American Standard ~February 17,2010

I am writing on the Jay-Z song “On to the Next one”. This song really made me start to think about what kind of message this would send to other people who do not live in America, about the life style American s portray on a day to day basis. In this song, Jay-Z keeps telling his audience that he is on to bigger and better things each time something else comes along that is better than what he has. “Now double your money and make a stack”, in this line, he is not satisfied with the amount that he has. He has to go and double it to even think about making him happy with what he has. Then when he says “Niggas want my old shit, buy my old album, Niggas stuck on stupid, I gotta keep it movin’”. In saying that, he suggests that people are stuck on the old and that he wants them to experience the new and that if you do not then you are stupid. Then in the next line he says that other people make the same kind of stuff but he makes the blueprint of what every one else is making. The blueprint suggests that he is the original in music and no one could be newer than him. In a following line he states “ Came in the Range, hopped out that Lexus”, this makes the listener understand that he traded in his Range rover for something bigger and better and that is his Lexus. After that, he dises the Jonas Brothers saying that they are not grown up. Also makes fun of them because they are publicly virgins’ still, I think that is something to brag about personally. In his video, he has the latest and prettiest girl dancing behind him and the most up to date watch on his wrist. Also he brags about the people he knows and how he can get in touch with them any time he wants to.

That's all for now!

~Ali