Sunday, April 3, 2011

Song Stories

Song: 99 Problems
Artist: Jay-Z
Plot: Shawn Carter is driving in the streets with some of his bros. He looks in the mirror and there is a cop car behind him. He flips on his lights and he thinks to himself should I pull over or put the peddle to the floor? He pulls over.
Characters:
Shawn Carter (speaker)
Friends in the car
The cop
Conflict: Shawn is getting pulled over when he has done nothing wrong. The cop asks him if he knows why he is getting pulled over. He says cause I'm young and I'm black and my hats real low do I look like a mind reader sir I don't know? The cop says, "You were doing 55 in a 54. Step out of the car, are you carrying a gun on you I know a lot of you are." I ain't steppin out of shit all my papers legit."We'll see how smart you are when the K9 come"
Theme:
Racism
Setting:
Bronx, New York
1994
Song: Stan
Artist: Eminem
Plot: Stan is an Eminem fan who keeps on writing Eminem letters about his life. He tells him about what is going on in his life and wants Eminem to write him back. He asks him about Eminem and his family and about his daughter. He starts to get mad and tell him some stuff like he hates him.
Characters:
Stan
Eminem
Stans girlfriend
Conflict: Stan keeps on writing Eminem letters and starts to get angry with him. He starts to tell him that he hates him and he likes to cut his wrists. He tells him that his girlfriend and him got in a fight and now he has her tied up in the back of the trunk. Eminem finally writes him back and tells him he meant to write back earlier. He tells him that he does want him as a fan but doesn't want him to do some crazy shit. He says he should go see a counseler and that he should apologize to his girlfriend. He tells him he saw something on the news that made him sick. Some drunk dude drove his car off a bridge. He had his girlfriend in the car who was pregnant with there son. Come to think about it, his name was, Damn it was you.
Theme:
Communication
Setting:
Stans house
A bridge by Stans' house

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