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British Empire
The British Empire comprised the dominions, colonies, protectorates, mandates and other territories ruled or administered by the United Kingdom. It originated with the overseas colonies and trading posts established by England in the late 16th and early 17th centuries. At its height it was the largest empire in history and, for over a century, was the foremost global power. By 1922 the British Empire held sway over about 458 million people, one-quarter of the world's population at the time, and covered more than 13 million square miles (34 million km2), almost a quarter of the Earth's total land area. As a result, its political, linguistic and cultural legacy is widespread. At the peak of its power, it was often said that "the sun never sets on the British Empire" because its span across the globe ensured that the sun was always shining on at least one of its numerous territories.
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Classical Athens
The city of Athens during the classical period of Ancient Greece (508-322 BC) was a notable polis (city-state) of Attica, Greece, leading the Delian League in the Peloponnesian War against Sparta and the Peloponnesian League. Athenian democracy was established in 508 BC under Cleisthenes following the tyranny of Hippias. This system remained remarkably stable, and with a few brief interruptions remained in place for 180 years, until 322 BC (aftermath of Lamian War) . The peak of Athenian hegemony was achieved in the 440s to 430s BC, known as the Age of Pericles.
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England () is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west and the North Sea to the east, with the English Channel to the south separating it from continental Europe. Most of England comprises the central and southern part of the island of Great Britain in the North Atlantic. The country also includes over 100 smaller islands such as the Isles of Scilly and the Isle of Wight.
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India
India (), officially the Republic of India ( ; see also official names of India), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.18 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world. Mainland India is bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the west, and the Bay of Bengal on the east; and it is bordered by Pakistan to the west; Bhutan, the People's Republic of China and Nepal to the north; and Bangladesh and Burma to the east. In the Indian Ocean, mainland India and the Lakshadweep Islands are in the vicinity of Sri Lanka and the Maldives, while India's Andaman and Nicobar Islands share maritime border with Thailand and the Indonesian island of Sumatra in the Andaman Sea. India has a coastline of .
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Kolkata
Kolkata (Bengali: ; ), is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. Kolkata is the cultural capital of India and the commercial capital of Eastern India. It is located in eastern India on the east bank of the Hooghly River. The Kolkata metropolitan area including suburbs has a population exceeding 15 million, making it the third most populous metropolitan area in India and one of the most populous urban areas in the world. The city is also classified as the eighth largest urban agglomeration in the world.
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Mumbai
Mumbai (; , ', ), previously known as Bombay' (), is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the second most populous city in the world, with a population of approximately 14 million. The official language of Mumbai is Marathi. But many other languages are also widely used, particularly the Mumbaiian Hindi''. Along with the neighbouring urban areas, including the cities of Navi Mumbai and Thane, it is one of the most populous urban regions in the world. Mumbai lies on the west coast of India and has a deep natural harbour. As of 2009, Mumbai was named an Alpha world city. Mumbai is also the richest city in India, and has the highest GDP of any city in South or Central Asia.
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Opera
Opera is an art form in which singers and musicians perform a dramatic work combining text (called a libretto) and musical score. Opera is part of the Western classical music tradition. Opera incorporates many of the elements of spoken theatre, such as acting, scenery, and costumes and sometimes includes dance. The performance is typically given in an opera house, accompanied by an orchestra or smaller musical ensemble.
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Aeschylus
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Anton Chekhov
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Aristophanes
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Aristotle
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Arthur Miller
Arthur Asher Miller (October 17, 1915 – February 10, 2005) was an American playwright and essayist. He was a prominent figure in American theatre, writing dramas that include award-winning plays such as All My Sons, Death of a Salesman, and The Crucible.
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Bharata Muni
Bharata was an ancient Indian musicologist who authored the Natya Shastra, a theoretical treatise on ancient Indian dramaturgy and histrionics, dated to between roughly 400 BC and 200 BC. Indian dance and music find their root in the Natyashastra. Besides propounding the theory of three types of acting Bharata has discussed in detail classical Indian vocal \ instrumental music and dance since they are integral to Sanskrit drama. The classical dance form Bharata Natyam is codified in the Natya Shastra. Bharata classified Sanskrit theatrical forms (Natya\Rupaka) into ten types; what is known to the west as drama is but one among these, namely, Nataka.
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Caryl Churchill
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Christopher Marlowe
Christopher Marlowe (baptised 26 February 1564–30 May 1593) was an English dramatist, poet and translator of the Elizabethan era. As the foremost Elizabethan tragedian, next to William Shakespeare, he is known for his blank verse, his overreaching protagonists, and his mysterious death.
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Daṇḍin
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Edward Bond
Edward Bond (born 18 July 1934) is an English playwright, theatre director, poet, theorist and screenwriter. He is the author of some fifty plays among them Saved (1965), the production of which was instrumental in the abolition of theatre censorship in the UK. Bond is broadly considered one among the major living dramatists but he has always been and still remains highly controversial because of the violence shown in his plays and the radicalism of his statements about modern theatre and society and of his theories on drama.
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Ernst Toller
Ernst Toller (1 December 1893–22 May 1939) was a left-wing German playwright, best known for his expressionist plays and serving as President of the short-lived Bavarian Soviet Republic, for six days.
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Eugene O'Neill
'''Eugene Gladstone O'Neill''' (16 October 1888 – 27 November 1953) was an American playwright, and Nobel laureate in Literature. His plays are among the first to introduce into American drama the techniques of realism, associated with Russian playwright Anton Chekhov, Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen, and Swedish playwright August Strindberg. His plays were among the first to include speeches in American vernacular and involve characters on the fringes of society, engaging in depraved behavior, where they struggle to maintain their hopes and aspirations, but ultimately slide into disillusionment and despair. O'Neill wrote only one well-known comedy (Ah, Wilderness!). Nearly all of his other plays involve some degree of tragedy and personal pessimism.
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Eugene O’Neill
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Faiz Ahmad Faiz
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Friedrich Dürrenmatt
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George Bernard Shaw
George Bernard Shaw (26 July 1856 – 2 November 1950) was an Irish playwright and a co-founder of the London School of Economics. Although his first profitable writing was music and literary criticism, in which capacity he wrote many highly articulate pieces of journalism, his main talent was for drama, and he wrote more than 60 plays. Nearly all his writings deal sternly with prevailing social problems, but have a vein of comedy to make their stark themes more palatable. Shaw examined education, marriage, religion, government, health care, and class privilege.
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Gnaeus Naevius
Gnaeus Naevius (ca. 270 – 201 BC), was a Roman epic poet and dramatist of the Old Latin period. He had a notable literary career at Rome until his satiric comments delivered in comedy angered the Metelli family, one of whom was consul. After a sojourn in prison he recanted and was set free by the tribunes (who had the tribunician power, in essence the power of habeas corpus). After a second offense he was exiled to Tunisia, where he wrote his own epitaph and committed suicide. His comedies were in the genre of Palliata Comoedia, an adaptation of Greek New Comedy. A soldier in the Punic Wars, he was highly patriotic, inventing a new genre called Praetextae Fabulae, an extension of tragedy to Roman national figures or incidents, named after the Toga praetexta worn by high officials. Only fragments of several poems survive.
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Harold Pinter
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Henrik Ibsen
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Howard Brenton
Howard John Brenton (born 13 December 1942) is an English playwright and screenwriter.
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John Arden
John Arden (born 26 October 1930) is an award-winning English playwright from Barnsley (which at the time was in the West Riding of Yorkshire). His works tend to expose social issues of personal concern. He is a member of the Royal Society of Literature.
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Kalidasa
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Keith Johnstone
Keith Johnstone is a drama instructor whose teachings and books have focused on improvisational theatre and have had a major influence on the art of improvisation.
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Krishan Chander
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Livius Andronicus
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Lucius Accius
Lucius Accius (170 - c. 86 BC), or Lucius Attius, was a Roman tragic poet and literary scholar. The son of a freedman, Accius was born at Pisaurum in Umbria, in 170 BC. The year of his death is unknown, but he must have lived to a great age, since Cicero (born 106 BC, hence 64 years younger) speaks of having conversed with him on literary matters.
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Luigi Pirandello
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M. S. Sathyu
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Marcus Pacuvius
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Nawab Wajid Ali Shah
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Patañjali
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Peter Hacks
Peter Hacks (21 March 1928 – 28 August 2003) was a German playwright, author, and essayist.
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Peter Weiss
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Plautus
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Quintus Ennius
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Rabindranath Tagore
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Rush Rehm
Rush Rehm is an Associate Professor of Drama and Classics at Stanford University, California, in the United States. He also works professionally as an actor and director. He has published many works on classical theatre.
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Saadat Hasan Manto
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Samuel Beckett
Samuel Barclay Beckett (13 April 1906 – 22 December 1989) was an Irish avant-garde writer, dramatist and poet, writing in English and French. Beckett's work offers a bleak outlook on human culture and both formally and philosophically became increasingly minimalist in his later career.
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Seneca the Younger
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (often known simply as Seneca, or Seneca the Younger) (c. 3 BC – 65 AD) was a Roman Stoic philosopher, statesman, dramatist, and in one work humorist, of the Silver Age of Latin literature. He was tutor and later advisor to emperor Nero. He was later forced to commit suicide for complicity in the Pisonian conspiracy to assassinate this last of the Julio-Claudian emperors; however, he may have been innocent. His father was Seneca the Elder and his older brother was Gallio.
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Sophocles
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Tennessee Williams
Tennessee Williams (March 26, 1911 – February 25, 1983) born Thomas Lanier Williams, was an American playwright who received many of the top theatrical awards for his works of drama. He moved to New Orleans in 1939 and changed his name to "Tennessee", the Southeastern U.S. state, his father's birthplace.
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Terence
Publius Terentius Afer (195/185–159 BC), better known in English as Terence, was a playwright of the Roman Republic. His comedies were performed for the first time around 170–160 BC, and he died young, probably in Greece or on his way back to Rome. Terentius Lucanus, a Roman senator, brought Terence to Rome as a slave, educated him and later on, impressed by his abilities, freed him. All of the six plays Terence wrote have survived.
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Thespis
Thespis of Icaria (present-day Dionysos, Greece) (6th century BC), according to certain Ancient Greek sources and especially Aristotle, was the first person ever to appear on stage as an actor playing a character in a play (instead of speaking as him or herself). In other sources, he is said to have introduced the first principal actor in addition to the chorus.
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Thomas Middleton
Thomas Middleton (18 April 1580 – 1627) was an English Jacobean playwright and poet. Middleton stands with John Fletcher and Ben Jonson as among the most successful and prolific of playwrights who wrote their best plays during the Jacobean period. He was one of the few Renaissance dramatists to achieve equal success in comedy and tragedy. Also a prolific writer of masques and pageants, he remains one of the most noteworthy and distinctive of Jacobean dramatists.
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Tony Kushner
Anthony Robert "Tony" Kushner (born 16 July 1956) is an American playwright and screenwriter. He received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1993 for his play, , and co-authored with Eric Roth the screenplay for the 2005 film, Munich.
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Viola Spolin
Viola Spolin (November 7, 1906 - November 22, 1994) was an American drama teacher and author. She is considered by many to be the grandmother of Improvisational theatre. Her influence was such that much modern comedy, such as Saturday Night Live, can be traced back to her classes.
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W. H. Auden
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Wagner
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William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare (baptised 26 April 1564; died 23 April 1616) was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon". His surviving works, including some collaborations, consist of about 38 plays, 154 sonnets, two long narrative poems, and several other poems. His plays have been translated into every major living language and are performed more often than those of any other playwright.
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Winifred Ward
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Émile Zola
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Śudraka
was an Indian King. Three Sanskrit plays are ascribed to him - Mricchakatika (The Little Clay Cart), Vinavasavadatta, and a bhana (short one-act monologue), Padmaprabhritaka.. He has been identified as Abhira King Indranigupta, who used the pen name Sudraka.
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Talkin bout drama
I met a young brother, how young about eight
He seemed intelligent and rather quite straight
I greeted him, and struck a conversation
To see if the youngster had some self-motivation
Peace brother, what's your name, and how ya be
He said I be soon coming off the currency
I said gettin paid, he said yeah like my man's brother
Who has a condo he shares with his baby's mother
He said a condo beats my apartment
With no lights and no gas and much backed up rent
No hot water or heat, and invaded by plenty rats
That'll eat up the average alleycat
He said yeeahhhh boyyyeee, that's poverty
I said word, I know and it bothers me
Cuz we are the victims, of a situation
How wicked man, seperated
a nation and got us cold-killin off one another
(Word-word, to the mother)
It's getting hot, how hot, hotter than July
Cuz the murder and crime rate is rising very high
For example, in my neighborhood, it's so hot
I'm often woke up, from the alarming sound of a shot
So I'm thinking what, is my neighborhood a trap
Could this be the place marked X on the map?
Now I'm spotted like a target, in the shooting gallery
So I start to seek for a better salary
So I can escape from where, from this ghetto life area
Cause everyday you're getting scarier
*blam blam* and scarier and scarier
Causing mass hysteria, it's drama
Talkin bout drama
Not to be bold and disrespect the homeless
Cuz I can see that they suffer from a long list
From not having shelter, and out on the street
without a job and days without a bite to eat
Yo I feel for those, but here's another side
about some more people that's living on the outside
Because of the fact that they chose the wrong way
And it took em on a trip for a long day
Got to the point you started stealing from your house
Stalking the rooms late at night like a mouse
Your family's upset and you've got to go
When it's, five, below and we're ex-pecting snow
And then you're on the train with a cup in your hand
Kicking dirt, and making it look like sand
Then after you run that game for a while
You start sucking up tokens from out the turnstile
Are you that desperate, just to get a hit
Is it so effective that you won't quit, and yo
Why do you come to me crying the blues?
About you can't get a job well go sell some street news
Then you can get straight and be real
But you'd rather rob and steal
And that's drama
Talkin bout drama
Not wonderama
But I'm talkin bout drama
Here what I'm sayin?
