Before Hip Hop was Hip Hop

We will use some of these resources for our lesson on "Before Hip Hop Was Hip Hop" --

Songs of the Early 1980's before Hip Hop was born:

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hip_hop_music
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nAB4vOkL6cE
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFZkIHR99NA
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8xuUdI1an0
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wevVoB9IdFg

Early Influential Hip Hop songs:

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9lDCYjb8RHk
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cw38bzv8f0Y&feature=results_main&playnext=1&list=PLEB0090CFFEEF6769
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjLHrhLVwzs&feature=fvst
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xq-jANkqpQo
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qjnc-X-Vfyg&feature=related

An Online Self-Test on the Reading Assignment:

http://www.phschool.com/webcodes10/index.cfm?wcprefix=epa&wcsuffix=6301&area=view&x=13&y=11

HOMEWORK due Tuesday, November 1:
Post a reply below to these questions: What is YOUR definition of Hip Hop Music? After listening to the songs above, put a link to one of your favorites of your own.

Vocabulary:

Vocabulary FOR "Before Hip Hop..."

1) palpable  - able to be touched, felt, handled -- tangible



2) E N T R E N C H E D - rooted, firmly established, unmovable



3) lexicon  - the language used in a particular subject area