Back in the grunge era, Nirvana exploded on the scene with songs like "Rape me", and Marilyn Manson's band came out with their first album, which included stuff like "Rock N" Roll Nigger". ... With this came the movement of gangsta rap, with its hard-hitting lyrics, and truthful story telling. ... His lyrics exploit women as if it was the Middle Ages and women were all prostitutes. ... parts with nothin, y'all be frontin Me give my heart to a woman? ... Hoe get yo' ass in And let's RI-I-I-I-I-IDE.. check em out now RI-I-I-I-I-IDE, yeah" 3 Looking at these lyrics, it ...

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" Macklemore is stressing the impact Eminem had on hip-hop and race in his lyrics. Without Eminem's fight to become an icon in hip-hop and this generation, Macklemore would not have had the same opportunities to succeed in the music business today, let alone any other white rapper; Eminem paved the way for them. ... It took a rapper like Eminem to jump-start the white culture in the hip-hop industry and make us fall in love with him the moment he set foot on the stage. ... One moment/ Would you capture it/ or just let it slip?... " Through his lyrics he is taunting this so-calle...

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"Then attack Eminem cause I rap this way/ But I'm glad cause they feed me the fuel that I need for the fire/ to burn and it's burnin' and I have returned" (Mathers 4.18-20). ... According to Britain's Q Magazine, she also plans on launching a rap career with Why Are You Doing Me Like You Are? ... Marshall Mathers loves his daughter dearly and even has her portrait tattooed on his arm. In the interview with The Rolling Stone Magazine, Eminem expresses his true feelings for his daughter, "I love my little girl enough to sing to her, for one, and two, it wasn't easy what...

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And let us not forget Tipper Gore who made music companies agree to put parental advisory labels on CDs that had mature content on them in the 80's. ... But while many adults do indeed love music, their love doesn't even compare to how teenagers view music. ... But while adults use music to relax or mellow out, teenagers express every emotion possible through music: anger, aggression, sadness, love, grief, hate, and jealousy. ... Also, while Teenagers often end up alienating themselves from their parents because they seem so different, kids can often relate themselves to music art...

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