I'm not talkin bout your mama
Nahhhh, but I'm talkin bout drama
Shaolin fist versus the llama
Talkin bout drama
(Kokane)
Ah yeah...
(Spice 1)
Murder is a part of the game and the jealous got me strapped
Crunch nappy sack, sick homies who got my back
Dead bodies, handcuffs, and house rage
Two and the one up on that dope track, sportin gangsta brains
Me and my homies feelin bail up in the hooptie
with the fifth degree in Martin, the car ain't startin
Some haters rolled up fo' deeper than the Chevy
Wavin Techs up in the air like Machine-Gun Kelly
I tell all my partners to bail up out the bucket
One raised the clout and the other gettin ducked quick
enough, been rough so I begin to bust, straight dome shots
droppin got them shakin like they cop lockin
Ski skirt clout smokin down the street
with his player partner beatin up at these niggas up in the other seat
I check myself see if I'm shot, but they don't hit me
Shoppers singin like Whitney they wanna fit me
With a Full Metal Jacket, but they don't get me
Not one bullet touch my body, not even nick me
We rushed my homie to the nearest Carsa hospital
But it's too late he all felt stiff like a pop sickle (damn!)
(Chorus w/variations: Kokane)
Situations gotta stick, I got my own cop tryin to test me
Got me caught up in this drama, yeah!
I don't give a fuck about you
As long as the pigs don't go step on my shoes
Got me caught up in this drama, yeah!
(Spice 1)
We shipped this spot for homicide, heat emergency
Feelin go perform my own open heart surgery
Because my partner shouldn't died like that
We gotta show my homie love and get them busters back
So we mobb through the ghetto lookin for revenge
But we can't find a soul, fools talkin bout us gettin cold
Behold a Chevy with gold deeds
could these be the headers who made my hooptie look like Swiss cheese
Fools musta turned the lights off and let's get closer
Don't let em see you pull your mask down, pull out the Dullja's
With tales from the creepin on the hush feelin leave fo' suckers in a dutch
The midnight drama don't stop so if you get some dirt
they'll dig you in the clear, cause player, you'll be outta here
We ain't no suckers, we doin it like John Gottie
We left them fools in the parkin lot with open bodies
(Chorus w/variations: Kokane)
Situations gotta stick, I got my own cop tryin to test me
Got me caught up in this drama, yeah!
I don't give a fuck about you
As long as the pigs don't go step on my shoes
Got me caught up in this drama, yeah!
(Spice 1)
We built up out the scene with out a clue
People call the police but that's all they can do
We hit the freeway in a bucket, feelin no remorse
We regulatin in the ghetto with deadly force
And ain't nobody tellin nothin about the decease
Cause if you snitch your family count will get decrease
up in the game them things gonna be poppin ya, 187 in the style of the Mafia
This ain't no business for busters, trick ass haters
Try their pager, jealous cause you livin major
Hit me on my pager, sharp as a razor
And suckers who don't feel me, get the Red Laser
And sicker than a hangover, fools try to slang boulders
but get snatched out their Range Rovers
(Chorus w/variations: Kokane)
Situations gotta stick, I got my own cop tryin to test me
Got me caught up in this drama, yeah!
I don't give a fuck about you
As long as the pigs don't go step on my shoes
Got me caught up in this drama, yeah!
Situations gotta stick, I got my own cop to test me
Got me caught up in this drama, yeah!
Now I don't give a fuck about you
As long as the pigs don't go step on my shoes
Got me caught up in this drama, yeah!
Situations gotta stick, I got my own cop tryin to test me
Got me caught up in this drama, yeah!
Now I don't give a fuck about you
As long as the pigs don't go step on my shoes
Got me caught up in this drama, yeah!
Situations gotta stick, drama, I don't give a fuck about you, yeah
Situations gotta stick, I got my own cop tryin to test me
Got me caught up in this drama, yeah!
Ochitsuki ga nai to wa yoku iwareru no
Onaji butai ni nagaku wa irarenai
Nigeru mawaru you ni kotaete atezuppo
Norikaeru you ni hana kara hana e to
Baby let me touch you
Ai dake no ai de ii
Let me be the one to please you
Baby let me kiss you
Asu made no eien to
Yobeba ii darou
TAKUSHII no nioi ga KITSU sugiru kara
Sonna ni tooku e wa yukenai darou
Mado o akereba watashi wa JURIETTO
Ima dake no eien wo "DORAMA" to yobu nara
Baby let me touch you
Tsurete yukenai
Let me be the one to leave you
Baby let me kiss you
Serifu mitai na namida
Niawanai
* Tumbling Tumbling
Can't you see that I will be your ecstasy
Tumbling Tumbling
Can't you hear me whisper to your fantasy
Tumbling Tumbling
Can' you see that I can be your remedy
But if you go another way
Then I might be your enemy
Baby let me touch you
Ai dake no ai de ii
Let me be the one to leave you
Tomorrow when I miss you
Ano eien ni
Mou maniawanai
* repeat
the light fades up in a brand new heart
first page of a manuscript
not complete but full of life
a life that struggles on
seems like the drama never ends
a there are still words untold
the easy parts seem so far away
so far away
my own play, my own play
the show has reached the end
the curtains closing down
still alone on this stage
i've played my tragic parts
now i'm just waiting for the end
the end that takes me away
looks like the last page is reached
and the light is fading out
but the show must keep on going
and the show goes on
my own play, my own play
the show has reached the end
[";So much drama in the..."; -- Snoop Doggy Dogg]
Verse One: Ras Kass
No disrespect to the opposite sex
But I ain't flexed punani yet that's worth my royalty checks
Men be trying to get laid, women be trying to get paid
So, somebody gotta get played... {right}
Now you claim I'm runnin game and still let us run the train
Pulling Coolio's braids, it wasn't me, it was the fame
Let a dame complain about disrespecting my African queen
Ass hangin out them Daisy Dukes jeans, jockin
Damn I love civilization
Wants to know my occupation home location and means of transportation
The correct combination unlocked your placenta
I got a cellular phone with a rubber antenna
on a three story house, drive a four door Ac
Favorite song of all time Mobb Deep's ";Hit It From the Back";
Then jet, I turn a bitch into my favorite
She know my name cause I got more game than Sega CD
Chorus: Coolio, Ras Kass
You know it's drama, but it sound real good (3X)
You knew the game, and you still ended up on your back
You know it's drama, but it sound real good (3X)
You knew the game, and you still ended up on your back
Verse Two: Ras Kass
I try U.N.I.T.Y. but why?
Cause when I was lackin, bitches made me want to roll over and die
So now I lie, cause bitches are like flies {why?}
They attract to the best shit {oh!}
You gotta play Max Julian's role unless you plan on being celibate
Cause bitches want the money clip and whatever dick that comes with it
{The bitch} saw me in the Lex and didn't know it came from Avis
Now she's on the Tip like my name was John Davis
And I'm knowin what she thinks {what?}
I'ma sweep her off her feet because I bought the hoe a drink
Bitch, haha yeah I'm living nice, got a two o'clock flight to Atlanta
{Tomorrow} so maybe we can kick it {tonight}
Right there I knew my dick was getting wetted
Cause I played into this bitch's Cinderella complex
Whatever you want to hear, I can say
Forget the bitch the next day, instant replay
Chorus
Verse Three: Coolio
Yo Ras, let me talk about these bitches for a minute
But let's get it straight, when I say the word bitch
I don't mean all women
Cause hookers come a dime a dozen if you thought they wasn't
You can hit this hoe today, and tomorrow you can hit her cousin
Or her mama, you gots to have drama
Nigga flash some currency and go up in her auntie!
I'm talkin bout the skanless type loc
You know the type that seem to like the taste of swipe
Check it
When it comes to Saving Hoes Coolio ain't in it
Don't call me Captain, general, sergeant, or lieutenant
This ain't funny so don't you dare laugh
I gave the bitch my autograph, and she gave me some ass
But as soon as the hoe tried to get in my pocket
I shot her ass away from me *schch* like a skyrocket
Take it from a G, period, no comma, to keep these hookers
on they toes... you know the rest
Chorus
[INTRO: Odario]
Too much drama. These MCs trying to take what's not their's. They don't
know the deal. A yo, Spitz come here and tell them the deal.
[Spitz]
Yo, check it out
Sometimes we shine so bright it's devine
MCs staring at my mic have been known to go blind
You got two great minds intertwined to combine
An ultimate rhyme that's unmatched
We attack beats that make your neck snap back
And possibly the clash, no hope for a rematch
It's Maxmo the dispatcher in pursuit of sucker MCs
Calling for backup in case thses fools feeling lucky
[Odario]
Roger that dispatch
Received your call got your back
Head 'em off on the corner, peep straight and relax (?)
[Spitz]
He's heading right in your direction, I'm in hot pursuit
Oh shit! He seen me call, got shook changed his route
Pseudo effects(?), ran through Bar B-Q
Car two, you double back, I'm in fullout pursuit
If he thinks he's getting away, this cat's sniffing glue
So I flew over this fence dodging kids eatting hot dogs
Sucker you're out of shape, you sucking wind like you Boss Hog
Your lines got cocked back, my lines fully loaded
Should have stopped writing when your brain overloaded
Your head started to swell and your neck couldn't hold it
Toppled head over heals to the ground, body folded
Free advice, take notes but don't quote it
Look me dead in the eyes and tell me that you wrote it
You couldn't take the pressure and your f****** brain exploded
[Odario] Ahhh, damn!
"Mad drama" -- Jeru, scratched by DJ Hunnicut several times
[Odario]
Definition of a rhyming practician
On timing the rendition
Hold your rah, take a listen
Don't stop, fix your lonely condition
Watch what you're wishin'
Mark you proposition (proposition)
Mood Ruff don't die, we multiply
Well I, like to chillin'
Keep one eye... open
Top billin', scoping out the villian
No longer holding no we hoping and willing
To make some sense, can't be rapping again
Over my expense, now he running again
Done in, mad ones and dreams to making the coming up
Lost ones, you know they think they strong enough
I come out hardlife, po-po I make you wonder
I bring the drama, show ya lyrical thunder
Pull ya, pull pull we going under
Beneath the level with me the rhyme devil (devil)
I'm well defined within my theory
We cross the line the more the merry
Come on with me, let's be what we gotta
The MC, MC we keep it hotter
[Spitz]
Yeah we now infiltrate your entire being
This is how we bring it live to all them pepole still believing in
Ripping mics 'til the crowd goes deaf {deaf}
Dropping wax, mix it up like a chef {chef}
Body rocking 'til there's no moves left
Innovate new styles, expect nothing less
Never rest, perfectionists, none the less
You got extra chips
Well invest off the rest, we the next
It ain't a job, it's a reflex
Hit me with the mic and I spit text
"Mad Drama" -- Jeru, scratched DJ Hunnicut
Wah wah one and one is two
We got a drama
I¡¯m watching TV and I don¡¯t need you
Bring on the drama
I¡¯ll tell you something and you know it¡¯s true
You¡¯re full of drama
My piss is yellow and the sky is blue
W got a drama
Spare me
You¡¯re draining me
Wah wah one and two is three
Bring on the drama
There¡¯s something wrong yeah I agree
We got a drama
I¡¯ll tell you something that you¡¯re choking me
With all you¡¯re drama
Life stinks and the grass is green
We got a drama
Spare me, you¡¯re draining me
Draining me, draining me, draining me
You¡¯re draining me
One, two, fuck you
Spare me, you¡¯re draining me
Draining me, draining me, draining me
You¡¯re draining me
One rule for us, for you another
Do unto yourself as you see fit for your brother
Is that not within your realm of understanding?
A fifty second capacity of mind, too demanding?
Well then poor unfortunate you
There are a myriad of things that you can do
Like pick up a pen and paper or go talk to a friend
The history of the future
No violence or revenge
Your shame is never...ending
Just one psychological drama after another
You are guilty and how you ever entered into this life
God only knows, the infinite complexities of love
We all have the ability
Our freedom is fragile
We all laugh and we cry don't we?
We all bleed and we smile
Your shame is never...ending
Just one psychological drama after another
You are guilty and how you ever entered into this life
God only knows, you're not to sacrifice the art of love
Your shame is never...ending
Just one psychological drama after another
You are guilty and how you ever entered into this life
God only knows, the infinite complexities of love
Your shame is never...ending
Just one psychological drama after another
We are guilty and how you ever entered into this life
The Lord only knows, the ultimate necessity of love
Cruisin' for a bruisin',I'm talkin' no crap
Pipe bomb in my trunk,got a nine in my lap
I'm layin' for a sprayin',tonight there's no playin'
My posse's most strapped,tonight the crew's weighin'
Dust is burnin',the steering wheel's turnin'
I'm out a week,I'm already earnin'
Suckers crossed,tonight it's their loss
Payback time,boy,life's the cost
Gauges out the window,one lay cross the roof
They all die if those suckers ain't bullet proof
I'm rollin' death tollin',of course the car's stolen
But I'm blind to what's wrong,all I want is what's golden
A fool in a fight,too dumb to know right
Fuckin' blue light-read'em their rights
Drama [x4]
Copped an alias bailed out in an hour or less
I keep a bank for that don't know about the rest
Copped another piece,hit the dark streets
Rollin' once again,fuck the damn police
Called up my friend JOE, a roof job pro,459 on his mind car stereos
He said the spot was sleep,he cased the joint a week
3 a.m. on the dot inside we creep
Got Alpines,Fishes,JVC's,
Motorola Phones,Sony Color TV's
Had the hide packed up till we heard freeze
Fuckin' blue lights-read'em their rights
Drama [x4]
4 in the morning,lights in my face
That's the time,you know the place
Cuffed in the room with the two-way glass
Detects in effect cold doggin' my ass
"What's your date of birth"..."What's your real name"
I stuck to my alias,I know the game
If they don't know who you are,then they don't know what you've done
"You're just makin' this harder on yourself,son"
I know this shit by heart,I'm too clever
"Have you ever been arrested before"
"Nope,never"
Da reject all over his face
You see no confession,no case
Then my boy started illin',talkin' and tellin'
Son of a bitch-he was a snitch
Drama [x6]
Under I went,I caught a case and half
He dropped the mallet,then the judge laughed
Now I'm in the penzo,chillin' like a real pro
I can't move until the man says go
A puppet of the big game,an institutional thing
I wouldn't be here if I fed my brain
Got knowledge from school books,instead of street crooks
Now all I get is penitentiary hard looks
The joint is like an oven of caged heat
You're just a number,another piece of tough meat
Killers and robbers are all you great
Act soft you will get beat
On death row they got their own hot seat
For those who feel that they are truly elite
The last thing you see's a priest
The lights dim-your life ends
Drama
KRAYZIE BONE:Thug Mentality 1999
The drama just goes on and on. Drama be just part of my life, life. It's been
like that since I was born. Yes, I can run, but I can't hide. Gon' be like that
until I'm gone, gone. Drama always seems to find me, find me, find me.
