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This is a college level tranfer course, the second in a series where we will examine the poetics of life lived on the ground...as in rough and tumble, as in America at war with herself. This is a world art alone makes sense of, an artist's work is a gift freely shared like air...sympathetic systems aligned, the the fictive or imaginary worlds of possiblity simply an inhale or exhale away. This class is an opportunity to close your eyes and believe.
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I brought in an onion for my presentation.It was to respresent the layers of hip hop that are missing now and the odor which represents the dislike for hip hop nowadays. I think that I was on a good path buy I liked the calsses interpretation better. About how a layer is like an obstacle on the onion. And if you can stand the smell and go through the bitterness of each layer, you can in turn feel adn taste the true meaning of hip hop. I felt that it was a better way to represent hip hop more passionately. About the struggles and obstacles of hip hop as a whole and finding the true meaning behind the beats and words incorporated in hip hop music in teh past or present. I think everyone had a good idea on what hip hop really means, and i thought it was cliche that i used an onion but i thought it would introduce a different prespective from teh usual hat jacket etc.
today was an interesting class because i saw different aspects and flavors of hiphop, it shows how diverse hiphop is.
-Haseeb N.
-eng1b, sabir
Jennifer Nguyen
-Eng 1B
I really liked the class today. It was a lot of fun watching everyone present their artifacts on what they thought represented hip hop. Watching and listening to all of the clips were really cool. Im starting to like this class more because of how open minded everyone is. Like how hw assignments can be extended or how the class can think of many things to fill up classtime. Spending time in the lab was fun too. It is different from the hectic and boring schedules of other classes. Today made me know a little bit more about my classmates, learning their talents and listening to the kind of music they tend to hear. It was fun as a class and i didnt look at the clock as much as I would've =P.
Dominique West
English 1B
Sabir
September 9, 2008
So today's class was really interesting. I think that one of the most interesting presentations given today was by Aerin. I think she did she a wonderful job on talking about the Fugess. I'm not a big fan of them, but there are some songs that I really enjoy listening to by them. I also think I that De0n did a good job in bringing in the turntable pics and the Digital Underround song.
Kimberly Peterson
English 1B Tues/Thurs
09/09/08
Today was really fun. I enjoyed seeing what all of my classmates had to say about what they thought about hip-hop. I did a presentation on Tupac because his breathe had been such a huge infulence on the bay area. My friends and family were talking about him for years. I still see people with fresh tatoos of tupac either on their body, or quotes from his wisdom.
I enjoyed seeing an onion as a representation of hiphop as a whole, it was really interesting and pretty deep. Listening to songs and watching part of that moive (I forgot the name) was really fun too.
Wendy Estrada
English 1b
September 9, 2008
Today in classs we ended up having presentations on hip hop. one of ma favorite presentations was ronnie's. He brought in a onion that for him represented hip hop.He explained how hip hop at the begining was great and now its not all that good and its just like the spell of an onion at first is not that bad but ones you start getting to the end it starts smelling stronger.
Benjamin H.
English 1B:(Tues/Thurs)
Sabir
I really liked today's presentations because a lot of people presented. It was very different because in most cases a lot of people don't share and so is not really a good experience. Today evryone presented and it was great. I especially liked when one of my classmates came up and compared an onion to hip hop, and it shows me that in this there is a lot of creativity. Overall the day was great because of both my classmates presenting and the music that was played.
I really like todays presentations, and felt like everyone had different views on hip-hop artifacts, but we also had things in common. I really liked listening to the music the most, just because I think words and beats can be really powerful and moving. I also liked the graffiti that was drawn, and i felt like we were closer with hip-hop than i thought we were, because they're are kids in the class that actually do tag, which is neat.
Aaron Lederer
9/9/08
The presentations today were entertaining. A few people looked like they were improvising but I would have done the same (I forgot to bring my microphone). Two presentations stick out in my mind. The onion, mainly cause it was a philisophical view of hip-hop. The onion was a metaphor representing the music, and it worked. Also the presentation on the colors of Africa, red, green and black. Black for the people, green for the rich land, and red for the blood... I can't remember it all but it had meaning to it.
Today’s presentation was really fun; I liked the different ideas that people had about hip hop. I also learned more about the background of hip hop I was actually always just into the music, the sounds and the feeling of it but didn’t really think about what lead to the hip hop movement. One thing that I liked the most was Tupac’s speech, just listening to his words made me realize and understand his music. So now I'm more interested in the background of hip hop.
Aerin O'Leary
English 1B
I enjoyed class today a great deal. While in the computer lab we watched and listened as our fellow classmates responded to the question of "what is hip hip?" and brought in an object that to them represented hip hop. Everyone had something different and unique to share. I brought in a picture of The Fugees and a postcard I got in Australia with Grafitti. The Fugees to me represent hip hop in that they have meaningful lyrics and great songs. And the postcard was to show that hip hop takes place on every end of the world although it may look different it carries the same message.
A presentation I particularly enjoyed was Robin's she brought in two records. One of Bob Dylan and Marvin Gaye both artists differ a great deal and she mentioned this it was interesting to hear how both are poetic and aim to get their music out there. How hip hop is a movement and continues to grow.
There were some pretty interesting presentiations on hip hop today. I learned from other's peoples prospectives on hip hop that I never heard before like the opinion that hip hop is like an onion and the more you get down to core of it the less it stays true to hip hop and some people in the class had a different view that the closer you get to the core of hip hop the more true it becomes. Some people brought in art explaning what they thought hip hop is all about and what it means to them. I myself don't know much about hip hop and don't really liseten to it but the descussions are enlightining and it is an educational experiance for me to see how other people view the world around them.
