Archive for: rcl1314
Here, at the End of All Things
So CAS 137H is beginning to wrap up. We’re nearing the end of my RCL blogs, and it’s time to give an evaluation of the class. There are things I liked about it and things I didn’t like about it, as I am sure you were expecting. Nearly every evaluation I […]
Emergency Blog Post
They are not well-known. They are not that big. If you asked the average person on the street, they would probably have no idea that they even existed. If you asked me, though, I would say that Turquoise Jeep is the funniest, most-original, and the absolute nuttiest rap group out there. […]
I Find Jay-Z Confusing
Going into this post, I was not entirely sure who to focus on. I had received no tips from friends, and I wasn’t sure about any rapper related to Macklemore other than Ryan Lewis, so it was not like I could springboard off of him to set up my next […]
Macklemore Wants More Mackin’
I had had a bit of trouble deciding which rapper to examine this week, when I remembered that Macklemore and Ryan Lewis had recently performed a concert here at Penn State. I figured, hey, they’d be pretty good to look into. Well, Macklemore would bear looking into, at least. I […]
Penn State Controversies
We are now entering the final project of this semester’s RCL course. Sure, there are TED talks to wrap up and Paradigm Shift papers to finalize, but the heavy lifting on those projects have already been accomplished. Now, it is time for our class to discuss the “History of a […]
P. Diddy, Surprisingly Emotional
Because I covered Biggie Smalls in my last Passion Post, I have decided to look into the P. Diddy, his life, and his music. If you do not remember from last week, this is because Sean “Puff Daddy” Combs was the one who signed Biggie Smalls and turned him into […]
Spoken Tongue vs. Written Word
Recently, we in the RCL class have written papers on a paradigm shift we each see in current culture and society. While we are still in the proof-reading and editing phase of the assignment, we now turn our attention towards converting the paper into a TED talk. While there is […]
From the West Coast to the East Coast
If you are like me, then you have probably only heard whispers about the East Coast vs. West Coast rivalry. Looking into it, I have discovered it was a feud centered around Tupac Shakur (my previous week’s artist) representing the West Coast and Biggie Smalls, also known as the Notorious […]
A Short Little Intro
For my RCL blog, I have been assigned with the task of writing an introduction paragraph to a Paradigm Shift Paper. Comment, criticize, destroy, and rebuke all you like, but please, dear reader, I hope you do not find this to be any form of boast. It is 3 o’clock […]
Tupac is a Mama’s Boy, and That Isn’t a Bad Thing
In my analyses of rappers, I feel as if I have been avoiding one of the biggest names in the genre. Not on purpose, mind, but it is really difficult to talk about rap and hip-hop without bringing up Tupac Shakur. A man looked up to and admired by many, […]