NOTES FROM A HIP-HOP SURVEY COURSE, PART 1

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Subject: NOTES FROM A HIP-HOP SURVEY COURSE, PART 1
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notes: "..hip hop america's pop music now last quarter century..its a survey class..people who live this culture..if u want to add, embellish..can never learn too much..my expertise. Af am music..also reggae..after hip hop comes bob marley exhibit..a hip hop museum ready to launch..in bronx..I'm on board...maybe russel simmons on board..anybody see him here a few weeks ago....others coming chris blackwell, ..pbs special..kate..@ whitehouse..kate did this exhibit..don't need to agree..its interpretive..subjectivity..otherwise just read in book ..used to teach @ rutgers..this is not academia..try to do this in colloquial way..not preach to u..meant to be entertaining..some here b/c I asked u to come..I didn't come quickly to hip hop..even tho I was there in the early 70's...think of 20th century..america's century..come to age as superpower..after fall of comm ..also musically, no country can touch what we have given to the world musically in 20th century..separate bl & wh culture..look @ af am contribs..as to amt..# of new forms..brilliant artists..overall impact.entire world..not all clear cut..jazz black music form..but dig down.others contrib too ..but in general..louis armstrong et al..blues blues jazz, soul, funk, r & b, disco, hip hop, bee bop swing, cool, fusion,,of all these forms..all given due..endorsed exported..except hip hop until now...revol music..challenges..polit..most recent..hasn't gotten its due.celeb gospel blues...maybe too controversial to get credit..still...what made it so..give & take of african cult..also anglo irish..also racism..extra tension..in nutshell..bl & wh celbr..where r we now..first time..af ams bouncing ...haven't had major music..lately..last was grunge..late 80's, 90's..music slowed down less imp..25% decrease in concert att...here to ..soul music..motown..also...and atlantic..golden age..also rock roll..then 1970's..chronolog..musically '63 to '73..that's the 60's music era..hip hop..not 60's ..bronx..how go from soul ..then..to funk...I don't know re hip hop in '73 ..have to wait 6 years..before recorded artifact..rappers delight ..sugar hill gang..why in this ? .69 71 motown losing lustre..stevie wonder..migrated..motown leaves detroit comes here..but not like it used to be..sly & family stone..loses sensib as..couple key bands & artists..2 huge..gil scott herron ..last poets..black..music...."when revol comes.."..gangsta rap..not on radio..

 thanks to http://lovepeace.org for the below image of gil scott herron

...last poets..many blacks didn't even know of this music..

 thanks to http://4.bp.blogspot.com for the below imag of the last poets:

...marvin gaye..more known..cnsdrd greatest of all times..70-73 ..clip.."far too many of u dying.."...[red hat]..also "sounds of philadelphia"..the ojays ..signed in cleve but rcrded in phillie.."love train"

thanks to http://www.ticketini.com for the below image:

....revolution vs love..this is backdrop to bronx ..no q..rock surfaces memphis ..why hip hop fr bronx..music to be created & sustained..not just artist but audience..in bronx..it was like beirut or baghdad..suffered incredibly..ny in bad condition..bronx pushed aside..gangs ..drugs..south bronx..maybe mother cabrini projrcts chicago..maybe south l.a....become so isolated..create in a vacum w/o outside interference or ack..seattle..grunge..a seam..pearl jam, nirvana..already formed b/f world knew..a lot carribeans settled nyc ..jamaicans..brooklyn..1962 jamaica indep..many got out..s. bronx...late 60's..kid campbell..clive ..from jamaica..brings..reggae

 thanks to http://lh5.ggpht.com for the image of
 DJ COOL HERK (aka campbell clive)

..sound systems..everything outdoors ..disc jockey....toast over dub plates..jamaicans come to usa with this..clive campbell..longs for jamaica..wonders what he's doing in bronx..sound system..he didn't know he was creating history...invit..come to dj cool hercs party set up jamaica style..earliest hip hop...rap..part of af am cult..verbal battles..here at herks party..af ams and jamaicans together..'73..sudden concept of spinning records..unique way, art form..74 75..another frm..also hispanic & gay..disco..gets no respect...but it was important..w/o disco no m. Jackson, no usher..in manhattan..records..disc spun..if white grate dead, almond bros,..underground movement, black hispanic gay..dance again..mixing..never leave dance floor..77 sat night fever..mst imp of all time..j. travolta..

thanks to http://ecx.images-amazon.com for the below image of
john travolta and saturday night fever:

exported disco cult..drugs..all this happ.. bee gees..trammpps

 THANKS TO http://ec1.images-amazon.com
and to http://www.comicgenius.com
 for the below images:

...burn baby burn..disco inferno..red & white outfits..

early hip hop would borrow from.some day will do disco shoe exhibit....or rush..sex pistols.springsteen..u had to select what u would embrace....people dressed their music..Then bob marley..new sensib..lively up yourself..all this happening..rappers delight..sugarhill gang...

thanks to http://4.bp.blogspot.com for the below image of sugarhill gang:
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...soul train on tv..

 thanks to http://cdn2.iofferphoto.com for the soul train image:

imp for black..this was seminal..just happened to catch it on camera..not the best

Three main entities..kurtis blow..

thanks to http://hiphopspy.com for the below image of kurtis blow

then up to run dmc ..
thanks to http://katdakid.files.wordpress.com for the run dmc pic:

hip hop is developing a consc style.that will explode...grand wizard theatre..scratching..then grand master flash.

thanks to http://2.bp.blogspot.com for the grand master flash pic:

also to http://cdn.wiznation.com

also to http://userserve-ak.last.fm

also http://upload.wikimedia.org

also http://www.vinylrecords.ch

also http://exclaim.ca

 Popularized it..then ...born in barbados...flash a seminal giant..

Dj & mc..back then dj..was the guy..age of mc in future..dancing why they're spinning records..bee boy bee girl..bboy break dancing..some of best break dancers were latino ..

....Tagging..grafitti..becomes part..cey adams..

thanks to http://respect-mag.com/wp-content for the Cey Adams pic

and to http://metrocardfame.files.wordpress

for more about Cey Adams see
http://www.thefader.com/2010/04/30/definition-making-hip-hops-classic-album-covers-with-cey-adams-bill-adler/

...tagging did a piece here ..been dodging cops for 3 decades...there's a f you mentality in bronx..didn't want to be part of discos..taggers..socs & psys studied.. I was in zurich..most expensive place in world..cab..graffitti wall..

[He periodically makes some of his prejudices obvious..re "conservative zurich"..wouldn't apprec it in des moines iowa.."no offense to des moines"..let's "rock n roll"..(it was a term for sexual icourse)..he's talking to white christians....jazz also fr black culture ..means sex icourse..

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