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Rap Music

AFN 290 Final

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Where was rap music born? South Bronx, NY
What are the origins of rap music? spoken word, told history
What were early rap songs based on? dance music
What is an example of comic rap? "parents don't understand" (Will Smith's early work)
What is message rap? social/political, Afrocentric,religious
Who are prominent women rappers? Salt n Pepper, Roxanne Shante, Queen Latifah, MC Lyte
What did Tipper Gore do? initiated parental advisory on rap music
Who is Henry Louis Gates? Harvard Professor (Beergate), a leading black intellectual, testified booty-rap was harmless
Example of the Great White Hoax The Beastie Boys
African Banbaataa used what kind of music? German techno music, "Planet Rock"
Who are some of the first rap artists? SugarHill Gang, Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five
What is "playing the dozens"? lyrical debate between rappers. For example, Jay Z and Lil Wayne
Nihilism no meaning to existence
misogyny degrading to women
benign neglect sense that the government was not doing enough for black people
call- response back to tradition of African storytelling
Cab Calloway an artist and precursor to modern rap music
O.G. original gangster Example: 50 cent, Ice-T
studio gangsters NWA (originally pop)
gangsta rap violence
libidinal element sex drive
Last Poets spoken word artists for black power
Black Power ideology that stresses black equality and uplifts the black race
shvarste Yiddish for nigger
Huey Newton co-founder of Black Panthers
Nubian African Empire- black pride
Adam Clayton Powell Civil Rights advocate from Harlem, congressman
hooch bootleg alcohol
Paul Robeson renaissance man, went to Rutgers, singer
high holidays most sacred Jewish holidays (Rashashana, etc.)
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