Hip-hop has been standing up for Black lives for decades: by Angelique Daniels https://padlet.com/angeliquedaniels1/tl57tcgu9fn0t770 15 songs and why they matter en-us 2022-06-08 03:17:32 UTC 2022-06-12 18:47:13 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f3b6.png angeliquedaniels1 https://padlet.com/angeliquedaniels1/tl57tcgu9fn0t770/wish/2214413442 2022-06-08 03:23:23 UTC https://padlet.com/angeliquedaniels1/tl57tcgu9fn0t770/wish/2214413442 Valene https://padlet.com/angeliquedaniels1/tl57tcgu9fn0t770/wish/2215323410 2022-06-08 18:17:49 UTC https://padlet.com/angeliquedaniels1/tl57tcgu9fn0t770/wish/2215323410 Larissa https://padlet.com/angeliquedaniels1/tl57tcgu9fn0t770/wish/2215323786 2022-06-08 18:18:16 UTC https://padlet.com/angeliquedaniels1/tl57tcgu9fn0t770/wish/2215323786 amber-rose https://padlet.com/angeliquedaniels1/tl57tcgu9fn0t770/wish/2215324570 2022-06-08 18:19:09 UTC https://padlet.com/angeliquedaniels1/tl57tcgu9fn0t770/wish/2215324570 Becky https://padlet.com/angeliquedaniels1/tl57tcgu9fn0t770/wish/2215326413 2022-06-08 18:21:16 UTC https://padlet.com/angeliquedaniels1/tl57tcgu9fn0t770/wish/2215326413 Becky https://padlet.com/angeliquedaniels1/tl57tcgu9fn0t770/wish/2215326674 2022-06-08 18:21:34 UTC https://padlet.com/angeliquedaniels1/tl57tcgu9fn0t770/wish/2215326674 Evan https://padlet.com/angeliquedaniels1/tl57tcgu9fn0t770/wish/2215327657 2022-06-08 18:22:44 UTC https://padlet.com/angeliquedaniels1/tl57tcgu9fn0t770/wish/2215327657 Evan https://padlet.com/angeliquedaniels1/tl57tcgu9fn0t770/wish/2215328102 2022-06-08 18:23:19 UTC https://padlet.com/angeliquedaniels1/tl57tcgu9fn0t770/wish/2215328102 Normene https://padlet.com/angeliquedaniels1/tl57tcgu9fn0t770/wish/2215330082 2022-06-08 18:25:32 UTC https://padlet.com/angeliquedaniels1/tl57tcgu9fn0t770/wish/2215330082 Samuel https://padlet.com/angeliquedaniels1/tl57tcgu9fn0t770/wish/2215570487 2022-06-09 00:22:53 UTC https://padlet.com/angeliquedaniels1/tl57tcgu9fn0t770/wish/2215570487 Aaliyah https://padlet.com/angeliquedaniels1/tl57tcgu9fn0t770/wish/2216579641 2022-06-09 17:35:58 UTC https://padlet.com/angeliquedaniels1/tl57tcgu9fn0t770/wish/2216579641 When NWA released its debut album, "Straight Outta Compton," in 1988, featuring songs like "Gangsta Gangsta," "Straight Outta Compton" and "F--- the Police" -- a bombastic anthem against police brutality -- white America was outraged. https://padlet.com/angeliquedaniels1/tl57tcgu9fn0t770/wish/2216581044 2022-06-09 17:37:09 UTC https://padlet.com/angeliquedaniels1/tl57tcgu9fn0t770/wish/2216581044 Normene https://padlet.com/angeliquedaniels1/tl57tcgu9fn0t770/wish/2216583699 2022-06-09 17:39:34 UTC https://padlet.com/angeliquedaniels1/tl57tcgu9fn0t770/wish/2216583699 The song title it self is of hope for the future through learning about past experiences. https://padlet.com/angeliquedaniels1/tl57tcgu9fn0t770/wish/2216584798 2022-06-09 17:40:49 UTC https://padlet.com/angeliquedaniels1/tl57tcgu9fn0t770/wish/2216584798 Black Americans who experienced the disenfranchisement and brutalization of their communities https://padlet.com/angeliquedaniels1/tl57tcgu9fn0t770/wish/2216585540 2022-06-09 17:41:39 UTC https://padlet.com/angeliquedaniels1/tl57tcgu9fn0t770/wish/2216585540 https://padlet.com/angeliquedaniels1/tl57tcgu9fn0t770/wish/2216586336 Tupac was seen as a lesson in politics,justice and black activism. He was seen as a hero and a villain.]]