I know this is going to sound a little reverberated...but it's kinda my story throughout this hip-hop class. So here it goes...
I enrolled in this class with my friend Monica, and my co-worker Kari. We all needed an upper division JMC elective...and heard M-Money was THE BEST. So we said why not. Me and Monica proceeded to take 2 intersession classes total this December to get a few more hours under our belt so we could speed up the race to graduation!!
The first day of class, I'm not going to lie...I was TERRIFIED. Everyone in the room seemed to know just a tad more about hip-hop than the person sitting next to him/her ....and for some reason, I kept thinking I was the one at the bottom end of that metaphor. HAHA, yes I do have a funny side!
Okay...but down to business. I learned so much over the past too short 3 weeks. I learned about many hip-hop artists that I have never even heard of. The most beneficial days for me in this class were hands down the 1st one, the day me and Monica did our presentation over women in hip-hop, the presentation over 2Pac and Biggie, and when Fair-N-Hyte came to visit. I really don't want to sound cliché...but I have learned so much from M-Money and all my other classmates I don't know what to do with 1/2 the information. I started listening to more hip-hop and trying to understand EVERY meaning behind the beats, and learned that people actually live and dress the style of hip-hop...and that doesn't mean they are going to rob a 7-11 (huh, SCOOBY?) LOL
I like the simple fact that everyone in the class has/had a different perspective on hip-hop. It brings color to our class...so we are no longer just the dull colors of black and white. It takes a bunch of personalities, ideas, and voices to bring a beautiful collage together...and that's what our class has done....and that is solely because of you, Flippin!!
M-Money, I don't know how your other classes have gone...but WOW, I think you should be very proud to have such a caring, knowledgeable, ready to learn, and EXCITED class about hip-hop. We all listened in ahh...when you spoke up and enlightened us with your STUPENDOUS knowledge of the subject. I know you got frustrated toward the end...b/c some of us became a little too needy and demanding..that's why I’m sure I speak for us all...when I say, not only "Thank You"....but You really changed a piece of all of us, no matter in what aspect!!
I'm not looking for brownie points, but I do want to speak up for the ENTIRE class...b/c I know they all feel the same!
I learned more than I ever could have imagined in this 12-day class. I will always remember what you, Scooby, Tony, Bekah, Korie, Clark..etc...had to say to throw their different colors onto the collage.
I know now, I will cherish hip-hop from here on out...and THANK YOU EVERYONE for that!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color
http://www.rapnews.net/0-202-259247-00.html?tag=artistnav
http://www.daveyd.com/raptitle.html
Thursday, January 4, 2007
Wednesday, January 3, 2007
Fair-N-Hyte
DJ Mass= the DJ
Richard aka Liquid = the Producer
Fair-N-Hyte = the MC
These 3 young gentlemen came to our class today to give us some insight on them as hip-hop artists and answered a lot of questions the class had.
DJ Mass did the most talking, and had some really great things to say.
He started out by saying that music these days are only 10 percent talent and 90 percent business. He went on to elaborate and agree with Fair-N-Hyte on how hip-hop is, in fact, a way of life. That brought a little confusion to me...because if you have read any of my other blogs, I have been so confused on why people actually say that!!
So I asked the question "what is hip-hop?" Fair-N-Hyte chose to answer. he said grafiti, jump roping to music, etc all EQUAL hip-hop.
Liquid and DJ Mass went on to answer Nick's question..."Is hip-hop dead, like NAS states in his new CD?"
They both feel it is dead because of the language!!! Hmm...so maybe what I have been preaching in these blogs does mean something to OTHERS. I guess I'm not the only one who thinks the language is OUT OF CONTROL!
They continued by saying before you never had to cover babies ears. The music was there to teach and enlighten them about the past or what was going on in the present. BUT NOW...there are parental advisories on ALMOST every single CD out there!!
We all know about professional sports. I'm infatuated with NFL!! So when they compared hip-hop to a pro-sport...I totally understood. In the music industry it's a fight to the top...kinda like players fight to the top to get drafted first. Whoever gets drafted first makes the most money...and in the end that's what everyone wants in the long run anyway, right?
I understand that before artists were in the business for the love of the game. Now it's all about the dinero!
Artists get paid 13 cents every time one of their songs is played for ONE minute on the radio. MAN that adds up. They also get paid 40 cents per CD. All the other money goes to the producers.
They all think we should put good values into our children now. We should teach them to do good, because before their moms were all crack heads, and that should change!
This wonderful trio has great music, and good lyrics. I really respect them and what they are trying to do in the hip-hop world. I know I hope to hear them do well in this business.
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=107312272
www.ninjaarrow.com
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hip_Hop_Is_Dead
Richard aka Liquid = the Producer
Fair-N-Hyte = the MC
These 3 young gentlemen came to our class today to give us some insight on them as hip-hop artists and answered a lot of questions the class had.
