Through step, they made their own new language in order to communicate [good idea; we could probably work on this theme for RUCKUS- Prithak]. Since then, step has really progressed and become an important part of sororities and fraternities all over the US, as well as getting incorporated into the culture of hip hop. In our performance, we are really trying to go back to the origin of step by stepping without music. In addition, RUCKUS is beginning to transition into a team that is more step heavy than dance, and this will be evident in our performance. We believe that due to RUCKUS' unique nature we definitely support DiverCity's overarching theme of diversity and inclusion.
Drawing his inspirations from the Notorious B.I.G. and 2Pac; Pyrex Jones aims to follow the same loose and easy flow. He also wishes to incorporate some of the social problems including: hardships, difficulties of violence, and some of the ethnic and racial dilemmas. This transforms into a huge fan following because the common listener could easily relate to this kind of music. Instilled with a real hustler’s ambition, Pyrex Jones has been making buzz locally with mixed tapes such as Microwave Music 1, Mafia Muzik, and various videos and performances.
3. The audience are people that believe in the stereotypical ideas of what New York and California are like and what they have done for hip hop. People knowledgeable about those who were influential in music, particularly in hip hop and bebop. 4. Smith finds many rhetorical devices that grabs our attention i make us catch his message.
To me the DJ played an even more instrumental part in that he helped to unify people. The block parties were helpful in bringing whole communities together, which they wouldn’t have been if it wasn’t for the DJs. Since the DJs were using turntables for scratching and mixing it only makes sense that sampling would be involved. One thing I learned in class was that “ Rapper’s Delight” ( what I’ve always known to be the first rap song) was a sample from “ Good times” The DJ has the most important
Taylor camp was the epitome of the hippie dream; freedom, free love, drug, nudism, and sex. However it was not only good things in the film, it tells you their story of the rise and fall of hippie culture and natural living through in depth interviews. Taylor camp was like an utopia for them to live there because they just made their own rules and own hippie culture and didn’t have to deal with complicated things every day as we do in our society. In my opinion, it is the real life for human being because today we have to deal with many things in a day and get too much stress. Living is very costly in our regular society, thus we have to think or make a plan for our life like what we
high-culture has been around since the 1830’s. Since then social scientists and anthropologists have debated on pop culture’s importance but it is shown that it has left its mark on America especially in youth culture. There has always been a balance between being socially progressive and the struggle to maintain this balance and it seems to me to be the basis of programs like “Merchants of Cool.” The desire to be cool and to have cool stuff will always be around which means that this marathon will
We can say that the Harlem Renaissance was born to make music a global expansion of artists and writers to influence their origins. And Langston Hughes was a example of it that proved by his poems and lyrics about the slavery era and the pain of African Americans without mentioning any whites in his words because he was speaking to the universe by giving a message to God, why this happened and the suffrage on the African-Americans. Overall, Hughes’s work is still shown today in millions of artist’s lyrics style of writing and in poetic gospels in Churches. Jazz and Blues play still a big role in the American music industry these days and is identified by his accomplishments
Dennis Rawls 1-22-14 English Can Hip HOP transcend low class placement? Hip Hop can transcend its low class placement if the music starts to make more sense, if it’s more uplifting and if it has a certain balance. Hip Hop is not making sense anymore Artist are putting out anything that makes money. I Think Hip Hop can transcend if artist start putting more time in their music. Hip Hop Artist in our generation not even Rhyming anymore they are just saying words.
Even today as we have come a long way from where our ancestors began, equality is not at its full potential and we still have a long road ahead of us to get there. Martin Luther King Jr, helped make the United States be what it is today. He informed his people about the social justice issues going on and what they should do about those issues. He gave them hope and a life to look forward too. Along with what he said I explained what I thought were issues that are still around today and the issues we no longer have.
There are many special people that are currently in the world today. Also a lot of them are decease now but left with good legacies. If I had the chance to meet and spend an evening with someone I would choose Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., he is a human icon today. Many people look up to him for the things he did. The reason why I choose Dr. King was because of his legacy in the world.