Hip+Hop’s+Start+Run+DMC,+Grandmaster+Flash+and+the+Furious+Five--7th

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1980's Topics 7th Period1980's Topics 8th Period Hip Hop's Start Run DMC, Grandmaster Flash and Furious Five By Lucas Sencio

 

Task One--DESCRIBE YOUR TOPIC ---Due Monday, March 12th Each topic includes an association (movement) and an individual. **PROMPT: Explain the achievements associated with both parts of your topic. Who and what were altered? Describe why both were significant in the 1980s. Explain the relationship between the individual and the association or movement.**

===Hip Hop's early rise started when kids of the South Bronx and Harlem came up with an alternative style of music. In the summer of 1973, at 1595 East 174th Street in the Bronx River Houses, a "black teenager named Afrika Bambaataa stuck a speaker in his mother's first-floor living room window, ran a wire to the turntable in his bedroom, and set the housing project of 3,000 people alight with party music" (James 1). At the same time, a Jamaican teenager named Kool DJ Here was starting up the scene in the East Bronx, while a technical whiz named Grandmaster Flash was rising to prominence a couple of miles south. In the mid 1980's, "rappers such as Run - DMC ,The Fearless Four,The Furious Five's Melle MeI and Afrika Bambaataa and Soul Sonic Force were becoming young prophets on Black radio's airwaves, sounding off on a variety of topics, from racism to nuclear proliferation" (Marcus). As the product of independent labels and poor communities, rappers and their messages stood in stark contrast to the pop-friendly artists like Michael Jackson, Lionel Richie and Prince.===

===Hip Hop was viewed as a way to incorporate different views in society through melodies, which seemed abnormal to some, but were increasingly popular among black communities. Cultural expansion resulted from such melodic protests, not only hip hop become more popular amongst the country, but it also increased the number of protests and rebellion due to alternative lyrics which ranged from love to overthrowing governments and going against the system. Hip hop also influenced the music that's played in the 21st century, "music genres such as new school rap and dubstep all had roots that traced back to early rap and hip hop" (McDonald). In 2004, the cultural movement known as hip-hop celebrated its 30th anniversary. The momentous occasion was marked with a slew of televised retrospectives, the grandest of them all being VH1's five-part documentary, And You Don't Stop: 30 Years of Hip-Hop, which "takes aficionados and novices alike through the commercial and social evolution of this urban revolution" (McDonald).===

McBride, James. "hip-hop planet." //National Geographic//. 01 Apr. 2007: 100. //eLibrary//. Web. 12 Mar. 2012.

Sam McDonald -. "THE ROOTS OF RHYME." //Daily Press; Newport News//. 27 Nov. 2011: G2. //eLibrary//. Web. 12 Mar. 2012.

Reeves, Marcus. "The Wrap On Rap: What's next ?." //New Crisis//. 01 May. 2007: 20. //eLibrary//. Web. 12 Mar. 2012.

__Task Two--EVALUATE YOUR TOPICS INFLUENCE--Due March 15th__ Please write two extended power paragraphs which each cite a minimum of 3 sources: two new ones and any of the three sources used in Task One.** PROMPT: Discuss the scope of influence of your topic on the 1980s. How extensive was the influence? Which part of society was influenced? Did the change endure or stimulate additional changes? What is the topic's legacy? What impact did the topic have in the Twenty-First Century. **

Hip hop, a new genre of music, became very influential during the 1980's, it wasn't very popular amongst rich communities but it had a great impact in poor neighborhoods and "ghettos". Music, since ancient times, was a way that people used to express their views or emotions, but due to the expense of musical instruments and equipment, it became difficult for music to be developed in poor communities. A beat and words, that's all that hip hop required, therefore "making it possible for people with less money to be able to express themselves through music" (Hughes 1). Today hip hop is "still extremely popular amongst poor neighborhoods, although hip hop is now popular in any type of community, and it became the fastest growing type of music since rock and roll during the 70's" (Brackett 1). Even though today's hip hop doesn't consist in controversial lyrics that show how society could be changed, it still roots all the way back to the 1980's when music was being used to try and change society and as a way to express hatred or other feelings. ===Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, and Run-DMC are considered to be the Beatles of hip hop. Their new ways of rapping and bonding together words to create rhymes were what led to the way hip hop is today. It is safe to say that "most 21st Century rappers, such as Eminem, Jay-z, and Chris Brown got at least some of their inspiration from Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, and Run-DMC" (McDonald 1). Even though those two groups do not perform anymore, their songs are still being remixed by many different artists due to the increasingly influence their music has brought since the beginning. At first their music was only heard by few which had interest in hip hop, "but today a great percentage of society listens to hip hop, all thanks to groups such as Run-DMC or Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five" (Brackett 1). Had those two groups not put all the effort they did into a small genre of music which seemed not to be very popular, hip hop would not be nearly as popular as it is today and many of 21st century rappers would not exist.===

