Beats, Rhyme, and Culture -- Schedule


Class 1 (06/08/04)	+ Introduction	None	SYLLABUS
Class 2 (06/10/04)	+ Defining Hip-hop + Is Hip-hop a Culture? + Movie: Wildstyle	None	Minstrelsy in Hip-hop by Jennifer Manigross + Chapter 1 -- Yes, Yes Y'all
Class 3 (06/15/04)	+ Hip-hop: The Beginnings	+ Familiarize yourself with WebCt + ONLINE ASSIGNMENT	Art and Culture- Graffiti as an Original Element of Hip-hop by Emily S. Hanson *+ Vibe History of Hip-hop* pp 3-20**
Class 4 (06/17/04)	+ Grafitti: The First Element	Assignment 1 [Due 6.20.04]	*A Full History of Graffiti* by Justin Luongo + Vibe History of Hip-hop pp 35-42
Class 5 (06/22/04)	+ The Political Machine vs. Hip-hop + Movie: Through The Years of Hip-hop Vol.1	+ Practice Quiz	+ The Socioeconomic Woes That Created Hip Hop by Crystal Carte + The Life and Times of H. Hop: Volume 1 (case study project) + Yes, Yes Y'all -- (B-boys)pp 112-131
Class 6 (06/24/04)	Movie: TV's Illest Minority Moments	CD Track Listing #1	+ Yes, Yes, Yall: Chapter 2 + Vibe History of Hip-hop pp 53-60 Lauryn Hill Article from Rolling Stone
Class 7 (06/29/04)	+ B-boying: Unveiling the Face of Hip-hop + Creative Expression in Hip-hop . . . more than just a fad Movie: The Freshest Kids	Quiz 1 (on WebCT)	+ Race, Class and Gender Issues in Hip-Hop by Jamie Dyke + NYT Article on Kanye West's Religious Video
Class 8 (07/01/04)	+ The Big Three: Bam, Flash, and Herc + The Business of Hip-hop	+ Assignment 2 DUE July 5th	+ Yes, Yes Y'all -- pp 69-111 + Yes, Yes Y'all -- pp 135-176 + Vibe History of Hip-hop pp 111-120 + LA Times Article on Crime and Race
Class 9 (07/06/04)	+ Drop the Needle: Inside Deejaying + Hip-hop enters the Main Stream 5-1 + Movie: Scratch 9	+ Quiz 2 gnment III	+ Globalization of Hip-hop by Terry Williams + Red and Meth Show as Minstrelsy? Hip-hop in Education : Pro vs Con + Yes, Yes Y'all -- pp 275-334
Class 10 (07/08/04)	+ Diversity in Hip-hop + Globalization of Hip-hop + Jay-Z -- Hip-hop Brings the Hood to the Suburbs (Jay-Z on 60 Minutes)8 + Commodification Explored + Movie: Wildstyle (cont.)	+ Paper Critique 1-4 + CD Track Listing #2	+ Yes, Yes Y'all -- pp 177-198 + Vibe History of Hip-hop pp 121-144 + Hi p-Hop, Ghetto-centricity and the Commodity Fetish by Peter Anderson + NYT Article -- "Hip-hop in the Middle East"
Class 11 (07/13/04)	+ Rap Music -- the early years (1976-82) + The Early Image of Emcees (1980-86) + Movie: Beef		+ Yes, Yes Y'all -- pp 199-237 + Vibe History of Hip-hop pp 177-186 + Vibe History of Hip-hop pp 217-219
Class 12 (07/15/04)		+ Quiz 3 + ONLINE ASSIGNMENT	+ Yes, Yes Y'all -- pp 238-274 + Vibe History of Hip-hop pp 23-34 + Is C ommercial Hip-hop Bad? + Being Hip-hop [KRS-One vs Adisa] Extra Credit Assignment
Class 13 (07/20/04)	+ Examining the Role Women Played in Hip-hop + Rap Music -- The Golden Years (1986-1992) + Music Videos and Hip-hop [view various videos] + Movie: Wildstyle (finish)	+ Quiz 4	+ Vibe History of Hip-hop pp 251-296 + Environmental Racism in New York (pdf) + Hip-hop and Suburbia by David Lord + Hip-Hop's Hindering Hand in Violence Towards Women by Heidi Chase
Class 14 (07/22/04)	+ Studying the Emcee (examine the flow of Droppin the Needle songs used during semester)	+ Assignment 3 + CD Track Listing #3	+ Hip-hop Timeline
Class 15 (07/27/04)	+ Hip-hop 1996-Present + Course Wrap-up	Paper Critique 5-8 + Quiz 5