MSC HST 5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: Terminator X, Hardcore Hip Hop, Gangsta Rap
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Hardcore rap~ rap that depicts the poverty of inner-city life. Grandmaster flash (dj: the furious five. Synthesizers work in a cyclical riff: musical depiction of the inability to escape from poverty. Mc on the track, provides most of the lyrics. Vocal timbre changes throughout song, increases toward. Don"t push me, because i am close to the edge . Art that depicts reality in a realistic fashion. Public enemy~ taking the message and making it into their entire goal/purpose: chuck d (mc, professor griff (mc, minister of information , flavor flav (hypeman) Modern-day example would be lil john: terminator x (dj, security of the first world (dance crew, the bomb squad (production team, fight the power (1989) Many of the lyrics express the black discontent with white control over music. Elvis making covers of originally black songs and getting credit for it. Many white people consider hip-hop to be dangerous (but this same reaction occurred throughout music history)
