Prep

• Tricia Rose, ‘Never Trust a Big Butt and a Smile’, in Forman and Neal (2004). keywords: feminism; intersectionality; signifying

• Audio: ‘Saweetie, City Girls, and the Female Rapper Renaissance’ (29 November 2020)

Zoom Session

1. Prelude: I Am the Queen
2. Q&A: Big Butts, Smiles
3. Q&A: Queen Watch
4. Story Map Proposals: Some Comments
   1. Example of Qualitative Data Analysis: A Close Reading of CHIKA’s ‘Songs About You’ (29:09-37:03)
5. Coda: Two Ways of Looking at a Sample
   1. Jon Caramanica and Clover Hope (45:46-47:25)
   2. Charlie Harding and Bridget Hampton (14:22-17:06 [on Flo Millie’s ‘Weak’], 17:07-18:36 [on Saweetie’s ‘Tap In’], 18:37-20:24 [on Roxanne Chanté’s ‘Roxanne’s Revenge’])

For Next Time

• Nelson George, ‘Sample This’, in Forman and Neal (2004)
• Video: ‘How J Dilla Humanized His MPC3000’, Vox Earworm (6 December 2017)