Diablo Valley College Description of Hip Hop Songs Paper

Two songs below will be compared and contrasted. The songs must be chosen from the provided lists – one from list 1 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. You’re comparing the songs not how you feel about the songs.

One of the references should be from “Stinging Like Tabasco” by Imani Perry

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 information

Here’s some instructions:

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 “Signify-in” 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!

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