C is for Cheek

Now Cheek  is a well known rapper over in Finland. But it wasn't until college that he first started to get in to  rap. After college he joined the rap 5th Element were he quickly because one of most prominent members. When he originally started rapping most of his song were in English, but later on he switch over to just rapping in Finnish.

One of the thing that really drew me to Cheek was how original his sound was and how unique his voice was. He combines meaningful lyrics with an almost club techno beat while still  adding to the song. I also like how much he's grown as rapper over the years. You can really see the differences from songs like "John Doe" from his first album Human & Beast and songs like "Jos Mä Oisin Sä" (translates to "If I were you") from one of his later album Jare Henrik Tiihonen. Personally if I just feel like going for a drive to relax I prefer his newer stuff, but if I feel like think his older stuff is more meaningful to me. So in my opinion the rapper Cheek is definitely worth checking out.

B is for Blue Öyster Cult

The band  Blue Öyster Cult  has been around since the late sixties, but it wasn't until there self title debut album in seventy-two that the band really took off. The band is actually still together to this day and over the four decades of its' popularity they have managed over twenty-four million albums world wide and around seven million in the United States alone.

Blue Öyster Cult is know as psychedelic rock. This means that their music tried to reflect the culture and the mid altering affects of many drugs of the time period. They would often do this through intense guitar rifts, subtle use of synthesizer,  and very melodic and complex lyrics. The lyric were normally meant to take you on journey through the sound of the music and your very own sub-conscious. 

Even though the era of psychedelic movements and music is over Blue Öyster Cult is still relevant and their music is still featured in many movie today. Their music also continues to shape some of the youth today.

And finally before I go here's a sample of the greatness that is Blue Öyster Cult. Their best known song is probably Don't Fear the Reaper, but personally I also really enjoy the song is Burnin' For You. But I'll leave it up to you to decide which is better.

A is for Atmosphere

Now Atmosphere is a good artist to have for any good collection of rap and or hip-hop. Atmosphere is actually a rap duo composed of Slug and Ant. Some of the past members include Idea, Spawn, Stress, Beyond. They combine classic hip-hop sounds with meaningful and realistic lyrics. They are also from the twin cities area and to this day if you walk around the area you can find locations that the rap about.Now  Atmosphere has a good combination of deep meaningful songs and happy upbeat songs. A great example two examples of great meaningful songs are Your glass house and Always coming home to you. Now is a example of one of Atmospheres songs that are happy and upbeat is the song Sunshine.

Atmosphere helped revolutionize the music industry in Minnesota and they are another reason that most college students in Minnesota are so proud of Minnesota music. They are a huge influence for the under ground hip-hop scene and have been for almost twenty years now. Atmosphere is also well  known for their collaboration that do to help bring the annual Twin Cities Celebration of Hip-Hop together every year.

Blog over view

Now as an assignment from a teacher I'm going to create an A-Z of my music library and well doing that I hope to inform you about the music I talk about the implications now and then.

A little about me

I’m a junior currently attending D.C.A.L.S. high school. Now as student my life revolves around music and I can honestly say that my life revolves around music and that it has been the best mentor I have ever had. From a young age I was listening to music and I ever been working on my music library since I was a little kid. Lately I’ve been averaging a new gigabyte ever month and currently I’m sitting at a little over fifty gigs of just straight music. Now my music library is an extensive collection of artist and genres that span centuries and cultures. I like to listen to music with the motto of “Have a song for ever occasion” and so far I’ve managed to keep that motto raining true.

The library

The is a blog exploring one students music library that spans centuries of music and culture. We will be taking a journey through culture and time using music as our time machines and translators. The reason be hind this is that the one that all time periods and cultures have in common is music and a love for it.