Description
- Listen to/watch the following examples when directed during the Hip Hop Aesthetics lecture:
- DJ Kool Herc demonstrates the merry-go-round (1:35)
- Drum machine beat making demonstration (watch to 3:00)
- Clip from Wildstyle (2:04)
- "The Revolution Will Not Be Televised" - Gil Scott-Heron (3:06)
- Homework Q1
Listen:
- "The Message" - Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five (7:12)
- [optional] "The Message"
- Homework Q2
- "Rapper's Delight" - Sugarhill Gang (3:56)
- Homework Q3 and Q4
Listen to/watch the following examples when directed during the “Rosa Parks” case lecture:
- "Rosa Parks" video
- Homework Q5
- "Rosa Parks" - OutKast (5:24)
- Homework Q6 and Q7
- Rosa Parks interview on Larry King Live (2:51)
- Homework Q8-16
Listen or watch each video and follow in the question. You can write down under the question.These video or music you can found in online.
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Homework 12
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Homework 12
Complete the homework questions as you work through the material for the week
(applicable questions are indicated on the module page). The sentence number guidelines
are to help you gauge how much to write; they are a minimum but you can write more if
needed.
1. Based on this week’s materials, what role(s) does technology play in hip hop? Does
this seem similar or different to past black music genres? Why or why not? (3-4
sentences)
Hip hop was birthed because technology allowed artists to develop a wide variety of
soundscapes. Developing analog sounds was different from how digital equipment does it now.
Making analogue sound was a science of sound that differentiated hip hop from other black
music genres because it determined who was seen as a good producer capable of making good
music. To this day, technology helps produce a soundscape.
2. How does “The Message” speak to the impact of deindustrialization in the Bronx?
How does the song describe the physical environment? What kinds of people appear
in the song? Who are the characters? What is the tone of the lyrics? Does the
speaker seem optimistic or pessimistic? How can you tell? (5-7 sentences)
The message highlights the negative impacts inflation, unemployment, poverty, drug and
substance abuse, and other impacts of deindustrialization have on the people of Bronx. It leaves
them impoverished and hopeless; Bronx becomes insecure, polluted and unkempt. There is fear
and hopelessness. The song features young children who want to give up their education and
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start earning. It features a newborn whose fate is doomed. It also features thieves, dishonest
people with bad reputations, such as gamblers and street creeps. It paints Bronx as home to the
poor with a few people who use dishonest means to make wealth. It also features normal
residents struggling to make ends meet. The lyric’s tone speaks of the desperation of these
residents. The speaker is pessimistic and hints that there is a need for political, social, and
economic changes in places such as Bronx. Otherwise, these people will continue to suffer as
they do not have a fair chance at life.
3. Now think about “Rapper’s Delight” in relation to “The Message.” What is the
subject matter, and how is it distinct from the previous song? What economic
circumstances are represented? What is the speaker’s tone? Given its commerci...