Here are the links to the playlist on both Spotify and Apple Music: https://open.spotify.com/user/31h7gs6rkfn5d26osttk4ga5zyji/playlist/4d73yvdeMZOgTPwnVGCvXl?si=OA1Oq_ahTdSZ2uDJ3UNDYg https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/hip-hop-feminists/pl.u-XkD00dZTYgaKe4
Click This Link!!!! A lot of what I learned throughout the course revolved around hip hop and feminism and then their baby: hip hop feminism. But when going through the readings, it was almost as if the history of hip hop and hip hop feminism was like an endless timeline. Many of the quotes I… Continue reading →
Gabby: While Doja Cat is probably an icon, when it comes to her being a supporter of all female rappers, like we saw in the last group’s presentation, she still is one of those rappers who people don’t know much about. My slides focus on who she actually is and what her contributions to changing… Continue reading →
These last few episodes of The Get Down has been kind of wild. From Mylene singing on live TV to Boo-Boo selling drugs, there has been a lot of influence that music and money has had over individual characters. Yet, I want to focus more on how Mylene’s career at Marrakesh Star Records is a little… Continue reading →
Many of the characters in The Get Down have a talent or a skill that they are trying to perfect, Mylene with her singing, Ezekiel with his writing and internships, and Shaolin with his music. Each one of them are working hard on getting out of the hood and try to make it in the… Continue reading →
When thinking about rap and hip hop from a feminist standpoint, you begin to notice how really misogynistic and homophobic it can really be. After finishing our de/constructing hip hop section, it really opened my eyes as to how rap music now to rap music back when hip hop first began have many lyrics degrading… Continue reading →
via GIPHY Right now, I am struggling to grasp all the things we have discussed in class. Not because I wasn’t paying attention or doing the readings, but because I’m looking back at the things I grew up with from an educational/institutional standpoint. I never thought about where hip hop came from or why it… Continue reading →
“A prerequisite to America A disguised sin Where some brother from that closed southern shit Comes to some open northern shit” – “New York, New York,” The Last Poets “New York, New York” is a song that is featured on The Last Poets’ self-titled debut album. This song focuses on the many different experiences a… Continue reading →
