The Ultimate TV Show

The show Ultimate fighter comes to mind when I think about reality shows. Maybe because it is more real life than all the rest. To survive on this show you must actually win in a cage fight.  If that is reality I don’t know what is. Now true shows like survivor and the apprentice are entertaining but I get this feeling like they are rigged some way.  Now on the other hand you have the UFC fairly new as a recognized sport and growing fans by the thousands daily  who come out with a show  where guys who want a shot in the professional MMA world come and just beat on each other until just one man is left is just great as a viewer to watch. For me it is like watch a college sport verse a pro sport. The pro guys already have the big contract and fame where as the college kids are killing themselves day in and day out to achieve the dream of being a pro. So the appeal for this show is that , guys killing there body day in and day out training so that they might get that contract at the end of the show. It also shows a little bit of history about the contestants and they tell why they chose to come on the show and what it means for them to be there. A lot of the guys left there jobs and families in hope of making it so that they can better there families situation. People as a viewing community eat this type of stuff up and get emotionally attached and tune in every week just  to see what happens next. The show has now been around for six years and continues to grow just like the sport does. So maybe it seemed in the beginning like it might be a season or two long show but as long as the fights keep getting scheduled then I believe the show will continue. People compare the sport  to a modern day Roman Gladiator event. And I would agree. These guys are warriors. They fight with broken bones , dislocated joints and knowingly fight with a chance of death. The public knowing this comes together like a pack of wolves stalking a injured animal. The crowed always wants more. Now the show has gone International and has brought fans from all over the world. So as the sport ages and grows it seems that it controls it’s own destiny with  regards to the TV show.  There is no lack of support form fans or sponsors who‘s list includes very high profile companies like Budweiser, Coors, Miller, Pepsi, Coke, Red Bull and Monster. There are also smaller companies that sponsor fighters and get adds right on the fighters shorts. So the sport is well rounded in including small and large sponsorships. So all in all the sport will be around for as long as there  is a want to see people bash each others brains in.

Reality Based Lyrics

 Eminem has gained a lot of popularity and fame over the past ten years. He has crossed the poverty line to his current status of super stardom. Eminem has done so because he speaks about real life events. His lyrical value is more than words just on paper. Eminem has done what no other artist of this current generation has done by crossing all gender and race lines. His fans are not just White because he is but his fallowing has just as many Blacks and Hispanics. His words allow you to place yourself in his shoes and feel in your soul what he is talking about. The reality based lyrics he uses only strengthens his crowd. His songs talk about situations we all can relate with. He is not your typical phony thug that talks about how much drugs he moves or about how many people he has killed when we all know it’s just a lie. But he talks about being white and growing up in the projects and how because he overcame the obstacles of being a white rapper. He talks about the love for his daughter and how he had no father growing up and was always moving because his mother couldn’t afford to pay for rent. These are real life situations that people are living everyday and kids can understand what he has gone through because they have had the same experiences. In these troubled times kids don’t have much to lean on but music offers a way to escape the current situation and while connecting to Eminem kids are able to feel in a sense like they are not going through it alone.  One song mentioned in our text talks about the song “ cleaning out my closet”. This song to me at least touches home because I grew up in a single family home on that it was my father that was around and my mother was gone. Everyone has skeletons in there closet and it might be how they grew up like in the instance of Eminem. The ability to relate to his audience using his real life lyrics is what makes the biggest difference between Eminem and an artist like Ludacris. Not to knock on the music that Ludacris puts out but its more aimed toward the club scene and not to relating with fans. I believe that is why Eminem has such a huge fallowing, because when the club ends kids put on a Eminem CD and start cruising to that music not the music aimed at making people dance. The real situations, emotions and feelings is what drives the rage in Eminem and it is also what reminds us listeners of how we felt and or what we did in those situations. He is one of the few rappers I actually listen to because I do and can relate with the songs he writes and sings. I don’t listen to it because I think I am a thug or want to be something I’m not but listen to it because I remember times I had in my life that were real similar to what he’s is singing.