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Pray (other)
To pray is to engage in prayer, an active effort to communicate with a higher being, deity, or spirit. Pray may also refer to: Places France * Pray, Loir-et-Cher Italy * Pray, Piedmont, a ''comune'' in the Province of Biella United States * Pray, Montana, a census-designated place and unincorporated community in Park County, Montana, United States * Pray, Wisconsin, an unincorporated community Pray as a surname * Carl Pray, American college baseball coach * György Pray (1723–1801), a Hungarian Jesuit abbot, canon, librarian and historian * P. Rutilius R. Pray (died 1839), justice of the Supreme Court of Mississippi * Phyllis Pray Bober (1920–2002), American art historian and professor Music Albums * ''Pray'' (Deen album), 2002 * ''Pray'' (Rebecca St. James album) or the title song, 1998 * ''Pray'', by Andraé Crouch, 1997 * ''Pray'', by Crematory, 2008 Songs * "Pray" (Justin Bieber song), 2010 * "Pray" (DJ BoBo song), 1996 * "Pray" (Tina Cousins song), 1998 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pray
Prayer is an invocation or act that seeks to activate a rapport with an object of worship through deliberate communication. In the narrow sense, the term refers to an act of supplication or intercession directed towards a deity or a deified ancestor worship, ancestor. More generally, prayer can also have the purpose of thanksgiving or Christian worship, praise, and in comparative religion is closely associated with more abstract forms of meditation and with Incantation, charms or spells. Prayer can take a variety of forms: it can be part of a set liturgy or ritual, and it can be performed alone or in groups. Prayer may take the form of a hymn, incantation, formal creedal statement, or a spontaneous utterance in the praying person. The act of prayer is attested in written sources as early as 5000 years ago. Today, most major religions involve prayer in one way or another; some ritualize the act, requiring a strict sequence of actions or placing a restriction on who is permitted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pray (MC Hammer Song)
"Pray" is the third single released from MC Hammer's third album, ''Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em'', in August 1990. "Pray" became MC Hammer's biggest hit on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, where it peaked at number two, behind Mariah Carey's "Love Takes Time". The track became a Top 40 hit in multiple countries, and helped make ''Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em'' the number one album of the year. The song was certified gold in the U.S. on November 26, 1990 (with sales over 500,000 copies). This hit song (accompanied with music videos) is one of Hammer's most popular songs, and has appeared on several compilation albums, including: ''Greatest Hits'', ''Back 2 Back Hits'' and ''The Hits''. It also appeared in '' Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em: The Movie'' (1990). Produced by Hammer himself, the song heavily samples Prince's hit song, "When Doves Cry", the first of just a few times that Prince allowed samples of his compositions. The track also interpolates Faith No More's "We Care a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Layers (Royce Da 5'9" Album)
''Layers'' is the sixth studio album by American rapper Royce da 5'9". The album was released on April 15, 2016, by Bad Half Entertainment. Critical reception ''Layers'' received generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average In ordinary language, an average is a single number taken as representative of a list of numbers, usually the sum of the numbers divided by how many numbers are in the list (the arithmetic mean). For example, the average of the numbers 2, 3, 4, 7 ... score of 77 based on 6 reviews, which indicates "generally favorable reviews". Commercial performance In the United States, the album debuted at number 22 on the ''Billboard'' 200, selling 16,749 copies in its first week. It was the eleventh best-selling album of the week. ''Layers'' was the first Royce's solo album to debut at number one on the ''Billboard'' Top R&B/Hip-Hop Alb ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
I Don't Wanna Grow Up
''I Don't Wanna Grow Up'' is the debut extended play (EP) by American singer Bebe Rexha. It was released on May 12, 2015, by Warner Bros. Records. Background Rexha was a part of music duo Black Cards with Pete Wentz, before she began recording her first solo single for her first EP, called " I Can't Stop Drinking About You". "I Can't Stop Drinking About You" was released on April 29, 2014. Since releasing her first solo single, Rexha also appeared on some tracks on Pitbull's album, ''Globalization'' (2014), while she was writing and performing as part of the chorus for " Hey Mama" by David Guetta. In December 2014, the singer published a demo of a track, called "Cry Wolf". The track was first rumored to be her new single. However, four days later, the singer revealed that her next single would be called "I'm Gonna Show You Crazy". The song was finally released a week, after it was previewed on December 19, 2014. Critical reception Upon the release, ''I Don't Wanna Grow Up'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Massive Wonders
"Massive Wonders" is the 16th single by Japanese singer Nana Mizuki. It was released on 22 August 2007. "Massive Wonders" contains the second opening theme and insert song for the anime ''Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS''. Music video Like her previous single, " Secret Ambition", the video features two Nana egos, one being an inactive, innocent one, dressed in white clothing. The other ego, dressed in red clothing, dances and sings. In a high-tech setting, the white-clothed one is held captive and/or hostage by masked uniformed people as her hands are bound together and she is constantly followed and supervised by them. The uniformed people also seem to be monitoring both Nana Mizuki egos on video cameras, but the red-clothed ego seems to dance and sing freely in a separate room by herself (In the edit version the red-clothed ego is wearing sunglasses). Track listing #MASSIVE WONDERS #*Lyrics: Nana Mizuki #*Composition, arrangement: Toshiro Yabuki #*Second opening them ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Originality is the aspect of created or invented works that distinguish them from reproductions, clones, forgeries, or substantially derivative works. The modern idea of originality is according to some scholars tied to Romanticism, by a notion that is often called romantic originality.Smith (1924)Waterhouse (1926)Macfarlane (2007) The validity of "originality" as an operational concept has been questioned. For example, there is no clear boundary between "derivative" and "inspired by" or "in the tradition of." The concept of originality is both culturally and historically contingent. For example, unattributed reiteration of a published text in one culture might be considered plagiarism but in another culture might be regarded as a convention of veneration. At the time of Shakespeare, it was more common to appreciate the similarity with an admired classical work, and Shakespeare himself avoided "unnecessary invention".Royal Shakespeare Company (2007) ''The RSC Shakespeare - Wil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
