- Album reviews
- Responses to articles we read inside and outside of class
- Youtube clips of hip hop songs, documentaries, etc. AND your reaction to them
- Comments from all of you on your peers' posts
- Your own rap and poetic creations
By the end of the 2 weeks, you will need to have a minimum of 10 posts of your own creation and 10 comments on other class members' posts. This will be part of your grade (pass/fail).
As we post, I need you to be aware of 3 BIG things.
- You are embedding video and posting on a blog that is public. Please make sure you are cautious of language. It's close to impossible to remove all explicit language from rap/hip-hop (plus, that would take something away from the art form) but we still need to be discerning of what we post.
- As you post to the blog, academic language is what I'm looking for. I don't want to see "This was cool" as a comment. I want you to say something insightful or connect it to something else you found (i.e. "This reminded me of the Jay Z video where he.....here's the link...).
- Edit and REVISE before posting. I care about grammar. If I see you posting just to "hit your quota", you're gonna have a bad time (see South Park meme).
Thank you in advance for the hard work you'll surely put into the course. The goal is that you are in this class because you actually WANT to do this work. It's like choosing a college class - you're here because you want to be here. So, in the words of Biggie, "Stay far from timid/Only make moves when ya heart's in it/and live the phrase sky's the limit."
When I chose the hip-hop and spoken word J term last year, I looked at the sheet of available courses, saw the word, "poetry," and thought, "well, better put this on." It was my third choice--a little rebellious action--the only difference between my and my best friend's otherwise identical choice sheets. I probably would hate this course if I were still that same unoriginal eighth grader. Over the past seven months or so my music taste and appreciation for spoken word and poetry has changed significantly (I love them both). This course now seems like a logical extension of my current interests; rather than simply listening to or reading hip-hop and poetry, we are asked to create. This is a bit scary, but it should be a good challenge for the next two weeks. In addition, we will learn a lot about hip-hop, which I am really looking forward to--although I enjoy hip-hop, I know very little about it.
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