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Music is more than a beat with words. Music is a way of life. Music is a culture. Music can motivate you. Music is my drug. Music can take you places that you have never been, and take you places you have been before. Every time I hear Hypnotized by Notorious BIG I think of the summer time in Chicago in my dads two-seater drop top black Mercedes Benz going to baseball practice with my older brother. I was in the back with the enormous sub-woofer to my left while watching my dad and my brothers head bob to the beat screaming out "BIGGIE BIGGIE BIGGIE, CAN'T YOU SEE, SOMETIMES YOUR WORDS JUST HYPNOTIZE ME! I guess you can say actions and words are imitated because at a young age I was doing the same thing in the back seat imitating my two role models. It seemed like that song put extra life into us, and we would all be in a better mood and energized us for practice. Christmas just wouldn’t be Christmas without hearing "Santa Clause is coming to town," or "I saw mommy kissing Santa Clause" by the Jackson 5! I swear those two songs just made Christmas that much better! I could listen to those songs to this day and I can see myself ten years ago opening presents with my family having the time of my life. Music is comforting to me and for every mood that I am in; I have a song for how I feel. I would like to thank Kanye West, Jay-Z, Lil Wayne, Michael Jackson, Drake, R. Kelly, Usher, John Legend, Musiq Soul Child, Alicia Keys and MANY MORE for consistently putting out GOOD music with substance. These artists are only a fraction of artist who have had an impact on my life. I could go on and on and fill up this whole page with artists and songs that have impacted me one way or another, but they have all brought joy to my life, comforted me in situations when I needed advice, and have been there through hard times. Now I don’t know these artists personally, but when I put on my purple beats by Dre and zone out, I swear they are talking to me. What is music to you?
music can dictate my mood and emotions, like for me i listen to smooth jazz to put me to sleep, if i'm going to go out to a club or something i might wanna hear "every girl" by young money, if i fight with a chick, i'm going to listen to usher "you dont have to call" when it's that alone time with a female i'll put on some r. kelly and let the record breathe...music can spark feelings to make things better, to intensify pleasures or to ease pain
ReplyDeleteMusic can shift the minds of peoples beliefs and or thoughts towards a particular situation.There are many different types of music that one can listen to, that can guide them in ways that normal conversations with people couldnt. For example if i want to think in a critical way i would quickly put on some old school r kelly or neo classical music to get my brain started on fascinating ideas.
ReplyDeleteMost of my really powerful memories are infused with music....and, also, many of the small, cherished times in life are dictated by music.....dancing in the kitchen in the middle of making dinner, up till the wee hours of the morning with friends and family, putting it on for Sunday morning waffle breakfast, getting prepped for athletic competition, bringing back memories of lost loved ones...
ReplyDeleteI love it, Eric, when you wrote "music is my drug."