Thursday, September 11, 2008

Welcome

Fellow classmates and teacher of AP English,
I want to welcome you guys to my blog about rhetoric of songs. My name is Gary Guillermo and I am a senior. From a young age I have always been interested in music. Not only did I like to hear music but I also liked to listen intently to the lyrics that certain lyricists used. I am constantly being awed by their writing techniques using different types of pathos used by the lyricists.
With this blog I want to share my understanding of certain songs with you. I will look at the lyrics of songs in-depth and depict them to you as I see them. I will try to give meaning to the different styles of writing techniques of the lyricists in their music. Some of the lyrics I chose will be mostly of the Hip-Hop and Rap genre. Some of those artists will include Common, Nas, Talib Kweli, and Lupe Fiasco to name a few.

Since I know not everyone listens to just Hip-Hop and Rap I would like to ask you for some suggestions if you would like. My knowledge of other genres of music is very low so I will need the help of you to be as diverse as possible. I would like to thank you for reading my blog and hope to get some song suggestions soon.