Roll down-a my family tree with me. Keep flippin' the page to page--see nothin'
but strugglers. I never knew no hustlas like my daddy and mama. So I gotta drop
my Pz, but I think way back in the day now, when Moms and Pops had my back. They
stayed down and gave us a place to lay down. But then, then when the wind blew
in, it threw in a crackpot. But lately, it's keepin' my people up off the
hinges. Can I get a witness baby? And I'm out the door, gots to go make me some
money on my own. Somebody tell me now where we went wrong. God, bring my family
back because they long gone. It's on. Now Pops don't even come around, but I
know Pop's got problems. That's why your little nigga's still down with ya. But
it hurts to see your family takin' a beatin'. My sisters keep sayin' they
hungry--gotta come up on some way to feed 'em. Big Will, Rod J, take a ride,
slide down '71, callin' welfare. When the check came, Mom, she hounds everyone.
So bang bang, had to get down for my thang, swang with a me thugstas. Pump, we
never did love ya. St. Clair struggler. Yeah, your hustla, baby.
The drama just goes on and on. Drama be just part of my life, life. It's been
like that since I was born. Yes, I can run, but I can't hide. Gon' be like that
until I'm gone, gone. Drama always seems to find me, find me, find me.
I can't get away from all this drama surroundin' me, houndin' me, heavily comin'
down on me. Drama been poundin' my brain, callin' my name. These demons, they
seem to be followin' me, come in all shapes and sizes, enemies, my friends, it
don't suprise me. I try to help niggas make better, but they ain't appreciate
it. Guess they'd rather stay back in the ghetto. Well, oh well. If that's how
you want it, nigga, then go ahead, but don't fuck with me. I'm up in this bitch
like Michael Jackson, I wish they'd (leave me alone) before I show the otherside
of me. Bang. Bang. Bang. Bang. Bang. That's how it be. Nigga gon' get violent,
but if my so-called ex-friends wanna try me, bloody riot is how we like it, you
all invited. Get so heated, you'll feel the temperature risin', so heated we
spit back flames. Front page article, all the police could find of them bitches
was particles for fuckin' with me. And I'm down to stand on the frontline to get
wild, one of the first to get up and get down. Niggas ain't knowin' the anger
inside me, and then when I finally snap, nigga, I'm a fuck up your sister, your
daddy, your mama, your brother If he want some drama, come on, come on, come on.
The drama just goes on and on. Drama be just part of my life, life. It's been
like that since I was born. Yes, I can run, but I can't hide. Gon' be like that
until I'm gone, gone. Drama always seems to find me, find me, find me
Talkin bout drama
I met a young brother, how young about eight
He seemed intelligent and rather quite straight
I greeted him, and struck a conversation
To see if the youngster had some self-motivation
Peace brother, what's your name, and how ya be
He said I be soon coming off the currency
I said gettin paid, he said yeah like my man's brother
Who has a condo he shares with his baby's mother
He said a condo beats my apartment
With no lights and no gas and much backed up rent
No hot water or heat, and invaded by plenty rats
That'll eat up the average alleycat
He said yeeahhhh boyyyeee, that's poverty
I said word, I know and it bothers me
Cuz we are the victims, of a situation
How wicked man, seperated
a nation and got us cold-killin off one another
(Word-word, to the mother)
It's getting hot, how hot, hotter than July
Cuz the murder and crime rate is rising very high
For example, in my neighborhood, it's so hot
I'm often woke up, from the alarming sound of a shot
So I'm thinking what, is my neighborhood a trap
Could this be the place marked X on the map?
Now I'm spotted like a target, in the shooting gallery
So I start to seek for a better salary
So I can escape from where, from this ghetto life area
Cause everyday you're getting scarier
*blam blam* and scarier and scarier
Causing mass hysteria, it's drama
Talkin bout drama
Not to be bold and disrespect the homeless
Cuz I can see that they suffer from a long list
From not having shelter, and out on the street
without a job and days without a bite to eat
Yo I feel for those, but here's another side
about some more people that's living on the outside
Because of the fact that they chose the wrong way
And it took em on a trip for a long day
Got to the point you started stealing from your house
Stalking the rooms late at night like a mouse
Your family's upset and you've got to go
When it's, five, below and we're ex-pecting snow
And then you're on the train with a cup in your hand
Kicking dirt, and making it look like sand
Then after you run that game for a while
You start sucking up tokens from out the turnstile
Are you that desperate, just to get a hit
Is it so effective that you won't quit, and yo
Why do you come to me crying the blues?
About you can't get a job well go sell some street news
Then you can get straight and be real
But you'd rather rob and steal
And that's drama
Talkin bout drama
Not wonderama
But I'm talkin bout drama
Here what I'm sayin?
I'm not talkin bout your mama
Nahhhh, but I'm talkin bout drama
Shaolin fist versus the llama
Talkin bout drama
Talkin bout drama
I met a young brother, how young about eight
He seemed intelligent and rather quite straight
I greeted him, and struck a conversation
To see if the youngster had some self-motivation
Peace brother, what's your name, and how ya be
He said I be soon coming off the currency
I said gettin paid, he said yeah like my man's brother
Who has a condo he shares with his baby's mother
He said a condo beats my apartment
With no lights and no gas and much backed up rent
No hot water or heat, and invaded by plenty rats
That'll eat up the average alleycat
He said yeeahhhh boyyyeee, that's poverty
I said word, I know and it bothers me
Cuz we are the victims, of a situation
How wicked man, seperated
a nation and got us cold-killin off one another
(Word-word, to the mother)
It's getting hot, how hot, hotter than July
Cuz the murder and crime rate is rising very high
For example, in my neighborhood, it's so hot
I'm often woke up, from the alarming sound of a shot
So I'm thinking what, is my neighborhood a trap
Could this be the place marked X on the map?
Now I'm spotted like a target, in the shooting gallery
So I start to seek for a better salary
So I can escape from where, from this ghetto life area
Cause everyday you're getting scarier
*blam blam* and scarier and scarier
Causing mass hysteria, it's drama
Talkin bout drama
Not to be bold and disrespect the homeless
Cuz I can see that they suffer from a long list
From not having shelter, and out on the street
without a job and days without a bite to eat
Yo I feel for those, but here's another side
about some more people that's living on the outside
Because of the fact that they chose the wrong way
And it took em on a trip for a long day
Got to the point you started stealing from your house
Stalking the rooms late at night like a mouse
Your family's upset and you've got to go
When it's, five, below and we're ex-pecting snow
And then you're on the train with a cup in your hand
Kicking dirt, and making it look like sand
Then after you run that game for a while
You start sucking up tokens from out the turnstile
Are you that desperate, just to get a hit
Is it so effective that you won't quit, and yo
Why do you come to me crying the blues?
About you can't get a job well go sell some street news
Then you can get straight and be real
But you'd rather rob and steal
And that's drama
Talkin bout drama
Not wonderama
But I'm talkin bout drama
Here what I'm sayin?
I'm not talkin bout your mama
Nahhhh, but I'm talkin bout drama
Shaolin fist versus the llama
Talkin bout drama
Drama
Well here I go in the wind
Got the face rockin' on the sound
Got my phone in my hand
My baby hit me two times
I gotta hit her back, she says she's flyin' in tonight
See my baby's been gone for so long
She's back in town, it's time to get it on
She told me she would meet me at my spot about 8:00
That gives me two whole hours to get my sh* straight
I hit my place around six
It's almost time to see her, almost time to get my fix
I just can't wait to see my baby's face
She's not like all these others on hte paper chase
She's the kinda girl that you wanna stay true to
There's nothin' that this girl wouldn't do for you, no
I think I hear her in my driveway
Open up the door and this is what she had to say
[chorus]
I found someone to, do what you used to
Boy you thought you were decivin' me with your infidelity
I found someone who really deserves me, and he's all I need
I'm makin' my moves, I found someone new and got no more love for you
How could you go and do this to me baby?
Since you hit town your had me running around actin' crazy
And had I known you treat me this way
We had to swing this drama for another day baby
This was your night, the room was on, beepers on
My sh* was tight, you blew it baby, now it's blown
And after all I done for you
You messed around and blew the best thing that ever happened to you baby
Now don't go and put this all one me
Since I left town you've been tryin' to run down with every girl you see
I can't believe you do this to me, Ohooh baby
I heard about your friend withthe red dress
Now why you wanna go and play a game you can't win
You didn't know she was my best friend
And now we're all up in your pockets for your benjamins
[repeat chorus]
Don't leave me baby
Said I love you baby
SAid I need you baby
Stay right here with me baby
It be's that razor-sharp nigger, when I'm flexing
Look here, thoughts be so deadly nigga pull your weapon
Everywhere I'm from niggas straight killas yo'
I'm talking bout' that N.O.C nigga, dig it yo'
We stay cocked, that East Bank to that West Bank, straight killas
And looka here nigga, thats on the reala
Now looka here, I'm giving you true game
If you can't believe, so boy dig this man
Nigga bringing drama,everywhere we come from
From the both sides of the twin banks don't run
I'm the you know one thing that's like that
You can't get away from the real shit, dig it black
That's drama
Nigga running hot on your block, for the hit
You can't stop that nigga, its drama
Nigga go and split your wig quick
Because they trying to get that money, dig
Thats drama
Nigga running hot on your block, for that hit
You can't stop, thats drama
Nigga bout' to split your wig kid
You can't stop that shit
Its drama
All my hoodlum niggas don't trip
Drama plagues my city like ebola, dig it
I wonder if that white man put the chip in your head
And every down Ward nigga end up dead
Man, what you have to prove, huh
You niggas are punks and sissies
Cause you don't fight, you bitches
See I'm trying to tell you bout' the drama, dig it
It can be indoors or outdoors, niggas still slang them Bolo's
Dog, them hands was the shit, but looka here that shit's past tense
Check it, you be shaking and tripping
When a nigga say it's on after school
You got butterflies in your stomach, dude
But look, that butterfly shit quit after the first lick
That's some bone rattling shit
When a nigga hand can break a nigga jaw,
a back, or break a nigga hip
That drama bitch
Nigga coming on your block for the hit
You can't stop that nigga, you dig it, thats drama
Nigga bout to split your wig kid,
Because he got to get that money, dig
Thats drama
The world is so dramatic.....
I can't believe
that we're still livin'
oh in this crazy crazy world
that I'm still livin'
with all the problems of the day
how can we go on
so tired of hearing people say how can we go on
fantasy people
make believe people
how can you go on
but you're still livin'
race relations, segregation, no occupation
world inflation, demonstration, miseducation
no celebration to celebrate your lives
listen people listen
lift up your hearts to GOD
lift up your soul
teach your children Wisdom
Reality today... so they can live tomorrow
I can't believe
that we're still livin'
oh in this crazy crazy world
that I'm still livin'
with all the problems of the day
how can we go on
so tired of hearing people say
how can I go on
fantasy people
make believe people
how can you go on
but you're still livin'
listen people listen
lift up your hearts to GOD
teach your children Wisdom
Yo yo waddup I know it's you
I had to run out and pick up a few things
If you get to the crib before I get back
You know what to do, the crib is yours
Oh yea I got a surprise for you, it's gonna be sweet
I gotta run, peace, I'm out, I love you
Well here I go in the night got the face rockin' on the sound
Got my phone in my hand
My baby hit me two times
I gotta hit her back, she says she's flyin' in tonight
See my baby's been gone for so long
She's back in town it's time to get it on
She told me she would meet me at my spot about eight
That gives me two whole hours to get my shit straight
I hit my place around six
It's almost time to see her, almost time to get my fix
I just can't wait to see my baby's face
She's not like all these others on the paper chase
She's the kinda girl that you wanna stay true to
There's nothin' that this girl wouldn't do for you, no
I think I hear her in my driveway
Open up the door and this is what she had to say
"I found someone to do what you used to
Boy, you thought you were deceivin' me with your infidelity
I found someone who really deserves me, and he's all I need"
I'm makin' my moves, I found someone new
And got no more love for you
How could you go and do this to me baby?
Since you hit town your had me runnin' around actin' crazy
And had I known you treat me this way
We had to swing this drama so another day, baby
This was your night the dream was on beepers on
My shit was tight you blew it baby now it's blown
And after all I done for you you messed around and blew the best thing
That ever happened to you baby
Now don't go and put this all on me
Since I left town you've been tryin' to run down
On every girl you see
I can't believe you do this to me
I heard about your friend with the red dress
Now why you wanna go and play a game you can't win
You didn't know she was my best friend
And now we're all up in your pockets for your Benjamins
I found someone to do what you used to
Boy you thought you were deceivin' me with your infidelity
I found someone who really deserves me and he's all I need
I'm makin' my moves, I found someone new
And got no more love for you
I found someone to do what you used to
Boy you thought you were deceivin' me with your infidelity
I found someone who really deserves me and he's all I need
I'm makin' my moves, I found someone new
And got no more love for you
I'm makin' my moves, I found someone new
And got no more love for you
Don't leave me baby, said I love you baby
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- U Tugu Zagledan
- Novi Dan
- Olovo i Sjene
- Prolaznost
- Moje Meso
- Onako Kako Samo Ona Zna
- Pod Plamenom
- Pred Beskrajem
- Kiša
- Tinta
- Namjere
- Vakuum duša
- About the Meaning of the Quest
- Around the Flame
- Irae nominem tui
- Possessed by Darkness
- As in Empty Grave
- In Hands of My Empire
- Assault by Chaos Hysteria
- Cold Has Burst To Me
- Silver Brilliance of Nocticula
- Darkwoods' Embrace
- Grand Awakening of White Witch
- Obsessed by Cold Immortality
- Wintercrown
- Icy Sculptures in the Severe Frostland
- Unsilent Storms in North Abyss
- A Lust
- An Errand
- Stigmata of Change, Part 1
- A Start
- Alice
- A Misstep
- A Shrine
- A Revelation
- An End
- A Doubt
- Stigmata of Change, Part 2
- Smoke
- Intro M.I.A.
