NYC Social Academy: The History of Rap September 26, 2011

We'll study the musical development of rap over the past four decades. We'll look at how Rakim forever changed a lyrical style originally defined by Grandmaster Caz and others, and how Jay-Z, Notorious B.I.G and their contemporaries perfected that style only to have it thrown on its head by Lil' Wayne. We'll study how beats went from live cutting of R&B records, to electro freakouts, to digital sampling of those same R&B records, and back to electro freakouts. We'll learn how albums like Doggystyle and The College Dropout defined their place and time the way no other piece of art could.

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Instructor: Scott Neagle
Mathematics and Music Faculty, BHSEC Queens
Scott holds a BA from Bennington College in Mathematics and Music and a MS from Pace University in Teaching. He's taught music at various alternative high schools and liberal arts colleges for the past seven years, as well as math and outdoor education. He's DJed more house parties than you, and worked to incorporate turntables in new ways in everything from chamber music to opera to overcomplicated indie rock. He's currently one half of the rap entity Heavy Jamal, which makes rap songs about Victorian novels and freak dancing.

Official Website: http://nycsocialsportsclub.com/index.php/history-of-rap.html