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Class 1 (08.25.03)
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- + Intro to Hip-hop Studies
- + Student Intro's -- favorite artist/album
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Class 2 (09.08.03)
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- + Tupac Shakur -- thoughts on his llegacy
- + Hip-hop as Culture
- MOVIE: Style Wars, Tupac Shakur Tupac
VS
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Assignment
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- + George: Intro, Chapters 2-4
- + Rose Ch 1
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Class 3 (09.15.03)
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- + Defining Hip-hop
- + Borrowed Ideologies: Hip-hop's Early Influences
- + Cultural Roots of Hip-hop
- + Rap lyrics: Fact or fiction?
- + Examining the Urban Scene
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- + George: Chapters 1
- + Foreman Ch 2
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Class 4 (09.22.03)
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- + Identifying the Disenfranchised in the Bronx.
- + Not so Dead Presidents. The governemnt versus
Hip-hop -- Help or Hindrance?
- + Hip-hop Elements I: Graffiti
- + Introduce Assignment II
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+ Rose 21-42
+ Foreman 1-18
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Class 5 (09.29.03)
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Handouts will be provided.
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Class 6 (10.06.03)
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Foreman 18-34
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Class 7 (10.14.03)
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Class 8 (10.20.03)
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- + Hip-hop Elements II: B-boying
- + Unveiling the Face of Hip-hop
- + Creative Expression in Hip-hop . .
. more than just a fad
- + Movie: The Freshest Kids
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Introduction oGroup
Project
[dissertations]
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- Foreman 18-34
- + Rose
Chapter 3 (62-89)
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+ George 5-6 + Foreman
Ch 3
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Class 9 (10.27.03)
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- + Racial Diversity in Hip-hop
- + Introduce Group Project
- + Movie:
Beef
- + The
Second Coming: Mixtape DJs Resurface
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Assignment
II
[dissertations]
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+ Rose Chapter 4
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Class 10 (11.03.03)
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- + The Big 3 in HH: Herc, Bam, and Flash
- + Hip-hop Elements III: Dee-jaying
- + Hip-hop as Business
- + Movie: Scratch
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Top Paper's Assign 2:
Ezzat
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Class 11 (11.10.03)
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- + Hip-hop Elements IV: Emceeing
- + Hip-hop and the Media: A View from the Outside
- + Black Music in America . . . Slave Hymns
to Trip-hop
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Rose 5 |
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Class 12 (11.17.03)
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- + Rap Music -- the early years (1976-82)
- + Examining the Role Women Played in Hip-hop
- + The Early Image of Emcees (1980-86)
- + Rap Music -- The Golden Years (1983-1988)
- + Movie: Wildstyle
- + The Business of Hip-hop
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Interim Project Report
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Foreman Chapter 5
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Class 13 (11.24.03)
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- + Hip-hop enters the Main Stream
- + Music Videos and Hip-hop [view various videos]
- +Emcee's (1988-1992)
- + Political Directions in Hip-hop
- + Affecting the Urban Youth -- Hip-hop's tough
road 1985-1995
- + Movie: Hoop Dreams
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Class 14 (12.01.03)
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- + Jay-Z -- Hip-hop Brings the Hood to the
Suburbs (Jay-Z on 60 Minutes/Jay-Z with Bob Costas)
- + The New Economy of Hip-hop
- + Real Music?
- + "The Message" -- Rap looks inward
- + Revolution Music in South Africa: Movie:
Amandla
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Group Projects Due
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Class 15 (12.08.03)
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- + Studying the Emcee (break down the styles
of 10 emcees and 5 producers)
- + Hip-hop 1996-Present
- + Group Project Highlights
- + Course Wrap-up
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CD -- to be handed out
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