Annotated Bibliography

Mos Def. Black on Both Sides. Rec. 12 Oct. 1999. Mos Def, Diamond D, 88-Keys, DJ Premier,

Ayatollah, D Prosper, Ali Shaheed Muhammad,features,talib kweli,busta rhymes,vivian

mojica,q-tip, 1999. MP3.

Mos defs black on Both sides Album was a vital piece of music for the people going into the

early 2000s.The market was being flooded with people whose music did not reflect the opinions

of the people they aimed to please.The Hip Hop movement and were trying to spread cultural

awareness.Black on both sides was a breathe of fresh air to thoses who liked the realistic style of

rap that preached awareness and spread a positive message of change for the people.His in depth

lyricism mixed with his new york style of rap made this project very influential to the culture and

it movement.

I used black on both sides to help me understand more about the entire hip hop movement at that

point in time going into the early 2000s and the changes in style at that point.Mos def is a

systematic rapper that goes into deep thought about the work he puts out and will not release a

project unless it is perfect.Going into this album nobody knew what to expect from hima and his

deep lyrics accompanied by his openness on the tracks makes him a unique rapper.HIs hard

hitting lyrics and his ability to spread social awareness while making a song that is beautifully

produced make his works different than may others accompanied by the fact he's from brooklyn

give him a fresh perspective has a rapper from that area who is social aware.

Guru, Keith Edward Elam. MASS APPEAL.rec jan 1999 GANG STARR. DJ Premier, Guru, DJ

1 2 B Down, 1994.RAP A LOT RECORDS MP3.

Guru was working on this single to solidify his greatness against new rappers emerging at the

time who would put pressure on him and question his legacy.But with this record he permanently
made his point evident that he was the greatest rapper of all time for his generation.This piece of

music would inspire the culture to reward deep lyrics and made the words spoken just as

important to how they sound.It would usher in a new era in sampling of music as the main beat

for the rap is sampled from three different song.The hook on this song would be the first hook

done by taking sample and mixing it in.

Gurus work on massages solidified him as a rapper and allowed him to explore his musical

abilities.This track allowed him to say what was on his mind and let other rappers at the time

know that he wasn't going anywhere and that he was still the one of the better rappers

alive.When the track was released artists like 2pac and biggie were become bigger and had

began to give gang starr it's much do respect.this song was meant to let the public know that he

was one of the best and that he belonged at the top and at long last he had made it.

Kruse, Adam J. Being Hip Hop. College of Sequoias Academic Database. General Music Today,

7 Oct. 2016. Web. 15 May 2017.

This is a scholarly report on the Hip Hop culture from someone on the outside of hip hop

looking in.This man is observing hip hop culture and trying to embrace its core beliefs

himself.He has a fresh take on the culture because he was not part of it and tries to analyze the

deeper aspects of hip hop.He aims to deconstruct the core elements of hip hop and look at what it

actually is saying to him as a person and a fan of popular culture.

This report was made to help spread the message that hip hop culture was not something we

needed to worry about.At this time in hip hop's life people had began to say that hip hop was

corrupting the youth.This article was made to spread the messages of hip hop yo the masses as

something that did not corrupt but was trying to spread a positive message to the youth.His take
has a white reporter who was none bias and had no previous encounter with the culture gave him

a fresh perspective willing to look into the culture and embrace what it wa saying.

Phife Dawg Q.tip. Beats Rhymes Life. Tribe Called Quest. Rec. 30 July 1996. Beats, Rhymes &

Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest (2011 Film) Producers: Phife Dawg, Q-Tip, Michael

Rapaport, Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Jarobi White, Robert Benavides, Frank Mele, Eric Matthies,

Edward Parks, Debra Koffler, Christopher Isenberg, 1996. MP3.

This was one of the most influential works of art in the music industry at the time.The album's

overall message wanted to make the people question what they should accept from there rappers

and from the media.It broke down social stereotypes and allowed for more social awareness to

spread to all those who would interact with the album.The album is impactful from the beginning

to the end and every element of this album was made to incite a reaction from you.This was

shown in every from the album cover to the last track keep you involved with the work.

