Exploring Hip-Hop: Culture, Authenticity, and Globalization
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New York University**We aren't endorsed by this school
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EAST-UA 569
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Arts & Humanities
Date
Dec 10, 2024
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Class 7 06032024In-Class Notes: ❖Hip-hop➢Started as a subculture by the African-American community in the Bronxarea in the late 1970s ➢The Sugarhill gangs “rapper Delight” ■The first hip-hop record that gained national popularity ➢Started as black party music and eventually served as a political voice for unprivileged communities ❖Grandmaster Flash and the furious Five “The Message” ➢Served as social commentary on racism, injustice, and police brutality ❖4 elements - rapping, djing, break dancing, and graffiti ❖Cultural globalization ➢How is hip-hop localized and gaining new cultural meanings ➢Media circulation: top-down or bottom-up➢Globalization and localization are not the opposite concepts ➢Globalization is not merely a form of imitation grounded in Western imperialism and soft power but entails interpretation, transformation, resistance, and identity formation of diverse local actors ❖Hip hop authenticity ➢American hip hop■Racial politics, forces of commercialization, spatial parameters, language determinants ■Global hip hop: marginal vs mainstream, experimental vs commercial, free vs copyrighted, originality vs. appropriation, eastvs west, global vs local, and guerrilla vs orthodox ❖Discovering hip hop in Japan ➢1983: breakdancing appeared in Tokyo through film and live performances➢Crazy-A: one of the forefathers of Japanese hip-hop ■Dance: no language barrier ■Performed at parks ■Organized a community to this day ➢Attracted to the newness of hip-hop ➢Two streams in the origin of Japanese hip-hop: street dancing & club
❖Bboy Park 2017 ❖Crazy-A ➢1983 - inspired by hip hop films ➢1984 - began to rap for fun ➢1992 - released his first EP ➢1995 - rise of new jack swing ➢1997 - hosted BBoy anniversary❖Hip-hop clubs ➢Classy (oshare) style compared to the street dance scene ❖What is Japanese hip hop ➢First million selling rap hit - Scha Dara Parr feat. Ozawa Kenji - Konya Wa Boogie Back❖Keep it real in japanese hip hop ❖Dj oasis x utamaru ➢Criticized the japanese government for approving history textbooks that denied japan’s atrocities in asia during the world war II❖Japanese hip hop to the global ➢Hip hop used in films, tv shows, anime, video games, and more ➢International exchanges with american hip-hop ➢Teriyaki boyz “ i still love h.e.r” feat kanye west (2007)❖What defines authenticity ➢Related to identity politics ➢Developed by public discourses ➢When you study the idea of authority as a scholar/researcher, you do not define what authenticity is for the culture of other people – you study what the people say about authenticity, because authenticity is an argument ❖Hip hop in korea➢Top to bottom movement ❖Hong seobeom ➢“Kim satgat (1989) ❖Seo taiji and boys “ i know” (1992)➢Idol structure began with the combination of singing, rapping, and dancing❖American popular music was introduced to korea via korean imperialism ❖Tiger JK talks about the 90s➢Hierarchy between producer and the artist ❖Issues in the 1990s ➢Will the mainstream media industry accept hip hop as a music genre (rap is not music - no melodies)
➢Recovery of the original music form from the localized/distorted version of rap dance music ➢Rap as the main element ➢Removal of dance ❖Hip hop authenticity ➢originally : unprivileged community; race; voice as a weapon; keepin it real ➢Expressed through the display of wealth and masculinity ■(misogyny, homophobia, sexual prowess) ➢In korea: korean american youth and middle class college students; musical authenticity; musical freedom; no focus on dancing or appearance ■Borrows american expressions ➢Authenticity today in the US?❖American hustle life, 2014 ➢Hiphop is the color black ➢Self confidence is very important