- Left, Right, Left
- It's Drastic
- Double Time (Drama's Cadence)
- The Plot
- My Name Is Drama
- Let's Go to War
- Mama, Mama
- I'm Ballin' Man
- Sir. Yes Sir.
- Left, Right, Left (radio edit)
- Hold on Me
- Alina
- Talkin' About It
- Shouldn't Care
- I Remember
- I Found Out
- Magic
- Shades of Torture
- I Want You Now
- Friend of Mine
- I'm Sorry
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A DRAMATIC SURPRISE ON A QUIET SQUARE
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- Duration: 1:46
- Published: 11 Apr 2012
- Updated: 21 Sep 2012
To launch the high quality TV channel TNT in Belgium we placed a big red push button on an average Flemish square of an average Flemish town. A sign with the text "Push to add drama" invited people to use the button. And then we waited... Discover here what happened or visit www.tnt-tv.be for more info. TNT. We know drama.
http://wn.com/A_DRAMATIC_SURPRISE_ON_A_QUIET_SQUARE
Mary J. Blige - No More Drama
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- Duration: 4:09
- Published: 16 Jun 2009
- Updated: 21 Sep 2012
Music video by Mary J. Blige performing No More Drama. (C) 2002 Geffen Records
http://wn.com/Mary_J_Blige_No_More_Drama
Drama Producer - Naseem Vicky & Nasir Chinyoti
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- Duration: 8:37
- Published: 24 Apr 2007
- Updated: 17 Sep 2012
Stage Funny Stuff
http://wn.com/Drama_Producer_Naseem_Vicky_Nasir_Chinyoti
ERASURE DRAMA
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- Duration: 4:10
- Published: 30 Sep 2009
- Updated: 20 Sep 2012
ERASURE
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DRAMATIC SONG - Toby Turner
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- Duration: 2:31
- Published: 10 May 2012
- Updated: 21 Sep 2012
Get the song on itunes! bit.ly TOBUSCUS Zip Hoodies! (FREE Slap Bracelet with zip hoodie purchase!) tobuscus.spreadshirt.com Free slap bracelets with SIGNED POSTERS! http (you gotta select signed in the drop down!) Fans! facebook.com Daily Vlogs: youtube.com TobyGames! bit.ly Twitter! twitter.com Dailybooth! dailybooth.com Thanks to Terabrite for mixing the audio and color correction, Patrick Mazzalo for After Effects, Olga Kay for filming, and myself for singing and playing piano LYRICS: This song sounds dramatic but I'm bad at writing words. If you don't speak English, this probably sounds pretty good. You'd probably think I'm singing bout some pretty serious stuff. But in reality, I'm singing 'bout the lack of stuff i'm singing 'bout. This part's intense. And emotional. As long as you don't understand it. Your foreign grandma would love this song. Please send it to her, and she'll probably tell her foreign friends about the song her grandson or daughter sent her today. This song might hit the charts in her country if parts sounded like Coldplay. If the chorus sounds like Coldplay. Then I put some 'La-La-La's in there. La la la la la, la la la la la la la (Coldplay) Hopefully your foreign grandma listens to this song everyday. And if she asks you to translate the lyrics, here's what you say: "A perfect translation does not exist. Well, at least, not in your language. But if you must know, well, picture this: Fifty billion rainbows, and the sun is setting, and the moon <b>...</b>
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Dramatic Look
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- Duration: 0:05
- Published: 06 Jun 2007
- Updated: 20 Sep 2012
i've made some merch for you to spend your hard earned dollars on... www.cafepress.com i'm wearing a prairie dog thong right now... ewwwww Original description: take a bit of footage from cuteoverload.com a bit of sound from a scary movie... I think i found the original source. I got it off cuteoverload, but this chap has it www.youtube.com it's from a Japanese show called Mini Moni Chiccha...It was a show about this Jpop subgroup of Morning Musume and they spent the entire time goofing off. I never expected this much success, This thing has gotten way out of control (in a good way), Thanks for all your comments!
http://wn.com/Dramatic_Look
Drama - Left, Right (Dirty)
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- Duration: 4:10
- Published: 28 Apr 2010
- Updated: 20 Sep 2012
Basically what the title says. I'm uploading this in memory of my uncle. This song was purchased Royalty Free and I am not abusing the song in anyway.
http://wn.com/Drama_Left,_Right_Dirty
Punjabi stage and Pakistan Stage Drama Watch Free Punjabi Stage drama JugatBa
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- Duration: 9:56
- Published: 30 Aug 2009
- Updated: 20 Sep 2012
DRAMA LLAMA
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- Duration: 5:34
- Published: 08 Jul 2012
- Updated: 20 Sep 2012
Internet Drama - YU EXIST? Some handy tips to defend against stupidity, because ..well y'know YOLO. *joking* plz click the 'share' button and show anyone who you think might enjoy/benefit from this :D and tell me what internet behaviour you find annoying! we have each other guys. --LIVE SHOW-- omg click here - www.younow.com then log in with Facebook and press 'become a fan' - yay! i hope you guys enjoyed! on the srs-silly meter this was in the middle i think. what did you think? (new video in soon) Twitter: twitter.com Facebook: facebook.com Tumblr: danisnotonfire.tumblr.com
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DRAMA QUEENZ - Ep. 304 - "I Know the Truth"
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- Duration: 18:46
- Published: 01 Mar 2012
- Updated: 18 Sep 2012
Officially sponsored by MY TURN, the debut novel by Nathan Seven Scott. Visit Amazon.com or amzn.to to buy your copy today. What had happened!?! The boyz recount the last 24 hours of their lives in true "drama queenz" fashion. Davis takes another swing at love, Preston tries to salvage his, and Jeremiah confronts his own. Featuring the hit songs "Lock Me Away" by Arin Maya (www.arinmaya.com) and SoHo by Swanny River (www.reverbnation.com/swannyriver). DQz Theme Song "Celebrity" by baron (artistbaron.com) Visit novonovus.com or dramaqueenztheseries.com for more info! Special Thanks to BGCLive.com for their support. Copyright 2012
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The Drama Button [HD]
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- Duration: 1:46
- Published: 11 Apr 2012
- Updated: 20 Sep 2012
What happens when a giant red button is placed in a slow belgium square? Drama. Yes, lots and lots of drama. ▼____________________________________________________ ▼ "Cable network TNT is launching a new channel in the country. To help make their network debut a hit they put on this demonstration. A giant arrow labeled "Push to add drama" was placed above the button. The towns people simply push the button and a whole lot of drama ensues." Learn more: www.tnt-tv.be Music by Terry Devine-King Rising Mercury http Solar Flame www.youtube.com
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push to add drama! see what happens. - your daily dose of drama.
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- Duration: 1:46
- Published: 11 Apr 2012
- Updated: 20 Sep 2012
Somewhere in a little town in Belguim. On a square where nothing really happens. never. we placed a button. push to add drama and see what happens! To launch the high quality TV channel TNT in Belgium we placed a big red push button on an average Flemish square of an average Flemish town. A sign with the text "Push to add drama" invited people to use the button. And then we waited... Discover here what happened or visit www.tnt-tv.be for more info. TNT. We know drama. [from 10 on Telnet.]
http://wn.com/push_to_add_drama!_see_what_happens_your_daily_dose_of_drama
The Places We Should Have Gone
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- Duration: 8:29
- Published: 10 Mar 2011
- Updated: 20 Sep 2012
We often want second chances. Sometimes we don't deserve them. The feeling of regret and wishing for another chance is common when a couple separates. Whoever is at fault usually searches for sympathy as they have realized in hindsight their mistakes. Shot while on vacation in Taiwan with my family. Featuring Kaohsiung, Kenting, Gongliao, and Taipei. No crew or budget, just running around the city with a couple friends. =) BEHIND THE SCENES + DIRECTOR COMMENTARY: wongfuproductions.com MUSIC NOW AVAILABLE: songsforcinema.bandcamp.com Written and Directed by: Philip Wang Featuring: 方邵淇, 黃建臺Music Composed by: Jesse Chui songsforcinema.com Special Thanks: Joan Huang, Jesse Chui, Mom & Dad SUBSCRIBE: youtube.com FACEBOOK: facebook.com TWITTER: twitter.com OFFICIAL: wongfuproductions.com STORE areyouaniceguy.com
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Push Button to Add Drama (Advertisement TNT)
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- Duration: 1:46
- Published: 11 Apr 2012
- Updated: 20 Sep 2012
Video of the best advertisement in 2012. For the launch of the high quality TV channel TNT in Belgium a button was placed on an average Flemish square of an average Flemish town near a sign with the text "Push to add drama" that invited people to use the button. Then they waited... Discover here what happened.
http://wn.com/Push_Button_to_Add_Drama_Advertisement_TNT
BoA 보아_Only One_Music Video (Drama ver.)
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- Duration: 4:30
- Published: 25 Jul 2012
- Updated: 21 Sep 2012
♪ Download on iTunes : itunes.apple.com BoA will make a comeback with the 7th album 'Only One!' Title song 'Only One' is written and composed by BoA and as the album contains BoA's more matured musical sensitivity and various types of music, it is expected to draw the attention of music fans. ☞ For more Information : boa.smtown.com ☞ Facebook BoA : www.facebook.com ☞ Facebook SMTOWN : www.facebook.com ☞ BoA Official YouTube Channel : www.youtube.com ☞ SMTOWN Official YouTube Channel : www.youtube.com ♬ BoA 보아_Only One_Music Video (Drama ver.) ℗ SMEntertainment
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Running from Tsunami: Dramatic rescue video of moments when water hit Japan
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- Duration: 2:16
- Published: 18 Mar 2011
- Updated: 20 Sep 2012
Follow latest updates at twitter.com and www.facebook.com Dramatic video has emerged from Japan of people scrambling to get onto the roof of a building to escape rapidly rising waters in the moments after the devastating tsunami struck last Friday. Following their escape, the footage then shows people attempting to save others stranded in nearby trees, and on top of cars, with the help of a hose pipe. The drama takes place in the city of Sendai against a backdrop of swirling water and devastation, cars piled up against trees and buildings.
http://wn.com/Running_from_Tsunami_Dramatic_rescue_video_of_moments_when_water_hit_Japan
DJ Drama - My Moment ft. 2 Chainz, Meek Mill, Jeremih
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- Duration: 3:46
- Published: 10 Sep 2012
- Updated: 21 Sep 2012
From DJ Drama's new album "Quality Street Music"- in stores and online from eOne Music on October 2
http://wn.com/DJ_Drama_My_Moment_ft_2_Chainz,_Meek_Mill,_Jeremih
DJ Drama feat. Fabolous, Wiz Khalifa & Roscoe Dash - "Oh My" (Directed by Derek Pike)
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- Duration: 4:36
- Published: 27 May 2011
- Updated: 20 Sep 2012
DJ Drama feat. Fabolous, Wiz Khalifa & Roscoe Dash Directed by Derek Pike
http://wn.com/DJ_Drama_feat_Fabolous,_Wiz_Khalifa_Roscoe_Dash_Oh_My_Directed_by_Derek_Pike
Mary J. Blige - No More Drama (Live at the 44th GRAMMYs)
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- Duration: 3:57
- Published: 18 Nov 2010
- Updated: 20 Sep 2012
Music video by Mary J. Blige performing No More Drama (Live at the 44th GRAMMYs). © 2002 The Recording Academy
http://wn.com/Mary_J_Blige_No_More_Drama_Live_at_the_44th_GRAMMYs
Lifehouse Everything - Drama
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- Duration: 6:08
- Published: 05 Feb 2008
- Updated: 20 Sep 2012
(I have gotten many requests to send a DVD of this video to be shown at different events or services. I am honored you would like to use our version, but at this time I'm not able to continually burn and ship DVDs. If you need a copy, go ahead and send me your address, I will create a waiting list and work from it as I have opportunities. I do apologize and hope you understand) ... This is my rendition of the Lifehouse Everything Drama; Performed at Forest Hill Church. Whoever originally came up with the Lifehouse Everything skit, thank you... it has touched so many lives!! (Lifehouse Everything Drama, Lifehouse Everything Skit, Lifehouse's Everything Skit, Lifehouse's Everything Drama, Life House Every Thing Skit, Lifehouse Everything Skit, Lifehouse Everything Drama, Lifehouse Everything Skit, Lifehouse's Everything Skit, Lifehouse's Everything Drama, Life House Every Thing Skit)
http://wn.com/Lifehouse_Everything_Drama
DJ Drama - My Moment ft. 2 Chainz, Meek Mill & Jeremih (Official Video)
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- Duration: 3:44
- Published: 09 Sep 2012
- Updated: 21 Sep 2012
DJ Drama - My Moment ft. 2 Chainz, Meek Mill & Jeremih (Official Video) DJ Drama - My Moment DJ Drama - My Moment DJ Drama - My Moment DJ Drama - My Moment DJ Drama - My Moment
http://wn.com/DJ_Drama_My_Moment_ft_2_Chainz,_Meek_Mill_Jeremih_Official_Video
Dramatic Interpretations of Facebook - Middle Schoolers
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- Duration: 4:14
- Published: 07 Feb 2012
- Updated: 20 Sep 2012
Like our FB page: www.facebook.com Follow us on twitter: twitter.com Subscribe to our page: www.youtube.com E-mail: navysealsofcomedy@gmail.com A Navy Seals of Comedy and ROAR Network Co-Production Here is the link to the original facebook conversation. The faces and names have been blacked out. imgur.com The piano is from Killer Tracks - "Left Alone to Think" by Michener The credits song is "Jumper" by Third Eye Blind, which we do not own, all rights and respect to the copyright holder etc.
http://wn.com/Dramatic_Interpretations_of_Facebook_Middle_Schoolers
HIGH SCHOOL DRAMA!!!!
