^Click here for the Quotes^ I chose these quotes because they are really important to me. Throughout this class I felt like these were important because I am an Art Major and the graffiti art always interested me. The way the graffiti artist would always create such beautiful works always had my interest. These… Continue reading →
I decided to watch the documentary My Mic Sound Nice: The Truth About Women And Hip Hop. (extra credit) It is directed and produced by Ava Duveray and the documentary is about an inside look on the women who made hip hop. The documentary talks about how that there are female rappers slowly getting their fame… Continue reading →
In The Get Down season 2 Mylene disco career is taking off for her. She’s becoming a disco star. When these episodes progress you can see that she is getting less and less control over her career in the music industry. “Sexist ideas often rely on labeling and controlling the value and expression of women’s… Continue reading →
In The Get Down the 4th and 5th episodes we can see how almost every character Ezekial (getting offered to internships) , Myelene(singing), Shaolin(wanting to make music) etc is trying to use hip-hip to get out of their hometown. They are given the opportunities to try to get out of the Bronx. The entire scene… Continue reading →
Learning about hip hop feminism is very interesting. The reading assigned for the class I chose to write about was the “Toward A Critical Hip-Hip Feminist Pedagogy” they talked about SOLHOT I did not know what that was until I read the assignment from what I am understanding I believe they help women of color.… Continue reading →
When reading the “The Real Hip Hop” Battling for Knowledge, Power, and Respect in the La Underground by Marcyliena Morgan I came across this quote. “The knowledge held by underground female MCS regarding the multi-layered black woman’s experience does not occur magically.” (137). I found this quote to be very true because women in general… Continue reading →
During the first class I was not expecting to watch Missy Elliot’s Throw is Back music video. While watching it I did not expect us to have a full breakdown of what are some elements of hip hop. Usually when you think of hip hop it is always aggressive or rough with a bunch of… Continue reading →
The Foreman Murray reading is really interesting because it talks about race and classes in America. “Hip-Hop has evolved into North America’s most influential youth-oriented forces provides sustained articulation of the social partitioning of race and the diverse experiences of being young black, latino in the United States.”.(3) Looking into this quote it is quite… Continue reading →
