Title:
“Us vs. Them”
“How a sense of community is constructed in African HipHop and R&B/Soul protest music”
How do black artists use the `Us` narrative in BLM protest music to contribute to fostering an African American identity?
Tricia Rose’s “Black Noise” (1994)
Mark Anthony Neal’s “Songs in the Key of Black Life” (2003)
Bell Hooks’ “We Real Cool: Black Men and Masculinity” (2004)
How is it constructed?
Looking at three different categories:
– Black bodies (3 songs)
– Black history (3 songs)
– Spaces and places (3 songs)
And contributing to the we identity to create a sense of community?
Analyzing on the multidimensional basis of
– Lyrics
– Visuals/ Performance
– Music/ melody
BLMM – Black artists (who is performing, what body are we listening/looking at?) – HipHop and R&B music (black genre, foundation of that genre etc.) – songs great to construct identity and for protest – lyrics (what? Symbols, metaphors etc.) – visuals/ performance (pictures, colors, videos etc.) – music/ melody define (chapter)
songs:
R&B / soul: not all of them will be included – just six of them will be used!
Say it loud – I´m black and I´m proud– James Brown
Stranger Fruit – Nina Simone
Mississippi Goddamn– Nina Simone
A change is gonna come – Sam Cooke
Black rage– Lauryn Hill
Sweeter– Leon Bridges
Wake up Everybody– Harold Melvin & The blue Notes
Inner city Blues – Marvin Gaye
Baltimore – Prince
HipHop:
Changes, Tupac
Fight the power– Public Enemy
the revolution will not be televised– Gil Scott-Heron