MUSC 171 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Dj Kool Herc, Transculturation, The Dozens
28 Apr 2016
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Rap: hit sharply & swiftly, to criticize or blame. Once they started to build the expressway, people leave and slumlords move in: only people who couldn"t afford anything else went to live in that area, working class to under class. People could leave, but difficult for those left behind. 1954 unemployment for african americans was 9. 9% 2010 - african americans living in poverty in us was 28. 4%; only 9. 9% whites. Three influences to rap: the dozens insult game. Insult skill: personality djs african american (1940s-1960s) Would buy 2 copies of one record. All one record mixed still conservative. Records off of the tv and uses music in popular culture especially tv shows. Plays them at the same time collage of sounds. Song 31: the adventures of grandmaster flash on the wheels of steel by. Grandmaster flash & the furious five 1981 (genre: rap) Song 32: military cut by grand wizard theodore and kevie kev rockwell .
