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Roxanne, Roxanne is a feature film inspired by Roxanne Shante, a 14 year-old from Queens who broke into the hip hop scene with her one-take diss track titled ‘Roxanne’s Revenge.’ The movie begins with Shante as a very young girl, being led by her mother and best friend to a park where she is going… Continue reading
“Hip Hop does not only influence the mainstream, it IS the mainstream” In the first episode of this docuseries, the beginning of hip hop is uncovered. The narrator goes to the sources of hip hop, Kool Herc, Afrikan Bamaataa, and Grandmaster Flash- the “Holy Trinity”. I think what stood out to me was how… Continue reading
Amaya Rivera Our What’s Up in Hip Hop focuses on double standards in hip hop, placing a special emphasis on Jermaine Dupri and a controversial comment that he made pertaining to female artists and “Stripper Rap” or “Strap” as he suggested it be called, describing the type of music he believes that all these female… 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
The last two episodes we were assigned to watch of The Get Down has made me think introspectively about two specific readings that I enjoyed very much. In episode eight of The Get Down we see Shaolin very afraid that The Get Down will fail and flounder in this already difficult and cut throat music… Continue reading
Roxanne Roxanne shows how Shante Roxanne is a Hip Hop Queen. It also portrays how life was and most likely still is for up and coming womxn hip hop artists from the projects. From the very beginning of the movie the theme of sexism was very present and it was portrayed throughout the whole film. … Continue reading
“Kanye West is one of the most controversial artists out. From his political views to his current religious conversion. I looked up a few different opinions that stem from critics believing he’s a joke and mocking christanity to those that argue Kanye West is a great example of God’s walk of life from sinning to… Continue reading
Throughout the 1980’s all kinds of hip hop exploded. Including Christian, Islamic, and Jewish hop hop. Most Christian hip hop was originally created with the intent of spreading the Christian message. Today, most Christian rappers identify as musicians, who are open about their religion and focus their music more so on secular life. Christian music… Continue reading
In the last episode of the Get Down there were a lot of things that stood out to me. Homophobia and sexuality was a huge issue through out this episode. Maylene’s father was extremely against gay men and constantly made sure that his daughters music was in no way connected to a homosexual man. Through… Continue reading
“The Get Down” has grown on me in ways I never expected. Through these last few episodes I’ve seen so much growth in characters like Zeke, Shao, Mylene and Dizzee that I have become very attached and able to connect with them. I sympathize with Zeke in his attempt to simultaneously live in… Continue reading
