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New Amerykah Part One (4th World War)
''New Amerykah Part One (4th World War)'' is the fourth studio album by American contemporary R&B, R&B singer Erykah Badu. It was released on February 26, 2008, by Universal Motown following Badu's hiatus from recording music due to writer's block. In returning from the hiatus, she received music from several hip hop music, hip hop producers over the Internet and recorded demos of her vocals using the GarageBand software on her laptop. Most of the album was then recorded at Electric Lady Studios in New York City. ''New Amerykah Part One'' is an esoteric concept album titled as a pun on Badu's first name and a reflection of the record's political leanings. It features social commentary and themes related to the plight of the African American, African-American community, including poverty, urban violence, complacency, and cultural identity. The record's densely produced music incorporates hip hop music, hip hop, soul music, soul, funk, jazz, and electronica styles. The album debut ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Middle English
Middle English (abbreviated to ME) is a form of the English language that was spoken after the Norman Conquest of 1066, until the late 15th century. The English language underwent distinct variations and developments following the Old English period. Scholarly opinion varies, but the University of Valencia states the period when Middle English was spoken as being from 1150 to 1500. This stage of the development of the English language roughly coincided with the High Middle Ages, High and Late Middle Ages. Middle English saw significant changes to its vocabulary, grammar, pronunciation, and orthography. Writing conventions during the Middle English period varied widely. Examples of writing from this period that have survived show extensive regional variation. The more standardized Old English literary variety broke down and writing in English became fragmented and localized and was, for the most part, being improvised. By the end of the period (about 1470), and aided by the movabl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Night The Sun Came Up
''The Night the Sun Came Up'' is the debut studio album by American recording artist Dev, released on August 31, 2011 by Universal Republic Records. Dev worked exclusively with American Electropop production duo The Cataracs and Alan De la Rosa, who helmed the production of the entire album along with co-writing songs with Dev. Production on the album took place mainly in January 2011 and continued into 2012 as the North American release date for the album was delayed from September 20, 2011 to January 10, 2012 as per Dev's request to add more songs to the album, with Amazon.com announcing that the North American release would be pushed back further to March 26, 2012. The album received mixed to positive reviews, with critics commending the production of many of the songs while comparing the album to the electropop stylings of Ke$ha and Robyn. ''The Night the Sun Came Up'' is mainly an electropop and dance-pop album, which incorporates elements of several musical genres such ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Laura Marano
Laura Marie Marano (born November 29, 1995) is an American actress and singer. She is best known for her role as Ally Dawson in the Disney Channel series ''Austin & Ally''. Marano was one of the five original classmates in '' Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader?''. She starred in ''Without a Trace'' for three seasons and '' Back to You''. Marano starred in the indie film '' A Sort of Homecoming'', the Disney Channel Original Movie '' Bad Hair Day'', the fifth installment of the '' A Cinderella Story'' film series '' A Cinderella Story: Christmas Wish'', the Netflix original movie '' The Perfect Date'', and the Netflix interactive romcom '' Choose Love''. In 2015, she signed with Big Machine Records and released her debut single "Boombox" on March 11, 2016, and "La La" later that year. On October 5, 2018, Laura Marano released the single "Me" as an independent artist. Early life Marano was born in Los Angeles, California. She is the younger daughter of college professor Damiano M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Me (single Album)
''Me'' is the debut single album by South Korean singer Jisoo. It was released on March 31, 2023, through YG Entertainment and Interscope Records. It is a pop and trap record that blends dance, synth-pop, traditional Korean instruments, and Caribbean production. Its lyrics explore romantic affairs, overcoming a relationship, and Jisoo's self-development as a person. Jisoo worked with long-time collaborators 24 and R. Tee. The physical version debuted at number one on the Circle Album Chart with 1.03 million copies sold in less than two days, becoming the best-selling album by a female soloist in the chart's history and the first ever to surpass one million sales. It was certified million by the Korea Music Content Association (KMCA) in May 2023. The album received generally favorable reviews from music critics, who complimented its sophisticated lyrics and production that highlighted Jisoo's unique vocals. "Flower" was released as the lead single on the same day the album ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Me (Empress Of Album)
''Me'' is the debut studio album by American singer and songwriter Lorely Rodriguez, known professionally as Empress Of. It was released on September 11, 2015, by XL Recordings and Terrible Records. Finding her residence of New York stifling to her creative process, Rodriguez embarked on a solo writing retreat to Mexico which granted her the introspection she was seeking. Work on the album continued for a further two years, culminating in a direct approach to her lyrics and production. ''Me'' is noted for its electronic and alternative R&B sound, a departure from the "hazy, dreamy" style that previously characterized her music. The album received critical acclaim from contemporary music reviewers, who applauded Rodriguez's revelatory themes and immediate, energetic nature of her music; ''Me'' was further spotlighted in several year-end lists. Four singles preceded the album's release: "Water Water", "Kitty Kat", "How Do You Do It" and "Standard". Rodriguez embarked on the Me & You ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Solfège
