Prep

• 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 (roughly: ‘scattershot’) style. This is more of a reading to puzzle over, pick through, and maybe find some nuggets of insight — this could be said 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.

Zoom Session

1. Midterms: Slight Return
2. Q&A: Notes on Trap
3. A Note on Final Projects: Beyond Rap Music

For Next Time

• Andrew Nosnitsky, ‘Gray Matters’, Pitchfork (4 March 2013). On the legacy of Houston’s DJ Screw– possibly the most influential hip-hop DJ of this century– and how his impact goes way beyond simply slowing things down.