Sunday, November 16, 2008

Journal Entry #2 Hip Hop Matters

5 Comments:

  • So, hip hop is just a remix of American pop music.
  • Albums are still determined "hot" depending on how many copies were sold.
  • A historic change in music is a big deal because it attracts many people.
  • Iovine didn't invent well enough things to attract people's attention.
  • Los Angeles was the birth place or rap music.

4 Questions:

  • Why are they mentioning rap when this is a hip hop book?
  • Why was rap looked at as scorn?
  • What did the SoundScan system do?
  • Why do Indie labels always fail?

3 Words:

  • Aura (pg. 34): a distinctive and pervasive quality or character
  • Accolades (pg.36): An expression of approval
  • Conglomerates (pg. 51): To form or gather into a mass or whole

2 Literary Terms:

  • Personification (pg. 39): "SoundScan called attention to the comercial vitality"
  • Similie (pg. 48): "Death Row's artistry, like the concoction iy first album celebrated"

1 Sentence Summary:

  • This chapter was about the formation of hip hop and the other genres that make it up.

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