This work by tribe called quest was one of the most influential hip hop works of its time.It have a

voice to the people, who believed they could not be any thing that they wanted.It was spreading a

message that you could become anything that you were not limited to selling drugs rapping or

playing ball.But that you could be anything that as long as you gave it your all you could be

anything you wanted.

Wolf, Cameron. "This Is the Story Behind Young Thug's 'Jeffery' Dress." Complex. Complex, 20
Oct. 2016. Web. 23 May 2017.
This was an online article that gave a deeper perspective into the young thug jeffery album
cover.This gave us an inside look into what influenced him into making the decision to wear the
dress for the photoshoot.He gives a detailed look into what was going on and the message he was
aiming to spread with shoot.The cover may have been controversial but he went into the shoot
knowing exactly what he wanted to do.
Young Thug who has emerged as one of the premier new age rappers decided to wear a dress to
his album cover shoot.He is trying to promote gender equality and degeneralize the clothes we
deem for specific genders.He is speaking as person who wants to make a difference peoples lives
and spread love across the spectrum to those who he supports and appreciates.The line of dress
he was in was a gender neutral design and was made for both men or women who wanted to
make a bold statement.
Lupe Fiasco Nikki Jean. Hip Hop Saved My Life. Lupe Fiasco. Lupe Fiasco, 2007. MP3.
This is an important song to millions of spiring rappers who see lupe's struggle to make hit
single.He is explaining in this song that he had a hard time writing and was struggling to feed his
family when this smg changed and saved his life.He chose a life of music over a life a crime and
that's what's made him such an impactful artist.
This song details the time between becoming famous and struggling in his world he lived in
before.He talks about his family and how this life was hard .he was about to start selling crack
again before his fee style went viral and he became famous seemingly overnight.He was praying
for empirical and he received one.this song is an inspirational anthem to anyone in a hard
position that they don't think that they can overcome.
Boyer, Holly. "Hip Hop In America." The Alert Collector (2015): 15-20. Audio Drama: The L.A.
Theatre Works Collection [Alexander Street Press]. Web. 20 May 2017.
Holly boyer writes about what she sees in hip hop in america.She describe the views of hip hop
as an outsider and what she believes hip hop has become in america.In her analysis he looks at
historical value of hip hop in american culture and popular culture in america.
This is impactful because this is important to understand where hip hop was to see where it's
going.She believes that the hip hop movement has been growing and is something uniquely
american at the time and is popular in the urban communities.The spared of hip hop was tracked
and she looked at styles that are popular in different regions.
Muhammad, Kareem R. "Everyday People: Public Identities in Contemporary Hip-Hop Culture."
Social Identities, vol. 21, no. 5, Sept. 2015, pp. 425-443. EBSCOhost,
doi:10.1080/13504630.2015.1093467.
He looks at the urban hip hop culture in chicago and other big name cities.he looks at hip hop as
someone who as a youth had no clue what it was but when he became older in college became
more exposed to the culture and liked it.He was trying to explore the underground culture of hip
hop and what made it so unique.
Thi is an account by someone who lived the culture for some time so he could fully understand
what was going on he was so mesmerized by what he saw that he wanted to become part and
learn more about it.He looked at the urban roots of hip hop in better rao and underground and
that has been bece imre popular across the nation.

Sneakerheadz. Dir. Christopher C. Chen. Marc Ecko. Michael Finley. DJ Skee. Co-Executive
Producer. Felipe Linz. Jeremy Guthrie. Perf. Christopher C. Chen. Marc Ecko Mike Epps Dj
Clark Kent. Netflix. Netflix, 7 Aug. 2015. Web. 20 May 2017.
This is an influential documentary about shoes that has made the world a more united place
under shoes.It ilostarest the congestion between the hip hop communities and the sneaker
community and how they are two in one.without hip hop culture there would be no major
sneaker culture.
This allows for sneaker culture to take the forefront and be shown to the masses.People are
connected with there shoes just as much as they are connected with music.because shoes can take
you to a special place just like music can.The difference in the two is minimal and is shon in the
document as in susceptible bound as hip hop is a fashion statement now and is widely accepted.