Compare And Contrast Player's Ball And Ms. Jackson

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“Player’s Ball” and “Ms. Jackson” are played by the same hip hop duo, OutKast. This American group is both universally acclaimed and commercially successful. Because these two songs are performed by the same artists, they share similar styles - a funky and positive style. Both songs are also true to life, reflecting artists’ real life. Unlike traditional Southern rappers, OutKast’s lyrics do not contain much aggressive and violent content. Their lyrics pursue deeper meanings, and their melodies are more tuneful and flowing. However, these two music are performed in a slightly different way. The songs also rely on different signifyins: “Player’s Ball” represents the overall society, whereas “Ms. Jackson” describes a more detailed problem that …show more content…

They do not make up good but unreal pictures in order to obtain acclaim, follow mainstream, and make money. “Ms. Jackson” portrays the problems of breakups and divorces, and the impacts to family relationships brought by those separations. The song discusses the ending relationship between Benjamin, one of the rappers in OutKast, and his wife Erykah Badu. Also, Badu’s mother is unhappy and angry with her daughter’s husband, Benjamin. In “Ms. Jackson”, these lyrics “I 'm sorry Ms. Jackson, I am for real, Never meant to make your daughter cry, I apologize a trillion times” appear for eight times. Benjamin really apologizes for “a trillion times”, and even repeats lyrics in order to emphasis his apology . He is honestly reflecting his real life struggle with his wife and wife’s mother. The lyrics clearly state their conflicts. For example, “I 'm sorry Ms. Jackson, I am for real, Never meant to make your daughter cry, I apologize a trillion times”. What’s more, “I love your mom and everything, but see I ain 't the only one who laid down, She wanna rib you up to start a custody war, my lawyers stay down”, Benjamin says that he shows enough repost towards Badu and her mother. However, they still have an argument on the kid’s …show more content…

Jackson” and “Player’s Ball” share some similarities, they also differ from each other. They have similar styles, but they are performed in slightly different ways. In “Ms. Jackson”, there might be a guitar sound. In my opinion, it also contains various sounds of nature, such as wind-bell, thunderstorms, fire, and etc. Wind-bell may represent love and hope that Benjamin has towards his wife, Badu. In addition, sounds of bad weather and fire correspond to his stormy conflicts with the grandmother about the child. The kicking and powerful flows, along with the repetitive lyrics also attribute to their deteriorating and intense relations. On the contrary, “Player’s Ball” is high-tech, accomplished with some live instruments. The background music of this song is melodic and powerful. However, the entire music sounds more lively and bright, compared to “Ms. Jackson”. Thus, even though the styles of these two music are kind of comparable, they have different performance and

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