Please Make Sure to Consult the Guidelines and expectations in your syllabus. (375- 500 word response FOR EACH QUESTION. There are 4 questions). If you have questions prior to submitting this Assignment, please ask! This assignment is worth 60/500 points, please take the time to develop your responses (per guidelines) and proofread prior to submitting.
Please respond to FOUR Questions Total.
- Select: #1 OR #2
- Respond to: # 3
- Respond to: #4
- Select: #5 OR #6
Total of FOUR Responses: Each are worth 15 points= Assignment Total 60 points.
Part II: Written Review Assignment
- Per Joseph, how is (hip hop in general &) the element of MCing in particular uniquely endowed as powerful political tool to “verbally engage political consciousness” (16)?
- Besides Joseph & KRS-ONE, who are MCs that you see manifest themselves as Friere “cultural worker”, Gramsci’s “organic intellectual” or Giroux’s “public intellectual” ?
- Define how the concept of “Nommo” simultaneously historicizes and manifests in the contemporary role of the MC. Use 1-2 of your own examples to examine this.
- Examine the DJing aesthetic of rupture (in sonic, conceptual, aesthetic, and political forms).
- Although hip hop culture has always been multicultural, “when corporate culture industrialized hip-hop, it became centralized not only into African American culture but the face of all African America.” Why do you think this is? Provide evidence for your position.
- Why do you think the panelists of “Got Next” state that Hip-hop activism and hip-hop activists are generationally specific?
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