Summary
Hip hop has changed a great deal since its creation. It went from having a meaning or an inspirational message. Because of the people, hip hop artists were forced to change to fit demand. As we all know, money and sex sells so they were forced to wrap what they had to say around that. Today, many people talk about how hip hop is dead, but isn't we, the people's fault? The people influence the way artists make their music.
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"Hip hop has changed because the interest of people has changed" (Price 327)
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A lot people are saying that hip hop is dead. Isn't it what people make it to be? That's weird how people say hip hop is dead when we all influence it.
Monday, April 26, 2010
Hip Hop Culture by Emmett G. Price pg210-279
Summary
Hip hop at its beginning was when it was it was one of its richest points. To engage in djing, mcing, b-boying, or graffiti, one had to have knowledge and cultural understanding. Djing took time to learn and understand the way scratch and mix. Mcing required knowledge about the life around the artist rapping. B-boying came from many types of fighting styles like kung fu. Capoeira is a dance/fighting school that came from Africa and some parts of Latin of America. Graffiti was an art which required knowledge and artistic skills.
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"The lack of knowledge for culture showed, especially, in dance because it didn't flow as well as it should" (Price 246).
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Even something like dancing requires some type of knowledge. This gives the reason of some dancers being better then others. Now I know why I can't hip hop dance.
Hip hop at its beginning was when it was it was one of its richest points. To engage in djing, mcing, b-boying, or graffiti, one had to have knowledge and cultural understanding. Djing took time to learn and understand the way scratch and mix. Mcing required knowledge about the life around the artist rapping. B-boying came from many types of fighting styles like kung fu. Capoeira is a dance/fighting school that came from Africa and some parts of Latin of America. Graffiti was an art which required knowledge and artistic skills.
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"The lack of knowledge for culture showed, especially, in dance because it didn't flow as well as it should" (Price 246).
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Even something like dancing requires some type of knowledge. This gives the reason of some dancers being better then others. Now I know why I can't hip hop dance.
Hip Hop Culture by Emmett G. Price pg142-210
Summary
Graffiti is another important part of hip hop. People think that graffiti is only to claim a certain type of territory, but that wasn't always the case. Many rappers, djs, and dancers went by a certain street name. They would tag their names on visible areas so people would know their name. It was their way of publicity and was usually how people found people to battle or join groups.
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"Cornbread was the king, but Top Cat brought the original gangster style from Philly to NYC where they renamed it to Broadway Elegant" (Price 152).
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Graffiti started in Philadelphia by a man who went by the name of Cornbread. Top Cat brought it to NYC, but he didn't really change it though. Graffiti eventually got to California, but they changed the meaning for graffiti because they tag for respect.
Graffiti is another important part of hip hop. People think that graffiti is only to claim a certain type of territory, but that wasn't always the case. Many rappers, djs, and dancers went by a certain street name. They would tag their names on visible areas so people would know their name. It was their way of publicity and was usually how people found people to battle or join groups.
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"Cornbread was the king, but Top Cat brought the original gangster style from Philly to NYC where they renamed it to Broadway Elegant" (Price 152).
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Graffiti started in Philadelphia by a man who went by the name of Cornbread. Top Cat brought it to NYC, but he didn't really change it though. Graffiti eventually got to California, but they changed the meaning for graffiti because they tag for respect.
Hip Hop Culture by Emmett G. Price pg73-141
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Mcing was another way people found a way to express themselves. It gave them a way to voice their opinion about society or their daily struggles. Rapping battles also took place on the streets. Djing was the actual music and beat. Many Djs like DJ Grand Wizard Theodore I found a creative way to dj like scratching which he did at the age of 13. The further development of dj made music as a whole more creative.
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"Hip hop was first the name of our culture by Africa Bambatta back in the early 80's....before that, the word hip hop was a phrase that MC's said on the MIC" (Price 75).
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Hip hop was not given its name to awhile after it came out. I find that so weird because my generation just knows it by hip hop. This made me wonder what they called hip hop before the name came into place.
Mcing was another way people found a way to express themselves. It gave them a way to voice their opinion about society or their daily struggles. Rapping battles also took place on the streets. Djing was the actual music and beat. Many Djs like DJ Grand Wizard Theodore I found a creative way to dj like scratching which he did at the age of 13. The further development of dj made music as a whole more creative.
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"Hip hop was first the name of our culture by Africa Bambatta back in the early 80's....before that, the word hip hop was a phrase that MC's said on the MIC" (Price 75).
