Well seeing that I don't really know much about hip hop, though I am learning a lot from this class I thought I would take this time to blog on what I have learned. Well starting from the beginning back on the first day of class I was so overwhelmed by the discussion about hip hop being a way of life and it being real. When I first heard that I thought there is no way music can be a way of life. But I went into this class knowing that I didn't know much more than a few hip hop artists and their songs, but I was going to go in with an open mind and hoping to learn a lot more. Having that attitude has helped a lot after the first day when M-Money expanded more on the hip hop being real and a way of life by the clothes you wear and the life you live it started to make more sense. One thing that I have talked about before is that hip hop music tells it as it is. I can't say that I really knew that before this class, because to be honest with you I don't really understand many words in hip hop songs. It is either written in a slang that I don't understand like Nann (which I am so glad someone explained that) or they just talk so fast I don't have time to figure it out. But after the presentations when people gave out lyrics with the people they were talking about and watching Letter to the President it started making sense. There are people out there who really grew up in a place of guns going off and their mothers going to jail so there is no reason that they should not be able to sing about it. I also learned that hip hop is also a booming insdustry with lots of artitsts having their own clothing lines and grills, and some even have shows likd runs house and making the band.
I don't really know if I can say that I know enough about hip hop to really understand if it is going to stick around or not but I would like for it to know that I am learning lots of new artists like Common. I really enjoyed the presentation over him and I was glad I got to listen to his music I really liked it. It has also been very helpful having people in this class that do live the life of hip hop so I can ask them questions about things that don't make a lot of sense to me. I know this class is almost over, but I hope in the remaining week I can become more knowledgeable in this area.
Links:
http://www.mtv.com/ontv/dyn/makingtheband3/series.jhtml
http://www.grillsbypaulwall.com/
http://www.kvsp.com/
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I agree with you for more reasons than you just being one of my best friends. I think we both went into this class not really knowing what to expect...thank goodness you were by my side the entire time.
I think it's weird how the class accidentally segregated themselves from one other. Ex-one side of the class knows almost everything about hip hop..and the other (our side) knows almost NOTHING! Crazy how that works.
I don't know what I would have done if it weren't for the knowledgeable ppl on the other side of the room helping us with terms and facts. I would have been up a creek without a paddle. LOL
I think M money has taught us a lot, with all her movie examples and amazing knowledge on the subject.
I still disagree that hip hop is a way of life. But I do UNDERSTAND how it is for some ppl like Rasco.
Artists having their own clothing line etc..is fabulous, in my opinion. I think everyone should follow their dreams and make the most of their lives here on earth.
I'm not sure if hip hop will stick around either. If I were to guess I would say yes!
Monica, it was so great to finally read someone's blog who feels/thinks the same I do about hip hop.
All in all, this class was pretty overwhelming for me. I hung on pretty tight...and I think I learned A TON. I just hope it shows, at least a little!
I think I was more surprised that most of the class wasn't really in tuned to the hip-hop culture. In this day and age, and as much as hip-hop is splattered all over the big screen and television, it really caught me off guard. I must say I like how the class has picked up the slack and instead of complaining about their lack of hip-hop knowledge, just stepped up to the plate and did what they had to do for the course.
I might have to disagree with miss morgan when she says that hip-hop is not a way of life. Well, I don't know how else you can define it.
It has nothing with following dreams and making the most of their lives on earth. Obviously, everyone is different, but to become involved in the world of hip-hop you have to make it a way of life, whether you make it a part of your life or make it all of life.
It's such an interesting phenomenon that one can't get into from day one and say "I am hip-hop".
I have learned a lot from this class, especially the beginnings of hip-hop...The course really does need to be expanded because three weeks really doesn't do it justice.
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