MSC HST 5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 18: East Coast Hip Hop, West Coast Hip Hop, Hardcore Hip Hop
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The message grandmaster flash and the furious five. Builds up to a climax (scratching, sizzling sounds) 3 sounds. Talks about how he"s being pushed almost to the edge. Not sure what"s going to happen if he does go over, very anxious. Massive splash in hip hop world -> leads to subgenre of hardcore rap. Public enemy bases entire repertoire off the message. Very overtly political and proactive, talk about problems, analyze sources, and offer solutions. Flavor flav hypeman, reinforce mc and get crowd more hyped. Chuck d"s flow responds to rhythmic complexity of beats, flavor flav accentuates. Beats are echoey, like those big drums with the soft hammers. Elvis was a hero to most but he wasn"t shit to me elvis was racist as fuck, critiques racist rock history. Most of my heroes don"t appear on your stands. Recording industry realized oh there"s a lot of money here. Mc hammer is a good dancer, shitty rapper.
