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Rap & Hip Hop
 Websites presented in alphabetical order "Straight Outta Compton," 20 Years Later 
 Story for the 20th anniversary (in 2007) of this defining album for West Coast hip hop/gangsta rap, accompanied by two tracks from the album by the Los Angeles-based N.W.A. Includes links to interviews with musicians, and related stories about music and about Compton, California. Note: profanities have been censored from audio tracks, but music contains some violent themes. From National Public Radio (NPR). http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=16853159 Topics: Musical Genres, Musicians Last updated Dec 14, 2007 Africanhiphop.com
A fascinating and fun look into the world of hip hop as it is performed on the African continent. "The Africanhiphop.com site serves the goal of unifying everybody who's inspired by hip hop and by the cultures of Africa and of African origins." Find interviews of rappers, music downloads, trends, listing of crews (groups), lyrics, and more. http://www.africanhiphop.com/ Topics: Musical Genres, Regions of the World, Regions of the World Last updated Jul 6, 2004 ArtsEdge Lesson Plan: The Poetics of Hip Hop
High school classroom materials focusing on the analysis of hip hop lyrics to "provide students with a greater understanding of rhythm, form, diction, and sound in poetry." Includes activities, readings, and links to related lesson plans and websites. From the National Arts and Education Network (ArtsEdge), a program of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. http://artsedge.kennedy-center.org/content/3656/ Topics: Musical Genres, Poetry Last updated Jan 24, 2006 Davey D's Hip-Hop Corner
Davey D's Hip-Hop Corner features news (and archive), articles (including What is Hip Hop? ), interviews, chart information, photos, and message boards (registration required). Much of the site author's material has a strong emphasis on the political side of the world of hip-hop. http://www.daveyd.com/ Topics: Musical Genres, Photograph Collections Last updated Jul 4, 2001 The Evolution of Rap Music in the United States
Part of a program on minority artists in America, this 1993 essay includes guidelines for teaching about rap music (and graffiti) to middle and high school students. Includes a bibliography and brief lesson plans, and was written by Henry A. Rhodes of the Yale-New Haven (Connecticut) Teachers Institute. http://www.yale.edu/ynhti/curriculum/units/1993/4/93.04.04.x.html Topics: Arts and Humanities, Lesson Plans, Musical Genres Last updated Jul 4, 2001 Islamic Art, Music, and Architecture Around the World
Annotated links to websites about Islamic art, music, and architecture. Of special interest is a section on Muslim popular western musicians, with links to information about Yusuf Islam (Cat Stevens), Richard Thompson, and Islam and hip-hop music. Compiled by a University of Georgia religion professor and director of an Islamic studies institute. http://www.uga.edu/islam/IslArt.html Topics: Architecture, Art by Region, Faiths, Musical Genres, September 11 & Beyond Last updated Aug 12, 2005 The Mississippi: River of Song
Companion to "a Smithsonian Institution series for public television ... that explores the richness and vitality of American music at the close of the twentieth century." The site features information about music in different regions along the Mississippi and biographies and audio and video clips for musicians in genres such as blues, Cajun, bluegrass, gospel, folk, hip hop, jazz, rock, and ethnic and traditional music. Includes a teacher's guide and links to related sites. http://www.pbs.org/riverofsong/ Topics: Geography, Musical Genres, Musical Instruments, Water Last updated Aug 3, 2005 Radio Bilingüe: Latino Community Radio Network
Radio Bilingue is a network of Latino-owned public radio stations in California providing around-the-clock Spanish-language programming to affiliate stations across the U.S., Puerto Rico, and Mexico. Programs include mariachi, norteña, tejana, hip hop, and oldies music programs and news and talk shows geared toward Spanish-speaking Americans. The site is available in English and Spanish. There are audio files of previous programs and a live broadcast feed. http://www.radiobilingue.org/ Topics: Languages, Media, Media, Musical Genres, Sports, Recreation, & Entertainment Last updated Feb 20, 2003 The Rap Dictionary
