Hip+Hop+Project

Anthony: No, you wan to listen to the music of the oppressor, you go right ahead. Peter: How in the latency of your mind is hip hop the music of the oppressor? Is Hip Hop music truly the music of the oppressor? Can we learn from Hip Hop music? What qualities does Hip Hop have?

After viewing and discussing the scene from crash and the slam poetry poem on Hip Hop culture, choose a Hip Hop song of your choice and justify how Hip Hop isn't music of the oppressor, or if you feel that it is, prove why you think that.

Print out the lyrics of the song and analyze important lines, messages, and word choices. How can we learn from Hip Hop music? After you have analyzed the lyrics, write at least a one page description of what Hip Hop music means to you and justify how it either it oppresses us or sets us free.