Schedule

Hip Hop Music: History, Culture & Aesthetics

Fall 2019 Tentative Schedule

WEEK 1

Monday September 30^th: NO CLASS!!!

Wednesday October 2^nd: Introduction, Review of Syllabus, and History, Culture & Aesthetics

WEEK 2

Monday October 7^th: Deindustrialization, White Flight, Broken Windows and Urban (mis)Planning

Wednesday October 9^th: Kool Herc, The Breaks, and the B-Boys in the Bronx

WEEK 3

Monday October 14^th: Disco and the Birth of the Rap Record

Wednesday October 16^th: Disco Sucks and Rap Gets Its Raw Street Attitude Back in Queens and Strong Island

WEEK 4

Monday October 21^st: Adventures of Grandmaster Flash (and others) on the Wheels of Steel and the DJ Song

Wednesday October 23^rd: The Golden Daisy Age of Sampling and the Native Tongues Afrocentric Hippie Vibes

WEEK 5

Monday October 28^th: Copyright Criminals: You’re Telling Me Our Art is Illegal?!?

Wednesday October 30^th: Exam 1 (material from 9/30-10/21)

WEEK 6

Monday November 4^th: Sampling Technique and Technology: Paul C, Large Professor, and Pete Rock

Wednesday November 6^th: Making and Marketing Gangsta Rap: Politics and Politricks

WEEK 7

Monday November 11^th: 10 Crack Commandments & the Sonic High

Wednesday November 13^th: Swing Down, Sweet Chariot: G-Funk and Yacht Rap

WEEK 8

Monday November 18^th: Keepin’ it Real: ’90s Boom Bap Rap and How Diddy Re-Prioritized Authenticity.

Wednesday November 20^th: Exam 2 (materials from 10/23-11/11)

WEEK 9

Monday November 25^th: Femcees and Gender Politics

Wednesday November 27^th: DJ Battles and the Pinoy Influence

WEEK 10

Monday December 2^nd: Hi! My Name Is (What?): Racial Authenticity and Cultural Appropriation

Wednesday December 4^th: J Dilla Saved My Life! Who’s Slum Village?: The Legacy of Dilla and Hip Hop’s “Underground” and Rapocalypse Now!

Thursday December 5^th, 6:30-10pm, Location TBD: 6^th Annual UO Hip Hop Jam

FINALS WEEK

Thursday December 12^th, 2:45PM in GSH #123: Final Exam (material from November 13^th through December 4^th)***Note, I do not reschedule final exams except for emergency situations (going home is not an emergency)

*****This schedule is tentative in that it is subject to change.*****