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Fergie 's The Dutchess : A Representation of American Popular Culture

American popular culture comprises the emerging interests , ideas beliefs , language , and other cultural elements in the American society as a result of interactions , economic and political structures the way they are perceived and accepted by the common ' majority . Most often manifested in music , the so-called POP music is listened to and patronized by the popular ' mass more than as a way of involvement in the existing fad ' as it also serves as an outlet of their approval of the message and story

carried by the lyrics and the beat . Thus , in a psychological sense , it seems comforting on the part of the listener to have known that others experience his /her own as the same theme runs in the song . People find relief in situations where one is not alone in the face of problems . When one conceives of it as common , the burden is lessened and new hope arises . This makes sense for popular music as such is burdened with common ' issues of the common ' public . It is interesting to come up with a of what ideas , beliefs language , and others are regarded as common ' now in the American society by using a specific music album as an analytical apparatus . In this , Fergie 's album entitled The Duchess will be dissected in terms of its lyrical , rhythmic and socio-political content as to determine in the same way which types of people now is consisted in the popular ' mass and what kinds of problems and interests do they deal with . The artists ' success in determining these is weighed before its success in the chart however an emphasis must be made where the artist and the album has also been successful in establishing a connection between the public and the message of the songs . In relation to this one can deduce that the artist takes into consideration the current trends and emotional craze of the time in to make a popular piece , and indeed popular in every sense of the word while popularity breeds economic and social advantage . The popularity however bears with it power ' which perhaps both intentionally and not is executed through the embedded capacity of the music to shape new interests and behavior and impact on their lives eventually . While this impact and power ' materialization may not be proven in a scientific manner , an exploration may well open up possibilities in the future . Hence contrary to the belief of the futile relevance of POP in our society POP music does not merely exist as a circulation for entertainment 's sake . Drawing back from the common ' experience notion it represents realities and perhaps even provide solution to people 's dilemmas

The Duchess ' is the solo debut album of Fergie , who is a member of The Black Eyed Peas , a now popular American pop /R B singer . The album was first released in the U .S . on September 19 , 2006 and has sold more than six million...