tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33661239818667629822024-02-01T18:53:19.359-08:00CURIOUScurioushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07590594882482650902noreply@blogger.comBlogger170125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3366123981866762982.post-59340490082132344472016-05-22T16:46:00.003-07:002016-05-22T16:46:55.743-07:00Come Clean - Schools, Hip-hop and White Fragility<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;">
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">Memories from my own school days and those I have been involved with as a teacher over the last 15 years have carved this joy into my psyche. From the tribalism of the banner carrying and cheering for your own form; the timeless subversion of PE kit rules; the 'inclusive' celebration of obese kids anchoring the tug-o-war to the flirting, picnicking and student/teacher relay races, sports day is an organised chaos that hints at a better way to structure the educational experience. </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-size: 12.8px;">Music is a big part of any good Sports Day and one that is steeped in its own traditions and that carries its own canon of dead white cultural norms; as much as any subject area of the curriculum. Queen, Spandau Ballet and Survivor are the Shakespeare, Florence Nightingale and Henry VIII of the sports day playlist; songs that many of my North West London ethnic minority students only know from Sports Day and perhaps BBC Olympics coverage in 2012</span><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-size: 12.8px;">; music as alien to them as the dead white 'heroes' they learn to quote in GCSE essays.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">Back to the conversation. I was reluctant to offer my services to compile the music for this event despite itching to do so. The reason for this was that it would not have been the first time I had taken on this task, and last time it literally ended in tears. Not my tears but those of a more senior teacher who was "too upset to talk" at the end of a beautiful day in the sun because despite my greatest efforts, the Dizzee Rascal tune I was convinced had no swear words contained a solitary F bomb that came to represent their entire experience of the day. I brushed it off despite being slightly annoyed with myself for not managing to construct a playlist that both represented the culture and times of our students that also conformed to the squeaky cleanliness that is required for such an event.<span style="font-size: 12.8px;"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; font-size: 12.8px;"><span style="color: white;">Most of the staff and all of the students commented on how good the music had been, with a few staff merely commenting that it was possibly a bit 'edgy' or 'untraditional'. But the students loved it. I know this from the dancing, gun-finger salutes and exclamations of "SHUT UUUP" issued from their grinning faces when their/our music blasted from the sound system perched atop the school minibus parked like some west coast gangster's lowrider on the side of the school field. Needless to say, I was not asked to contribute the following year and the playlist returned to the canon amongst a selection of top 40 hits that contained an equal level of sexualised, misogynistic, patriarchal messages as anything that had been filling the students ears the previous year did, but with an absence of that solitary 'fuck' that had come to define the entire day's selection in the previous year. A couple years have passed since then and the memory of that 'upsetting' moment has receded to back of my colleagues minds. I bite the bullet and interject,</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">"I've got loads of music, I can do you a playlist if you like."</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">My offer is met with looks of relief rather than the suspicion and fear I was concerned it may elicit.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">"Ah, could you? That'd be great Chris; I don't have a clue about music."</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">"I'll put a few of the classics in their and a mix of new music. I've got plenty of pop music since I had kids, it'll be easy."</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">Later that evening I sit down with iTunes and start curating. The canon installed I start on the more exciting task of selecting tunes that will be relevant, contemporary and representative as well as some that are educational, political and subversive, all the while screening each choice for the stray profanity that could 'ruin the day' for some of the more fragile staff at the school. This proves a harder task than I had hoped for. From songs that celebrate local London culture from local artists to pop bangers from Rihanna, all seem to contain these stray shots of swearing that either require their deletion from the list or several hours of editing in Pro Tools to remove B words, N words, H words, S words and other 'trigger words'. An hour or so in and having spent a few quid on iTunes to purchase 'clean versions' of a few 'must have' tracks I wonder why I am bothering. Spending 99p on Rihanna's 'Work' to remove Drake's guest rap N bomb while it still includes his assertion that he knows Rihanna needs to get "done, done, done, done, done" is frustrating to say the least. The same problem persists as I trawl through Hip-hop track after R&B track after Grime track until what I am left with is a compilation where the poignant, insightful and most importantly relevant music of the generation it will entertain has had many of the positive political and educational messages removed due to profanity. Notable exceptions that do make the list come from Shay D, Lady Leshurr, Nas, Jay-Z and JME, but not from Jamie's brother or a whole host of other big names that I want to include. As a DJ there is no way I can treat this task with any less importance than were I filling my Serato crate to open up for Wu Tang or to rock a weekend set at XOYO - every gig is the most important gig at the time you are doing it and if you can't muster that passion for your music or audience then you don't deserve the gig.