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- Duration: 9:44
- Published: 31 Jul 2010
- Updated: 20 Sep 2012
THANKS FOR SUBSCRIBING!!! Check out BONUS VIDs HERE www.youtube.com Thanks to: Caitlin Crosby for letting me use her songs FLAWZ and STILL HAVE MY HEART. Get them on itunes HERE itunes.apple.com David Choi for making my background music. Check him out HERE www.youtube.com Tony V for helping me edit the music in this vid. Check him out HERE www.youtube.com or www.youtube.com ANNOUNCEMENTS: *My shirts are now at HOT TOPIC! yeah! tinyurl.com *I have a new channel for random short videos from my iPhone! www.youtube.com MY LINKS: BLOG shanedawsonblog.tumblr.com SHIRTS www.shanedawson.spreadshirt.com UK SHIRTS shanedawsoncustom.spreadshirt.co.uk TWITTER www.twitter.com MYSPACE www.myspace.com FACEBOOK www.facebook.com FACEBOOK APP tinyurl.com DAILYBOOTH www.dailybooth.com LIVE SHOW www.shanedawsonlive.com WEBSITE http CALL ME 562 606 1512 SEND ME LETTERS 12450 Burbank Bl. Suite P #252 Valley Village, CA 91607 BUSINESS CONTACT ONLY smarchetti@apa-agency.com The song from my intro is called "REBIRTH" by HADOUKEN! Buy it now on itunes tinyurl.com The Logo in my hand made by www.youtube.com/spiker369
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![Traditional Trøndelag house. The region's official theater is Trøndelag Teater, in Trondheim.[5] At Stiklestad in Verdal a historical play, The Saint Olav Drama, has been played each year since 1954, depicting the last days of Saint Olaf](http://web.archive.org./web/20120921094053/http://cdn6.wn.com/pd/bf/ea/9a107d71eef5ede46ef42d3c407b_medium.jpg "Traditional Trøndelag house. The region's official theater is Trøndelag Teater, in Trondheim.[5] At Stiklestad in Verdal a historical play, The Saint Olav Drama, has been played each year since 1954, depicting the last days of Saint Olaf")
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Syria: Truth will no longer be a casualty of Syria's civil war, says President Assad's media supremo
31 Aug 2012
Belfast Telegraph
When Syrian gunmen stormed Damascus last month, an angry, middle-aged and bespectacled man appeared on state television with a harsh message for Syria's "enemies". "They are calling this the last battle," he roared. "Yes, I agree it is the last battle â and they will lose!" Syrian viewers were not...(size: 5.5Kb)
Seven Psychopaths Red Band Trailer
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Tinseltown on the Seine
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Wall Street Journal
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"Dramas" redirects here. For the indie rock band, see The Dramas.
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Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance.[1] The term comes from a Greek word meaning "action" (Classical Greek: δρᾶμα, drama), which is derived from "to do","to act" (Classical Greek: δράω, draō). The enactment of drama in theatre, performed by actors on a stage before an audience, presupposes collaborative modes of production and a collective form of reception. The structure of dramatic texts, unlike other forms of literature, is directly influenced by this collaborative production and collective reception.[2] The early modern tragedy Hamlet (1601) by Shakespeare and the classical Athenian tragedy Oedipus the King (c. 429 BCE) by Sophocles are among the masterpieces of the art of drama.[3] A modern example is Long Day's Journey into Night by Eugene O’Neill (1956).[4]
The two masks associated with drama represent the traditional generic division between comedy and tragedy. They are symbols of the ancient Greek Muses, Thalia and Melpomene. Thalia was the Muse of comedy (the laughing face), while Melpomene was the Muse of tragedy (the weeping face). Considered as a genre of poetry in general, the dramatic mode has been contrasted with the epic and the lyrical modes ever since Aristotle's Poetics (c. 335 BCE)—the earliest work of dramatic theory.[5]
The use of "drama" in the narrow sense to designate a specific type of play dates from the 19th century. Drama in this sense refers to a play that is neither a comedy nor a tragedy—for example, Zola's Thérèse Raquin (1873) or Chekhov's Ivanov (1887). It is this narrow sense that the film and television industry and film studies adopted to describe "drama" as a genre within their respective media.[6] "Radio drama" has been used in both senses—originally transmitted in a live performance, it has also been used to describe the more high-brow and serious end of the dramatic output of radio.[7]
Drama is often combined with music and dance: the drama in opera is generally sung throughout; musicals generally include both spoken dialogue and songs; and some forms of drama have incidental music or musical accompaniment underscoring the dialogue (melodrama and Japanese Nō, for example).[8] In certain periods of history (the ancient Roman and modern Romantic) some dramas have been written to be read rather than performed.[9] In improvisation, the drama does not pre-exist the moment of performance; performers devise a dramatic script spontaneously before an audience.[10]
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Western drama originates in classical Greece.[11] The theatrical culture of the city-state of Athens produced three genres of drama: tragedy, comedy, and the satyr play. Their origins remain obscure, though by the 5th century BCE they were institutionalised in competitions held as part of festivities celebrating the god Dionysus.[12] Historians know the names of many ancient Greek dramatists, not least Thespis, who is credited with the innovation of an actor ("hypokrites") who speaks (rather than sings) and impersonates a character (rather than speaking in his own person), while interacting with the chorus and its leader ("coryphaeus"), who were a traditional part of the performance of non-dramatic poetry (dithyrambic, lyric and epic).[13] Only a small fraction of the work of five dramatists, however, has survived to this day: we have a small number of complete texts by the tragedians Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides, and the comic writers Aristophanes and, from the late 4th century, Menander.[14] Aeschylus' historical tragedy The Persians is the oldest surviving drama, although when it won first prize at the City Dionysia competition in 472 BCE, he had been writing plays for more than 25 years.[15] The competition ("agon") for tragedies may have begun as early as 534 BCE; official records ("didaskaliai") begin from 501 BCE, when the satyr play was introduced.[16] Tragic dramatists were required to present a tetralogy of plays (though the individual works were not necessarily connected by story or theme), which usually consisted of three tragedies and one satyr play (though exceptions were made, as with Euripides' Alcestis in 438 BCE). Comedy was officially recognised with a prize in the competition from 487 to 486 BCE. Five comic dramatists competed at the City Dionysia (though during the Peloponnesian War this may have been reduced to three), each offering a single comedy.[17] Ancient Greek comedy is traditionally divided between "old comedy" (5th century BCE), "middle comedy" (4th century BCE) and "new comedy" (late 4th century to 2nd BCE).[18]
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Following the expansion of the Roman Republic (509–27 BCE) into several Greek territories between 270–240 BCE, Rome encountered Greek drama.[19] From the later years of the republic and by means of the Roman Empire (27 BCE-476 CE), theatre spread west across Europe, around the Mediterranean and reached England; Roman theatre was more varied, extensive and sophisticated than that of any culture before it.[20] While Greek drama continued to be performed throughout the Roman period, the year 240 BCE marks the beginning of regular Roman drama.[21] From the beginning of the empire, however, interest in full-length drama declined in favour of a broader variety of theatrical entertainments.[22] The first important works of Roman literature were the tragedies and comedies that Livius Andronicus wrote from 240 BCE.[23] Five years later, Gnaeus Naevius also began to write drama.[23] No plays from either writer have survived. While both dramatists composed in both genres, Andronicus was most appreciated for his tragedies and Naevius for his comedies; their successors tended to specialise in one or the other, which led to a separation of the subsequent development of each type of drama.[23] By the beginning of the 2nd century BCE, drama was firmly established in Rome and a guild of writers (collegium poetarum) had been formed.[24] The Roman comedies that have survived are all fabula palliata (comedies based on Greek subjects) and come from two dramatists: Titus Maccius Plautus (Plautus) and Publius Terentius Afer (Terence).[25] In re-working the Greek originals, the Roman comic dramatists abolished the role of the chorus in dividing the drama into episodes and introduced musical accompaniment to its dialogue (between one-third of the dialogue in the comedies of Plautus and two-thirds in those of Terence).[26] The action of all scenes is set in the exterior location of a street and its complications often follow from eavesdropping.[26] Plautus, the more popular of the two, wrote between 205 and 184 BCE and twenty of his comedies survive, of which his farces are best known; he was admired for the wit of his dialogue and his use of a variety of poetic meters.[27] All of the six comedies that Terence wrote between 166 and 160 BCE have survived; the complexity of his plots, in which he often combined several Greek originals, was sometimes denounced, but his double-plots enabled a sophisticated presentation of contrasting human behaviour.[27] No early Roman tragedy survives, though it was highly regarded in its day; historians know of three early tragedians—Quintus Ennius, Marcus Pacuvius and Lucius Accius.[26] From the time of the empire, the work of two tragedians survives—one is an unknown author, while the other is the Stoic philosopher Seneca.[28] Nine of Seneca's tragedies survive, all of which are fabula crepidata (tragedies adapted from Greek originals); his Phaedra, for example, was based on Euripides' Hippolytus.[29] Historians do not know who wrote the only extant example of the fabula praetexta (tragedies based on Roman subjects), Octavia, but in former times it was mistakenly attributed to Seneca due to his appearance as a character in the tragedy.[28]
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In the Middle Ages, drama in the vernacular languages of Europe may have emerged from religious enactments of the liturgy. Mystery plays were presented on the porch of the cathedrals or by strolling players on feast days. Miracle and mystery plays, along with moralities and interludes, later evolved into more elaborate forms of drama, such as was seen on the Elizabethan stages.
Elizabethan and Jacobean[link]
Main article: English Renaissance theatre
One of the great flowerings of drama in England occurred in the 16th and 17th centuries. Many of these plays were written in verse, particularly iambic pentameter. In addition to Shakespeare, such authors as Christopher Marlowe, Thomas Middleton, and Ben Jonson were prominent playwrights during this period. As in the medieval period, historical plays celebrated the lives of past kings, enhancing the image of the Tudor monarchy. Authors of this period drew some of their storylines from Greek mythology and Roman mythology or from the plays of eminent Roman playwrights such as Plautus and Terence.
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The pivotal and innovative contributions of the 19th-century Norwegian dramatist Henrik Ibsen and the 20th-century German theatre practitioner Bertolt Brecht dominate modern drama; each inspired a tradition of imitators, which include many of the greatest playwrights of the modern era.[30] The works of both playwrights are, in their different ways, both modernist and realist, incorporating formal experimentation, meta-theatricality, and social critique.[31] In terms of the traditional theoretical discourse of genre, Ibsen's work has been described as the culmination of "liberal tragedy", while Brecht's has been aligned with an historicised comedy.[32]
Other important playwrights of the modern era include Antonin Artaud, August Strindberg, Anton Chekhov, Frank Wedekind, Maurice Maeterlinck, Federico García Lorca, Eugene O'Neill, Luigi Pirandello, George Bernard Shaw, Ernst Toller, Vladimir Mayakovsky, Arthur Miller, Tennessee Williams, Jean Genet, Eugène Ionesco, Samuel Beckett, Harold Pinter, Friedrich Dürrenmatt, Dario Fo, Heiner Müller, and Caryl Churchill.
Asian drama[link]
India[link]
Main article: Theatre in India
The earliest form of Indian drama was the Sanskrit drama.[33] It began after the development of Greek and Roman drama and before the development of theatre in other parts of Asia.[33] It emerged sometime between the 2nd century BCE and the 1st century CE and flourished between the 1st century CE and the 10th, which was a period of relative peace in the history of India during which hundreds of plays were written.[34] With the Islamic conquests that began in the 10th and 11th centuries, theatre was discouraged or forbidden entirely.[35] Later, in an attempt to re-assert indigenous values and ideas, village theatre was encouraged across the subcontinent, developing in a large number of regional languages from the 15th to the 19th centuries.[36] Modern Indian theatre developed during the period of colonial rule under the British Empire, from the mid-19th century until the mid-20th.[37]
Sanskrit theatre[link]
Main article: Sanskrit drama
The earliest-surviving fragments of Sanskrit drama date from the 1st century CE.[38] The wealth of archeological evidence from earlier periods offers no indication of the existence of a tradition of theatre.[39] The ancient Vedas (hymns from between 1500 to 1000 BCE that are among the earliest examples of literature in the world) contain no hint of it (although a small number are composed in a form of dialogue) and the rituals of the Vedic period do not appear to have developed into theatre.[39] The Mahābhāṣya by Patañjali contains the earliest reference to what may have been the seeds of Sanskrit drama.[40] This treatise on grammar from 140 BCE provides a feasible date for the beginnings of theatre in India.[40]
The major source of evidence for Sanskrit theatre is A Treatise on Theatre (Nātyaśāstra), a compendium whose date of composition is uncertain (estimates range from 200 BCE to 200 CE) and whose authorship is attributed to Bharata Muni. The Treatise is the most complete work of dramaturgy in the ancient world. It addresses acting, dance, music, dramatic construction, architecture, costuming, make-up, props, the organisation of companies, the audience, competitions, and offers a mythological account of the origin of theatre.[40]
Its drama is regarded as the highest achievement of Sanskrit literature.[41] It utilised stock characters, such as the hero (nayaka), heroine (nayika), or clown (vidusaka). Actors may have specialised in a particular type. It was patronized by the kings as well as village assemblies. Famous early playwrights include Bhasa, Kalidasa (famous for Vikrama and Urvashi, Malavika and Agnimitra, and The Recognition of Shakuntala), Śudraka (famous for The Little Clay Cart), Asvaghosa, Daṇḍin, and Emperor Harsha (famous for Nagananda, Ratnavali and Priyadarsika). Śakuntalā (in English translation) influenced Goethe's Faust (1808–1832).[41]
Modern Indian drama[link]
Rabindranath Tagore, who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913, is probably India's best-known modern playwright.[42] His plays are written in Bengali and include Chitra (Chitrangada, 1892), The King of the Dark Chamber (Raja, 1910), The Post Office (Dakghar, 1913), and Red Oleander (Raktakarabi, 1924).[42]
Modern Urdu drama of India and Pakistan[link]
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Urdu Drama evolved from the prevailing dramatic traditions of North India shaping Rahas or Raas as practiced by exponents like Nawab Wajid Ali Shah of Awadh. His dramatic experiments led to the famous Inder Sabha of Amanat and later this tradition took the shape of Parsi Theatre. Agha Hashr Kashmiri is the culmination of this tradition.