> 2022-06-09 17:42:38 UTC https://padlet.com/angeliquedaniels1/tl57tcgu9fn0t770/wish/2216586336 song based on recent events of george floyd's and multiple others' deaths and the following protest (into with morose keys, a soundbite pulled from the news detailing the Minneapolis protest) https://padlet.com/angeliquedaniels1/tl57tcgu9fn0t770/wish/2216586965 2022-06-09 17:43:15 UTC https://padlet.com/angeliquedaniels1/tl57tcgu9fn0t770/wish/2216586965 Samuel https://padlet.com/angeliquedaniels1/tl57tcgu9fn0t770/wish/2216587645 2022-06-09 17:44:02 UTC https://padlet.com/angeliquedaniels1/tl57tcgu9fn0t770/wish/2216587645 "and we hate popo, wanna kill us down fo sho" This line is just a small portion of the amount of injustices Kendrick Lamar talks about regarding his experience as a black man in this world. https://padlet.com/angeliquedaniels1/tl57tcgu9fn0t770/wish/2216588033 2022-06-09 17:44:31 UTC https://padlet.com/angeliquedaniels1/tl57tcgu9fn0t770/wish/2216588033 In verse, he’s both angry and confused — “I find it crazy the police will shoot you and know that you dead but still tell you to freeze” But of all the feelings Lil Baby expresses on the track, it’s fear that colors “The Bigger Picture.” https://padlet.com/angeliquedaniels1/tl57tcgu9fn0t770/wish/2216588337 2022-06-09 17:44:55 UTC https://padlet.com/angeliquedaniels1/tl57tcgu9fn0t770/wish/2216588337 During the 90s the male rap industry was filled with misogyny. Women had to strive to make a place for them as emcees. https://padlet.com/angeliquedaniels1/tl57tcgu9fn0t770/wish/2216588808 2022-06-09 17:45:28 UTC https://padlet.com/angeliquedaniels1/tl57tcgu9fn0t770/wish/2216588808 The chorus of this song being " we gon be alright" is a way for Kendrick lamar to let black people know that there is a future ahead of us were things will get better. https://padlet.com/angeliquedaniels1/tl57tcgu9fn0t770/wish/2216589247 2022-06-09 17:45:59 UTC https://padlet.com/angeliquedaniels1/tl57tcgu9fn0t770/wish/2216589247 “The Bigger Problem” isn’t a protest song, it’s a song shaped by protest. https://padlet.com/angeliquedaniels1/tl57tcgu9fn0t770/wish/2216590584 2022-06-09 17:47:29 UTC https://padlet.com/angeliquedaniels1/tl57tcgu9fn0t770/wish/2216590584 When Black Lives Matter held a vigil to honor Brown on the one-year anniversary of his death, streams of the song had increased nearly 44 times from the week of his death. The track experienced another surge in January 2016, when Black Lives Matter led a march in San Francisco ahead of Super Bowl 50. Streams of the song have continued to ebb and flow in the months since then as stories of police brutality became national news. https://padlet.com/angeliquedaniels1/tl57tcgu9fn0t770/wish/2216592421 2022-06-09 17:49:27 UTC https://padlet.com/angeliquedaniels1/tl57tcgu9fn0t770/wish/2216592421 really intellectual approach, he talks about how he "doesn't rap about killing and dope" but he's "telling kids to vote". He also acknowledges deep rooted problems within the Black community and how not every white person is racist. He makes great points' stating how he had to tell every loved one "to carry a gun when they going outside" and how Black people get killed for no reason or how he's getting scared of the police even though they're supposed to protect https://padlet.com/angeliquedaniels1/tl57tcgu9fn0t770/wish/2216594359 2022-06-09 17:51:48 UTC https://padlet.com/angeliquedaniels1/tl57tcgu9fn0t770/wish/2216594359 https://padlet.com/angeliquedaniels1/tl57tcgu9fn0t770/wish/2216594693 Tupac was famous for his hip-pop music.He was the most powerful and out spoken for social justice and radical change.]]