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">So, 5 hours later, once I've padded the set out with the safer old school Garage anthems; Dubstep remixes; Soul classics from James Brown to Charles Wright; pop anthems from MJ to Beyoncé and the few 'real bangers' that manage to avoid the perceived necessity of 'adult language' to convey universal messages, I am 99% sure I have fulfilled the brief to create a diverse and relevant compilation without inadvertently including any 'bombs' that could see all that effort thrown back in my face by a weeping colleague, and I am left to lament Hip-hop's persistent leaning towards profanity; a leaning that narrows its scope for inclusion on radio shows and in school classrooms; two places where the messages of hip-hop can reach a deservedly wide audience and contribute to the mass consciousness and discourse of our time. Most Hip-hop will not make it into these spaces and that is a shame. At its widest level this means that while Kendrick will get a radio edited version of his message onto mainstream radio, many other artists without the resources or savvy to produce radio versions of their work will continue to preach to the converted on underground shows and in underground clubs. More narrowly it means that my Sports Day playlist will contain no Skepta; no Stormzy; no Dr. Dre; no Kendrick (I'm not paying double); no J Cole; no Dizzee; no Giggs, Getts or Kano, despite them being some of mine and my students favourite MCs. </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">Now, this is not some 40 year old puritanical epiphany post as I fucking love swearing and love it in my music too, but it does frustrate me that some of the important messages held within the music I love and want to share with young people (including my own daughters) will remain unshared and possibly unheard by them. If they are heard they will be heard outside of the formal education space; a space where they can be debated and built upon; critiqued and celebrated alongside their dead white counterparts. This is also not to say that this is solely the fault of the music or artists as schools have a lot to answer for in this also, as while it is acceptable in school to read <i>Of Mice and Men</i> and discuss the meaning of the N words it holds within its pages, it is not acceptable to hear them coming from a rappers lips over a 140bpm beat that sounds like a collage of gunshots and gravel. I understand the difference in context between debating language in and English class and blaring it out of a PA system for the entertainment of students at Sports Day and that is why I find it frustrating that some of this great music rules itself out of inclusion due to its profane vocabulary despite also containing emancipatory, socially critical, culturally relevant concepts delivered through rich, complex, dynamic phraseology - the kind of stuff that can change minds and lives, but only outside of the school space.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">So, in conclusion, respect to those artists that manage to get that rawness across without the need for cussing, and props to those who don't give a fuck about having their shit played at a school Sports Day alike. As I've said already I don't have a single motherfucking problem with swear words, but perhaps, if we as artists are making music that we really want to change the world and school the youth then perhaps we need to think about occasionally holding fire on the F bombs and N bombs on certain tracks to ensure that they are not automatically disqualified from entering the school space; a space where many students struggle daily to see themselves reflected in the content of their lessons; the characters in their books; the heroes on their wall displays or the songs on their Sports Day playlist. </span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">So, here's hoping I have done my due diligence and don't make any fragile white teachers cry with my playlist. If I have, then at least any crying and protesting will not be able to so easily hide behind the facade of an anti-profanity stance, rather than more likely being as a result of the fragility often triggered in certain white teachers when urban contemporary blackness enters the school space unannounced and uninvited.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;">For my students I hope it goes some way to paying back for the weeks of hiding themselves, contorting themselves and restraining themselves into the structure and rigidity of a school system that rarely holds their cultures, arts or histories in any great esteem.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">The small room adjacent to the
student union bar was rammed with new and old faces alike. Over the past 3 years
HipHopEd UK has grown from a series of Twitter chats into an ever-expanding
network of artists, educators and academics. It was a great feeling to stand in
front of so many people who I have got to know well through this HipHopEd journey
as well as to speak to people I had never met before or who I had met outside
of HipHopEd. This was the biggest group I have seen at a HipHopEd meeting and
it is a testament to the strength of the work being undertaken as well as the
enthusiasm of those who get involved with this work that our numbers are
growing each time we meet. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This meeting was a little like returning
to the start of a loop. As we have been collaborating on this project for 3
years now, we had moved a long way from our start point of sharing good practice
and discussing its form, content and purpose. However, this meeting was a
chance to revisit some of the fundamental experiences and ideas that brought
many of us together in the first place. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Darren’s presentation on his
school-based <i>Power To The Pupils</i> project reminded me of our first meeting. Then,
as now, I was blown away by the depth and quality of this work, combining P4C
with a rap club; a space for young minds to wrangle with big ideas, through the
lens of Hip-hop. And as Hip-hop is older than many of these kids parents it is great
to see a new generation learning about and through this culture by
participating in the production of rich cultural artefacts.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Jeffrey’s presentation on his
current English practice stood as testimony to the impact that HipHopEd continues
to have on his teaching. Using Hip-hop as a frame, Jeff talked through the
process of taking his secondary aged, free school students through the journey
of writing an academic essay; taking their writing from the page to the stage
as he spoke about turning their written words into epic pieces of spoken word poetry.