In some way or other, Urdu theatre tradition has greatly influenced modern Indian theatre. Among all the languages Urdu (which was called Hindi by early writers), along with Gujrati, Marathi and Bengali theatres have kept flourishing and demand for its writers and artists has not subsided by the drama aficionados. For Urdu drama, no place is better than Bombay Film industry otherwise known as Hindi film industry. All the early gems of Urdu Theatre (performed by Parsi Companies) were made into films. Urdu Dramatic tradition has been a spectator’s delight since 100 years and counting.
Drama as a theme is made up of several elements. It focuses on life and different aspects of it. The thing to be noticed here is that drama on stage imitates drama in life. It has been said that, there has always been a mutual relationship between theatre and real life. Great historical personalities like Shakespeare have influenced Modern Urdu tradition to a large extent when Indian, Iranian, Turkish stories and folk was adapted for stage with heavy doses of Urdu poetry. In modern times writers like Imtiaz Ali Taj, Rafi Peer, Krishan Chander, Manto, Upender Nath Ashk, Ghulam Rabbani, Prof. Mujeeb and many others shaped this tradition.
While Prof Hasan, Ghulam Jeelani, J.N,Kaushal, Shameem Hanfi, Jameel Shaidayi, etc. belong to the old generation, contemporary writers like Danish Iqbal, Sayeed Alam, Shahid Anwar, Iqbal Niyazi, and Anwar are a few postmodern playwrights actively contributing in the field of Urdu Drama.
Sayeed Alam is known for his wit and humour and more particularly for Plays like 'Ghalib in New Delhi' 'Big B'and many other gems which are regularly staged for massive turn out of theatre lovers. Maulana Azad is his magnum opus both for its content and style.
Danish Iqbal's play about 'Dara Shikoh' directed by M. S. Sathyu is considered a modern classic for the use of newer theatre techniques and contemporary perspective. His other plays are 'Sahir' on the famous lyricist and revolutionary poet. 'Kuchh Ishq kiya Kuchh Kaam' is another play written by Danish which is basically a Celebration of the Faiz's poetry, featuring events from the early part of his life, particularly the events and incidents of pre-partition days which shaped his life and ideals. 'Chand Roz Aur Meri Jaan' - another play inspired from Faiz's letters written from various jails during the Rawalpindi Conspiracy days. He has written 14 other plays including 'Dilli Jo Ek Shehr Thaa' and 'Main Gaya Waqt Nahin hoon'. Shahid's 'Three B' is also a significant play. He has been associated with many groups like 'Natwa' and others. Zaheer Anwar has kept the flag of Urdu theatre flying in Kolkata. Unlike the writers of previous generation Sayeed, Shahid, Danish Iqbal and Zaheer do not write bookish plays but their work is a product of vigorous performing tradition. Iqbal Niyazi of Mumbai has written several plays in Urdu, his play "AUR KITNE JALYANWALA BAUGH?" won a National award other awards. Hence this is the only generation after Amanat and Agha Hashr who actually write for stage and not for libraries.
China[link]
Main article: Chinese opera
Chinese theatre has a long and complex history. Today it is often called Chinese opera although this normally refers specifically to the popular form known as Beijing Opera and Kunqu; there have been many other forms of theatre in China.
Japan[link]
Japanese Nō drama is a serious dramatic form that combines drama, music, and dance into a complete aesthetic performance experience. It developed in the 14th and 15th centuries and has its own musical instruments and performance techniques, which were often handed down from father to son. The performers were generally male (for both male and female roles), although female amateurs also perform Nō dramas. Nō drama was supported by the government, and particularly the military, with many military commanders having their own troupes and sometimes performing themselves. It is still performed in Japan today.[43]
Kyōgen is the comic counterpart to Nō drama. It concentrates more on dialogue and less on music, although Nō instrumentalists sometimes appear also in Kyōgen. Kabuki drama, developed from the 17th century, is another comic form, which includes dance.
Forms of drama[link]
Opera[link]
Western opera is a dramatic art form, which arose during the Renaissance in an attempt to revive the classical Greek drama tradition in which both music and theatre were combined. Being strongly intertwined with western classical music, the opera has undergone enormous changes in the past four centuries and it is an important form of theatre until this day. Noteworthy is the huge influence of the German 19th century composer Richard Wagner on the opera tradition. In his view, there was no proper balance between music and theatre in the operas of his time, because the music seemed to be more important than the dramatic aspects in these works. To restore the connection with the traditional Greek drama, he entirely renewed the operatic format, and to emphasize the equal importance of music and drama in these new works, he called them "music dramas".
Chinese opera has seen a more conservative development over a somewhat longer period of time.
Pantomime[link]
Main article: Pantomime
These stories follow in the tradition of fables and folk tales. Usually there is a lesson learned, and with some help from the audience, the hero/heroine saves the day. This kind of play uses stock characters seen in masque and again commedia dell'arte, these characters include the villain (doctore), the clown/servant (Arlechino/Harlequin/buttons), the lovers etc. These plays usually have an emphasis on moral dilemmas, and good always triumphs over evil, this kind of play is also very entertaining making it a very effective way of reaching many people.
Creative drama[link]
Creative drama includes dramatic activities and games used primarily in educational settings with children. Its roots in the United States began in the early 1900s. Winifred Ward is considered to be the founder of creative drama in education, establishing the first academic use of drama in Evanston, Illinois[citation needed].
Legal status[link]
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The Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 does not define a dramatic work except to state that it includes a work of dance or mime. However, it is clear that dramatic work includes the scenario or script for films, plays (written for theatre, cinema, television or radio).[44] and choreographic works.[45]
See also[link]
- Applied Drama
- Augustan drama
- Christian drama
- Closet drama
- Costume drama
- Crime drama
- Domestic drama
- Dramatic structure
- Dramatic theory
- Flash drama
- Folk play
- Heroic drama
- History of theatre
- Legal drama
- Medical drama
- Melodrama
- Monodrama
- Mystery play
- One act play
- Play
- Political drama
- Radio drama
- Soap opera
- Theatre awards
- Two-hander
- Verse drama and dramatic verse
- Well-made play
- Yakshagana—An Indian musical drama
Notes[link]
- ^ Elam (1980, 98).
- ^ Pfister (1977, 11).
- ^ Fergusson (1949, 2–3).
- ^ Burt, Daniel S. The Drama 100: A Ranking of the Greatest Plays of All Time (2008) Facts on File ISBN 978-0-8160-6073-3
- ^ Francis Fergusson writes that "a drama, as distinguished from a lyric, is not primarily a composition in the verbal medium; the words result, as one might put it, from the underlying structure of incident and character. As Aristotle remarks, 'the poet, or "maker" should be the maker of plots rather than of verses; since he is a poet because he imiates, and what he imitates are actions'" (1949, 8).
- ^ See also Wikipedia's List of drama films.
- ^ Banham (1998, 894–900).
- ^ See the entries for "opera", "musical theatre, American", "melodrama" and "Nō" in Banham (1998).
- ^ While there is some dispute among theatre historians, it is probable that the plays by the Roman Seneca were not intended to be performed. Manfred by Byron is a good example of a "dramatic poem." See the entries on "Seneca" and "Byron (George George)" in Banham (1998).
- ^ Some forms of improvisation, notably the Commedia dell'arte, improvise on the basis of 'lazzi' or rough outlines of scenic action (see Gordon (1983) and Duchartre (1929)). All forms of improvisation take their cue from their immediate response to one another, their characters' situations (which are sometimes established in advance), and, often, their interaction with the audience. The classic formulations of improvisation in the theatre originated with Joan Littlewood and Keith Johnstone in the UK and Viola Spolin in the USA; see Johnstone (1981) and Spolin (1963).
- ^ Brown (1998, 441), Cartledge (1997, 3–5), Goldhill (1997, 54), and Ley (2007, 206). Taxidou notes that "most scholars now call 'Greek' tragedy 'Athenian' tragedy, which is historically correct" (2004, 104). Brown writes that ancient Greek drama "was essentially the creation of classical Athens: all the dramatists who were later regarded as classics were active at Athens in the 5th and 4th centuries BCE (the time of the Athenian democracy), and all the surviving plays date from this period" (1998, 441). "The dominant culture of Athens in the fifth century", Goldhill writes, "can be said to have invented theatre" (1997, 54).
- ^ Brockett and Hildy (2003, 13–15) and Banham (1998, 441–447).
- ^ Banham (1998, 441–444). For more information on these ancient Greek dramatists, see the articles categorised under "Ancient Greek dramatists and playwrights" in Wikipedia.
- ^ The theory that Prometheus Bound was not written by Aeschylus would bring this number to six dramatists whose work survives.
- ^ Banham (1998, 8) and Brockett and Hildy (2003, 15–16).
- ^ Brockett and Hildy (2003, 13, 15) and Banham (1998, 442).
- ^ Brockett and Hildy (2003, 18) and Banham (1998, 444–445).
- ^ Banham (1998, 444–445).
- ^ Brockett and Hildy (2003, 43).
- ^ Brockett and Hildy (2003, 36, 47).
- ^ Brockett and Hildy (2003, 43). For more information on the ancient Roman dramatists, see the articles categorised under "Ancient Roman dramatists and playwrights" in Wikipedia.
- ^ Brockett and Hildy (2003, 46–47).
- ^ a b c Brockett and Hildy (2003, 47).
- ^ Brockett and Hildy (2003, 47–48).
- ^ Brockett and Hildy (2003, 48–49).
- ^ a b c Brockett and Hildy (2003, 49).
- ^ a b Brockett and Hildy (2003, 48).
- ^ a b Brockett and Hildy (2003, 50).
- ^ Brockett and Hildy (2003, 49–50).
- ^ Williams (1993, 25–26) and Moi (2006, 17). Moi writes that "Ibsen is the most important playwright writing after Shakespeare. He is the founder of modern theater. His plays are world classics, staged on every continent, and studied in classrooms everywhere. In any given year, there are hundreds of Ibsen productions in the world." Ibsenites include George Bernard Shaw and Arthur Miller; Brechtians include Dario Fo, Joan Littlewood, W. H. Auden Peter Weiss, Heiner Müller, Peter Hacks, Tony Kushner, Caryl Churchill, John Arden, Howard Brenton, Edward Bond, and David Hare.
- ^ Moi (2006, 1, 23–26). Taxidou writes: "It is probably historically more accurate, although methodologically less satisfactory, to read the Naturalist movement in the theatre in conjunction with the more anti-illusionist aesthetics of the theatres of the same period. These interlock and overlap in all sorts of complicated ways, even when they are vehemently denouncing each other (perhaps particularly when) in the favoured mode of the time, the manifesto" (2007, 58).
- ^ Williams (1966) and Wright (1989).
- ^ a b Richmond, Swann, and Zarrilli (1993, 12).
- ^ Brandon (1997, 70) and Richmond (1998, 516).
- ^ Brandon (1997, 72) and Richmond (1998, 516).
- ^ Brandon (1997, 72), Richmond (1998, 516), and Richmond, Swann, and Zarrilli (1993, 12).
- ^ Richmond (1998, 516) and Richmond, Swann, and Zarrilli (1993, 13).
- ^ Brandon (1981, xvii) and Richmond (1998, 516–517).
- ^ a b Richmond (1998, 516).
- ^ a b c Richmond (1998, 517).
- ^ a b Brandon (1981, xvii).
- ^ a b Banham (1998, 1051).
- ^ Website reference[dead link]
- ^ Green v. Broadcasting Corporation of New Zealand [1989]
- ^ The fixation of such a work can be in writing "or otherwise" and may accordingly be, for instance, on film. Where a dramatic work is recorded on a film, the film must contain the whole of the dramatic work in an unmodified state: Norowzian v. Arks [2000] (dance recorded on film, which was then edited, could not be protected because the film had been drastically edited and was not therefore a recording of the dance).
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- Baumer, Rachel Van M., and James R. Brandon, eds. 1981. Sanskrit Theatre in Performance. Delhi: Motilal Banarsidass, 1993. ISBN 978-81-208-0772-3.
- Brandon, James R. 1981. Introduction. In Baumer and Brandon (1981, xvii–xx).
- ---, ed. 1997. The Cambridge Guide to Asian Theatre.' 2nd, rev. ed. Cambridge: Cambridge UP. ISBN 978-0-521-58822-5.
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- Brown, Andrew. 1998. "Ancient Greece." In The Cambridge Guide to Theatre. Ed. Martin Banham. Cambridge: Cambridge UP. 441–447. ISBN 0-521-43437-8.
- Carlson, Marvin. 1993. Theories of the Theatre: A Historical and Critical Survey from the Greeks to the Present. Expanded ed. Ithaca and London: Cornell University Press. ISBN 978-0-8014-8154-3.
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- Duchartre, Pierre Louis. 1929. The Italian Comedy. Unabridged republication. New York: Dover, 1966. ISBN 0-486-21679-9.
