Music

      All people, when upset, have different ways of coping with things. They also do certain things when they're happy and others to get them in a good mood. Music is a universal tool, for people in all moods, happy to depressed, to listen to. Music comes in so many different varieties, such as country, rap, rock, and my personal favorite, hip-hop. Hip-hop music is a perfect blend of talent, lyrics, and beats. The beats are simple, but yet catchy, and cause the infamous "head-bob". The lyrics is what really pulls me in. The artists use metaphors for real world situations and objects, and put them to the beat. The classic hip-hop artists were the best at this, not this new age Lil Wayne stuff. A Tribe Called Quest, De La Soul, Biggie, 2Pac, all of them were able to put together entire albums full of great songs, unlike today's one or two hit wonders. My favorite artist, KiD CuDi, is a new style hip-hop star, called trip-hop or alternative hip-hop. The beats are much different, consisting of a much more "galactic" sound (which some people describe as trippy). His lyrics aren't just like the old style, solid rhyming, rather they include singing and rapping. His music is a perfect blend for my ears. There's literally not one song I've ever heard by him that I didn't like, and haven't downloaded. Music is huge to me, and it will continue to be for the rest of my life.