> 2022-06-09 17:52:13 UTC https://padlet.com/angeliquedaniels1/tl57tcgu9fn0t770/wish/2216594693 Next song - Columbus Burning spear. https://padlet.com/angeliquedaniels1/tl57tcgu9fn0t770/wish/2216594806 2022-06-09 17:52:21 UTC https://padlet.com/angeliquedaniels1/tl57tcgu9fn0t770/wish/2216594806 Before Queen Latifah's fame she demanded respect and asserted herself within the music industry. https://padlet.com/angeliquedaniels1/tl57tcgu9fn0t770/wish/2216595251 2022-06-09 17:52:53 UTC https://padlet.com/angeliquedaniels1/tl57tcgu9fn0t770/wish/2216595251 This is a old reggae classic that has constantly been used to defend the argument that christopher did not discovered different parts of the world. https://padlet.com/angeliquedaniels1/tl57tcgu9fn0t770/wish/2216596783 2022-06-09 17:54:48 UTC https://padlet.com/angeliquedaniels1/tl57tcgu9fn0t770/wish/2216596783 chorus: "It's bigger than black and white, it's a problem with the whole way of life, it can't change overnight, but we gotta start somewhere.", Baby talks about the problem with systematic racism here, how it's more than just the differences between people of different skin colours but a deep rooted conflict on all social levels, he also motivates here to start combating racism, even when it seems undefeatable sometimes (baby steps) https://padlet.com/angeliquedaniels1/tl57tcgu9fn0t770/wish/2216597558 2022-06-09 17:55:36 UTC https://padlet.com/angeliquedaniels1/tl57tcgu9fn0t770/wish/2216597558 This song allowed women to be themselves without being questioned. Women were powerful, strong, and voiced their opinion. This song gave women a voice. https://padlet.com/angeliquedaniels1/tl57tcgu9fn0t770/wish/2216598836 2022-06-09 17:57:00 UTC https://padlet.com/angeliquedaniels1/tl57tcgu9fn0t770/wish/2216598836 https://padlet.com/angeliquedaniels1/tl57tcgu9fn0t770/wish/2216599249 When tupac was in prison he wrote the song ''Me Against the world''. And one of his most personal songs was released.]]> 2022-06-09 17:57:29 UTC https://padlet.com/angeliquedaniels1/tl57tcgu9fn0t770/wish/2216599249 "U.N.I.T.Y" won a Grammy for best rap solo performance. https://padlet.com/angeliquedaniels1/tl57tcgu9fn0t770/wish/2216599527 2022-06-09 17:57:46 UTC https://padlet.com/angeliquedaniels1/tl57tcgu9fn0t770/wish/2216599527 "Christopher Columbus is a damn, blasted liar " This line of the song is used to show as to how Christopher columbus was extremely inaccurate and lied about his discoveries. https://padlet.com/angeliquedaniels1/tl57tcgu9fn0t770/wish/2216599979 2022-06-09 17:58:19 UTC https://padlet.com/angeliquedaniels1/tl57tcgu9fn0t770/wish/2216599979 This song is not only there to prove him long but also to give credit where it's due. This song recognises all indigenous people of different countries that christopher Columbus claimed to have found. (the Caribbean, including the Bahamas, Cuba, Santo Domingo, and Jamaica) https://padlet.com/angeliquedaniels1/tl57tcgu9fn0t770/wish/2216602476 2022-06-09 18:01:23 UTC https://padlet.com/angeliquedaniels1/tl57tcgu9fn0t770/wish/2216602476 Who knows-Protoje X Chronixx 2015 https://padlet.com/angeliquedaniels1/tl57tcgu9fn0t770/wish/2216602506 2022-06-09 18:01:25 UTC https://padlet.com/angeliquedaniels1/tl57tcgu9fn0t770/wish/2216602506 KRS-One, "You Must Learn" (1989) https://padlet.com/angeliquedaniels1/tl57tcgu9fn0t770/wish/2216605295 2022-06-09 18:04:44 UTC https://padlet.com/angeliquedaniels1/tl57tcgu9fn0t770/wish/2216605295 "Teach the student what needs to be taught/ 'Cause Black and white kids both take shorts/ When one doesn't know about the other ones' culture/ Ignorance swoops down like a vulture." https://padlet.com/angeliquedaniels1/tl57tcgu9fn0t770/wish/2216605691 2022-06-09 18:05:15 UTC https://padlet.com/angeliquedaniels1/tl57tcgu9fn0t770/wish/2216605691 https://padlet.com/angeliquedaniels1/tl57tcgu9fn0t770/wish/2216605702 Protoje has pioneered the revival of the roots sound by keeping the foundations of reggae close to his heart and keeping an open mind about reggae has been and where it can go.]]