ENGL 350: HISTORY OF HIP-HOP SUPPLEMENTAL SYLLABUS
WEEK V: MONDAY: FROM OLD SCHOOL TO NEW SCHOOL. Listenings: Afrika Bambaataaa, “Looking for the Perfect Beat”; Ice-T, “6 IN THE MORNING”; LL COOL J, “Rock the Bells”; Public Enemy, “Rebel Without a Pause”; Beastie Boys, “Rhymin’ and Stealin’”; NWA, “Fuck Tha Police”; Ice Cube and Yo Yo, “It’s a Man’s World”; Marly Marl & the Juice Crew, “The Bridge”; BDP, “The Bridge is Over”; Big Daddy Kane, “RAW”; Biz Markie, “Make that Music With Your Mouth”; MC Choice, “The Big Payback.”
READINGS: THE BOOK OF RHYMES. Readings: Adam Bradley, The Book of Rhymes, “Rap Poetry 101” and chapters 1-3 (“Rhythm,” “Rhyme,” and “Wordplay”).
WEEK V: WEDNESDAY: THE POLITICS OF HIP-HOP Listenings: Ice-T, “Pule of the Rhyme Flow”; BDP, “Necessary”; Public Enemy, “Welcome to the Terrordome”; Queen Latifah and Monie Love,”Ladies First”; Ice Cube, “I Wanna Kill Sam.”
Readings: David Samuels, “The Rap on Rap: The Black Music that Isn’t Either”; Davarian Baldwin, “Black Empires, White Desires” (TTJ); Russell Potter, Spectacular Vernaculars Chapter two, “THE PULSE OF THE RHYME FLOW: HIP-HOP SIGNIFYIN(G) AND THE POLITICS OF RECEPTION” (available via course blog).
WEEK VI: WEDNESDAY: THE FUTURE OF HIP-HOP. Listenings: Ornette Coleman, “Search for Life”; Guru with Donald Byrd, “Loungin’”; The X-ecutioners, “Word Play”; DJ Spooky with Antonin Artuad and the Nuuk Posse; Nas, “Hip-Hop is Dead”; MC Solaar, “Nouveau Western.”
Readings: Eric K. Watts, “an Exploration of Spectacular Consumption” (TTJ)’ Mark Anthony Neal, “Postindustrial Soul: Black Popular Music at the Crossroads” (TTJ)’ Russell Potter, Spectacular Vernaculars Chapter 4: “HIP-HOP AND THE QUESTION OF RESISTANCE” (Available via Course Blog).