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.

Quote
"The lack of knowledge for culture showed, especially, in dance because it didn't flow as well as it should" (Price 246).

Reaction
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.

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