A lexicon of thousands of terms related to rap and hip-hop music, now a wiki. Be warned that some of the terms are crude. http://www.rapdict.org/Main_Page Topics: Dictionaries, English Language, Musical Genres Last updated Apr 25, 2007 Recognize! Hip Hop and Contemporary Portraiture
This exhibit approaches "hip hop culture through the lens of portraiture," presenting photography, painting, graffiti art, film, poetry, and installation art. Features images from the 2008 physical exhibit, audio of interviews with the artists and of the making of the graffiti mural in the exhibit, and a place for users to submit their own hip hop portraits. From the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution. http://www.npg.si.edu/exhibit/recognize/ Topics: Musical Genres Last updated Feb 20, 2008 Regional Alliance for Preservation
The Alliance is a national network of preservation and conservation organizations dedicated to saving materials in cultural institutions. It's a great place for information, with a newsletter archived to 1997 and a Starter Kit for Collections Managers - a directory of sites with information on emergency preparedness and specific materials (e.g., books, ceramics, silver, paintings, paper, photographs, textiles, digital images). Some documents require Adobe Acrobat Reader. http://www.rap-arcc.org/ Topics: Arts and Humanities, Crafts, Librarian Specialties, Librarianship, Musical Genres, Printing, Publishing, and Book Arts Last updated Dec 27, 2000 RoJaRo
A searchable index of "articles, discographies, live-/record-reviews in the music press worldwide" from January 1992 to August 2000, including rock, jazz, roots music, blues, country, rap, and world music. Search options include Names (of artist/group), Festival reports , Book reviews , Title of reviewed material , and Reviews of collected concerts . Go to Tutor reviews for searches by instrument, genre, and medium (book, cassette, and video). Covers nearly 750,000 entries, with plans for future updating. Contains an annotated list of indexed magazines. Citations provide name, date, and page number of source; they do not include full text, authors, or titles of the articles. http://www.rojaro.com/ Topics: Magazines, Music, Musical Genres Last updated Aug 10, 2009 Society and Culture: Cultures and Groups (Yahoo)
Meta-Index to 20 to 50-somethings, baby boomers, cowboys, expatriates, gangs, geeks, generation x, hip hop, left-handers, naturists and nudists, rave, seniors, skinheads, slackers, tall people, and lots more. http://dir.yahoo.com/Society_and_Culture/Cultures_and_Groups/ Topics: Communities & Groups, Musical Genres Last updated Nov 17, 2004 Voice of Dance
This site contains message boards and "reviews from the top dance critics, calendar listings for dance performances around the country, a Local Class Finder to find information on dance classes, discount tickets, and a Global Dance Directory to find basically anything you are looking for in the dance world." Includes links to related sites, such as competitions, venues, and fundraisers. Searchable. http://www.voiceofdance.com/ Topics: Dance, Musical Genres, Photograph Collections Last updated Jul 3, 2008 Word Play: Sites That Feature Fun With Words
A directory of Web sites that deal with words. Includes links to unique city "slanguage," word frequency indicators, many acronym and abbreviation sites, and a "worthless word for the day" site. Rap dictionaries, hard-boiled detective slang, a tongue-twister database, and many word games make this an engaging site for children and adults. http://www.wolinskyweb.net/word.htm Topics: English Language, Games & Puzzles, Musical Genres, Mysteries and More Last updated Oct 19, 2003 World-Wide Black Radio Stations
A directory of radio stations (traditional and Webcast) with music formats such as Gospel, Hip Hop, Rap, R&B, Jazz, Blues, Soul, Reggae, Caribbean, Soca, Reggae Dancehall, Go-Go, African, and Talk relevant to the Black community. Indexed geographically. http://www.radioblack.com/ Topics: Black Resources, Media, Musical Genres, Sports, Recreation, & Entertainment Last updated Jun 25, 2004 Yahoo!: Music
Contains music news and videos, interviews with popular musicians, reviews, and more. Represented styles include pop, hip-hop, rock, adult pop, country, and electronic/dance. http://new.music.yahoo.com/ Topics: Musical Genres, Musicians Last updated Dec 2, 2007 |
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