> 2022-06-09 18:05:16 UTC https://padlet.com/angeliquedaniels1/tl57tcgu9fn0t770/wish/2216605702 In 1961, the activist James Baldwin said, "To be a Negro in this country and to be relatively conscious is to be in a state of rage almost, almost all of the time." https://padlet.com/angeliquedaniels1/tl57tcgu9fn0t770/wish/2216605948 2022-06-09 18:05:37 UTC https://padlet.com/angeliquedaniels1/tl57tcgu9fn0t770/wish/2216605948 "You Must Learn" provides a history lesson in religion, war and education, as well as the rich contributions of Africans Americans in this country. https://padlet.com/angeliquedaniels1/tl57tcgu9fn0t770/wish/2216606089 2022-06-09 18:05:47 UTC https://padlet.com/angeliquedaniels1/tl57tcgu9fn0t770/wish/2216606089 He starts his song by defining freedom: " Free is when nobody else could tell us what to be". He concludes by insinuating that what most people perceive as reality is actually false and that “real life” is actually freedom. https://padlet.com/angeliquedaniels1/tl57tcgu9fn0t770/wish/2216607302 2022-06-09 18:07:17 UTC https://padlet.com/angeliquedaniels1/tl57tcgu9fn0t770/wish/2216607302 About 50 years later in 2012 , Lauryn Hill responded to this statement with her song "Black Rage." https://padlet.com/angeliquedaniels1/tl57tcgu9fn0t770/wish/2216607425 2022-06-09 18:07:24 UTC https://padlet.com/angeliquedaniels1/tl57tcgu9fn0t770/wish/2216607425 https://padlet.com/angeliquedaniels1/tl57tcgu9fn0t770/wish/2216607768 Chronixx a young roots reggae artist.Who made a name for himself with live performances.]]> 2022-06-09 18:07:48 UTC https://padlet.com/angeliquedaniels1/tl57tcgu9fn0t770/wish/2216607768 The album was the first hip-hop album to earn a Grammy for album of the year. https://padlet.com/angeliquedaniels1/tl57tcgu9fn0t770/wish/2216609827 2022-06-09 18:10:27 UTC https://padlet.com/angeliquedaniels1/tl57tcgu9fn0t770/wish/2216609827 Meek then picks up the gauntlet by elaborating on his own experiences with the criminal justice system and the frustrating time he spent in jail. He basically concludes that the entire institution is corrupt and biased. For instance, he expresses his frustration at authorities questioning his income even though they know he’s a really successful rapper: " 20mil' in cash, they know I got that off a rap" https://padlet.com/angeliquedaniels1/tl57tcgu9fn0t770/wish/2216610460 2022-06-09 18:11:15 UTC https://padlet.com/angeliquedaniels1/tl57tcgu9fn0t770/wish/2216610460 The song was re-released in 2014 and the message remains today. https://padlet.com/angeliquedaniels1/tl57tcgu9fn0t770/wish/2216613393 2022-06-09 18:14:52 UTC https://padlet.com/angeliquedaniels1/tl57tcgu9fn0t770/wish/2216613393 In relation to freedom, Jay-Z makes a direct reference to the slavery his ancestors experienced in the early days of America. However, he then mocks the system by bragging about how much wealth he has accumulated. https://padlet.com/angeliquedaniels1/tl57tcgu9fn0t770/wish/2216613551 2022-06-09 18:15:04 UTC https://padlet.com/angeliquedaniels1/tl57tcgu9fn0t770/wish/2216613551 Jay Z then questions the current livelihood of African-Americans and concludes that they still are not “free” https://padlet.com/angeliquedaniels1/tl57tcgu9fn0t770/wish/2216613802 2022-06-09 18:15:22 UTC https://padlet.com/angeliquedaniels1/tl57tcgu9fn0t770/wish/2216613802 Larissa https://padlet.com/angeliquedaniels1/tl57tcgu9fn0t770/wish/2216614891 2022-06-09 18:16:40 UTC https://padlet.com/angeliquedaniels1/tl57tcgu9fn0t770/wish/2216614891 https://padlet.com/angeliquedaniels1/tl57tcgu9fn0t770/wish/2216616120 ''Who knows'' is the first single off of protoje's upcoming album due