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For Monday, 1 April

Prep

In Class

  1. Attendance/SMALL GROUP HUDDLES
  2. Q&A: If hip-hop is protest music, then what’s with all the gaybashing?
  3. Reading Notes for Next Time

For Next Time

For Wednesday, 27 March

Prep

In Class

  1. Attendance
  2. Q&A: If hip-hop is protest music, why did so many conscious rappers support the patriarchy?
  3. Small Group Huddles
  4. Reading Notes for Next Time

For Next Time

For Monday, 25 March

Prep

In Class

  1. Attendance
  2. Q&A: What do we mean when we talk about ‘authenticity’ in hip-hop?
  3. Reading Notes for Next Time

For Next Time

For Wednesday, 20 March

Prep

In Class

  1. Attendance
  2. Q&A: How can we come up with a thesis, and what is the mark of a good one? 
  3. Small Group Huddles
  4. Reading Notes for Next Time

For Next Time

For Monday, 18 March

Prep

In Class

  1. Attendance
  2. Overview: Story Maps Annotated Bibliography (DUE 3/25)
  3. Q&A: What can the study of poetics teach us about rap lyricism?
  4. Reading Notes for Next Time

For Next Time

For Wednesday, 13 March

Prep

In Class

  1. Attendance
  2. Q&A: Story Maps Proposal Outlines
  3. Small Group Huddles
  4. Overview: Annotated Bibliography
  5. Q&A: What can the study of linguistics teach us about the language of hip-hop?
  6. Reading Notes for Next Time

For Next Time

For Monday, 11 March

Prep

In Class

  1. Attendance
  2. Overview: Story Maps Proposal Outline
  3. Q&A: What defines a hip-hop classic?
  4. Reading Notes for Next Time

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For Wednesday, 6 March

Prep

In Class

  1. Attendance
  2. Review: Story Maps
  3. Q&A: Did the ‘founding fathers’ really create something out of nothing?
  4. Reading Notes for Next Time

For Next Time

For Monday, 4 March

Prep

  • Nelson George, ‘Hip-Hop’s Founding Fathers Speak the Truth’, in Forman and Neal (2012); also available in Forman and Neal (2004)
  • Video: Founding Fathers: The Untold Story of Hip-Hop (Ron Lawrence and Hassan Pore, 2009). Watch this before class; we’ll review a few scenes during class as they become relevant to our discussion

In Class

  1. Attendance
  2. Q&A: Did hip-hop really begin in the Bronx?
  3. Review: Story Maps Group Project
  4. Reading Notes for Next Time

For Next Time

For Wednesday, 28 February

Prep

  • Video: Wild Style (Charlie Ahearn, 1982). We’ll watch this movie in class, but I encourage you to look at it a few times. You can view this movie for free using the hyperlink in the title.
  • Alex Gale, The Oral History of “Wild Style”Complex (2013). Note: I advise watching the movie to the end before reading this.

In Class

  1. Attendance
  2. Q&A: Did street art survive its move to the galleries?
  3. Reading Notes for Next Time

For Next Time

  • Nelson George, ‘Hip-Hop’s Founding Fathers Speak the Truth’, in Forman and Neal (2012); also available in Forman and Neal (2004)
  • Video: Founding Fathers: The Untold Story of Hip-Hop (Ron Lawrence and Hassan Pore, 2009). Watch this before class; we’ll review a few scenes during class as they become relevant to our discussion