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Nasir Chinyoti (ناصر چنیوٹی) is a Pakistani actor.[1] He is a comedian, stage, and TV actor. He is from Chiniot.He started his acting at Multan Stage.[2] He has starred in many stage dramas/telefilms in various languages, including Urdu and Punjabi. He is most notable for comedy stage dramas based in Lahore. He is famous for using improvised dialogue during stage plays.
Nasir Chinyoti has acted with a number of other comedy actors including Babu Baral, Sohail Ahmad, Iftikhar Thakur, Anwar Ali, Tariq Teddy, and Sakhawat Naz.
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- ^ "اداکار ناصر چنیوٹی بھی پروڈیوسر بن گئے", Daily Jinnah, 2009-05-16, http://www.dailyjinnah.com/?p=19259, retrieved 2009-09-22
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- Not to be confused with Drama (rapper).
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 DJ Drama In April 2008. |
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| Birth name | Tyree Cinque Simmons |
| Also known as | Drama Boy, Gangsta Grillz, Mr. Thanksgiving, Barack O'Drama |
| Born | (1978-04-22) April 22, 1978 (age 34) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Genres | Hip hop, Southern rap, East Coast rap |
| Occupations | DJ, record producer |
| Years active | 2001–present |
| Labels | Grand Hustle Records, E1 Music, Aphilliates Music Group, TM3 |
| Associated acts | Akon, Willie the Kid, Lil Wayne, T.I., Young Jeezy, J. Cole, Big Sean, Meek Mill, Gucci Mane, Wiz Khalifa, Fabolous, Wale, Trey Songz, Ludacris, 50 Cent |
| Website | www.dramalikethedj.com |
Tyree Cinque Simmons (born April 22, 1978)[1] better known as DJ Drama is an American hip hop artist and the official DJ for Grand Hustle/Atlantic recording artist T.I. He is best known for producing mixtapes, including the successful "Gangsta Grillz" series and Dedication 2, which the New York Times called one of the "10 best recordings of 2006".[2]
DJ Drama, Don Cannon, and DJ Sense founded Aphilliates Music Group in 2003. The Aphilliates Music Group inked a label deal with Asylum Records in 2006, signing rapper Willie the Kid. As of January 2011, The Aphilliates now operates as its own entity, due to DJ Drama recently cutting ties with La the Darkman and Embassy Entertainment.[3]
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DJ Drama's debut album, Gangsta Grillz: The Album, was released in December 2007 on the Grand Hustle label. The album's first street single, "Takin Pictures", was released in 2007 and featured Young Jeezy, Tre'Von McCall,(Producer)Willie the Kid, Jim Jones, Rick Ross, Young Buck and T.I.,[4] while the first single, "5000 Ones", featuring Nelly, T.I., Yung Joc, Willie the Kid, Young Jeezy and Twista, debuted on BET.[5] The second single, "The Art of Storytellin' Part 4", was released in 2008 with the help of long time friend Tre'Von McCall (Who did most of his beats) and featured OutKast and Marsha Ambrosius. In 2009, DJ Drama released his second album entitled Gangsta Grillz: The Album (Vol. 2), the first single was "Day Dreaming", which featured Akon, Snoop Dogg and T.I. The second single was "Ridiculous", which featured Gucci Mane, Yo Gotti, Lonnie Mac and OJ da Juiceman. Both singles were released in 2009. DJ Drama releasd his third studio album, Third Power, on October 11th, 2011. The first single, "Oh My", featuring rappers Fabolous, Wiz Khalifa and Roscoe Dash was released on May 13th, the 2nd single, "Never See You Again", features female singer Talia Coles and rapper Wale.[6] The Gangsta Grillz album reunites DJ Drama and Don Cannon who had gone their separate ways for a few years after a lot of fighting and arguing as business partners.[7] Drama is married to video vixen Summer Walker.
Film career[link]
DJ Drama has appeared in T.I.'s ATL in 2006, and T-Pain's Freaknik: The Musical in 2010.
Discography[link]
Main article: DJ Drama discography
- 2007: Gangsta Grillz: The Album
- 2009: Gangsta Grillz: The Album (Vol. 2)
- 2011: Third Power
- 2012: Quality Street Music[8]
Awards[link]
- BET Hip Hop Awards
- DJ of the Year (Nominated)
- Ozone Awards
- 2008, Best Mixtape (Hood Generals) with BG (Won)
- Note: The award was a tie with Chamillionaire's Mixtape Messiah 3[9]
- 2008, Best Mixtape (Hood Generals) with BG (Won)
References[link]
- ^ David Jeffries Drama. Allmusic
- ^ Samantha M. Shapiro, "Hip-hop outlaw (industry version)", New York Times Magazine, February 18, 2007
- ^ "Andre 3000 keeps DJ Drama waiting", Mixtape Mondays, MTV, August 4, 2006
- ^ T.I., Jeezy, Jim Jones Blast Mixtape Raid On New DJ Drama Track. Rap Basement (2007-03-05). Retrieved on 2011-11-22.
- ^ Blog Archive » DJ Drama – 5000 Ones. illRoots (2007-11-17). Retrieved on 2011-11-22.
- ^ Reid, Shaheem. (2009-05-22) DJ Drama Already Working On Third Gangsta Grillz Album. ''MTV News.'' Accessed May 26, 2009. Mtv.com. Retrieved on 2011-11-22.
- ^ Rodriguez, Jayson. (2010-11-30) DJ Drama, Don Cannon Publicly End Beef For Mixtape. Mtv.com. Retrieved on 2011-11-22.
- ^ http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.18873/title.dj-drama-announces-new-album-quality-street-music DJ Drama announces Quality Street Music
- ^ Hale, Andreas. (2008-08-13) 2008 Ozone Awards Winners And Recap | Get The Latest Hip Hop News, Rap News & Hip Hop Album Sales. HipHop DX. Retrieved on 2011-11-22.
Notes[link]
- Interview with DJ Drama's sister after the January 16th raid, Mixtapeshow.net, January 27, 2007
- April 2007 Interview, Allhiphop.com, April 2007
- Jeff Leeds, "Cracking down on mixtape CDs", New York Times, January 22, 2007
- Samantha M. Shapiro, "Hip-hop outlaw (industry version)", New York Times Magazine, February 18, 2007
- "Exclusive: DJ Drama Q&A", Rhapsody.com, January 11, 2008
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| Wiz Khalifa | |
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 Wiz Khalifa in Brooklyn, New York in August 2009. |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Cameron Jibril Thomaz |
| Born | (1987-09-08) September 8, 1987 (age 24) Minot, North Dakota, United States |
| Genres | Hip hop |
| Occupations | Rapper, singer, songwriter, actor |
| Years active | 2005–present |
| Labels | Rostrum, Taylor Gang, Warner Bros., Atlantic |
| Associated acts | Snoop Dogg, Rick Ross, Curren$y, Big Sean, Chevy Woods, Mac Miller, Juicy J, Tinie Tempah, Yelawolf, Maroon 5, Big K.R.I.T. |
| Website | wizkhalifa.com |
Cameron Jibril Thomaz (born September 8, 1987), better known by the stage name Wiz Khalifa, is an American rapper. He released his debut album, Show and Prove, in 2006, and signed to Warner Bros. Records in 2007. His Eurodance-influenced single, "Say Yeah", received urban radio airplay, charting on the Rhythmic Top 40 and Hot Rap Tracks charts in 2008.[1] Khalifa parted with Warner Bros. and released his second album, Deal or No Deal, in November 2009. He released the mixtape Kush and Orange Juice as a free download in April 2010; he then signed with Atlantic Records.[2] He is also well known for his debut single for Atlantic, "Black and Yellow", which peaked at number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. His debut album for the label, Rolling Papers, was released on March 29, 2011.[3]
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Early life[link]
Khalifa was born on September 8, 1987 to a mother and a father serving in the military.[1][4] His parents divorced when Khalifa was about three years old. His parents' military service caused him to move regularly: Khalifa lived in Germany, the United Kingdom, and Japan before settling in Pittsburgh where he attended Taylor Allderdice High School.[1][4]
His stage name is derived from khalifa, an Arabic word meaning "successor", and wisdom, which was shortened to Wiz when Khalifa was a young boy .[5] Khalifa stated to spinner.com that the name also came from being called "young Wiz 'cause I was good at everything I did, and my granddad is Muslim, so he gave me that name; he felt like that's what I was doing with my music." He got his stage name tattooed on his 17th birthday.[6][7] He includes Jimi Hendrix, Camp Lo, The Notorious B.I.G. and Bone Thugs-n-Harmony among his influences.[8]
Career[link]
[edit] 2005–08: Early mixtapes and Show and Prove
Rostrum Records president Benjy Grinberg first heard about Wiz Khalifa in 2004 when the rapper's contribution to a mixtape of various new Pittsburgh artists attracted his interest.[9] When Grinberg finally met the 16-year-old artist, he immediately decided he wanted to work with him, later telling HitQuarters: "Even though he wasn’t all the way developed you could just tell that he was a diamond in the rough, and that with some polishing, guidance and backing he could become something special."[9] Khalifa signed to the label shortly after and began a seven year period of artist development.[9]
Khalifa released his first mixtape, Prince of the City: Welcome to Pistolvania, in 2005. The mixtape paved the way for his first full length album entitled Show and Prove in 2006. Khalifa was declared an "artist to watch" that year in Rolling Stone magazine.[10][11]
In 2007, Khalifa signed to Warner Bros. Records and released two mixtapes through Rostrum Records: Grow Season, hosted by DJ Green Lantern and released on July 4, 2007, and Prince of the City 2, released on November 20, 2007. His debut Warner Bros. single "Say Yeah" reached number 25 on the Billboard Rhythmic Top 40 music chart and number 20 on Billboard's Hot Rap Tracks. The song samples "Better Off Alone" by Alice Deejay. Khalifa's vocals from "Say Yeah" appear near the end of Pittsburgh mash up producer Girl Talk's 2008 album, Feed the Animals, over music from Underworld's "Born Slippy", Usher's "Love in This Club", and the Cure's "In Between Days".[12] Khalifa appeared with The Game, David Banner and Play-n-Skillz at U92's Summer Jam at the USANA Amphitheatre in West Valley City, Utah on August 2, 2008.[13] Khalifa released the mixtapes Star Power in September 2008, and Flight School in April 2009 on Rostrum Records.
Khalifa parted ways with Warner Bros. Records in July 2009 after numerous delays in releasing his planned debut album for the label, First Flight. Khalifa stated to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette that, "I learned a lot during my time there and matured as an artist during the process. I'm happy to be moving on with all of my material and having the chance to be in control of my next moves".[14] Khalifa appeared with Girl Talk, Modey Lemon, Donora, Grand Buffet, and Don Caballero at the Amphitheatre at Station Square in Pittsburgh on July 31, 2009, where he announced that his relationship with Warner Bros. was over.[15]
[edit] 2009–10: Deal or No Deal
Continuing his association with Rostrum Records, Khalifa released the single "Teach U to Fly", and the mixtape How Fly, a collaboration with New Orleans rapper Curren$y, on August 9, 2009.[14] Khalifa introduced a more melodic style on the mixtape, alternating between singing and rapping. He opened for Wu-Tang Clan member U-God at the 2009 CMJ Music Marathon in New York City.[16] Khalifa released the mixtape Burn After Rolling on November 2, 2009, where he raps over familiar beats from other artists, including the songs "If I Were A Boy" and "Diva" by Beyoncé, "Walking on a Dream" by Empire of the Sun, "Luchini AKA This Is It" by Camp Lo, and "Best I Ever Had" by Drake.[17] Khalifa released his second album, Deal or No Deal, on November 24, 2009.[18]
Khalifa performed at Emo's in Austin, Texas in March 2010 as part of the 2010 South by Southwest Music Festival.[19] He appeared on the cover of XXL magazine that same month, for the magazine's annual list of Top 10 Freshman, which included Donnis, J. Cole, Pill, Freddie Gibbs, and Fashawn. Wiz Khalifa was named 2010 "Rookie Of The Year" by "The Source", with alongside Rick Ross, "The Man Of The Year".[20] He toured with rapper Yelawolf on a 20-date tour, the Deal Or No Deal Tour.[21] Khalifa released the free mixtape Kush and Orange Juice for download on April 14, 2010. Due to Khalifa's devoted grassroots fan base, the mixtape became the No. 1 trending topic on Twitter with the hash tag #kushandorangejuice, and "Kush and Orange Juice download” ranked No. 1 on Google’s hot search trends.[22]
2010: Signing with Atlantic Records[link]
Citing music industry insiders, New York magazine wrote that Khalifa signed with Atlantic Records in April 2010, although the rapper did not confirm it.[23] He stated to AllHipHop in June 2010 that he was working on a new album, but was weighing his options and had not yet decided on a label to distribute it.[24] Khalifa confirmed to MTV on July 30 that he was signing an Atlantic Records deal.[25]
Khalifa was featured in a remix and video for the 2010 Rick Ross single "Super High", alongside Curren$y.[26] He guested on the mixtape Grey Goose, Head Phones, and Thirsty Women by St. Louis rapper M.C,[27] and was featured on the track "The Breeze (Cool)" on rapper Wale's August 2010 mixtape More About Nothing.[28] Khalifa was named MTV's Hottest Breakthrough MC of 2010, winning with nearly 70,000 votes, and beating out finalists Nicki Minaj, J. Cole, Travis Porter, and Diggy Simmons.[29]
Khalifa appeared at the Soundset 2010 festival in May 2010 in Minneapolis, Minnesota, alongside Method Man & Redman, Del the Funky Homosapien and Hieroglyphics, Atmosphere, Murs, Cage, and others.[30] He also performed at the 2010 Rock the Bells festival, along with hip hop veterans Wu-Tang Clan, Snoop Dogg, Lauryn Hill, A Tribe Called Quest, Rakim, KRS-One, Jedi Mind Tricks and Slick Rick.[31] Khalifa declined an invitation to tour with rapper Drake and launched his own "Waken Baken" tour, a 50-city national tour with rapper Yelawolf. The tour, scheduled to last from September to November 2010, has, as of October, sold out every venue.[8] On November 2010, during his "Waken Baken" tour at East Carolina University, Wiz Khalifa was arrested for possession and trafficking of marijuana. He was then released the next morning after a $300K bail, and resumed his tour. Khalifa performed in a cypher during the 2010 BET Hip-Hop Awards. He recited his verse from the song, "The Check Point", from his mixtape with Curren$y, How Fly.[32]
[edit] 2010–11: Mainstream success and Rolling Papers
Khalifa released "Black and Yellow", his first single for Rostrum/Atlantic, produced by Stargate, which has received radio airplay.[8][33] The single was peaked at number 1 on the Billboard Hot 100; the title of the song refers to the colours of the City of Pittsburgh.[34] Khalifa released his debut album with Atlantic Records in 2011.[35] He appeared with Curren$y on the track "Scaling the Building" on producer Ski Beatz' 2010 album, 24 Hour Karate School.[36] Khalifa's record label is Taylor Gang Records, named after his love of Chuck Taylor All-Stars[8], and Taylor Allderdice High School in Pittsburgh, PA, where he graduated from.
