Friday, January 16, 2015

Artist Review: Jack and Jack

Today, I've decided to talk about the pop rap dynamic duo called Jack and Jack (Jack Johnson and Jack Gilinsky). Since kindergarden, they've been the best of friends. Growing up in Nebraska, they started making music together and came to their chosen genre. Although their newest song "Wild Life" has made the second rank on most downloaded iTunes song, and the 87th rank on the most popular world wide song list, they weren't always making wild songs. Their original genre was more of a "refectory" "calm" type of rap, mostly talking about their relationships and life status'. I know it sounds boring, but their voices add a great twist and range on their songs. A lot of their earlier songs are a bit down and have a sad story.
 Jack Johnson and Jack Gilinsky, are both the age of 18, and continue to work well with each other. More focused on Jack Gilinsky, a brown hair, goofy singer who has dark brown eyes. Jack Gilinsky started making vines with his best friend and later became viral artists.
Photo Courtesy of Twitter
Jack Johnson, a blond haired, 18 year old (baby face), who is "just a bit" shorter than his partner in crime. Originally living with his parents and his older Jeff, he eventually became a video web star.
Photo Credit to Magcon-Perfect Blog

 I hope you guys had a wonderful week and a fantastic weekend. I plan on redeeming myself on the jump I recently fell on last sunday which took me to the hospital. Please don't use me as a roll model, I can be so clumsy, I'm only good at music. Speaking of clumsy and music, check out my friend's blog The Trebles of a Teenager
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Tuesday, January 13, 2015

Song Review: Stan - Eminem

Hey guys! I meant to post another review over the weekend but that didn't work out too well... I ended up in the hospital emergency room after a catastrophic fall on my snowboard. I hope ya'll had a wonderful weekend injury free.

The song in question today is a touching song by Eminem. It's called Stan because it was named after a passionate fan who had an unfortunate ending to his life. The story goes that Stan met Eminem at a signing and started writing him letters, he never got a reply and started getting more and more frustrated when he was waiting. Eventually driving him mad, he got drunk and well... the song will explain the rest. 

The Stan in the video isn't an exact look-alike, but shows the real Stan's dedication and obsession with Eminem. Tattooing his "Slim Shady" nick-name on his chest and bleaching his had to match his, explains how real of a fan he was to Eminem. Although on Eminem's perspective, all he can focus on is how uncomfortable he is with Stan's passion to him.

Photo Courtesy of Galleryhip
For the video go to this link right.... HERE
Some info about the movie; the music video for this song, is not explicit, so if you're looking for all the words then I'll let you find it (sorry). Also,  this song is very dark in some places so it could touch on some sensitive subjects, so I will warn you now.