I was impressed by the presentations on Hip Hop that I was able to attend. It is an interesting subject for me do to my upbringing. I was very happy to see that they were playing the Run D.M.C., Russel Simmons, and Def Jam Records story Krush Grove. I am impressed still to this very day by the graffiti, music, and general style people exhibit that is influenced by Hip Hop.
Thank You
Jordan Matthew Stone
Robin Cepparo
eng. 1b 9/8
I brought records as my interpretation of hip hop culture. I feel records are connected to hip hop in many ways, maybe dj's would have spun them for a crowd or mixed their beats with other lyrics. I brought Bob Dylan because he is a poet and peotry is a major part of authentic hip hop, maybe Bob Dylan's poetry influenced some ealy artists. I also brought Marvin Gaye becasue he was defanitley influential to early hip hoppers and even artists today. I really liked the creativity that went into todays presentations. I liked the personal stories that were connected to the artifacts as well. Whenever you hear a story about someones connection to something, its personal and it makes you more interested in that subject as well. I liked that everything rounded out the meaning and "life" of hip hop culture. Beggining with the four elements of hip-hop and education, then evolving to records, then CDs, then clothing and style and ending with the philosophical interpretation of hip hop as an onion. The layers of that onion are peeled away to reveal a horrible smell that compares to unauthenticity of mainstream rap. Assignments like these are always eye openers.
I'm sorry that I missed class today but it sounded really fun. I actually had a mini emergency with family. Judging from what I read on peoples' posts, it was fun today!
I actually had baseball cap for my presentation. From one of my first memories about learning about hip hop, this was at the top of my mind.
Originally drug dealers used baseball caps and placed the bill very low. This way if you look at the straight face to face, you could not see their eyes. They believed seeing someone's eyes gave their identity.
This then passed on to a more fashion-like statement. People started wearing caps to represent a team they loved, to show off the city they are from, as an accessory of their fashion or even to shield their identity.
Caps are more of a fashion sense to me. I buy a hats because of the teams I love like the oakland a's, lakers and warriors. I even buy caps for the city they state like when they have 510, bay area or alameda. The last reason why I buy hats are for the variety of colors to match outfits.
Oops I forgot to state my name for the comment above. This is Robert Flores.
Faraj Fayad
9:20-10:50
Today, sep, 9, 2008. The class went over elements that they believed was a true meaning of hip hop. Haseeb and I braught in two graffiti pictures one that says "Hip-Hop" and the other says "1TiMe". They described graffiti as a hip hop element because it has the same features as music making. When drawing a piece or making a song, like REFA said, the members of a group help each other out by putting finishing touches into it.
My class mates braught in some interesting objects aswell, Aerin braut in a picture of the Fugees, a well known hip hop group from the East Coast, and Robin brought in two vinils and one of them was Marvin kaye, whom i concider a big part of hip hop as well as she does because like she said DJ'suse his vocals and switch them up to make an instrumental out of them.
Deon Johnson
English 1B: (Tuesday/Thursday)
September 10, 2008
Tuesday in class was incredible; even though there wasn’t many presentations, but those who did was commending. I showed pictures of my god-fathers turntable collecting, alone with my very own and a very hatful picture of my good friend when he was doing what he loves; stretching records. I could of being more creative, but it was hard finding something I didn’t do the last two semesters.
I have to say I loved the Tupac book, which Kim shared with us; Dominique and I couldn’t take our eyes and hands off of it.
Ronnie did the Onion which I felt was the most creative, even though I didn’t like his interpretation. I believe, which I shared in class, that the good stuff is at the core, why the fake -ish is the outside layers. He explained how once you start to cut it, the smell is bad, and that’s the fakeness, but some people consider that smell healing, a method to clearing a cough.
Dominique brought in a movie, can’t remember the name, which was very “hip-hopish.” I didn’t like the movie, I’m not into music and I’ve seen the movie before and never figure out the plot, point, motif or whatever. Do you know Domini?
Aerin blessed us with “The Fuguees,” I love this group, and we even seen one of my top three favorite videos from them. The video was classic, it had real flava, not like today’s videos.
Faraji brought in some of his own graffiti, which wasn’t a surprise to me; the kid loves to tag everything and I can’t lie, he’s hella good at it. He tried to share a Jay-Z piece, but Ms. Sabir “wasn’t feeling it;” that also was my favorite moment in class on Tuesday, it was hella funny.
It was some more presentation, but too many to write, lol, everyone did well.
Faraj Fayad
9:20-10:50
On sep 9, 2008. The class went over elements they believed was a true meaning of hip hop culture. Haseeb and I braught in two graffiti pieces, the first one says "Hip-Hop" and the other says "1TiMe". We described graffiti as an element of hip hop, because it has the same features as the three other elements, Djing, Breakdancing, and emceeing. When drawing a piece or making a song, “the members of a group help each other out by putting finishing touches on eachothers work. When a crew of graffiti writers get together in making a “production, ” which is when a few friends put all of their work on one one wall, like we seen in the film, Style Wars. Break dancing(Bboyz) also fits in as a dance for this culture.
My class mates braught in some interesting objects as well, Arin braut in a picture of the Fugees, a well known hip hop group from the East Coast, and Robin brought in two vinils and one of them was Marvin gaye’s, whom i concider a big part of hip hop as well, because like she said DJ's used his vocals and mixing them up with instruments and producing a beat. Other students also had some interesting ideas.
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I missed class the presentations that day!
-Rashad Aiyewunmi
I missed class and the presentations that day!
-Rashad Aiyewunmi
I also missed class that day!
-John Rawson
In today's class it was very cool. I loved that everyone had different ideas and it was very interesting to see what hip hop meant to everyone I enjoyed everyone presentation I think everyone did a great job. It's good to see how great the mind works.
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