My music style has changed so much over the past 5 years. When I was a senior in high school i listened to rap. For some reason, I really liked rap a lot. Everyone in my neighborhood listened to rap and I just went with the flow I guess you can say. My two favorite rappers were The Game and 50 Cent. I always turned the stereo up really loud and jammed. I always hated how rap music belittled females, but I never really noticed it till my music style started to change. After my senior year of high school i moved to Oklahoma. I started to listen to country music a little because that was the popular music to listen to, and quickly feel in love with country music. All I listen to is country music now, I can't even stand to listen to rap anymore. I can't remember the last time I listened to rap. The reason why I like country music so much is because it talks about females from a positive stand point. It talks about there inner beauty and it talks about their outer beauty but not like rap does. I feel like country represents a positive body image for women. Here is my playlist:
1. Baby Girl- Sugarland
2. Settlin- Sugarland
3. Got To Be Something More- Sugarland
4. Wishing- Sugarland
5. Summer Nights- Rascal Flatts
6. Don't You Know Your Beautiful- Kellie Pickler
7. Alright-Darius Rucker
8. Best Days Of Your Life- Kellie Pickler
9. Where I Come From- Jason Aldean
10. What Kind Of Gone- Chris Cagle
My music style has changed so much in a positive way and it has really helped me in a lot of ways. I remember my freshman year I wanted to quit school and go home but I heard the song "Baby Girl" by Sugarland and it really keep me going.
The reading is about how pop culture is becoming so "pornofied" now and people are not doing anything about it. The author explains how she understands that sex sells but the pop culture is taking it to another level and society accepts it. As females, we are being degraded but we also accept it because we do nothing about it. We just go along with it and just agree with the idea that sex does sell. Things are being taken to another level and we need to step up as females and do something about this.
About Me
- aflo_4
- My name is Amber Flores.. I am 21 years old..and I'm from Calexico, California but i moved to Norman, Oklahoma four years ago. One of the most important things in my life is my family, I am very close to them. I have one older brother named Eric, and we live together. Um, what else, I go to the University of Oklahoma and I play softball here also!It pretty much takes up all my time but I love it. I am a really lucky person and I know that I'm blessed beyond belief!!
I can agree with Amber on this one. I have always been a fan of rap music even knowing how bad it exploits women. There are certain songs I dont listen to but others I like because of the beat moreso the lyrics. Rap music is a style that you have to learn not to get offended by. To me country music still can talk down on women but just not in a way Rap music does. Rap music puts it out there point blank but country music kind of puts it in code lyrics. All in all I like both though!
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