- This gave hip hop more of a dance and party vibe instead of focusing on lyrics
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five - The Message
- The intro he is talking about the projects
- He doesn't want to leave but knows that he has too
Kurtis Blow - The Breaks
- It was a very dancey vibe
- The rhyme scheme is very simple
Ice T - 6 in the morning
- He has great flow
- His voice is really unique
Eric B & Rakim - I aint no Joke
- graffiti is used throughout the whole video
- he says he aint joke because many people thought hip hop was a joke
Slick Rick- Child's Story
- he was telling a story of robbing people
- he told the story still with flow and complicated rhyme
De La Soul- Stakes is high
- didn't really make me feel anything
Nuthin But a G Thang
- Smoother lighter hearted rap
- First west coast rap that really broke across the nation
Public Enemy - Fight The Power
- they incorperated black panther members who would forcefully stand up for their rights
- they were talking toward historically powerful white figures saying how they were racist and didn't do anything for the Blacl people
Wu- Tang Clan - C.R.E.A.M
-shows the struggle and hardship with drugs and stealing
Queen Latifah - U.N.I.T.Y
- she wants unity for the women
- she tells about the struggle of women with men
- sexuality
Krs-One - South Bronx
- Sounds different from tradition east coast rap
- he says that hip hop started in bronx
DMX- Ruff Rydas
- he was rough and really tough and expressed it his voice and video
LL Cool J- Mama said knock you out
- he was tough
Macklemore- Same Love
- Is about people being gay and how the world sees them and how its styterotypical
- powerful message
- he really states the message and shows it in the video
Mos Def - Mathematics
- he is talking about how the school system is broke and its not giving kids good values
- he shows this by counting throughout his song
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