Hip Hop History- Charlotte

• Kool DJ Herc, Merry Go Round
• Mixing instrumental breaks of different tracks
• Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five, "The Message"
• Visual effects on parts of music video
• Description of real life along with what look like unstaged videos
• Ice T, "6 in the morning"
• Kurtis Blow, "The Breaks"
• Soul Train- music television (compare to MTV)
• Early hip hop- disco fashion
• Simplistic rhyme, repetition
• Eric B. and Rakim, "I Ain't No Joke"
• Highlights all elements of hip-hop
• Shift towards urban fashion- track suit and gold chain
• Multisyllabic rhymes
• Slick Rick, "Children's Story"
• Storytelling
• Reminiscent of silent movies
• De La Soul, "Stakes Is High"
• East Coast
• Dr. Dre ft. Snoop Dogg, "Nuthin' but a G Thang"
• West Coast
• Public Enemy, "Fight the Power"
• Criticizing supposedly untouchable public figures
• Protest imagery, signs with pictures and names, crowds
• Black Panther clothing
• Wu-Tang Clan, "C.R.E.A.M."
• Queen Latifah, "U.N.I.T.Y."
• Against sexism, misogyny, cat-calling
• I really liked this
• Krs-One, "South Bronx"
• DMX, "Ruff Ryders' Anthem"
• LL Cool J, "Mama Said Knock You Out"
• Macklemore & Ryan Lewis ft. Mary Lambert, "Same Love"
• Hypocrisy in hip-hop community
• Founded on giving voice to marginalized people, yet homophobia is prevalent
• Mos Def, "Mathematics"
• Socially conscious
• Percentage of profits from music
• Drug culture
• Uses word "cream"
• Justice system and for-profit prison system
• Violence
• Samples Erykah Badu!!!