Date

January 27

• Course Overview

February 3

• From wence Hip-hop came . . . cultural beginnings

[HANDOUT]

- Rose Chapters 1 and 2 til page 41

- Perkins Chapter 8

- Hip-hop News

February 10

• Hip-hop Defined . . . and the early Years

Best Papers Assignment 1:

Assignment 1:

Jaci Sawyer

Dena Sweat

- Perkins Chapter 1 (1-13)

- Rose Chapter 3 (review second part of chpater 2 from 41 to end)

- Tupac piece written about murals

- Handouts

February 24

• Hip-hop Elements I: Grafitti

Movie: "Wild Style"

- Rose Chapter 3 (62-74)

- George Chapters 4 and 5

March 3

• 1975-1985 . . . Hip-hop foundations

Various Videos

March 10

SPRING BREAK

SPRING BREAK

March 17

• Hip-hop Elements I: Graffiti (Con'd)

Movie: Through The Years of Hip-hop Vol.1

- Rose Chapter 3 (74-end)

- Handouts

- Perkins Chapter 1 (13 - 24) and Chapter 9

- George Chapter 10

- Handouts

Assignment 2

March 24

• Hip-hop Elements II: Breakdancing

Movie: "The Freshest Kids"

Best Papers Assignment 2:

Assignment 2

March 31

• Founders and Pioneers
• Breakdancing concluded

April 7

• Hip-hop Elements III: Dee-jaying

Movie: Scratch

Handouts

- Goerge Chapter 9

- Paper 3

April 14

• Rap and the Law: Sampling, censorship, crime, biting. . .
• Hip-hop Elements III: Dee-jaying

Movie: Scratch

- George Chapter 13

- Perkins 1 (24 - 31) and Perkins 7

Handouts

April 21

• Hip-hop Elements IV: Emceeing

Movie: The Show

Disk 1

- Paper 3

Track Listing CD 1

- Perkins 1 (31 - 38)

April 28

• GMU Panel discussion: Feminism in Hip-hop

- Rose Chapter 5

May 5

• Hip-hop's agenda . . . U.N.I.T.Y. . . . 1986 - 1991
• The Real Hip-hop is Over Here 1992-1996
• Defining the culture, understanding the music.

Track Listing CD 2

- Tupac Paper

- Perkins Epilogue

May 12

• The Future of Hip-hop . . . What Happened after 1995?

• Course Wrap Up

Various Videos