Political Rap and Boogie Down Productions In the fall of 1987, Scott la Rock, the DJ of the rap group Boogie Down Productions (B-D-P) was shot in a car after trying to break up a fight (Small 77). In light of B-D-P's role in reforming rap in the succeeding years, his biography is significant; he was college educated and was employed--in addition to his musical activity--as a social worker. He had released a groundbreaking record that year, and had already worked on a follow-up, which would defy
Jayde Bateman-Scott Music 211-01 Thomas Taylor April 20, 2015 Cultural Analysis Essay KRS-One is one of the most influential artists and producers in Hip-Hop and is also considered a pioneer (encyclopedia). He has released many albums and appeared in a lot of documentaries that explain what hip hop is and give the history of where Hip hop began. His dope beats and vivid rhymes have reached across a worldwide audience in a matter of years. He has been credited with a lot of firsts in the hip hop
name hip-hop comes from one of the earliest phrases used in rap on the song “Rapper’s Delight” by Sugarhill Gang. “I said a hip hop, hippie to the hippie, the hip, hip a hop, and you don't stop, a rock it to the bang bang boogie, say, up jump the boogie, to the rhythm of the boogie, the beat.”. In addition to rap music, the hip-hop subculture also formed other methods of expression like break dancing, graffiti art, a unique slang vocabulary, and fashion sense. Rap started in the mid-1970s in the
wants something new. Another clear example is during Oogie Boogie’s Song, when traditional lighting is discarded and a black light is instead used. The black light giving the feeling of darkness and unfamiliarity, similar to the situation that Oogie Boogie has put Santa Claus
samples, which is a common practice in the construction of hip-hop beats. The other beats are all originals, yet they are not as long in length as those that contain samples. The first beat is one that is based on the song . South Bronx. by Boogie Down Productions, which was released in 198... ... middle of paper ... ...t, and it does have a sad and reflective tone to it. My song features a sample from the song "Ballad of the Thin Man" by Bob Dylan. The beat is still repetitive, which has proven
Christopher Nolan’s 2008 The Dark Knight, we see two of the most storied comic book characters of all-time battle for dominance, in one of the best comic book adaptations of all-time, we see Batman struggle to find the strength and resolve to take down his arch nemesis Joker. Through the film, we see how Batman is forced to channel the anger and hurt that he feels from the Jokers assault on Gotham City, in order to raise his level of prowess so he could defeat him. Without Joker, we may not have
“Keep in mind when brothas start flexing their verbal skillz, it always reflects what’s going on politically, socially and economically.” – Musician Davey D Whether you realize it or not; rap is an art form that is here to stay. Rap as it exists today was pioneered in the Bronx 1973 by Jamaican native Kool DJ Herc. Herc used an innovative turntable technique to extend the drum breaks of songs, during which he would toast in rhyme to party guests. As it caught on the Sugarhill Gang released the first
Swing dancing has been an epidemic passed down through generations of dancers. Swing is a style of ballroom dance that has evolved and developed into different types of dance such as the Jive, Lindy Hop, and West/East Coast Swing. Typically the swing is an upbeat dance done to a quicker tempo and rhythm. Swing can be found as early as 1800 but not taking flight til 1930 in Harlem after a Ziegfeld production. Swing is still around today and as popular as ever with competitions around the world. People
More than any other rapper, Dr. Dre was responsible for moving away from the avant-noise and political stance of Public Enemy and Boogie Down Productions, as well as the party vibes of old school rap. Instead, Dre pioneered gangsta rap and his own variation of the sound, G-Funk. BDP's early albums were hardcore but cautionary tales of the criminal mind, but Dre's records with N.W.A. celebrated the hedonistic, amoralistic side of gang life. Dre was never much of a rapper -- his rhymes were simple
for him. In 1990, not long after he quite Donnie’s band, he established his own group called “Marky Mark and The Funky Bunch.” Donnie was with Mark every step of the way, offering advice, helping produce his music, and even writing songs for his production. “Everything that I do, I always talk to my brother about, and the same with him. With him and me, it’s cool.” Mark told YM. While “New Kids