Recation
Hip hop was not given its name to awhile after it came out. I find that so weird because my generation just knows it by hip hop. This made me wonder what they called hip hop before the name came into place.
Hip Hop Culture by Emmett G. Price pg1-72
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Hip Hop originated in Jamaica, but was introduced in Bronx New York by Dj Kool Herc. He was known as the father of hip hop and started djing in his basement. Dj Kool Herc would play his music loud and people would walk by, liking what they heard. That eventually lead to B-boying, which is a form of dance. Specific types of B-boying is popping, hand glides, and the 4 step. Instead of resulting to violence, many young black and latino boys batteled it out on the dance floor. Others used it as a way to express themselves.
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"Herc Pioneered the break beat movement by mixing short percussion breaks with 2 turntables to extend the breaks for the people and the BBoys to get down." (Price 26).
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This made me think about the difference in old school hip hop because the breaks in their beats are longer. Many new forms of hip hop dancing come out so the beats have to shift to match them.
Hip Hop originated in Jamaica, but was introduced in Bronx New York by Dj Kool Herc. He was known as the father of hip hop and started djing in his basement. Dj Kool Herc would play his music loud and people would walk by, liking what they heard. That eventually lead to B-boying, which is a form of dance. Specific types of B-boying is popping, hand glides, and the 4 step. Instead of resulting to violence, many young black and latino boys batteled it out on the dance floor. Others used it as a way to express themselves.
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"Herc Pioneered the break beat movement by mixing short percussion breaks with 2 turntables to extend the breaks for the people and the BBoys to get down." (Price 26).
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This made me think about the difference in old school hip hop because the breaks in their beats are longer. Many new forms of hip hop dancing come out so the beats have to shift to match them.
Sunday, February 21, 2010
Lovely Bones Movie
The movie was great. I really enjoyed watching it. Still, reading the book clarifies a lot of movie scences that weren't completely clear. The part when Suzie thought she got away, I realized that that was the part when Mr.Harvey raped and killed her. The movie also left out some details from the book like Grandma Lynn dying or the affair between Abigail and Len. The movie also provided a visual of the book's events so i would have to imagine them. The way I pictured the details of the book was somewhat similar to what happened. The part I liked the most, in both the book and movie, was when Suzie came back to earth for a while. I was happy that her and her crush Ray could be together, even though it didn't last a very long time. I would recommend reading the book first so the movie can be understood fully.
Thursday, February 11, 2010
Chapter 20-23 & Bones
Summary
The detective tells Jack and Abigail that they found Susie's bracelet and they connected her murder with other murders. Mr.Harvey drives by the Salmon house and watches Lindsey, but an officier tells him to move along. Ruth sees him driving towards the sinkhole and sees blood and his victims in his car. Susie takes over Ruth's body. Her and Ray become intimate until Susie finally goes away. Before she leaves, she tells Ray to read Ruth's diary and he finds out that Ruth knows the time and place of deaths of the dead. Grandma Lynn dies, Samuel and Lindsey get married, Ruth contines to document the dead, and Ray becomes a doctor. Susie drops an iscle on Mr.Harvey after he tried his tricks on another teenage girl at a diner. He was so caught off guard that he fell down a ravine.
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"'This little girl's grown up by now'...Almost. Not quite" (Sebold 372)
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The people who found Susie's bracelet automatically believe that it belonged to a young girl who has grown up. Little do they know, she is still as young as before. She is still no where near being grown up still.
The detective tells Jack and Abigail that they found Susie's bracelet and they connected her murder with other murders. Mr.Harvey drives by the Salmon house and watches Lindsey, but an officier tells him to move along. Ruth sees him driving towards the sinkhole and sees blood and his victims in his car. Susie takes over Ruth's body. Her and Ray become intimate until Susie finally goes away. Before she leaves, she tells Ray to read Ruth's diary and he finds out that Ruth knows the time and place of deaths of the dead. Grandma Lynn dies, Samuel and Lindsey get married, Ruth contines to document the dead, and Ray becomes a doctor. Susie drops an iscle on Mr.Harvey after he tried his tricks on another teenage girl at a diner. He was so caught off guard that he fell down a ravine.
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"'This little girl's grown up by now'...Almost. Not quite" (Sebold 372)
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The people who found Susie's bracelet automatically believe that it belonged to a young girl who has grown up. Little do they know, she is still as young as before. She is still no where near being grown up still.
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