out of a year. The single is about gratitude,having a good summer vibe. And being positive and enjoying life. ]]> 2022-06-09 18:18:19 UTC https://padlet.com/angeliquedaniels1/tl57tcgu9fn0t770/wish/2216616120 She dedicated this song to challenging racial equality in Ferguson, Missouri. https://padlet.com/angeliquedaniels1/tl57tcgu9fn0t770/wish/2216616385 2022-06-09 18:18:40 UTC https://padlet.com/angeliquedaniels1/tl57tcgu9fn0t770/wish/2216616385 "Racism still alive, they just be concealin' it" enlightens the ignorant that racism is more than just words and can be a lifestyle/normalized behaviour https://padlet.com/angeliquedaniels1/tl57tcgu9fn0t770/wish/2218685902 2022-06-12 17:35:00 UTC https://padlet.com/angeliquedaniels1/tl57tcgu9fn0t770/wish/2218685902 "Get up, I get down, get up, I get down" Inspired by the way J. Ivy opened up his poem, https://padlet.com/angeliquedaniels1/tl57tcgu9fn0t770/wish/2218686829 2022-06-12 17:37:21 UTC https://padlet.com/angeliquedaniels1/tl57tcgu9fn0t770/wish/2218686829 J. Ivy wanted to free the people just like how Joseph Qinque did in the 1800's when he led the others to revolt against the Amistad https://padlet.com/angeliquedaniels1/tl57tcgu9fn0t770/wish/2218688605 2022-06-12 17:41:26 UTC https://padlet.com/angeliquedaniels1/tl57tcgu9fn0t770/wish/2218688605 "And when these words are found. Let it be known that God's penmanship has been signed with a language called love. That's why my breath is felt by the deaf. And while my words are heard and confined to the ears of the blind. I too dream in color and in rhyme" Some people say they dream in black and white; Ivy dreams in colour, rhyme, and hip hop; while the blind can't dream in colour and the deaf can't hear rhyme. His lyrics are so deep that he makes the blind see and the deaf hear again. https://padlet.com/angeliquedaniels1/tl57tcgu9fn0t770/wish/2218691071 2022-06-12 17:47:17 UTC https://padlet.com/angeliquedaniels1/tl57tcgu9fn0t770/wish/2218691071 This song is important because it deals with intergenerational trauma from anti-black racism, religion and how God is a saviour to them, and internal issues they overcame and other's they still have to fight https://padlet.com/angeliquedaniels1/tl57tcgu9fn0t770/wish/2218700020 2022-06-12 18:06:39 UTC https://padlet.com/angeliquedaniels1/tl57tcgu9fn0t770/wish/2218700020 "Yet our best trained, best educated, best equipped, best prepared troops refuse to fight. Matter of fact, it’s safe to say that they would rather switch than fight" -quote from a speech in 1967 from a civil rights activist, Thomas Todd https://padlet.com/angeliquedaniels1/tl57tcgu9fn0t770/wish/2218702190 2022-06-12 18:12:54 UTC https://padlet.com/angeliquedaniels1/tl57tcgu9fn0t770/wish/2218702190 "Our freedom of speech is freedom of death"- taken from the slogan from the French Revolution-era “Liberty, Equality, Fraternity, or Death”. https://padlet.com/angeliquedaniels1/tl57tcgu9fn0t770/wish/2218706579 2022-06-12 18:24:22 UTC https://padlet.com/angeliquedaniels1/tl57tcgu9fn0t770/wish/2218706579 "Fight the power" is the most recognized line in hip-hip beings used around people all over the globe. It addresses the corrupt nature of the government https://padlet.com/angeliquedaniels1/tl57tcgu9fn0t770/wish/2218707763 2022-06-12 18:27:36 UTC https://padlet.com/angeliquedaniels1/tl57tcgu9fn0t770/wish/2218707763 This song is important because it highlights the emotions of black struggles. Public Enemy won the Lifetime achievement award in 2020 and the bes rap album in 1992 https://padlet.com/angeliquedaniels1/tl57tcgu9fn0t770/wish/2218715639 2022-06-12 18:47:13 UTC https://padlet.com/angeliquedaniels1/tl57tcgu9fn0t770/wish/2218715639