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Students hadn't read the assignment for Can't Stop, Won't Stop, so we began our presentations on the Hip Hop Archives. The presentations were varied and quite impressive, from Dorothy's recommendation that Vibe and Giant magazines place in the tomes. Curtis agreed and said that though he was a white guy from the suburbs the issues hip hop artists address affect all Americans: justice, righteousness and economic, political and social parity.
Derek's whole look was hip hop but the singular item was "sneakers." He emphasized their versatility whether that was for dancing or escaping--they were both "flashy and functional." He said. Quyen looked at the human being's tendency to leave his mark, whether this was a caricature of an official or a tag on a column in a ruin. Glenn told us about a game called JetGrind Radio, which sounds really fun. We're going to get a demonstration tomorrow.
After the presentation, please post your narrative.
Homework was also to read Chapter 2 in Can't Stop. We are going to have a 3-part Library Information Literacy Class beginning Thursday, Sept. 11 for three consecutive weeks. We will meet Professor Jane, the librarian at the library desk, L-Bldg.
posted by Professor Wanda's Posse at 5:35 PM
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I was a little scared this morning. I didn't know if everybody could understand what I said or not. Next time, I'll use power point. I'd make me more confident.
Graffiti
Graffiti is a name of images or text, etc. that is drawn on a surface. People have different view on it. Some look at it as a form of art but some look at it as a disturbance.
Even though graffiti has just come to the U.S.A, it has been created for million years before that. It came to the America in 1920s. Around the late 1960s, it was used by the gangs to mark their territories. Around 1970 – 71, graffiti came to New York and became a way to sign people names on the street. For instance, TAKI 183, a Greek born messenger whose name was Demetrios. He used TAKI 183 as his signature on the streets around New York where he had walked on. TAKI was a short for Dementraki, alternative form of Demetrios. The number 183 was the street that he had lived on. Several other names had appeared on the streets also.
During WWII, the most famous graffiti was “Kilroy was here”. It was most used by American troops.
Graffiti has become one of the elements of hip hop which are used to express the expressions of the artists all over the world.
Here are the pictures that I've brought this morning:
The Pompei politician:
http://content.answers.com/main/content/wp/en/thumb/d/dd/150px-Graffiti_politique_de_Pompei.jpg
Graffiti of Jesus:
http://www.westarkchurchofchrist.org/benjamin/2004/041003image.jpg
TAKI 183:
http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z154/dav5nyc/My%20Space%20Profile/TAKI183.jpg
The modern graffiti
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3091/2826890188_13527c1552_b.jpg
"Kilroy was here":
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/87/Kilroy_Was_Here_-_Washington_DC_WWII_Memorial_-_Jason_Coyne.jpg
Object: The source magazine
Khalid arghandiwal
Eng1A
Today when we did the presentions i was a little nervous that i wouldn't do a good job with the presentions.
The object that i am
presenting is comes from a
magazine called source, and i want
to indicate in the magazine the bible of hip hop music, culture and it's politics. in 1998 hip hop had it's best year? while hip hop has certainly had it's share of success throughout the source's 20 years, there was no year better than 1998. it was the year when our genre thrived both creatively and commercially. and it may offer some clues for how hip hop can once again dominate the music industry. The top 20 sports figure of the last 20 years seem to on the source's mind squad. During the 20 years of the source's existence, hundred's of the top's producer's have made their mark. the magazine did have there highs and lows. the source remain to be hip hop's recognizable institution in the world. the source belongs to hip hop and these day's hip hop to expand to the previously unimaginable heights. The source led the way by documenting and producing hip hop culture. the source also recruited honorable cover objects such as LL, ice cube latifah and nas) the source also covers our culture's biggest artist's executive's moments, athletics celebs and icons.
Chesi Brown
English 1A
September 8, 2008
OBJECT: (CD) the Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill is the perfect object that represents hip-hop. There are 15 tracks on the album that Hill, dedicates strictly to hip-hop. I was 17 years-old when this album came out and it this CD in particularly change my life. I was going through what I call a break down. I was not sure who my friends were, who I was, and mostly scared of who I was becoming. I thought that getting money was important by all means necessary, I didn�t care about my dignity, or my creator. When I first heard hill, I thought hey she can sing, we got another good singing in the industry, but as I listen to her lyrics and I watch how she always carried herself like a lady. I said to myself �I like her, she�s smart, and she representing for the women�. This album got my mind off material things and it made me focus on the final hour. This CD made me want to focus on finding my purpose in life. To me music is supposed to be food for the brain and energy for the body. Music is therapy, it�s mainly to up life you when you lose direction or need healing. The second single on the album was called �Doo wop� (that thing). This song was the number one in the United States for the summer of 1998, and this song made a lot of women and men up wake u to see the bigger picture. She says, � Now Lauryn is only human don�t think a haven�t been in the same predicament, let it sit inside your head like a million women did in Philly�s pen, it�s silly when girls sell their sole because it in, but look at what you be in, hair weaves like Europeans, fake nails done by Koreans, come again .
