Y DAILY KANSAN
MONDAY, JULY 23, 2012
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KEY YOU STUDY
you need some motivation.
If you're able to listen to music with words and stay on task, then any album of Jay-Z's is definitely worth popping in. Particularly anything off the Hits Collection I. Because if 99 Problems doesn't get you pumped when creating that PowerPoint, I don't know what will.
Jay-Z
Senior Zack McQuiston from Shawnee said he listens to any off the Wilco discography. Wilco formed in 1994 and has since released nine albums, the most recent, "The Whole Love," was released in September of 2011.
Wilco
Mozart
Though the "Mozart Effect," the idea that classical music makes you smarter, has its many skeptics, there's no denying that having some kind of noise helps certain people focus. A University of Illinois study released in May found that having background sound can get your juices flowing. So why not have some Mozart on in the background? It may not be making you smarter, per se, but it's keeping your mind busy, at least creatively. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born in 1756 and became one of the most influential composers of the Classical Era. He composed more than 600 pieces of music before he died in 1791.