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Hip Hop in America
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Hip Hop is a
Worldwide Language
2016
Thank you!
...and now you want me to rap and give?/say somethin' positive, well positive ain't where I live/I live right around the corner from West Hell/two blocks from South S*/and once in a jail cell...
-Naughty by Nature, Ghetto B*
Why are so many
Hip Hop Lyrics Angry?
Political Hip Hop Tracks
Hip Hop Speaks
"We the People…"
- A Tribe Called Quest (2016)
Follow us on Social Media!
Rosa Parks sat so Martin Luther could walk
Martin Luther walked so Barack Obama could run
Barack Obama ran so all the children could fly
Jay Z (On "My President is Black")
USConGenSapporo
@IRC_Sapporo
"Alright" - Kendrick Lamar (2015)
Hip Hop Speaks
"America the Beautiful" - Homeboy Sandman, (2014)
MLK March on Washington 1963
Dec 1, 1955
Rosa Parks in Montgomery, Alabama
“Black President” - Nas (2008)
“A child is born with no state of mind, blind to the ways of mankind”
Breakdancing
"My President Is Black"
- Young Jeezy (2008)
The Message, 1982
People who danced during the break
"White America" - Eminem (2002)
Chance the Rapper
"Changes" - 2pac (1998)
"Sound Of Da Police "
- KRS-One (1993)
DJing
2016
"Two Turn Tables and a Microphone"
Best rap album: Coloring Book
Best rap performance:
No Problem
Best new artist
The 59th Annual Grammy Awards (2017)
Emmanuel Jal
Musicians just want to have fun!
HipHop Speaks
"Keep in mind when brothas start flexing the verbal skillz, it always reflects what's going on politically, socially, and economically."
--Musician Davey D
My Music Tastes
Beat Boxing
"Hip-hop has created a style that is embraced by an array of people from all backgrounds and all races."
vocal percussion
- Hilfiger
2016
"Dear Father"
Often called the 5th element of Hip Hop
HipHop Elements
DJing
“Got more soul than a sock with a hole.”
Breakdancing
1996
Graffiti
Rapping
- MF Doom,
Rhinestone Cowboy
Fashion
Beatboxing
Sole
Entrepreneurship
Beat Boxing
I went to the malls and I balled too hard
"Oh my god, is that a black card?"
I turned around and replied,
"Why yes, but I prefer the term African American Express."
- Kanye West
Graffiti
Hip Hop in America
Mayonnaise-colored Benz, I push Miracle Whips
- Kanye West
Whip = Car
Miracle Whip
Hip Hop: Then and Now
Elements of Hip Hop
Hip Hop Lyrics and Content
Feb 1999
"You remind me of school on a Sunday, no class"
- Redman, Pick It Up
"Ain't nothing like Hip-Hop music, that's why we choose it, and the world just can't refuse it"
- Masta Ace, "Good Ol Love"
"Real Gs move in silence like lasagna"
- Lil Wayne,
6 foot 7 foot
“Honestly I'm rappin 'bout everything I go through. Everything I'm sayin' I'm super sayin like Goku."
- Childish Gambino, My Shine
1976 - Today
Hip Hop in America
HipHop Speaks
"Keep in mind when brothas start flexing the verbal skillz, it always reflects what's going on politically, socially, and economical/y."
--Musician Davey D"
Life imitates art?
Grandmaster Flash
Jan 1, 1958 (age 59)
Photo: Mika-photography
Charleston, SC
Asheville, NC
Dec 1, 1955
Thailand
Photo: Sry85
Photo: Created by Justin Penner for Enter the Inferno
The Soul Street Dance Company, from Houston, TX
Photo: David Shankbone
Photo: David Shankbone
Photo: Michael Williams
Photo: @Possan
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