could possibly be the answer to giving everyone, no matter what their background is, an equal chance in the theatre. Miranda grew up on music from, Broadway Show Tunes like “Camelot” and “The Unsinkable Molly Brown”, to Rap and Hip-Hop like Boogie Down Productions and The Beastie Boys. While writing “Hamilton”, Lin-Manuel recognised echoes of Jay-Z, Biggie Smalls, and Eminem. “I'm actually, working on a hip hop album. It's a concept album about the life of someone who I think embodies hip hop, Treasury
2 is a lackadaisical tale that reinforces the notion that horror sequels are usually inferior films. Here, the overuse of children, meshed with a lackluster lead with barely anything to do or accomplish, culminates into a flaccid, unimpressive production. It also doesn’t help that previous film’s most interesting characters, including Ellison (Ethan Hunt), the Sheriff (Fred Thompson), and Professor Jonas (Vincent D’Onofrio), are nowhere to be
Film Censorship in the 21st Century In the present day, Americans have had to realize what the word “freedom” means. Whether it is recognizing our freedom as American citizens and defending ourselves against a growing threat of terrorism, or protesting war as we attempt to protect another country’s plea for freedom, all Americans have looked closer at the definition of freedom. In this heightened age of freedom and evaluating our constitutional rights, it is interesting that censorship is still
Hip-hop as a musical form began among the youth of South Bronx, New York in the mid- 1970’s. Individuals such Kool Herc and Grandmaster Flash were some of the early pioneers of this art form.(Fernando 43) Through their performances at clubs and promotion of the music, hip-hop consistently gained in popularity throughout the rest of the 1970’s. The first commercial success for hip-hop was a song “Rapper's Delight” by the Sugar Hill Gang in 1979.(Potter 45) This helped bring hip-hop into the national
fact of adolescents embracing older music. If you take a look in the past, you would see the genre of hip hop progressing into this great invention rappers have been taking a new light on. The old school song I chose is (1) “South Bronx” by Boogie Down Productions because it espouses the connection of all the elements of hip hop. Hip Hop is the art form that has made people express themselves, which is why I will be introducing to my mixtape that covers the cultural attention of hip hop. In (2) “Straight
Nitro Circus Travis Pastrana is known for his crazy stunts, positive attitude, and the Nitro Circus. Travis had to work hard to where he is today, he had to get a crew together, sign contracts and make sure that his live show would pan out. (zooom productions) Pastrana’s Idea of the Nitro Circus Started when Travis became a big deal at the X-Games. Travis, Winning the X-Games Freestyle Motocross on August 4, 2000, he performed the first ever double backflip ever in X-games history. Not only only did
Being in this semester of Hip Hop Dance and Culture I have learned many new things about the history of Hip Hop. I started getting interested in hip hop in middle school and I would watch my cousins perform with their dance company. That was what I thought hip hop was, I now have learned that it was basically commercialized hip hop. Hip hop is a fairly new culture when compared to older contemporary dances like ballet which has been around for centuries. Through this paper I want to go deeper
Everyone has listen to some sort of hip hop music. Not everyone loves it, not everyone hates it. Hip-Hop/Rap is probably one of the newest forms of music, and through it recent year it has taken the world by storm. From the 70s through the 2000s Hip-Hop/Rap has changed it style of tone from political and social point of view, to just trying to tell a story about where they come from. It might say it in the best way but neither are the lives that they live. Hip-Hop or Rhythm and Poetry also know
The term Ska is used to describe a style of Jamaican popular music between 1961 and 1965 as noted by Kenneth Golang, a traditional ska band consisted of piano, guitars, bass, drums, saxophone and brass. This essay will discuss the key musical and lyrical characteristics of Ska music. We will briefly examine some of the musical styles that influenced the session musicians and composers working in Jamaica’s recoding industry at the time of the development of Ska. We will then go on to look at the musical
mood, sets the beat, and prompts the engagementengages of the people. In the late 1980’s, Public Enemy introduced an intense, hard, hip-hop sound, which changed the sound of hip-hop. According to Rolling Stone magazine, “Public Enemy’s inventive production team, the Bomb Squad, tailored a unique, noisy, layered avant-garde-inspired sound that incorporated sirens, skittering turntable scratches, and cleverly juxtaposed musical and spoken samples ” (Simon & Schuster, 2001). All these brand new sounds