19 words. It usually builds up suspense for the listener so when the downbeat
drops in, it creates a release surprise.
b. Verse
In popular music, a verse roughly corresponds to a poetic stanza. When two sections of the song have almost identical music and different lyrics,
then each section is considered one verse.
c. Pre-chorus
It is an optional section that may occur after verse. It will introduce a new harmonic pattern in order to make the harmony reappearance of the verse
harmonies in the chorus seem fresh.
d. Chorus
It contains the main idea, or the big picture, of what is being expressed lyrically and musically. It is repeated throughout the song, the melody and
lyric rarely vary. It contains many words.
e. Bridge
In popular music, it is used as the transition. The bridge is a device that is used to break up the repetitive pattern
of the song and keep the listener‟s attention.
f. Conclusion
It is a way to end or complete the song through the fade-out or instrumental tag.
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8. Review of Eminem
According to the data taken from Abrams 2010, Marshall Bruce Mathers III was born on October 17, 1972, in
St. Joseph, Missouri . He is the only child of
Marshall Bruce Mathers, Jr. born c. 1951 and Deborah R. Debbie Nelson born 1955. Eminem spent much of his formative years living in a largely black
lower-middle-class Detroit neighbourhood. He and Debbie were one of three white households on their block. Eminem was confronted and beaten up by
African-Americans on several occasions. As a child, Eminem developed an interest in storytelling and aspired to
become a comic book artist
before discovering hip hop
. Eminem heard his first rap song, Reckless featuring
Ice-T , at age nine on the
Breakin soundtrack,
which he received as a gift from Debbies half-brother Ronald Ronnie Polkinghorn. At the age of 14, he began rapping with high-school friend Mike
Ruby, the two adopting the names Manix and MM, which soon morphed into Eminem.
He released his first solo album, Infinite, on local Web Entertainment label in 1996. It failed to garner much attention, but the follow-
up, 1998‟s The Slim Shady EP, so impressed super-producer DR.Dre that he signed Eminem to his
interscope imprint, Aftermath. This album had sold out about 300 million copies and won Emenim a Grammy for Best Album Rap. Then on 2000, Eminem
released his album “The Marshall Mathers LP” which debuted at the top of the chart in 2000 with close to 1.7 million copies sold its first week in stores. Then on
2002 he also released the third album “The Eminem Show”, which is sold over a
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