MUS 17 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Black Nationalism, Verbal Jint, S.M. Entertainment
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1: brazilian capoeira, asian martial arts, emerged in gang culture as stylized fighting. Graiti: a way of becoming known to others in urban space, a new form of art, a way to change public space, films, style wars, wild style. Rapping: toasting, african american recitation, vernacular poetry rap jive , call and response, bragging; insult contest , (the dozens, ex: roxanne, roxanne/roxanne"s revenge, symbolic conflicts and metaphorical battles. A sense of place: references to local nyc spaces and landmarks, this is the place where we do well (gang starr, south bronx, the bridge is over (krs- one) Thursday, april 14, y: the hood as a general concept of local authenticity. Thursday, april 14, y: the message (grandmaster flash, emergence on west coast mid-late 1980s, straight outta compton (n. w. a) Mc kol herc: (clive campbell, emigrated from kinston, jamaica to south bronx, influence from dancehall soundsystems/toasting.
