AMS 335 Lecture Notes - Lecture 37: Def Jam Recordings, The Sugarhill Gang, Hip Hop
2 Apr 2018
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1970s a folk culture born of post-industrial south bronx and ny area; 1979, sugar hill. 1980s new school experiments in postmodernism- run-dmc, beastie boys, def jam. Records, eric b and rakim, public enemy; 1989 straight outta compton, commercializes gangsta rap, as crack and mass imprisonment of black men give hip-hop its central story. 1990s reckoning with success: dr. dre, the chronic and snoop do g-funk; 1996-1997 killings of tupac shakur and notorious b. i. g, bling era of puffy. 2000s mature form: dirty south and outkast, eminem, underground rap, nicki minaj, National image of south bronx is burning buildings. Bronx hip hop culture emerges, including the four elements of b boy style- dj, dancer, graffiti, rapper. Dj playing breakbeats on a killer sound system as the anchor. Particular musical numbers as long as disco dance tracks. With its sampling, scratching, and unusual song forms, hip-hop is seen in 1980s as a postmodern pop: in some ways an african american new wave pop.
