Prep

• Read Jesse McCarthy, ‘Notes on Trap’, n+1 (Fall 2018). This is quite a heady and ‘literary’ take on the genre, written in a somewhat ‘paratactic’ style. This is more of a reading to puzzle over, pick through, and maybe find some nuggets of insight — I know I’ve said that about a number of our recent texts, but it’s really true of this one. I think this is a good one to look at right now because you can read it in little bits and pieces, and maybe it’ll spark an idea for your final project. Here’s the link to my annotations on Hypothesis.

Asynchronous Work

1. TBA

For Next Time

• Charles Holmes, ‘“He Shook the World”: George Floyd’s Legendary Houston Legacy’, Rolling Stone (2 June 2020). This is behind a paywall, but you should be able to access this from the campus library’s website. Please let me know if you encounter any problems!
• Audio: ‘Big Floyd and the Rise of Houston Chopped N Screwed Music’, Switched on Pop (9 June 2020)
• Audio: NTS Radio DJ Screw Special (2015)