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COURSE INTRODUCTION WEEK 1 (JANUARY 17TH & 19TH)

TUESDAY: COURSE OVERVIEW: Academic Integrity Class Structure & Syllabus Course Expectations Course Rubrics Online Access Instructions* Online Activities Writing Guidelines (Handouts)

*There will be no excuses accepted about online access throughout the semester, so make sure you download readings and assignments well in advance of due dates. Also, be prepared to turn them in either via email or hard copy if requested (especially if Blackboard is down at any point in the semester). WHY IS HIP-HOP WORTH STUDYING? THURSDAY: AFRICAN AND AFRICAN DIASPORA AESTHETICS Murray Foreman, Introduction, That's the Joint!: The Hip-Hop Studies Reader.

ORIGINS AND INFLUENCES

WEEK 2 (JANUARY 24TH & 26TH) TUESDAY: Nelson George, Hip-Hops Founding Fathers Speak the Truth, That's the Joint!: The Hip-Hop Studies Reader. THURSDAY: DEFINING HIP-HOPS ORIGINS Jeff Chang, Cant Stop, Wont Stop, p. 114-118.

DJING & B-BOYING: FROM THEN TO NOW

WEEK 3 (JANU ARY 3 1ST & FEBRU ARY 2ND) TUESDAY: FILM: THE "FRESHEST KIDS"

Michael Holman, Breaking: The History, That's the Joint!: The Hip-Hop Studies Reader, 31-39.

THURSDAY: B-BOYING AND GANG WARFARE (THEN & NOW) Jeff Chang, Cant Stop, Wont Stop, p. 41-61. Katrina Hazzard-Donald, Dancing in Hip-Hop Culture, That's the Joint!: The HipHop Studies Reader, p. 505-514.

DJING & B-BOYING: FROM THEN TO NOW

WEEK 4 (FEBRUARY 7TH & 9TH) TUESDAY: THE POLITICS OF THE PARTY: ECONOMIC CONTEXTS AND THE STATE OF THE BLACK URBAN ENVIRONMENT Jeff Chang, Cant Stop, Wont Stop, p. 381-405.. THURSDAY: FILM: SCRATCH Jeff Chang, Cant Stop, Wont Stop, p. 67-85; 111-114.

GRAFFITI: THE SCIENCE OF CONTEMP ORARY HIEROGLYP HICS

WEEK 5 (FEBRUARY 14TH & 16TH) TUESDAY: GRAFFITI AND SOCIAL MEANING FILM: CLIPS FROM GRAFFITI FILM. Craig Castleman, The Politics of Graffiti, p That's the Joint!: The Hip-Hop Studies Reader,. 21-30. Jeff Chang, Cant Stop, Wont Stop, p. 118-125. THURSDAY:
FILM: THE MC: WHY WE DO IT

ONLINE QUIZ #1

MASTER OF CEREMONY: THE CRAFT OF MCING

WEEK 6 (FEBRUARY 21ST & 23RD) TUESDAY: EARLY TO MIDDLE GENERATION MCS Jeff Chang, Cant Stop, Wont Stop, p. 189-211. THURSDAY: FILM: BEEF COMPILATION Matt Diehl, Pop Rap, The VIBE History of Hip-Hop, p. 121-132.

Tom Terrell, The Second Wave: 1980-1983, The VIBE History of Hip-Hop, p. 4350.

MASTER OF CEREMONY: THE CRAFT OF MCING

WEEK 7 (FEBRUARY 28 TH & MARCH 1ST) TUESDAY: MIDDLE TO CURRENT GENERATION MCS Ben Higa, Early Los Angeles Rap, The VIBE History of Hip-Hop, p.111-119. Jeff Chang, Cant Stop, Wont Stop, p. 299-318. THURSDAY: FILM: THE MC: WHY WE DO IT Jeff Chang, Cant Stop, Wont Stop, p. 331-353. Midterm Overview

MIDTERM
WEEK 8 (M ARCH 6TH & 8TH) TUESDAY: Jeff Chang, Cant Stop, Wont Stop, p. 357-379. THURSDAY: M ETAPHYSICS AND S PIRITUALITY FILM: Interview with X-Clan (2010 Hip-Hop Research & Interview Project - CSU Fresno 4/10) ONLINE MIDTERM (over the weekend)

HIP-HOP AND LOGOS: METAPHYSICS AND SPIRITUALI TY

WEEK 9 (M ARCH 13TH & 15TH) TUESDAY: Interview with KRS-One (2011 Hip-Hop Research & Interview Project CSU Fresno) KRS-One, The Milk and the Meat, Online Article. THURSDAY: Jeff Chang, Cant Stop, Wont Stop, p. 257-261.

