Music

Analysis
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BROCK KLEMETSON
MUSIC-1010
Introduction

Hip-Hop Artist
Goes by the stage name
LOGIC
Net worth $6 Million
Biography

1990-2005
LOGIC
Sir Robert Bryson
Hall II
Cocaine addiction
and alcoholism
Poverty
Expelled in 10th
grade
Biography

2005-2012
Kill Bill: Volume 1
Wu-Tang Clan, The
Roots
Psychological
Young, Broke &
Infamous etc.
Biography

2012-Present
XXL Top 10
Freshman
Def Jam Recordings
Under Pressure
The Tonight Show
Starring Jimmy
Fallon
Composition History

Young Jesus
Released on September 22, 2015
First single from the album
Featured longtime friend Big Lenbo
Composition History

Sucker for Pain

Composed for the movie Suicide Squad
Features American rappers Lil Wayne, Wiz
Khalifa, Ty Dolla Sign, X Ambassadors and the
band Imagine Dragons
Composition History

Till The End

Was the album closer for Under Pressure
Was the last to be composed and recorded
Logic reportedly cried when he heard the
mastered version of the album
Listening Guides

Young Jesus
Hip-Hop/R&B
Vocals, Sampler, Synthesizer, Drums
 Listening Guides
0:00 Intro part 1 Song opens with a guitar riff. 1:4 Verse 3 Big lenbo takes over the spotlight
0 again
0:32 Intro part 2 Logic and Big Lenbo began to say
certain words in order to pump up the
listeners for the song.
0:20 Exposition The exposition begins with a strong 4 note
statement from the whole orchestra at the
fortissimo level in C minor. These four 1:51 Hook Logic comes back on saying over here
notes will provide the basis for the entire repetitively
symphony. After a couple of pauses, the
strings develop the four note motif.
2:01 Verse 4 Logic raps again
0:21 Verse 1 Logic opens the song by inviting the
listeners to take a trip inside his mind
2:2 Verse 5 Big Lenbo takes the mic
1:00 Chorus 1 Logic uses wordplay that is easy to 1
remember so that people will remember
the chorus 2:3 Verse 6 Logic raps again
1
1:10 Hook All the hook says is over here over and
2:4 Verse 7 Big Lenbo raps
over again so that the audience can
0
remember it.
2:4 Verse 8 Logic raps
1:20 Verse 2 Big Lenbo takes over the mic 4
2:5 Verse 9 Big Lenbo ends the song
1:36 Chorus 2 Logic sings the chorus
7
3:0 Outro The guitar rift, and drums keep plaing
2 and then fade off to end the song
Listening Guides

Sucker for Pain

Hip-Hop/R&B
Vocals, Sampler, Synthesizer, Bass Guitar
 Listening Guides
0:00 Intro Imagine dragons opens the song by 3:0 Verse 4 Wiz Khalifa does his verse.
singing the opening verse. Setting the 5
rhythm of the song.
0:24 Exposition/ Ty Dolla sign starts to rap as the beat
Verse 1 drops and the guitar rift begins to play
setting the form of the song.
3:32 Chorus Imagine dragons sings the chorus/ hook
0:58 Chorus Imagine dragons sings the chorus/ hook again.
again.

1:21 Verse 2 Logic raps.

1:44 Exposition Beat hits again re-announcing the song to

2 the audience during logics verse.
3:50 Chorus Every aspect of the music begins to
fade away as Imagine dragons is
1:54 Chorus Imagine dragons sings the chorus/ hook singing the final chorus of the song.
again.

2:18 Verse 3 Lil Wayne does his verse .

2:40 Form Music stops during Lil Wayne's voice only

to return hitting harder than before.
Listening Guides

Till the End

Hip-Hop/R&B
Vocals, Sampler, Synthesizer, Bass Guitar
 Listening Guides
0:00 Intro part 1 Song opens by hearing Piano and 2:3 Rhythm Snares stop.
Synthesizer playing. 9
0:13 Intro part 2 Logic begins to rap over the piano and 2:44 Hook The female vocals reappear on the
synthesizer. song singing (this is my story. Till the
end) showing reaffirming that this song
0:19 Exposition 1 The exposition begins with the beat hitting is about logic
over logic rapping and all the other 3:10 Verse 3 Logic comes back on track repeatedly
aspects of the song. saying yeah

3:2 Verse 4 Beat pauses as a speech is presented

4 to the audience in order to inspire the
audience with the fact that anything is
0:26 Exposition The snare comes in unexpectedly adding possible no matter where you come
2 another element to the song. from.
1:00 Verse 1 Logic continues to rap as the background
beat escalates in volume and the snares 3:4 Rhythm Beat resumes
stop. 9

1:19 Rhythm The snares start up again. 4:0 Rhythm Beat stops giving the impression that
9 the song has come to a close.

4:1 Rhythm Beat resumes surprising the audience

3 with more song to be heard.
1:29 Hook Woman vocals flood over the song
providing yet another aspect of the song. 4:4 Rhythm Violin continues to play while every
1:41 Verse 2 Logic raps 4 other part of the song stops being
heard.
2:07 Exposition Beat drops again 5:0 Outro Music begins to fade off and the song
3 0 comes to a close.
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