Hughes, Alan. "Hip-hop economy." //Black Enterprise//. 01 May. 2002: 70. //eLibrary//. Web. 28 Mar. 2012.

Brackett, Nathan. "Run-DMC DJ killed." //Rolling Stone//. 28 Nov. 2002: 17. //eLibrary//. Web. 28 Mar. 2012.

Sam McDonald -. "THE ROOTS OF RHYME." //Daily Press; Newport News//. 27 Nov. 2011: G2. //eLibrary//. Web. 12 Mar. 2012.

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**Holistic Rubric for all 3 Tasks**

**A quality topic post for the 1980s assignment will**
 * Arrange Media to enhance and extend the significance of the topic to the 1980s decade.
 * Support the main idea in each paragraph with evidence from 3 different sources.
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">Select only signed sources from the LC databases.
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">Establish the credibility of the author the first time a source is referenced.
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">Credit sources with internal citations, ( Author's Last Name).
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">List all 7 sources alphabetically in the Works Cited. Format in MLA style.
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">Complete Great Man Continuum and Table.
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">Justify the placement of your topic on the continuum using the evidence from the 7 sources to support your analysis of the 4 criteria.
 * <span style="color: #0000ff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">Answer the prompts for all 3 tasks and the research question thoughtfully and thoroughly.

<span style="background-color: #00ffff; color: #9008b6; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 20px; text-align: left;">Task Three--JUDGE THE IMPACT OF THE INDIVIDUAL & ASSOCIATIO --Due Mar. 19th <span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 18px; text-align: left;">Now that you have a basic understanding of your topic and know the scope of its influence, explain the forces that produced or created the topic. Additionally, identify the driving forces behind the society's reaction to your topic? Use the criteria described in the the **Great Man Continuum** to determine your topics long-run influence on society. Place your topic on the continuum and justify the reasons for your placement. Please confine your analysis to two extended power paragraphs with each one citing a minimum of 3 credible sources. <span style="background-color: #ffff00; display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: medium; text-align: left;">Encyclopedic sources are not acceptable for this task. <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #800080; display: block; font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 18px; text-align: left;">**PROMPT: Explain the forces that produced or created your topic. Use the four criteria of the Great Man Continuum to analyze the topic's long-run significance in American society. Specifically, (1) describe the significance of the accomplishment, (2) the endurance of the legacy, (3) extent of the topics influence, and** **(4) impact on daily life of people then and now.**

===The rise of hip hop brought many changes with it. Not only is it the fastest growing genre of music in the 21st Century but it also provided a way for everyone to express anything in the form of music. Hip hop's legacy is always expanding, due to the fast increasing number of artists and composers. Today, "hip hop and alike music genres are the most played in radio stations, and hip hop artists and composers win more awards than any other" (Wasserman 1). Hip hop was very significant because it also exposed every culture and community to music, no matter how rich or poor they were and it gave poor people the opportunity to pursue a career in music, which wasn't possible before due to the immense cost of musical instruments and equipment.===

