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Eminem Is My Reflection
For those who personally know me would be baffled that I would find Eminem as my doppelgänger though it’s not looks, we are talking about. His music and life that he welcomed you in to is full of darkness, drugs, slashing wrists, domestic violence, fame, children witnessing it all and begging for their dad to stay. It’s a massive chaos of this man’s life that all began as a young child being raised by a single mom in a rough neighborhood. His life story is full of pain, some cringe at what he allows you to know and sing about. What he allowed his daughters to witness when he was grown. It’s a cycle that most children find themselves in, repeating the past of their parent(s) or and what they grew up to see.
By Scarlett Price6 years ago in Beat
Soul comfort during this Pandemic
Bob Marley - Three little Birds This song is actually one of my favorite songs and it really has helped me over the last two months and dealing with this Pandemic away from home and far from my family. As an native from another land, it has been pretty hard coping with stress, anxiety, and mixed emotions that geared up under my sleeves every time I come across news in the media and as much as earlier it wasn't about my country, I was always worried because I knew some way the virus would have entered Liberia cause we are open to travel and tourism. One will think it is the fear of the COVID-19 resonating in my country, but actually it is because I feared the blow my country was going to be faced with. Fast forward, Liberia became one of the corona zones; my stress level went up. I couldn't get myself to think straight or about anything positive much. I couldn't get myself to picture where in this world I was for days. I smoked (excessively actually), tried watching movies, listening to podcasts, and looking up comedy skits but none of these actually worked. Reliantly, I went back to listening to music like usual but I kept skipping songs because apparently most of the songs on my playlist were not speaking to my soul at the moment. One morning, reliantly, I turned on my bluetooth, volume high to the point I wouldn't hear myself crying because for more than two weeks that was my life, started playing music as usual then suddenly “Three little birds” started playing. The song played while I was singing it in my head till it got to the chorus and I found myself singing it out loud. I felt good for that moment and wanted to continue feeling that way for the entire day so I put the song on repeat. The song played for like up to 7-8 times and I just couldn’t believe a song would put me in a better state considering how low I was. To be frank, I anticipated going back home and as such I felt I would have only been okay and myself again if I’d made it back home but then it didn’t happen and Bob Marley Three little birds became my safe place and best thing to listen to because he said “don’t worry, about a thing... because every little is going to be alright’. I have held to this line since that day and I am not going to worry because I know everything is going to be alright.
By Catherine Barnes6 years ago in Beat
My Quarantine Playlist
Okay... I play the same songs over and over. I work as a full time delivery grocery person. I love jamming to this playlist. I will talk to you about 6 of my favorite songs from the 5 different artists. I ordered these as the first 6 in my playlist. Enjoy!
By Roy the Rapper6 years ago in Beat
Let The Rhythm Flow
It makes my butt laugh just to hear myself expressing the subtitle with holy joy. Yes! I’m sure am… laughing out loud. This is how amazing it is to me when it comes up to music. It causes the appearance of my laughter like brighten fireworks in the night sky crashing through the invisible soundly feeling of the rhythm melody beyond its flow to the beat.
By Montserrat Garcia6 years ago in Beat
A Quarantine Mixtape, Made Just For You. First Place in Quarantine Playlist Challenge.
If you're like me, binging episodes of Hulu's High Fidelity to distract yourself from COVID-19 chaos, you know how delicate the art of mixtaping is. You can't just mishmash a bunch of catchy tunes together...there are RULES. Do it right, and you can tell a great musical story through other people's creative genius.
By Kathryn Milewski6 years ago in Beat
Abstract Visuals and the Amplification of Music
The question “What the hell is this?” pops into my head more frequently than I can count. I am, however, able to track how many times I think “What the f*** is this?” With more urgency and power behind it, the latter question is warranted by a truly strange event during my day. On this day, it was watching the music video for “You’re Too Precious” by James Blake.
By Duncan Holzhall6 years ago in Beat
