The Great Migration

In this assignment, you will have to read, listen to some files and videos in order to answer the questions. There is some multiple choice questions.

Read the attached file named (The great migration) pages (25-7) and answer the question:
1-What were the causes of the great migration?
Read the attached file named (Regina Bradley’s) and listen to the following two videos then answer the question:

2- Describe the struggle facing southern AFRICAN Americans concerning blackness and identity in the post-civil rights era?
Read the attached file named (southern Hip-Hop) and listen to the video then answer the question:

3- what word does Bettina Love use to describe how Northern Black audiences view Southern Black audiences and performers?
Read the attached file file named (Miami Bass) and listen to the following then answer the question:




3- on what do producers working in the style of Miami Bass focus? Be as specific as possible
4- which drum machine is synonymous with Miami Bass?
5- to the best of your abilities and your own words, explain “ ducking” and “ compression”.
Listen to the following then answer the question:






6-what is a “second Line”?
Read the attached file named (DJ SCREW) and listen to the following then answer the following questions:






7- what does it mean for a record to be “ chopped and screwed”?
8-why did DJ screw’s business fail?
9- Which of the following is an under-acknowledged influence on DJ Screw’s style?
Strip club culture
Outkast
The Mardi Gras Indians
Cumbia rebejada

Read the attached file named (chapter 19) and answer the question:
10- describe how media consolidation after the 1996 Telecommunications Act impacted hip hop?
Listen to the video and answer the questions:

11-which DJ was Puff Daddy’s production style inspired by?
12-What is Puff Daddy’s basic production style?
Listen to the following videos then answer the questions:




13-who are The Neptunes?
14-why was The Neptunes’ production style so attractive to the mainstream music industry?
Listen to the following then pick up the right answer:




15-What kind of sample is Jay Z’s “Big Pimpin” built around?
Punjabi bhangra
Egyptain cabaret
Latin cumbia
Nigerian afrobeat
16- Which producer worked on both “Get Ur Freak On” and “Big Pimpin'”?
Timbaland
The Neptunes
P-Diddy
UGK
READ THE ATTACHED FILE NAMED (hip-hop) then answer the following questions:
17-According to Kitwana, how is hip hop’s black audience neglected by the growing industry consensus that hip hop’s primary audience is white?
18-With violent crime dropping, why does Coates think gangsta rap narratives are still powerful?
Listen to the following then choose the correct answer:


19-How did R&B initially understand its separation from Hip-Hop?
Different professional orientations
Different styles of recording
Different class backrounds
All of the above