MUSI 2520 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Dj Kool Herc, Dj Kool, African-American Music
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Black and latino americans: hip hop came from aftershocks of urban renewal, resegrgations, and. Captial flight settled, a new social and ecocmic order that had emerged in america (created subcultures) Technical elements: rapping (earlier)/ mcing (latter style, djing (including sampling/beat making, beat boxing. Cultural elements/foundations: graffiti, breaking (b-boying and b-girlin") The rhythmic spoken delevery of rhymes and word play. Deleivered over a beat or without accompaniment: developed during dj kool herc"s street parties in the bronx (1970s, traced back to griots and toasting, rap developed both inside and outside hip hop culture (for ex. James brown in jazz: mcing is the further refinement of rapping that is more metaphorically and more rhythmically advanced than rap. Performed over complex, multilayered beats: the work of melle mel, grandmaster flash, rakim, chunk d, krs-one did much to help hip hop, mc stands for master of ceremonies. Djing: dj stands for disc jockey, dj is responsible for sampling, making beats, and producing,
