Bell Ringer #16 5/17/10

In paragraph form, explain what you know about the history of rap, R&B, early artists, hip-hop culture,

etc.

Poet Laureate[lawr – ee – it]

• A poet laureate is a highly honored American writer of poetry

• Black Americans added beats and music to poems about dramatic life events to create “rap”

History of Rap• Arose in the early 1970s in South

Bronx (NYC) Beats were mixed on 2 turntables (using record albums).

• First hit was Rapper’s Delight by the Sugar Hill gang (1979) – popularized the term “hip hop”.

• http://www.undergroundhiphop.com/audio/detail.asp?=Sugarhill-Gang-Rappers-Delight-Long-Version-Sugar-Hill-Records&ID=9468

Rapper’s Delight Lyrics• i said a hip hop the hippie the hippie

to the hip hip hop, a you don’t stop, the rock it to the bang bang boogie

•say up jumped the boogie to the rhythm of the boogie, the beat

•now what you hear is not a test--i'm rappin to the beat and me, the groove, and my friends are gonna try to move your feet, see i am wonder mike and i like to say hello to the black, to the white, the red, and the brown, the purple and yellow but first i gotta bang bang the boogie to the boogie

• say up jump the boogie let's rock, you dont stop rock the riddle that will make your body rock well so far you’ve heard my voice but i brought two friends along and next on the mike is my man hank come on, hank, sing that song

• check it out, i'm the c-a-s-an-the-o-v-a and the rest is f-l-y, ya see i go by the code of the doctor of the mix and these reasons i'll tell ya why ya see i'm six foot one and i'm tons of fun and i dress to a t, ya see i got more clothes than muhammad ali and i dress so viciously

Hip-Hop Nation• Hip-hop nation – music industry term

used to describe the younger generation of Af-Ams

• Rap took hold of America in the 1980s. It’s roots lie in long traditions of street boasting, the preaching style of black clergy, and Afro-Caribbean rhythmic traditions

• Open book to page 895 for history

Bob Marley (1945 – 1981)• Born & raised in an urban ghetto in Kingston, Jamaica, Marley’s “reggae” style of music was widely popular in the U.S. in the 70s and 80s.

• Embraced Rastafarian beliefs & liberation of the African race.

• http://www.amazon.com/Redemption-Song/dp/B002D2R0CY

Lyrics to Redemption Song• Old pirates, yes, they rob I sold to the merchant

ships,Minutes after they took I from the bottomless pit. But my hand was made strong by the 'and of the Almighty. We forward in this generation Triumphantly. Won't you help to sing these songs of freedom? - 'Cause all I ever have: Redemption Songs

• Emancipate yourselves from mental slavery;None but ourselves can free our minds.Have no fear for atomic energy, 'Cause none of them can stop the time. How long shall they kill our prophets, While we stand aside and look? Ooh!Some say it's just a part of it: We've got to fulfil de book.Won't you help to sing these songs of freedom? -'Cause all I ever have: Redemption songs;

Homework

•Read Ch 24, Sn2•Questions and key terms on page 893