Prep
We talked some more about the difference between break-oriented DJing vs. song-oriented DJing, but we didn’t really dig very deeply into Wednesday’s reading. So let’s review that material and talk about Chang’s book a few classes later.
- Bill Brewster and Frank Broughton, ‘Hip-Hop: Planet Rock’, in Last Night a DJ Saved My Life: The History of the Disc Jockey (Grove Press, 2006)
- Audio: Afrika Bambaataa & the Soul Sonic Force, ‘Planet Rock’ (1982)
- Video: DJ Jazzy Jay | Crate Diggers | Fuse (10 October 2012). Jazzy Jay was one of Zulu Nation’s main DJs, was the co-founder of Def Jam Records, and is one of hip-hop’s great storytellers. keywords: sacred crates.
In Class
- Attendance/Introductions
- Q&A: Is hip-hop music inherently political?
- Reading Notes for Next Time
- Jorge ‘Popmaster Fabel’ Pabon, ‘Physical Graffiti: The History of Hip-Hop Dance’, in Forman and Neal (2012)
- Audio: TBA
