MUSC 2150 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Grandmaster Flash, Dj Kool Herc, Kevin Donovan
20 Apr 2016
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Early rap and hip-hop and the impact of technology on that tradition & auto tune and the ascetic issues involving us as listeners & its impact. Drug culture, misogyny but has one that has a rich musical tradition & elements that reveal musical sophistication. Hip hop: included distinctive styles of graffiti, dance, music, dress & speech. Place-centered: expression of local identities, specific places/time reference (particular ppl/places) A rejection of mainstream dance music, ironically draws elements of tradition of extended dance songs (e. g. disco - stripping song to rhythmic elements to the beat in its construction and musical elements) Early celebs include kool herc (born clive campbell, b. jamacia), grandmaster flash (joseph saddler b. jamica) & africa bambaataa (kevin. Crack epidemic in late 80"s usa showing how bound up it is in drug culture. Mixing between turntables to achieve smooth transitions between records. These sound collages became * break-beat music: music derived from break in song.
