Class is over but someone might check the blog out.. you never know! If you ever sit in a conversation with me and some of my closest friends, you'd probably be lost unless you kept up with Bay Area slang. Check this video out:



Rafael Casal - Bay Area Slang Top 100 (The Grinch song)

SPICE1: 187 Proof. Spectacular Consumption

For all yawl alchies.

187 Proof

Cougnut!! "Thug Thang" Hard Street Orientation

RIP COUGNUT 415'vin till the day...

Thug Thang

Bay Area Rap: Chunk (East Palo Alto). Sampling and Masculinity

Notice the background sample track.

Chunk from EPA. Bay Love


Menace to the Game


Man I Dont Even Trip



Shouts to all my Pali ALto headz. oNeLoVe!! Epacity

Nommo and the Word! Word Up by Cameo

So I wanted to get a few more videos in before our departure. I've been
dealing with some family issues and so pardon my absentia. But here is
a special treat that was referenced by the saying "word up" or "word em up"
as I say it. A oldie but goodie, Word Up by Cameo.

Starbucks Hip Hop compilation project

Welcome to Wi-Fi at Starbucks | Starbucks Coffee Company

Fake American Rappers

You all may have read about this already, but I'd like to post it for those who didn't see. I just thought it was really interesting.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=128567769

Mutabaruka - Blacks In Amerika

Not really hip hop, but dub poetry definitely embodies the African aesthetic and the power of NOMMO

PLEASE CHECK OUT ALL OF THE VIDEO LINKS I POSTED! I Wanted to share all of these and their messages...PLUS many more in class but I did not have time in the 5 week lecture series. So please, please check out the videos. Most are recent and relevant to many of our discussed themes.