Maybe not so important

Question 1

Forman, Introduction

Answer 1

-hip hop is not dead, but it is gravely ill. The beauty
and life force of hip hop have been squeezed out, wrung nearly dry by the compounding factors
of commercialism, distorted racial and sexual fantasy, oppression, and alienation. It has been
a sad thing to witness
-we accept that the diverse cultural forms affiliated with hip-hop are inextricably
interwoven with social and political praxis and that the emergent research necessarily delves
into the details of what can be termed “a hip-hop way of life.”

Question 2

Tate, Hip Hop turns 30

Answer 2

• hip hop represents black culture to the world
• hip hop was grassroots, but now it is inseparable from the the hip hop industry (big business)
• we are at a junction between life and death because hip hop does not talk about good stuff

Question 3

Pabon, Physical Graffiti

Answer 3

-old head yacking about how dancing has gotten so much worse

Question 4

Ford, two articles

Answer 4

useless. ..

- herc=putting beats together