MUSI 2520 Lecture 9: Lecture 9 Nov 7
Document Summary
Common: two ways in which the media propagandizes information: instigation and publicity, video: documents these beefs: 50 cent vs. Murder inc. , roxanne battles: roxanne battles became the moment when rap artists discovered that dissing other artists on record would start careers and sell records, video: southern rappers southern rappers beefing style; : beef between t. i and lil". Flip: displays aggressive script , common vs westside connection (ice cube, uses girlfriend as metaphor for the music that went to west coast and got turned out. I use to love her (i. e. gangster rap) The bitch in yoo (on quiz write the b. In yoo : common"s response transcended his normally conscious style, mc common, a conscious rapper, though some stuff happened, west coast rappers didn"t like that he implied the west coast ruined rap. In 1994 he wrote i used to love her , talking about hip hop as a metaphor.
