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Big Daddy Kane Details Recording This 1988 Mixtape Collabo With JAY-Z (from Ambrosia for Heads)6/20/2018   A collection of resources from Martin Urbach.
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0Bzz0lue6hU1WQVRhaERPZ1Z4VEU  Rap Map created by website www.rapgenius.com The "rap map" helps teachers and students to map out the residences of hip-hop/ rappers that have come out of the New York City area. This is not a complete map of all hip-hop artist from NYC, but it is a great start. Maybe you and your students can make a map that represents your city and state's development of hip-hop...
If you want to learn more about the terrain of hip-hop you should take a moment to create a list of hip-hop artist from your area and plot them out on a map of your area. Post and share with us, and we will give you credit. The Rap Map, created by rap lyric explanation website Rap Genius. Please check out www.upout.com for a full article about the rap map. Also check out www.genius.com and www.pastemagazine.com for other supports in learning more about hip-hop's terrain. Thanks go out to contributing music/musicking educator Cynthia Macias for sharing this info! The following comes from Adam Kruse's (2016) article, "Featherless Dinosaurs and the Hip-Hop Simulacrum: Reconsidering Hip-Hop's Appropriateness for the Music Classroom" in Music Educators Journal.
Examples of “Clean” Hip-Hop Songs (over 30 years) “Clean” is in the ears of the listener. Teachers should listen ahead before using these in class. Many of the artists listed below have numerous “clean” songs. 1986 – “It’s Tricky” by Run-DMC 1987 – “I Know You Got Soul” by Eric B. and Rakim 1988 – “Lyte as a Rock” by MC Lyte 1989 – “You Must Learn” by Boogie Down Productions 1990 – “Can I Kick It?” by A Tribe Called Quest 1991 – “Summertime” by DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince 1992 – “Jump” by Kris Kross 1993 – “Keep Ya Head Up” by 2Pac 1994 – “We Run Things (It’s Like Dat)” by Da Bush Babees 1995 – “I Wish” by Skee-Lo 1996 – “Earth People” by Dr. Octagon 1997 – “Just Cruisin’” by Will Smith 1998 – “Everything is Everything” by Lauryn Hill 1999 – “Hip Hop” by Mos Def (Yasiin Bey) 2000 – “When Kenpo Strikes” by RedCloud 2001 – “Held Down” by De La Soul featuring Cee-Lo 2002 – “It’s Going Down” by Blackalicious 2003 – “I Can” by Nas 2004 – “Breathe, Stretch, Shake” by Ma$e featuring P. Diddy 2005 – “Birds Eye View” by Zion I 2006 – “Kick, Push” by Lupe Fiasco 2007 – “Paper Planes” by M.I.A. 2008 – “Lip Gloss” by Lil Mama 2009 – “Creepin’” by Chamillionaire featuring Ludacris 2010 – “Window Seat” by Erykah Badu 2011 – “Beautiful” by Talib Kweli featuring Big K.R.I.T., Outasight & Mela Machinko 2012 – “Good Feeling” by Flo Rida 2013 – “I’m Turnt” by Lecrae 2014 – “Glory” by Common & John Legend 2015 – “Sunday Candy” by Donnie Trumpet & The Social Experiment |
