Music
Description
Two songs that are covered during the first four lectures will be compared and contrasted. The songs must be chosen from the provided lists – one from list one and one from list 2 -and the paper should be no shorter than 3 pages (excluding bibliography). A bibliography must be included with proper citations for the songs themselves and at least 2 proper references. One of the references must be “Stinging Like Tabasco” by Imani Perry Be sure to listen to all of the songs and choose ones that you feel that you may have a lot to say about, and remember, you’re comparing the songs not how you feel about the songs. Rubrik: Starting Points You do what’s asked –2 songs from the lists, 3 pages long, bibliography, both compare and contrast the songs, offer equal opinion and insight into both songs, offer proper support for info=15 pts before deductions. Miss major elements –only one song, songs are from the same list or are not on the list, no bibliography, 1.5 pages or less. –7.5 points before deductions. Deductions at the discretion of the TA, but examples include unsupported/wrong information, incorrect citations, obviously poor effort, didn’t compare songs but wrote about how one feels about the songs, skate. Avoid plagiarism. Song lists for the assignment: List One De La Soul –Me, Myself and I Roxanne Shante – Roxanne’s Revenge Grandmaster Flash –The Message Public Enemy –Don’t Believe the Hype List Two Kurtis Blow –The Breaks Snoop Dogg –Who Am I? ODB – Brooklyn Zoo 2 Live Crew – Me So Horny Some content ideas: Use Imani Perry’s “Stinging Like Tabasco” to compare the types of flow. Compare the way that the beat is created Compare the use of “Signifyin” in the lyrics. Compare the environments that the songs came from and how we hear them. Compare the intention of the lyrics. Compare anything else that you hear and that you feel is important to understanding the songs!
