The relationship between hip hop culture and rap

ur film this week isSomething From Nothing: The Art of Rap. It’s available to rent on Amazon (and if you Google the title is usually available on YouTube).

Our readings (as always) are under “files.”

We only have one question this week. From what we’veread and viewedthus far (including this week’s readings and film),how would you characterize the relationship between and rap?

One way into the conversation might be to recall what you wrote last week about the controversy surrounding hip hop aesthetics (the Google video, etc) and weigh those against Professor (Mr.) Robin Kelley’s piece. Regardless of how you approach the assignment, you should (again) find a way to incorporateboththis week’s readings and film into your analysis.

It might be helpful to think of your initial post as working towards your assigned definition of hip hop (due next week). In other words, use this week’s film, readings and posts to start gathering and preparing your thoughts and quotes for next week’s paper (see syllabus). It might be helpful to think of your conversations with others as part of working out your rough draft.

Hip hop is all about having a perspective, a voice. Try to think about your own voice this week. How do you enter the picture? What is your point of view? What do you want to say? How do you want to say it?