===Both groups if they were to be put into the great man continuum the would be considered great men. In 1997, producer and remixer Jason Nevins remixed "It's Tricky" and " It's Like That ", both songs were by Run-DMC. Nevins' remix of "It's Like That" hit number 1 in the United Kingdom, Germany, and many other European countries. A video was made for "It's Like That", although no new footage of Run–D.M.C. appeared in it. In 1999, Run–D.M.C. recorded the theme song for WWE wrestling stable D-Generation X entitled "The Kings". They also "made an appearance in a rare version of the music video "Bodyrock" by Moby. Their version of "The Kings" was included on the album, //WWF Aggression// (2000).Today, Grandmaster Flash is the owner of a clothing line, "G.Phyre" (Roberts 1). In 2008 he released a memoir, //The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash: My Life, My Beats//. He hosts a "weekly show on Sirius Satellite Radio (Friday Night Fire with Grandmaster Flash)and was presented with the BET "I Am Hip Hop Icon" award in 2006" (Hess 1). Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five were the first hip-hop/rap group inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame on March 12, 2007 by Jay-Z. In 2008, he remixed the single "Into the Galaxy" by the Australian group, Midnight Juggernauts.It has been said that "his pioneering mixing skills transformed the turntable into a true 'instrument', and his ability to get a crowd moving has made his DJ sets legendary."Grandmaster Flash appears in the video game DJ Hero as a playable character along with original mixes created for the game.On his last album, The Bridge, appears the Spanish hip hop group Violadores del Verso. Those were some of the accomplishments that both groups achieved, and that others wouldn't come close to achieving during that time. Both groups' legacies are evergrowing and had it not be for Run-DMC, and Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, hip hop would not be popular, today.===

Wasserman, Todd. "PLAYING THE HIP-HOP NAME DROP." //Brandweek//. 25 Jul. 2005: 24. //eLibrary//. Web. 28 Mar. 2012.

Hess, Mickey. "Metal Faces, Rap Masks: Identity and Resistance in Hip Hop's Persona Artist." //Popular Music and Society//. 01 Jul. 2005: 297. //eLibrary//. Web. 28 Mar. 2012.

"HIP-HOP." //New Yorker, The//. 20 Aug. 2001: 128. //eLibrary//. Web. 28 Mar. 2012.

By Johnnie L. Roberts. "Rap's Unlikely King." //Newsweek//. 31 Jan. 2000: 40. //eLibrary//. Web. 28 Mar. 2012.


 * Great Man Criteria || ** 5=long-run ** || ** 4=wide-spread ** || ** 3=moderate ** || ** 2=short run ** || ** 1=little effect ** || ** 0=not at all ** ||
 * ** SIGNIFICANCE OF ACCOMPLISHMENT ** || X ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * ** ENDURANCE OF LEGACY ** || X ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * ** EXTENT OF INFLUENCE ** || X ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * ** IMPACT ON DAILY LIFE ** ||  || X ||   ||   ||   ||   ||

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; display: block; font-family: georgia,serif; font-size: 21px; text-align: center;">Great Man Continuum

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Great ---*---Event Making --Eventful --Social

<span style="background-color: #ffff00; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Men *Hero ---Hero ---Determinism


 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 14px;">Task Three Rubric **


 * Support the main idea in each paragraph with evidence from the 2 new expert opinion sources, as well as one of the credible sources used in Tasks One or Two. Each paragraph must cite 3 different sources--2 new, 1 old.
 * Select only signed sources from the LC databases--each source must have a credible author.
 * Establish the credibility of the author the first time a source is referenced.
 * Credit sources with internal citations and in a Works Cited
 * ** Complete Great Man Continuum and Table and justify your placement using the evidence of the 4 criteria **
 * Insert the two news sources in the Works Cited. Make sure all 7 sources are in alphabetical order.
 * Post the paragraphs to the wiki. Timely posting of completed tasks earn 10 points. Task One = 50 points.

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">** Need Help Applying the Great Man Theory? ** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">When deciding where a person may fit on the continuum, think about what society was like at the time he/she was famous. Did the person change history because of their personal characteristics, or would history have gone on in a similar way without this person? Civil Society Defined Great Man Continuum
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">Refer to these handouts for additional information: **

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">** eed Help Using the Great Man Criteria Table? ** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">**Use a scale of 0-to 5 to evaluate the individual’s accomplishments, legacy, influence, and impact.** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif;">** 0=not at all, 1=little effect, 2=short run, 3=moderate, 4=wide-spread, 5=long run **

<span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 16px;">Individuals with high totals, mostly 5’s, should be placed close to Great Men; those with low scores near social determinism
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; color: #800000; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px;">Need Help placing individuals on the Great Man Continuum? **