Gender and Sexuality in Hip Hop WOM324
Fall 2019 | 3 credits | Dr. Pabón
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The Last Poets poem “New York, New York” speaks on the racial dynamics of the space of New York City and what it means to be black in this space in time. Forman’s chapter discusses how location informs art and vice versa (global consumption). This poem exposes New York’s liberal and accepting front to show… Continue reading Cury_The Last Poets/Forman
Line from Poem:But when it comes to fucking for revolutionary causes Niggers say, “Fuck revolution!” This poem form The Last Poets is about the struggle of unifying Black people to actually want to fight consistently. This connects to the Murray Foreman reading because this is a pieace of Hip Hop work that continoiusly articulates the… Continue reading Weekes_The Last Poets
The Foreman reading and The Last Poets spoken word entitled “Before the White Man Came” deal greatly with how obtaining and claiming space is a source of power. “It can be unifying or differentiating and is structured in and through numerous institutional agendas and public discourse.” Forman wrote. “Before the White Man Came” directly relates… Continue reading Trudy Tompkins-The Last Poets
In the Forman reading it discusses the importance of textual spatial. Within textual spatial consumers are able to connect the poem to social reality. In the poem the poets talk about being African American and shedding light on the liberating movements like marching in Alabama. Through the use of textual spatial we are able to… Continue reading Rosales_The Last Poets/Forman
She Is by The Last Poets ties to the Forman reading about space/location in a slightly abstract, yet also very concrete way. This song/poem states cities and places where Black culture, where “she”, the music, the rap, the poems, the beats, the art ~ lives and breathes and grows. Places like the Missisippi Delta, St… Continue reading The Last Poets/Forman reading: She Is – Emma Murphy
The first half of this poem drops the names of several cities that are vital to the music industry – as Forman notes on page 7 that being from a city meant you were “with it.” He presents cities as central to hip-hop culture, so I thought this poem would connect well to the article… Continue reading Jenna Palme – The Last Poets
The Murray Forman reading relates to the poem “When the Revolution Comes” by The Last Poets as they each discuss a black persons role/space in a society in comparison to perhaps an individual of “European descent”. When Cornel West describes how he had been trying to hail a cab for some time, and a woman… Continue reading Rivera_Murray Forman/Last Poets
Here is an overview of The Last Poets, with some excerpts from some of the members. Your blog post should also include either a video or some images, lyrics, etc and don’t forget to note where you found the poem.