Week 7 DISCUSSION

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After reflecting on the readings, listening and viewings from Week 7, discuss the following points:

  • What stood out to you from this week's materials?
  • What made 'gangsta’ rap so popular within mainstream culture?
  • How did this week's examples of 'gangsta' rap connect to the Rodney King video, trial and response to the verdict?

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Reading: West Coast Gangsta Rap.pdf Annotated excerpts from the book 6 'N the Morning by Dr. Abe The 10th anniversary of Tupac Shakur's death: http://seattletimes.com/html/opinion/2003277054_tupac27.htmlLinks to an external site. Anti Gangsta Rap.pdf Media: Dr. Abe discusses his book 6 'N the Morning with Larry Mizell, Jr. on KEXP's "Street Sounds": https://soundcloud.com/lar206/dr-daudi-abe-interview-6-n-theLinks to an external site. And You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip-Hop - Gangsta Gangsta" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_OGZDhsquA&index=12&list=PL352B6CDEF7 D48B1C (Links to an external site.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVj7kA_uloI&list=PL352B6CDEF7D48B1C&in dex=13 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5I0fSnnlE0&index=14&list=PL352B6CDEF7D48B1C https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qVFXMcaw9js&list=PL352B6CDEF7D48B1C&i ndex=15 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzsaR5LtOE&list=PL352B6CDEF7D48B1C&index=16 20 Years after Rodney King: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWhYmb1sANM (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. Examples of West Coast 'gangsta' rap leading up and responding to the Rodney King video, trial, verdict and uprisings: "6 'N the Morning" by Ice-T (1986)Links to an external site. "6 'N The Morning" LYRICS http://genius.com/Ice-t-6-n-the-mornin-lyrics (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. "Squeeze the Trigger" by Ice-T (1987)Links to an external site. "Squeeze the Trigger" LYRICS http://genius.com/Ice-t-squeeze-the-trigger-lyrics (Links to an external site.) "Straight Outta Compton" by N.W.A (1988) (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. "Straight Outta Compton" LYRICS http://genius.com/Nwa-straight-outta-comptonlyrics (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. "Fuck tha Police" by N.W.A. (1988)Links to an external site. "Fuck Tha Police" LYRICS http://genius.com/Nwa-fuck-tha-police-lyrics (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. "We Had to Tear This _______ Up" by Ice Cube (1992)Links to an external site. "We Had to Tear This ______ Up" LYRICS http://genius.com/Ice-cube-we-had-totear-this-muthafucka-up-lyrics (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. "The Day the Niggaz Took Over" by Dr. Dre (1992) Dr. Dre. _ the day tha niggaz.mp3 "The Day the Niggaz Took Over" LYRICS http://genius.com/Dr-dre-the-day-the-niggaz- took-over-lyrics (Links to an external site.)
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The most outstanding content of this week’s materials is the nature of racial tensions in
the United States that influenced the development of gangsta rap music. They illustrated and
emphasized the fundamental issues that influenced the genre to become the medium for the
expression of the pains and sufferings that ethnic minorities had contend with in their respective
communities. Specifically, the media presentation on the Rodney King beating, trial, verdict, and
subsequent riots ...


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