In music, solfège (British English or American English , ) or solfeggio (; ), also called sol-fa, solfa, solfeo, among many names, is a mnemonic used in teaching aural skills, Pitch (music), pitch and sight-reading of Western classical music, Western music. Solfège is a form of solmization, though the two terms are sometimes used interchangeably. Syllables are assigned to the notes of the Scale (music), scale and assist the musician in Gordon music learning theory#Audiation, audiating, or mentally hearing, the pitches of a piece of music, often for the purpose of singing them aloud. Through the Renaissance music, Renaissance (and much later in some shapenote publications) various interlocking four-, five- and six-note systems were employed to cover the octave. The tonic sol-fa method popularized the seven syllables commonly used in English-speaking countries: ''do'' (spelled ''doh'' in tonic sol-fa),''Oxford English Dictionary'' 2nd Ed. (1998) ''re'', ''mi'', ''fa'', ''so(l)'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Pleasure Principle (album)
''The Pleasure Principle'' is the debut solo studio album by the English new wave musician Gary Numan, released on 7 September 1979 by Beggars Banquet Records. The album came about six months after '' Replicas'' (1979), his second and final studio album with the band Tubeway Army. ''The Pleasure Principle'' peaked at No. 1 on the UK Albums Chart. Recording Following ''Replicas'', Numan recruited a permanent drummer and a keyboard player and demoed an album's worth of new material in April 1979. This was before the single " Are "Friends" Electric?" from the previous album had been released. A second session that yielded four further songs followed some weeks later. The day after "Are "Friends" Electric?" reached number one on the UK Singles Chart, Numan and his band recorded four of the new songs in a session for John Peel, credited to Gary Numan and dropping the group name Tubeway Army. By the time ''Replicas'' reached number one on the albums chart ''The Pleasure Princip ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Me (pronoun)
In Modern English, ''I'' is the grammatical number, singular, grammatical person, first-person English personal pronouns, pronoun. Morphology In Standard English, Standard Modern English, ''I'' has five distinct word Morphology (linguistics), forms: * ''I'': the Nominative case, nominative (subjective) form **''I'' is the only pronoun form that is always capitalized in English. This practice became established in the late 15th century, though lowercase ''i'' was sometimes found as late as the 17th century. * ''me'': the Accusative case, accusative (objective, also called 'Oblique case, oblique') form * ''my:'' the dependent Genitive case, genitive (possessive) form * ''mine'': the independent Genitive case, genitive (possessive) form * ''myself'': the Reflexive pronoun, reflexive form History Old English had a first-person pronoun that Inflection, inflected for four cases and three numbers. ''I'' originates from Old English (OE) , which had in turn originated from the contin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Me (Jo Dee Messina Album)
''Me'' is the sixth studio album by country singer Jo Dee Messina. The album was released on Messina's own Dreambound Records and distributed by Entertainment One on March 18, 2014. ''Me'' is Messina's first album since parting ways with her former label, Curb Records, who launched her career in 1995. The album was "crowd-funded" by help from Messina's fan base and Kickstarter in spring of 2013. The album's lead single, "Peace Sign", was issued to radio on August 23, 2013. A second single, "A Woman's Rant", went to radio on February 24, 2014. Background Messina parted ways with her major label, Curb Records in December 2012. Messina admitted, "I am so excited to able to start fresh. I have so much music to share. Getting it out there to the fans is going to be such a blessing." In May 2013, Messina announced that she had partnered with Kickstarter, a website which gives artists "a new way to fund creative projects", to allow her fans to be a part of the album making process. Mess ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Me (Super Junior-M Album)
''Me'' () is the first studio album by Mandopop boy band Super Junior-M. ''Me'' was released in CD stores in selected provinces of China starting April 23, 2008. A Korean version of the album with three bonus Korean tracks was released in South Korea on April 30, 2008. Modified versions of the album were distributed in Taiwan, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Thailand, Japan, and other Asian countries on May 2, 2008. Jinhua.cnSuper Junior debuts today, Han Geng as group leader April 8, 2008. Retrieved April 8, 2008. Avex Taiwan released an Asia Deluxe Edition repackage of the album on August 1, 2008, which not only includes the three bonus Korean tracks, but also a DVD. Overview Super Junior-M is Super Junior's third official sub-unit after Super Junior-K.R.Y and Super Junior-T, and debuted in China on April 8, 2008, with the release of their first promotional single, " U", a Mandarin remake of Super Junior's 2006 best-selling Korean single, " U." The album was recorded in Korea and t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Me (cuneiform)
The cuneiform me sign is a common multi-use sign of the ''Epic of Gilgamesh'', the 1350 BC Amarna letters, and other cuneiform texts. It also has a sumerogrammic usage for ME in the ''Epic of Gilgamesh''. Because of its extensive syllabic multi-use (in the Epic of Gilgamesh), its grammatical usage would be as follows: all the syllabic usages possible, but for alphabetic usage, as follows; for consonants, it could be used for "m", "s", "š", "b", and "p". (''b'' and ''p'' are interchangeable, and ''s'' can also be substituted for ''š'', and vice versa for all four). For the vowel ''e'' ( or ''ì'', ''i'' ), all the four vowels, ''a, e, i,'' and ''u'', can also be interchanged in the formation of words. ''Epic of Gilgamesh'' usage In the ''Epic of Gilgamesh'', Tablets I-XII, ''"me"'' is used for the following meanings by the following numbers: me-(98) times, mì-(9), sip-(1), šeb-(3), šep-(1), šib-(12), šip-(2), and ME-(5) times.Parpola, 1971. ''The Standard Babylonian Ep ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
