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5 Comments:
- Since the Mayor of detriot fancied Hip Hop, he was able to keep his title as mayor.
- He believed that he was involved in politics cause he was born to be political.
- Even though he was all for Hip Hop he removed the earing to respect the elderly.
- Detroit becoming a black city may have caused trouble.
- Kilpatrick may have been elected for the wrong reasons.
4 Questions:
- Was it a problem that Detroit was becoming a black city?
- Did the people elect Kilpatrick only because he was into Hip Hop?
- Why did they have to imply that he was near the top of his class?
- Why didn't the older people very much vote for Kilpatrick?
3 Words:
- Remediation (pg. 189): The act or process of correcting a fault
- Moniker (pg. 196): a person's name, esp. a nickname or alias
- Revitalize (pg. 202): to give new life to
2 Literary Terms:
- Simile (pg. 202) "Like virtually every other major urban metro area in the U.S."
- Personification (pg. 204) "The aftershocks of September 11 produced a political and econmical climate that left America's big cities all but abandoned"
1 Sentence Summary:
- There is a day in the future that Hip Hop will make a difference in our lives, as it did in Kilpatrick's.
5 Comments:
- Many rappers from long ago represented the West Coast.
- There were more people in the U.S. who were being put in jail in 1994.
- They tried to project people from criminals.
- They didn't care about how the people felt they treated them like trash.
- They thought it was better for people to get taught than to be punished.
4 Questions:
- How can they protect the entire puclic from prisoners?
- Why did so many of those rappers die or get killed?
- Why was it that those who were not white were the ones who always seemed to be the bad ones?
- What did it take to form the CYA?
3 Words:
- Ethos (pg. 163): the fundamental character or spirit of a culture
- Incarceration (pg. 174): to imprison
- Pinnacle (pg. 177): a lofty peak
2 Literary Terms:
- Metaphor (pg. 163) "In the mountainous terrain, vast highways, and electic bed of urban and suburban communities that make up California's Bay"
- Personification (pg. 180) "Hip Hop informs the language we use"
1 Sentence Summary:
- The youth have a strong control on whether or not something will make a difference and succeed.
5 Comments:
- The people who are attracted to Hip Hop changed over time.
- Simmons built his own hip group that raised many funds for Hip Hop.
- Hip Hop has enough power to control and make a difference on many things in the world.
- Trying to catch the young people's attention is a difficult task.
- In order to do well they have to improve the mistakes they made in the past.
4 Questions:
- Why is it so important to impress everyone?
- If Afrika didn't experiment with anything that had to do with Hip Hop, why does it matter?
- Did any of those people that came to Texas Southern University actually make it into the music business?
- Did the boycotts agaisnt the HSAN ever stop?
3 Words:
- Pragmatist (pg. 145): a person who is oriented toward the success or failure of a particular line of action
- Coalition (pg. 152): a combination or alliance
- Constituency (pg. 162): a body of constituents
2 Literary Terms:
- Onomatapoeia (pg. 155) "Though the summits have generated considerable buzz, some have questioned their relevance"
- Metaphor (pg. 155) "Hip Hop is a potent catalyst for transforming the world"
1 Sentence Summary:
- Russell Simmons writes about his experience in how he realized what it takes in order to grap the people's attention.
5 Comments:
- Music has an impact on the economy.
- Eventually there was enough rap music to make a difference.
- Public Enemy also made a difference in Hip Hop.
- Even though two different rappers came from different areas they collaborated and achieved together.
- From being rich there were many people who were jealous of Simmons.
4 Questions:
- How did the internet really improve Hip Hop's production?
- Does Aldephi University major in Music?
- Why were the commecial life getting farther away from Hip Hop?
- Were there other rappist besides Eminem who were very successful?
3 Words:
- Silhouetted (pg. 116): a two-dimensional representation of the outline of an object
- Seditious (pg. 122): given to or guilty of sedition
- Venues (pg. 137): The locality where a crime is committed
2 Literary Terms:
- Personification (pg. 116): "Public Enemy seized pop culture"
- Metaphor (pg. 116): "If Public Enemy understood the fine line between pop art and revolution"
1 Sentence Summary:
- In this chapter it explains how Eminem changed the cultural background and the present day Hip Hop.
5 Comments:
- It took Eminem to change the racial and cultural of hiphop history.
- Eminem showed respect to black music, knowing he was white.
- Often times Eminem raps about his experience in life.
- Many whites enjoy Hip Hop because of its uniqueness.
- Eminen has become a better person through Hip Hop music.
4 Questions:
- If Eminem did something wrong, wouldn't they punish him in some way?
- Did the number of CD' sbeing sold dropped because everyone was buying Eminem's CD's?
- Were others jealous of Eminem because his hits were being sold so quickly?
- Why were teenagers in the nineties attracted to Hip Hop?
3 Words:
- Paradox (pg. 93): a statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory
- Defeid (pg. 95): to challenge the power of
- Provacateur (pg. 106): a person who provokes trouble
2 Literary Terms:
- Metaphor (pg. 85) "His meteoric rise to celebrity was yet another idication of how the hip-hop movement was rewriting"
- Irony (pg. 103) "Dre was in the rap game for the music and the money, but not for the mayhem that had become commonplace at Death Row"
1 Sentence Summary:
- In this chapter, it describes how the white race was brought to Hip Hop and how it made a difference in Hip Hop's relation to the world.
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.
5 Comments:
- Hip ho must always be for ghetto blacks.
- Ghettoscapes is a racist thing to call something.
- Hip hop was often times thought of leading to destruction.
- Many people are moved by hip hop.
- Hip hop is many times treated as thought it doesnt matter when it should'nt.
4 Questions:
- Why does hip hop matter?
- Why was hip hop considered ghetto?
- Where doe these hip hop artists get their names?
- Why did hip hop develope such a spectacular reputation?
3 Words:
- Nemesis (pg. 1): one thing that brings about retribution or vengeance
- Authenticity (pg. 2): The quality of being authentic or of established authority for truth and correctness.
- Reprimand: (pg. 4): to rebuke
2 Literary Terms:
- Personification (pg. 1): "hip hop has produced its share... walking the fine line"
- Onomatopoeia (pg. 2): "that all important buzz and hip"
1 Sentence Summary:
- The prologue bascially introduces hip hop and the people who made a difference in the genre.