On March 29, 2011, Khalifa released his first studio album, Rolling Papers. The album debuted at number two on the US Billboard 200 chart, with first-week sales of 197,000 copies in the United States.[37] Shortly afterward on March 31, 2011 Wiz Khalifa performed at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia as part of the school's annual Dooley's Weekend.[38] On June 26, 2011, Khalifa was nominated and won Best New Artist at the BET Awards of 2011.[39] Khalifa collaborated with British rapper Tinie Tempah whom Tinie announced in an interview with Rolling Stone that his next single is to be called "Till I'm Gone" and would feature Wiz Khalifa and is to be produced by Stargate.[40][41] The single and the video song were released at the end of June 2011.[42]
Personal life[link]
Thomaz proposed to model Amber Rose on March 1, 2012 showing off the ring on Twitter.[43] He is personal friends with Snoop Dogg, Juicy J, Yelawolf, and fellow Pittsburgh rapper Mac Miller.[44]
In March 2012, Thomaz purchased a 2.8 private wooded acres with a 3,891-square-foot residence in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania, a small community southwest of Pittsburgh. The residence includes 5-bedroom, 4-bath eco-friendly, Brazilian Koa floors, stainless steel appliances, a separate guest house, and a lavish master suite with high ceilings.[45] He currently resides there with his fiancée Amber Rose.
Discography[link]
Main article: Wiz Khalifa discography
- Studio albums
- 2006: Show and Prove
- 2009: Deal or No Deal
- 2011: Rolling Papers
- 2012: O.N.I.F.C. [11][46][47]
- Collaborative albums
- 2011: Mac & Devin Go to High School (with Snoop Dogg)
- 2012: TBA (with Taylor Gang)
Awards and nominations[link]
| Year | Organization | Award | Nominated work | Result |
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| 2011 | MTV European Music Awards | Best New | Wiz Khalifa | Nominated |
| Best Push | Wiz Khalifa | Nominated | ||
| American Music Awards | Sprint's Best New Artist | Wiz Khalifa | Won | |
| Grammy Awards | Best Rap Song | "Black & Yellow" | Nominated | |
| Best Rap Performance | "Black & Yellow" | Nominated | ||
| 2012 | Billboard Music Awards | Best New Artist | Wiz Khalifa | Won |
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- ^ "Rising rap Wiz kid's got the right mix". Boston Herald('the edge' Boston Herald.Com). August 6, 2010. http://www.bostonherald.com/entertainment/music/general/view.bg?articleid=1272586&srvc=home&position=also. Retrieved August 8, 2010.
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- ^ a b Cordor, Cyril. "Wiz Khalifa". Allmusic. Retrieved on June 23, 2008.
- ^ "Exclusive interview: hip hop phenomenon Wiz Khalifa". Brotha Ash Productions. March 18, 2006. http://www.brothaashproductions.com/WizKhalifaInterview.htm. Retrieved November 18, 2010.
- ^ Wiz Khalifa: 'I got name tattoo at 17' by Jennifer Still. March 25, 2011
- ^ Thompson, Troy (March 12, 2010). "Wiz Khalifa Interview: SXSW 2010". spinner.com. Retrieved on March 23, 2010.
- ^ a b c d Eustice, Kyle (October 7, 2010). "Wiz Khalifa has a global outlook on life". Westword. Retrieved on October 8, 2010.
- ^ a b c "Interview With Benjy Grinberg". HitQuarters. 17 Oct 2011. http://www.hitquarters.com/index.php3?page=intrview/opar/intrview_BGrinberg.html. Retrieved 19 Oct 2011.
- ^ "Wiz Khalifa". November 28, 2006. Rolling Stone. Retrieved on August 2, 2007.
- ^ a b Kuperstein, Slava (2011-09-10). "Wiz Khalifa Working On Next Album | Get The Latest Hip Hop News, Rap News & Hip Hop Album Sales". HipHop DX. http://www.hiphopdx.com/index/news/id.16814/title.wiz-khalifa-working-on-next-album. Retrieved 2012-02-04.
- ^ Breihan, Tom (June 24, 2008). "Girl Talk's Pop-Music Car-Wreck". The Village Voice. Retrieved on June 25, 2008.
- ^ Burger, David (August 1, 2008). "U92's Summer Jam: Rap producers get a chance to shine ". The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved on August 2, 2008.
- ^ a b Mervis, Scott (July 18, 2009). "Wiz Khalifa, Warner Bros. part ways". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved on July 18, 2009.
- ^ Tady, Scott (August 1, 2009). "A new wave hits Pittsburgh music". Beaver County Times. Retrieved on August 2, 2009.
- ^ Falkowski, Jamie (October 15, 2009). "CMJ ’09: Wiz Khalifa". Time Out New York, Issue 733. Retrieved on October 19, 2009.
- ^ McCray, Mike (November 3, 2009). "Mixtape Review: Wiz Khalifa". Creative Loafing Charlotte. Retrieved on November 8, 2009.
- ^ Todd, Deborah M. (November 26, 2009). "Rapper Wiz Khalifa drops 'Deal or No Deal' after frustrating time with Warner Bros.". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved on November 27, 2009.
- ^ Freedman, Pete (March 25, 2010). "It's Good To Make Time For A Bro, Even After SXSW and NX35.". Dallas Observer. Retrieved on April 14, 2010.
- ^ Rick Ross Named The Source's Man Of The Year
- ^ Noz, Andrew (March 29, 2010). "Review: Wiz Khalifa & Yelawolf @ 9:30 Club". Washington City Paper. Retrieved on April 14, 2010.
- ^ Vozick-Levinson, Simon (April 14, 2010). "Wiz Khalifa's 'Kush and Orange Juice' mixtape blows up". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved on April 14, 2010.
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- ^ Ziegbe, Mawuse; Calloway, Sway (July 30, 2010). "Wiz Khalifa Was Working On Atlantic Deal 'For A Minute'" MTV. Retrieved on August 23, 2010.
- ^ Reid, Shaheem (July 9, 2010). "Wiz Khalifa Calls Rick Ross' 'Super High' Remix 'A Blessing'". MTV. Retrieved on September 5, 2010.
- ^ Johnson, Kevin. J. (June 24, 2010). "Rapper M.C. grabs attention on new mixtape". St. Louis Post-Dispatch. Retrieved on June 26, 2010.
- ^ McCray, Mike (August 17, 2010). "Mixtape Review: Wale’s More About Nothing". Creative Loafing Charlotte. Retrieved on August 20, 2010.
- ^ MTV News staff (July 25, 2010). "Wiz Khalifa Is MTV News' 'Hottest Breakthrough MC Of 2010'!". Retrieved on August 11, 2010.
- ^ Riemensheider, Chris (May 27, 2010). "A different atmosphere at Rhymesayers". Star Tribune. Retrieved on September 3, 2010.
- ^ Humphress, Corey (May 27, 2010). "Wu-Tang Clan, Rakim, More to Perform Full Albums at Rock the Bells 2010". Paste. Retrieved on June 2, 2010.
- ^ BET Hip Hop Awards 2010 Cypher No.1 (Wiz Khalifa, Bones, YeloWolf & Raekwon)
- ^ Mervis, Scott (September 2, 2010). "Local Scene: 09/02/10". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved on September 5, 2010.
- ^ Lipshutz, Jason (October 13, 2010). "Wiz Khalifa's "Black & Yellow" And Four Other Hot Football Fight Songs". Billboard. Retrieved on October 15, 2010.
- ^ Todd, Deborah M. (September 7, 2010). "Rising hip-hop stars call Pittsburgh home". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved on September 8, 2010.
- ^ Feldman, Nick (September 22, 2010). "Legendary Producer Ski Beatz Proves He Hasn't Missed a Beat with 24 Hour Karate School". Seattle Weekly. Retrieved on October 5, 2010.
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- ^ "Wiz Khalifa at Emory". http://www.emorywheel.com/detail.php?n=29330.
- ^ "Best New Artist". BET. http://www.bet.com/shows/bet-awards/2011/nominees/best-new-artist.html. Retrieved 2011-11-21.
- ^ Tinie Tempah is Optimistic About Breaking Through in the U.S by Matthew Perpetua on 18 April 2011. RollingStone.com.
- ^ Tinie Tempah announces new single on RollingStone.com on TinieTempah.com. Retrieved 18 April 2011.
- ^ First Look: Tinie Tempah feat Wiz Khalifa. playforlife.fm. Retrieved on July 1, 2011.
- ^ https://twitter.com/#!/RealWizKhalifa/status/175291615601102849/
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| Place of birth | Minot, North Dakota |
| Date of death | February 5, 2012 |
| Place of death | Los Angeles, California |
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| Roscoe Dash | |
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| Birth name | Jeffery Johnson, Jr. |
| Born | (1990-04-02) April 2, 1990 (age 22) Atlanta, Georgia |
| Origin | Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. |
| Genres | Hip hop, crunk, Rap rock |
| Occupations | Rapper, singer |
| Years active | 2009–present |
| Labels | MyndState, Zone 4, MusicLine, Interscope |
| Associated acts | Soulja Boy, T-Pain, Mishon, Wale, Big Sean |
| Website | www.roscoedashonline.com |
Jeffery Johnson Jr. (born April 2, 1990), better known by his stage name Roscoe Dash, is an American rapper from Atlanta, Georgia.
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Career[link]
Early career[link]
Johnson started composing rap lyrics at the age of 12, after his older brother Snooki introduced him into the world of hip-hop.[1] In high school, he and his brother Snooki put together a rap group that consisted of four young men who went by the name of “Black Out Boiz aka B.O.B.”, where his original stage name “ATL” came into play and also where his eccentric use of the "mohawk" hairstyle became as he thought popular. Though the group had been receiving positive notoriety, ATL (Johnson) would eventually leave “Black Out Boiz aka B.O.B.” and get started in his pursuit of solo projects.[2] He continued recording in his basement and making mixtapes to network himself, and this hard work led Johnson to come across his cousin, Torrey “YT” Hood, who happened to be a sponsor of a local rap group who called themselves Travis Porter.[3] He let them listen to a song he had recorded at the time called “All the Way Turnt Up”,[4] and the group automatically wanted to be a part of it. Since Travis Porter was already an established local group, he handed the song over to them and was featured on the track. It was featured on Travis Porter’s next mixtape,” I’m a Differenter 2”[5] The hit became very popular, but most people labeled the song as being Travis Porter’s. The song was accredited as “Travis Porter featuring YT and "ShadowFade.” He felt as if he wasn’t getting enough credit for the song that he had created. This caused conflicts between Johnson and Travis Porter. Johnson soon recognized that he had to create a new identity other than “Shadowfade” to restart his career, and be acknowledged for his own work.[6] He “Googled” names of comic book heroes, and came across the name “Roscoe Dash.” Johnson says, “I needed something more marketable. I felt Shadowfade would have given my secret identity away. Plus it put me in that box of an Atlanta rapper so I needed something that would catch the ears and eyes of whoever was listening or reading the name Roscoe Dash and make them want to do research on Roscoe Dash.”[7]
Major label success[link]
Roscoe Dash released a song All the Way Turnt Up! was originally recorded with Travis Porter, and released on their mixtape I'm a Differenter. Dash was only credited as a featured artist. According to Travis Porter, this was just a mistake.[8]
Later, he recorded the song again, featuring Soulja Boy Tell 'Em. The song turned into a club hit, and Roscoe Dash signed with Interscope. He then recorded the album Ready Set Go, but in his opinion, the album was released unfinished. So, it currently has no release date after a couple pushbacks[9]. He therefore refers to the following EP J.U.I.C.E. as his first album.[10]
In 2012 Dash was featured on the cover of XXL as part of their annual "Top 10 Freshmen list" along with fellow rappers French Montana, Machine Gun Kelly, Hopsin, Iggy Azalea and Danny Brown.[11]
Personal life[link]
When my daughter was born, my life suddenly had a purpose. It wasn’t just about me anymore. It was about spending time with my daughter, and making sure I could provide her with a great life.[3]
Roscoe Dash, on what motivated him to start rapping.[3]
Johnson is the oldest of his siblings. He has a brother, two half-sisters, and two stepbrothers. Johnson also has a daughter, she was born August 13, 2005, which he had at age 15.
Discography[link]
Main article: Roscoe Dash discography
- Studio Albums
- Ready Set Go! (TBA)
- Extended plays
- J.U.I.C.E. (2011)
References[link]
- ^ St. Fleur, Patrick. "Roscoe Dash: BOW, SET, GO!!". Music. July 9, 2010 [1].
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| Name | Roscoe Dash |
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| Short description | Rapper |
| Date of birth | April 2, 1990 |
| Place of birth | Little Rock Arkansas, U.S. |
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