The Albums

songwriting author. Although this comment from Heap was blogged back in 2014, this is a discrepancy in Swift’s work that she has been battling since the start of her career and potentially proved influential in Swift’s decision to write her third album, Speak Now, entirely by herself with no co-writers…

Born in Germany, but moved to Fayetteville, North Carolina at a young age. J. Cole’s latest album 4 Your Eyez Only, released on December 9, 2016, went certified platinum four months after the release date with no features on the album. I will be analyzing the lyrics on the song Neighbors, arguably the most popular song from the album. J. Cole rented a house in North Carolina prior to the release of the album 4 Your Eyez Only. In the house, he installed a full studio for him, and the rest of…

demeanor. With some of his favorite songs mostly being top 40s hits, Jesse has a consistent, if not predictable, taste in music. Frank Ocean released Channel Orange, his debut studio album, on July 10, 2012. Classified as Alternative R&B, the album is just over one hour long, with seventeen tracks total. The album features vocals from artists such as John Mayer, André 3000, and Tyler, The Creator.…

DRAKE, is a musician, rapper. Drake's new album “Views” sold Beyonces in just one day. Drake's last album was “Views”. Drake is half jewish, and he was born in October 24, 1986 in toronto, Ontario, Canada. Drake's father is a African american from Memphis. His mom is a Jewish Canadian. Drake starred on the show Degrassi: The Next Generation playing the character Jimmy Brooks who was disabled. Drake did not graduate Forest Hill Collegiate Institute. Larry Graham, Drake's uncle, played the bass…

has put into the music and choreography. Listening to the album is based off of visuals in your head as of what is going on in the song, or how the story is being played out. The concert is about giving the fans a show, but artist also let fans join in on the songs while they sing it just to see how many people actually listen to the music that they have been putting out. You could anticipate similarities and differences when comparing an album and a concert, but would you really know how much…

the group was all American girl group comparing four members. The four girls are Amy Correa, Melissa Tessmen, Tynisha Keli and Katy Scanlan. The Gyrlz society released their single, Double 'D' Mix, produced by Damon Jones in 2002. In 2003, the group album was cancelled and the group quickly disbanded. Tynisha knew that she was being part of the group was not her desire to be in a group she wanted to try is on her…

Her album Taylor Swift is country whereas 1989 is mainstream pop. The country style approach that Swift uses on her first album depicts feelings of sadness and evokes a lot of emotion. She uses many acoustic tones which dispenses a certain vibe from her music. The tones that can be heard are softer and not as solid…

Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. This album immediately made waves within society, and continues to have a profound impact on people today. It had changed how music was delivered, recorded, and listened to, while also helping to move society in a direction of major change. Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band was not simply a piece of art through the music it contains, but also through the imagery it portrays proudly on its album cover. This cover is 144 square inches of…

“Better Together,” which was a song off his first album. Mind you, all these songs are so relaxed, they’re a little upbeat, but mellower than anything. I’ve heard people say that the best time to listen to Jack Johnson is when they are smoking marijuana and just want to relax. I guess you can’t really take that to heart, unless you have done that before, but that’s just what I’ve heard. Anyways, Jack finally started to play songs off his new album after getting the crowd all ecstatic with his…

dress in any suggestive way and the focus was only on her singing abilities. Grande kept some aspects of her previous star text, but she made sure that the first album would draw a distinct line from her days as Cat Valentine and give a preview of what to come in the future in terms of her image. With the instant success of her first album and her powerful vocals, Grande successfully transitioned from a teen actress to a singer, and her experiment with her persona worked to her advantage since…