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Paper Instructions:

Two songs that are covered during the first four lectures will be compared and contrasted. The songs must be chosen from the provided lists - one from list one and one from list 2 -and the paper should be no shorter than 3 pages (excluding bibliography). A bibliography must be included with proper citations for the songs themselves and at least 2 proper references.

One of the references should be “Stinging Like Tabasco” by Imani Perry
Be Sure to Listen to the Songs and Choose Ones that you feel that you may have a lot to say about, and remember, you’re comparing the songs not how you feel about the songs.



Rubric



Starting Points

You do what’s asked –2 songs from the lists, 3 pages long, bibliography, both compare and contrast the songs, offer equal opinion and insight into both songs, offer proper support for info=15 pts before deductions.



Miss major elements –only one song, songs are from the same list or are not on the list, no bibliography, 1.5 pages or less. –7.5 points before deductions.



but examples include unsupported/wrong information, incorrect citations, obviously poor effort, didn’t compare songs but wrote about how one feels about the songs, skate.

Song lists for the assignment





List One

Queen Latifah –Ladies First

Public Enemy –Bring The Noise

NWA–Hundred Miles and Runnin’

Ice Cube –Black Korea



List Two

Beastie Boys –Fight For Your Right To Party

A Tribe Called Quest –Can I Kick It ?

Dr. Dre - Fuck Wit Dre Day

Raekwon –Ice Cream







Use Imani Perry’s “Stinging Like Tabasco” to compare the types of flow.



Compare  the way that the beat is created



Compare the use of “Signifyin” in the lyrics.



Compare the environments that the songs came from and how we hear them



Compare anything else that you can think of !!