Hip Hop Ends

Hip hop class has come to a close so I thought I would take some time to write about the entire experience as a whole. When class began I was not sure what to expect. The first day was interesting and I feel that it was a good way to begin the course. I knew nothing about hip hop before class and for the first day to have people from the industry to tell about hip hop was helpful and interesting. I feel that this day also set the tone for the entire class early on. DJ Brasco saying that hip hop was real, and a lifestyle, and it’s how you act and dress. This definition automatically put that image into the mind of the non hip hop heads. It would be this image that set the tone for most of the class. I also think it is this definition that makes much of the class believes that they themselves cannot be hip hop. This first day with the people from the radio station also set an open dialogue for the rest of class. We answered many questions on the first day and this is what I think made the class so open and honest with one another. I have a theory that intersession and summer school courses always end up becoming comfortable with one another like a family. I feel that this comfortable setting made the learning experience easier for me as someone who was not fluent in the language of hip hop. I felt as though I could ask questions with out being ridiculed by my classmates. Instead my classmates did their best to help me further my understanding of hip hop. There were times that the discussion got a little uncomfortable because of different points of view but I think over all the discussion helped us to understand where one another was coming from. The few hip hop heads in class got to express their passion for the music and it was refreshing to see their love for this music. Hip hop in the media was a positive experience for me and I will walk away with a respect and knowledge for a culture that I was unaware of before the class began.
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