Exploration Four: Music and Culture from Brandon

I see negative impacts generally coming from all major hip-hop and rap artist. Most of this genre has become more about self-promotion for the artist than anything else.Self promotion such as the amount of money they have, how many men or women they have been with and the amount of alcohol and or drugs they have been going lately. Mostly materialistic themed. As far as an artist who has been sucked into to this way of life and does more harm than good is Justin Bieber. Over the course of the last few years his style of music and the tone he uses in his songs has changed. He has had multiple run-ins with the law, and has been banned from a few countries as well.

The music I like usually depends on how I am feeling at the time. I normally like music that is upbeat. Music that excites me the most are songs that are connected to a certain point in my life which find enjoyable. Recently, I have found the song Centuries by Fall Out Boy to be one of my favorite songs. Before the Ohio State Buckeyes won the National Championship I had no interest in the song. Honestly I found it a little annoying at times. However, the song is paired up with highlights of the Buckeyes win almost every time. Every time I hear the song I think of the Buckeyes winning and even what the song means on a deeper level. Personally I like history, so I find the song meaningful in that direction as well.

"We'll go down in history
Remember me for centuries"

Fall Out Boy

Fall Out Boy - Centuries: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBr7kECsjcQ