I really enjoyed reading chapter 2 "The Score". Jelani Cobbs expresses many ideas. Many of today's rappers have mc's from previous generations who inspire them. During Melle Mel and Kool Moe Dee's times they didn't have people to look up to. All they had were "a pen, pad, and idea". This shows how creative Hip-Hop is and proves that Hip-Hop is not just sampling from each other. He also talks about the Golden Era of Hip-Hop. Groups such as Run DMC were changing the aspects of Hip-Hop. They didn't dress in outrageous uniforms and didn't have an extremely large group. It was just two MC's and one DJ dressed in all black rocking adidas and fedoras. During this time many MC's flourished such as De La Soul, Big Daddy Kane, LL Cool J, 2 Live Crew, Ice Cube, and more. Each had their own individual and unique sound. Hip-Hop was becoming more about individuality. During this period female artists were becoming more prevalent and influential. I recall my mother informing me about Roxzanne Shante's infamous song "Roxzanne's Revenge". I was shocked to find out that she was actually sued for using UTFO's same beat. I also agree with Jelani Cobb in regards to the lyrical skills of MC Lyte. She is definitely a beast and Antoinette should have known better. I also had no idea that some old skool artists did not write their own rhymes. For example the group Salt 'N Pepper had a lyricist. What's up with that?
Saturday, October 11, 2008
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Hey Jasmine,
your blog design is nice. The sound is too busy. You have two competing sound sources running simultaneously. might want to fix that. It's up to you.
Responding to your blog as a part of the assignment and i was very interested in what you had to say. it seems you comprehended the reading well and better then i did! ha its cool to see how artists we have grown up listening too we see what they really were and are and represented by reading books like this.
Hey I was thinking of you relative to a quote I heard second hand from Posh Beckham "Nothing tastes as good as skinny feels."
Where's your homework?
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