Tagged: Lin-Manuel Miranda
“Your Obedient Servant” is based on a real-life beef, and it can be said one of the most renowned in American history, that between Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr. But due to the fact that...
This song (“Schuyler Defeated”) is from the musical Hamilton, which is based on historical facts surrounding the life of Alexander Hamilton. As such, the “Schuyler” referred to in the title is one Philip Schuyler, a prominent...
Sung by many Broadway stars such as Lin-Manuel Miranda and Jasmine Cephas Jones in the musical “Hamilton”, “Say No to This” portrays the unfolding of Alexander Hamilton when he’s caught in an extra-marital affair with...
The title of this track translates to “Colombia, My Charm”. As implied by it, this is what songwriter Lin-Manuel Miranda referred to as “a love letter to Colombia”. This song is from a Disney film...
The simplest way of understanding “Dos Oruguitas” in a modern context is by presuming it is about two lovers who are growing apart. The title actually translates to “two caterpillars”. And poetically speaking, said creatures are...
The song “We Don’t Talk About Bruno” actually comes to us via a Disney film. Anyone familiar with such movies would know that sometimes, such tracks are very specific to the plotline itself. Such is actually...
“Tomorrow There’ll Be More of Us” as you may already know, is derived from a Broadway play entitled Hamilton. Unlike others that we have covered thus far from the same project, this one was not featured...
Thematically this song was heavily inspired by the 1997 Notorious B.I.G. classic “Ten Crack Commandments”. On that track, Biggie Smalls puts forth 10 rules which, based on experience, he feels are prerequisites for being a...
“The Adams Administration” gives a vivid description of former US President John Adams and his administration as written from the perspective of Hamilton. The song begins by recalling how John Adams nicknamed Hamilton the...
This song, as well as the play it is featured on, is based on the life of Alexander Hamilton. Alexander Hamilton was an 18th century scholar and politician who was one of the Founding Fathers...