Musicology - Exp Hip Hop & Inters Amer Cult

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Exploring Hip Hop & Intersections in American Culture. This course examines the multicultural origins of hip hop and how this small, African American Bronx-based subculture expanded into one of the most influential styles of music in the world. The course will begin by analyzing the cultural conditions out of which hip hop arose in the mid-1970s; from there it will turn to examining how hip hop music, over the last forty years, has sounded the identity of its creators. This includes critical analysis of music and lyrics, as well as musical production practices.