underground

I used this scholarly article for the Unit 1 and 2 essays. It deals w/ hip-hop dance in the beginning and some more recent. It’s not about the underground per se, but has some good points.

http://www.jstor.org.libezproxy2.syr.edu/action/showArticle?doi=10.2307/1477808&Search=yes&term=laboskey&term=sara&item=1&returnArticleService=showArticle&ttl=7&searchUri=%2Faction%2FdoBasicSearch%3FQuery%3DSara%2BLaBoskey%26dc%3DAll%2BDisciplines

Off the link I think Alvaro posted

http://www.undergroundhiphop.com/interviews/

has a few good interviews…the one with One Be Lo was pretty good for this I think.

~~~Dale

The Underground

Some info on the analytical side of lyrics used.

“Rich, Complex and Inventive Language. Any analysis of Underground Hip-Hop must exclaim about the language. Metaphors are drawn from an amazing variety of sources—from the secular, the sacred and the profane. References, for example, come from religions ranging from Buddhist to Christian to Muslim (as well as passing references to such African religious beliefs as a “Mantis Rapture” (Praying Mantis is a God in mythic stories from many primal cultures in Africa and Australia.) and to the common Voodoo practice of pouring liquor on the ground in tribute to a god or to a fallen friend.”

http://faculty.virginia.edu/jalexander/public_html/hiphopart.htm

~Ray