Faraj Fayad
9:20-10:50
Today, sep, 9, 2008. The class went over elements that they believed was a true meaning of hip hop. Haseeb and I braught in two graffiti pictures one that says "Hip-Hop" and the other says "1TiMe". They described graffiti as a hip hop element because it has the same features as music making. When drawing a piece or making a song, like REFA said, the members of a group help each other out by putting finishing touches into it.
My class mates braught in some interesting objects aswell, Aerin braut in a picture of the Fugees, a well known hip hop group from the East Coast, and Robin brought in two vinils and one of them was Marvin kaye, whom i concider a big part of hip hop as well as she does because like she said DJ'suse his vocals and switch them up to make an instrumental out of them.
Quyen I wanted to responsed to your presentation. Graffiti was an exceptional idea to bring to the Hip-Hop archive. Because back in the days of break dancing they were also tagging on and in subway stations and also on buses and railways. That was their way to represent their set. Don't be afraid always be confident in all that you do.
I wasn't there for the presentation but i know a little about being afraid of speaking in front of others, but like i said always be confident in what you do.
Caprice Eddington
Curtis
i chose vibeas my object that should go into the hip hop archives for a nuber of reasons one being the way it touches all other races and lets th get into hip hop and understand what is ng in hip op society today, in te beginning of hip hop it was only a kind of music that african americans would listen to, beause there was no way to get every other race into it, until magazines like vibe and other media outlets strted relaying hip hop and the message it is trying to spread to all of the other places, because hip hop is all about expressing your opinions and vibe does such a great job of dong that. it also isn't always just about hip hop it blends politics and sports with hip hopit is really poignant at this time in americas history with the presidential election and the running of barack obama the first lack olician witha very good chance of being elected the president of the united states. so vibe isn't just a magazine it's more like a hip hop monument and should always be apart of the culture.
Elesha Martin
English 1A
Hip-Hop Presentation- Cornrows
Cornrows were first conceived in the deep roots of the African Culture thousands of years ago. During the days of slavery, all one had was their hair to exert their cultural beliefs. Cornrows were a mechanism which was used to express ones religion, kinship, status, age, ethnicity, and identity.
As African slaves migrated to the US, so did their culture which consisted of the cornrow hairstyle. Once stripped away by slave captors, who forced them to shave their heads for ”sanitary reasons”, Africans soon rebelled and reclaimed their right to freely express their culture as they regrew their manes.
Upon the inception of hip-hop, and as it evolved, cornrows became even more prominent as celebrities began to glorify them. Today, the cornrow hairstyle can been seen fashioned amongst an array of ethnicities and cultures. Although the reasons to wear the hairstyle are varying, the initial sacredness will never fade for the African and African-American heritage.
Source: http://hair.lovetoknow.com/Cornrow_Braids
On Your Feet
Sneakers have been a long standing and universal symbol of hip-hop, sneakers allowed for one to be able to make a speedy on-foot getaway from law enforcement while tagging, taking part in other illicit activities and to be comfortable while breakdancing. They have become a staple of the culture since its inception because of the shoes versatility in so many day to day situations for an urban youth.
Sneakers are synonymous with hip-hop because they compliment each other so well. Sneakers are flashy, yet functional. Hip-hop comes off like it has very little substance at times, but when one ventures out from what clear channel force feeds down your throat on the main-stream radio, you soon discover that hip-hop contains some of the most inspiring, socially relevant, thought-provoking, and uplifting lyrics out of any genre of music since the 1960's.
Whether it's Reebok's, Puma's, Adidas', Nike's or Jordan's one thing is for certain. If you listen to hip-hop and identify with the culture, sneakers are probably an item that can be found in your wardrobe. They have different meanings for thier owners. Perhaps for some it's nostalgia, having a little bit of the past available to you whenever you slip on a pair of Adidas Jam Master Jay shell-toes. Maybe you buy those $150 Jordan's as a medium by which to express yourself. Or by chance you just redognize the fact that sneakers are representative of hip-hop and you love everything about it. If there were ever to be erected a hip-hop "hall of fame", every inductee would have thier own pertaining shoe. If they built a museum they would have to dedicate a whole wing to the complex relationship that exists between hip-hop and the sneaker.
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