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Artists of gangsters ? During war gangs and the crack epidemic, rap became the most controversial art form of the 90s. Between intense media coverage, political distortion, rivalry, and an accumulation of scandals, rap still managed to become the most popular music of the decade, despite shocking lyrics. All of is mostly revealed a social divide in the country...
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Part 1 : • La folle ascension du ...
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Book mentioned : The Come Up : An Oral History of The Rise of Hip Hop - Jonathan Abrams
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00:00 Introduction
2:56 Context
4:16 Crack epidemic, gangs, and police response
7:57 The birth of gangsta rap
10:24 N.W.A, “the world's most dangerous group”
16:01 The first big rap scandal (2 Live Crew)
18:31 Commercial rap
19:54 The pioneering innovators (De La Soul, A Tribe Called Quest, Cypress Hill…)
21:26 Rodney King and the Los Angeles Riots
23:05 The “Cop Killer” scandal : Ice T vs the Vice-President
26:18 The media against rap (The Tupac scandal)
28:15 The Dr Dre and Snopp Dogg Revolution (The Chronic & Doggystyle)
29:58 Does everybody hate rap ?
34:22 New York counterattacks (Queen Latifah, Wu-Tang, Mobb Deep…)
37:41 The revelation of Notorious B.I.G.
39:21 Rap conquering the world
40:17 When reality imitates fiction
41:46 Suge Knight, music's most dangerous man
43:02 The East/West war
45:45 The tragic destinies of Tupac et Biggie
48:00 The commercial rebirth of rap (P.Diddy, Eminem, Jay Z…)
50:30 Conclusion
Sources :
“The Come Up: An Oral History of the Rise of Hip-Hop”, Jonathan Abrams (2022)
"To Live and Defy in LA: How Gangsta Rap Changed America", Felicia Angeja Viator (2020)
"Planet Rock : The history of hip hop and the crack generation”, VH1 (2011)
"The Show", Brian Robbins (1995)
“The Hip Hop Years”, Channel 4 (1999)
"G-Funk", Karam Gill (2017)
"Enter The Wu-Tang" (1994)
"Big Fun in the Big Town", VPRO (1986)
"Breakin 'n' Enterin'", Topper Carew (1983)
"Tupac Shakur In His Own Words", MTV News (1997)
Gangsta Rap꞉ An MTV News Special Report (1994)
CBS News Archives, NBC News et CNN via Vanderbilt Television Archives, ABC Archives, MTV