For Monday, 7 OctoberAndrew Nosnitsky, ‘Classic Material’, Pitchfork (19 November 2012) Audio: This should go without saying, but you need to listen to […]

For Monday, 30 SeptemberNelson George, ‘Hip-Hop’s Founding Fathers Speak the Truth’, in Forman and Neal (2012); also available in Forman and Neal (2004 […]

For Wednesday, 25 SeptemberRecap: We continued our discussion of the Wild Style era and then watched the movie right up to just before the first party sc […]

For Monday, 23 SeptemberPrep Alex Gale, The Oral History of “Wild Style”, Complex (2013). Note: I advise watching the movie to the end before r […]

For Wednesday, 18 SeptemberPrep Jeff Chang, ‘Zulus on a Time Bomb: Hip-Hop Meets the Rockers Downtown’, in Forman and Neal (2012). I’ll drop the […]

For Monday, 16 SeptemberPrep Sally Banes, ‘Physical Graffiti: Breaking Is Hard to Do’, Village Voice,  Video: Wild Style (Charlie Ahearn, 1 […]

For Wednesday, 11 SeptemberPrep Bill Brewster and Frank Broughton, ‘Hip-Hop: Planet Rock’, in Last Night a DJ Saved My Life: The History of the Dis […]

For Monday, 9 SeptemberPrep Bill Brewster and Frank Broughton, ‘Hip-Hop Roots: Adventures on the Wheels of Steel’, in Last Night a DJ Saved My Lif […]

For Wednesday, 4 SeptemberPrep Benedict Carey, ‘In Music, Others’ Tastes May Help Shape Your Own’, New York Times (14 February 2006)  Shamus Kha […]

For Wednesday, 28 AugustPrep (Note: These are all short, whether texts or audiovisual clips; please make sure you check them out before our first […]

For Wednesday, 5/22 (3:30-5:30)DUE: Story Maps Final Projects In Class Attendance In-Class Presentations Final Words For Next Time Have a nice summer!

For Wednesday, 15 MayUsama Kahf, ‘Arabic Hip-Hop: Claims of Authenticity and Identity of a New Genre’, in Forman and Neal (2012) This is […]

For Monday, 13 MayAndrew Nosnitsky, ‘Gray Matters’, Pitchfork (4 March 2013). On the legacy of Houston’s DJ Screw—possibly the most influen […]

For Wednesday, 8 MaySince we didn’t get a chance to really dig into Monday’s assignments, we’ll try to find some time to talk about them on Wednesday. […]

For Monday, 6 MayMatt Miller, ‘Rap’s Dirty South: From Subculture to Pop Culture’, (password-protected PDF) in Forman and Neal (2012) […]

For Wednesday, 1 MayPrep Gilbert B. Rodman, ‘Race … and Other Four-Letter Words: Eminem and the Cultural Politics of Authenticity’ (pass […]

For Wednesday, 17 AprilPrep Tricia Rose, ‘Never Trust a Big Butt and a Smile’, in Forman and Neal (2004), pp. 291-306 Audio: ‘Saweetie, City Girls, and […]

For Monday, 15 AprilPrep Davarian Baldwin, ‘Black Empires, White Desires: The Spatial Politics of Identity in the Age of Hip-Hop’, (pa […]

For Wednesday, 10 AprilPrep Davarian Baldwin, ‘Black Empires, White Desires: The Spatial Politics of Identity in the Age of Hip-Hop’, (pa […]

For Monday, 8 AprilPrep DUE: Story Maps Proposal Outline Murray Forman, ‘Represent: Race, Space, and Place in Rap Music’, (password-protected PDF […]