DJ Mass did the most talking, and had some really great things to say.
He started out by saying that music these days are only 10 percent talent and 90 percent business. He went on to elaborate and agree with Fair-N-Hyte on how hip-hop is, in fact, a way of life. That brought a little confusion to me...because if you have read any of my other blogs, I have been so confused on why people actually say that!!
So I asked the question "what is hip-hop?" Fair-N-Hyte chose to answer. he said grafiti, jump roping to music, etc all EQUAL hip-hop.
Liquid and DJ Mass went on to answer Nick's question..."Is hip-hop dead, like NAS states in his new CD?"
They both feel it is dead because of the language!!! Hmm...so maybe what I have been preaching in these blogs does mean something to OTHERS. I guess I'm not the only one who thinks the language is OUT OF CONTROL!
They continued by saying before you never had to cover babies ears. The music was there to teach and enlighten them about the past or what was going on in the present. BUT NOW...there are parental advisories on ALMOST every single CD out there!!
We all know about professional sports. I'm infatuated with NFL!! So when they compared hip-hop to a pro-sport...I totally understood. In the music industry it's a fight to the top...kinda like players fight to the top to get drafted first. Whoever gets drafted first makes the most money...and in the end that's what everyone wants in the long run anyway, right?
I understand that before artists were in the business for the love of the game. Now it's all about the dinero!
Artists get paid 13 cents every time one of their songs is played for ONE minute on the radio. MAN that adds up. They also get paid 40 cents per CD. All the other money goes to the producers.
They all think we should put good values into our children now. We should teach them to do good, because before their moms were all crack heads, and that should change!
This wonderful trio has great music, and good lyrics. I really respect them and what they are trying to do in the hip-hop world. I know I hope to hear them do well in this business.
http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=107312272
www.ninjaarrow.com
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hip_Hop_Is_Dead
Hustle and Flow
The beginning of Hustle and Flow was very hard for me to watch. I know they had to start the movie off that way to put off the exact message they were going for. But it was still pretty scary.....
The movie is about this pimp who sells crack-cocaine, and other drugs.. I’m sure to make money! He was just doing what he had to at the time to survive
He has a few of his “hoes” living in his house…one has a baby and another is pregnant. No one really knows who the babies Daddy’s are yet. This Pimp, as the movie goes on…decides to straighten up his life…so he goes to an old buddy of his’ house and asks for help. The buddy decides to help him make a room designed like a sound booth. They decorated it with cup holders to keep the sound in. They put up computers and sound machines to make REAL music. They even brought a boy in from the church to help with the piano and recording.
They ended up coming up with a great first song. They had to change the words from "smack that bitch" to "whoop that trick...get em', whoop that trick" etc...
I loved the song. IT had a great beat...and the hoes even helped out singing.
The pimp eventually makes a demo…takes it to someone…and he actually throws it in the toilet full of crap. He needs this break so bad..that he dug it out so he could let someone else listen to it. Then he starts shooting people, b/c he’s not getting what he wants when it comes to his music. He needs to get this break to survive, so he doesn’t have to pimp the hoes anymore or sell drugs!
I can’t wait to finish this movie. I think it has a great story line…and teaches a good lesson. I just had to give the movie the benefit of the doubt at first...even though it was hard to watch but I think it will all work out!
Can't wait to finish it!
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0410097/
http://www.hustleandflow.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hustle_&_Flow
The movie is about this pimp who sells crack-cocaine, and other drugs.. I’m sure to make money! He was just doing what he had to at the time to survive
He has a few of his “hoes” living in his house…one has a baby and another is pregnant. No one really knows who the babies Daddy’s are yet. This Pimp, as the movie goes on…decides to straighten up his life…so he goes to an old buddy of his’ house and asks for help. The buddy decides to help him make a room designed like a sound booth. They decorated it with cup holders to keep the sound in. They put up computers and sound machines to make REAL music. They even brought a boy in from the church to help with the piano and recording.
They ended up coming up with a great first song. They had to change the words from "smack that bitch" to "whoop that trick...get em', whoop that trick" etc...
I loved the song. IT had a great beat...and the hoes even helped out singing.
The pimp eventually makes a demo…takes it to someone…and he actually throws it in the toilet full of crap. He needs this break so bad..that he dug it out so he could let someone else listen to it. Then he starts shooting people, b/c he’s not getting what he wants when it comes to his music. He needs to get this break to survive, so he doesn’t have to pimp the hoes anymore or sell drugs!
I can’t wait to finish this movie. I think it has a great story line…and teaches a good lesson. I just had to give the movie the benefit of the doubt at first...even though it was hard to watch but I think it will all work out!
Can't wait to finish it!
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0410097/
http://www.hustleandflow.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hustle_&_Flow
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