements, poverty and
real life issues that they witness or struggled and know in which made hip hop
unknown outside of the United States in the 1980's. And today hip hop is recognized
globally as its more focused on things artist have what they want e.g. money,
fame and “Bitches” notice the plural in bitch. In which today whether you
famous or not men need more than women to be complete noticeable within the
marriage and divorce rates in contemporary society today. However I feel this
music video is a representation of the 21st century and will be many
years to come as it embodies the provocative nature of today through the use of
language, visual sexual images and the change of hip hop that’s reflects the next generation
and current. It is a song by American rappers Kanye West who is known for his
album college dropout which loads of college dropout students can relate to as
well as Jay Z who is one of the most financially successful hip-hop artists and
entrepreneurs in America deputed the song “Niggas in Paris” September 13, 2011. It debuted at number 75
on the US Billboard Hot 100 on the week of the album's release the song won for
Best Rap Performance and Best Rap Song at the 55th Grammy Awards. In an
interview, Kanye West revealed that the song was inspired by his travels in
Paris.
Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Niggas_in_Paris
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