Hip-Hop History- Lauren Cunningham

Kool DJ Herc- Merry Go Round

• Merry Go round- play just instrumental beats of songs
• clapped hands, stomped feet at first
• No vocals in the music but played records
• Looped songs to make the great with no lyrics 
• rappers rapped to it eventually

Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five- The Message

• carried around a boombox when playing music on the streets
• names all the bad things and says he doesn't know how he hasn't gone under
• life isn't always easy but even if you are almost over the edge, no one will push you off

Kurtis Blow- The Break

• Names all the different breaks that can occur in someone's life
• Participation of many people dancing
• Repetitive

Ice T- 6 in the morning

• talks about police showing up at his house at 6am
• tells a story 

Eric B & Rakim- I ain't No Joke

• Comes close to the camera like The Beastie Boys
• Repeats "I ain't no joke'
• He had graffiti, DJing, MCing, B-Boying
• all the elements of hip hop

Slick Rick- Children's Story

• Tells the story of a boy and the cops
• The boy tries to mess with the cops
• started robbing people to make more money

De La Soul- Stakes Is High

• multiple voices in the beginning singing different things
• Lived a cautious life 

Nothin' but a G Thang

• smooth and relaxed vocals 
• calm general feel to it 

Fight the Power- Public Enemy

• destroying public figures considered untouchable at the time
• "fight the power"- black panther movement (black caps and outfits)
• Dancing occurs much throughout this song

Wu-Tang Clan- C.R.E.A.M

• "Cash Rules Everything Around Me"

Queen Latifah- U.N.I.T.Y

• stands up for the women who men call "bitches" or "hoes"

Krs-One- South Bronx

• came from South Bronx
• saying that in the Bronx, bad things happen 

DMX- Ruff Ryders' Anthem

• bunch of men who ride motorcycles 
• dancing a lot 

LL Cool J- Mama Said Knock You Out

• wants to knock someone out and says his mom wants him to also

Macklemore and Ryan Lewis- Same Love

• Sad song about being okay with who you are
• Listening and Learning things about yourself from your parents
• Lives a life alone
• Human Rights "live on and be yourself"
• Supports the equality in the world
• "If I was gay, hip hop hates me"
• basically saying that hip hop goes against many things in the world

Mos Def- Mathematics

• Lists things about the world
• Freedom
• Nothing's perfect in the world, there are always things going wrong
• "simple mathematics"