LIVE FROM TH E BELLY OF THE BEAST: HIP-HOP AND THE PRISON INDUSTRY
WEEK 10 (M ARCH 20TH & 22ND ) TUESDAY: FILM: LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT

Manning Marable, Black Prisoners, How Capitalism Underdeveloped Black America, p.105-130.

THURSDAY: Michelle Alexander, The Color of Justice, The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness. New York: New York Press, 2010.

MASCULINITY, FEMININITY, AND SEXUALITY IN HIP-HOP

WEEK 11 (MARCH 27TH & 29TH) TUESDAY: FILM: BEYOND BEATS AND RHYMES Gabriel Alvarez, Gangsta Rap in the 90s, The VIBE History of Hip-Hop, p. 285294. Joan Morgan, Hip-Hop Feminist, That's the Joint!: The Hip-Hop Studies Reader, 277-281. THURSDAY: Jeff Chang, Cant Stop, Wont Stop, p. 445-449.

SPRIN G BREA K
WEEK 12 (APRIL 3RD & 5TH)

HIP-HOPS OWN FEMINIS MS(?)

WEEK 13 (APRIL 10TH & 12TH) TUESDAY: Robert Marriott, Gangsta, Gangsta: The Sad Violent Parable of Death Row Records, The VIBE History of Hip-Hop, p. 319-325. THURSDAY: Tricia Rose, Bad Sistas, Black Noise: Rap Music and Black Culture in Contemporary America. Wesleyan, 1994.

MEDIA, SOCIAL IMPACT AND AUTH ENTICITY

WEEK 13 (APRIL 17TH & 19TH) TUESDAY: THE SOCIAL IMPACT OF A DEVELOPING ART FORM Bakari Kitwana, The Hip Hop Generation, p. 3-24. Ben Bagdikian, Media Monopoly, p. viii-xliv.

THURSDAY: WHITENESS, BLACKNESS, AND MEDIA Jeff Chang, Cant Stop, Wont Stop, p. 407-428.

POLITICIZING THE WORD: CONSCIOUSNESS, IDEOLOGY, AND PROTEST

WEEK 15 (MAY 1ST & 3RD) TUESDAY: Jeff Chang, Cant Stop, Wont Stop, p. 167-187. THURSDAY: Bakari Kitwana, The Challenge of Rap Music from Cultural Movement to Political Power, That's the Joint!: The Hip-Hop Studies Reader, p. 341-350.

CLASHING GENERATIONS, CLASHING V ALUES, & CLASH ING GENRES

WEEK 16 (M AY 8TH & 10TH) TUESDAY: FILM: CLIPS FROM BEEF Tupac vs. The Notorious B.I.G. (Music clips posted on Blackboard) Lil Kim vs. Nikki Minaj Ice-T vs. Soulja Boy Tell Em (Music clips posted on Blackboard) THURSDAY: FILM: SLINGSHOT HIP-HOP Jeff Chang, Cant Stop, Wont Stop, p. 437-465. Andrea Duncan, Future Shock: Trip-Hop and Beyond, The VIBE History of HipHop, 366-367. ONLINE QUIZ #2

GROUP RADIO PRESENTATIONS

WEEK 17 (M A Y 1 4 T H & 1 6 T H ) TUESDAY: GROUP PRESENTATIONS OR RADIO INTERVIEWS THURSDAY: CONSULTATION DAY THURSDAY, MAY 10TH (NO CLASS)

FINAL EXAM WEEK

WEEK 18 (M A Y 1 7 T H & 1 9 T H ) FINAL EXAM SCHEDULE: THURSDAY: THURSDAY, MAY 17TH 5:45-7:45PM GROUP PRESENTATIONS OR RADIO INTERVIEWS CONT