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week TWO. August 31
Link for this webpage: http://www.funkdafied.org/week-two.html
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I. Introductions
II. Name Game (Thank you Ashley, Maria, Nataly, Ruba) III. Syllabus Q&A IV. Review of Presentation Guidelines next week! |
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V. In-class Discussion w/ Break (see below)
VII. In-Class Writing Activity... Click here for the Google Doc/Cheat Sheet
This is how most in-class writing will work since this class has to be COMPLETELY paperless in keeping with COVID/health protocols.
VI. Closing Accountability Exercise
Your answers here must be things you are willing to share out loud because we are going to support one another in these things.
VII. Close at 4:30pm
See you next week at 2:10pm. If you want to talk after class, let's move out of the classroom and go outside to do so.
VII. In-Class Writing Activity... Click here for the Google Doc/Cheat Sheet
This is how most in-class writing will work since this class has to be COMPLETELY paperless in keeping with COVID/health protocols.
VI. Closing Accountability Exercise
Your answers here must be things you are willing to share out loud because we are going to support one another in these things.
- What is a do-able and self-enriching goal that you have/will have for yourself this semester?
- What are some things that we can do to hold each other accountable to these visions and goals? (CLICK HERE)
VII. Close at 4:30pm
See you next week at 2:10pm. If you want to talk after class, let's move out of the classroom and go outside to do so.
part two |
You may have noticed that each of the major performances that Kopano discussed was starred on the PDF. We are now going to look at the performances that Kopana discussed. Look below and to the left and peruse the different performances (they are listed in the order that Kopano discusses them. Be prepared to discuss the following: 1) Which one performance intrigued you most and why? 2) Go back and look at what Kopana said about this performance and history. What would you add?
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Videos at the left: 1) Dr. Molefi Kete Asante on Afrocentricity 2) Agikuyu Orature (performed by students at Wahundura) 3) Archie Shepp - Mama Rose 4) Charlie Parker and Coleman Hawkins in 1950 5) Dizzy Gillespie's Bebop Reunion in 1975 6) Kool Herc's Technique 7) "How to Do a Break Mix" by Grand Master Flash in 1983 8) Dr. Hep Cat 9) WADO 1280 New York: Jocko Henderson in 1965 10) James Brown on Soul Train, "Say It Loud, I'm Black and I'm Proud" 11) Last Poets (Full Album) 12) "Excursions" by Tribe Called Quest 13) "Cell Therapy" by Goodie Mob 14) "Renee" by The Lost Boyz addendumSylvia Robinson
Godmother of Hip Hop who assembled the Sugarhill Gang to record “Rapper’s Delight.” "Supersonic" by J.J. Fad
(Dania Birks (Baby D), Michelle Franklin-Ferrens (Sassy C), Anna Cash (Lady Anna), Fatima Shaheed (O.G. Rocker) and Juanita Lee (Crazy J). Proceeds from the sale of “Supersonic” funded the promotion of N.W.A.’s Straight Outta Compton. The group featured a rotating cast in Juana Burns (MC J.B.). “Supersonic” was mostly "remembered" when copied (with credit following a lawsuit) by will.i.am funded yet another man in the industry. "Funk You Up" by The Sequence
The Sequence released the first rap single from a women's rap group in 1979 with "Funk You Up." One of its members, Angie Stone, is now a neo-soul icon. MC Lyte
The 1988 release of Lyte's album, Lyte as a Rock, marked the birth of Black women as solo emcees. Queen Latifah Queen Latifah's first album dropped in 1989 when she part of the Native Tongues. Her company, Flavor Unit (now The Unit) has produced and influenced dozens of rappers. |