This journey is sure to teach his students far more than how to write a good
essay, For some it will be a journey of empowerment; for some a chance to
exorcise some demons and for a few it will possibly be the start of a career in
writing, performing and creating. With Jeff’s integrity, skill and passion, I
am sure it will be a memorable learning experience for all involved.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I spoke rapidly about a less
practice-based aspect of HipHopEd and returned to some of the ideas I learnt
from attending David Kirkland’s lecture at the IoE (as it was then) 3 years
ago. It was at this lecture that I first met Darren and a number of other
teachers who would go on to form the core of HipHopEd UK. At the lecture
Kirkland rapped through a thoroughly edutaining presentation that focused on
the concept of <i>multiple Englishes</i>. This
was where I first became aware of the idea of code-switching and where I first
heard an academic speak in a form of English that seemed closer to the voices I
heard in Hip-hop records than it did to that of the lecturers and professors I
had met during my own education. It was here that I was given a tool with which
to investigate my own practice and where I first began to make sense of my
seemingly schizophrenic approach to language at school. I talked about the Hip-hop
club I ran (Spit Club)<i> </i>and my
experiences of working as a Behaviour Support Manager; two roles that required
very different approaches to language in order to be successful. I spoke about
battling and how I drew on that particularly competitive aspect of Hip-hop when
I was in the Head’s office or in pre-exclusion meetings for many of the SEN students
I taught, who faced exclusion from the mainstream school I work in; students
who often arrived at school from complicated and deprived families and for whom
school was just another institution that they didn’t feel comfortable in and
did not trust. For me, one of the greatest aspects of HipHopEd, is that it helped
me become aware of, and formalise, much of the implicit HipHopEd practice I was
already doing. It has helped me develop that practice; place it more clearly within
a cultural, historical and socio-political context, and to build my confidence
in challenging many of the hegemonic ideas and practices of mainstream
education, without anybody spitting bars or cutting a beat.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">We then went in to the three
guest presentations from Dr Nathaniel Adam Tobias <s>Coleman </s>(#whitecurriculum
campaign), Dr Illana Webster-Kogen (Global Hip-hop course at SOAS) and PhD
student Bharath Ganesh (Hip-hop, Difference and education). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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on the <i>Why is my curriculum white? </i>campaign.
He talked about his own experience of leaving Oxford University and realising
that everything he had been taught was a lie; that the finest education this
country can offer did little more than perpetuate racist myths about the civilisation,
history and knowledge, under the moniker of a ‘classical’ education. Alongside
Nathaniel, Kwesi Shaddai spoke earnestly about his work in supplementary schools
and the space it gave to offer a broader and more nuanced education that could
speak to young people under the radar of Ofsted and its governmental taskmasters.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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content and reasons behind SOAS developing its Global Hip-hop course. Again this
was a story of including something that had previously been conspicuous by its
absence; a decentring of western European cultural achievements as the pinnacle
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and shared some insightful observation on the etiquette of the Hip-hop cypher.
He spoke of the energy and mutual respect that was shared in these instances as
well as the immediacy with which potentially harmful political and social views
were shared and challenged. Listening to Bharath I could imagine a world where
political debate could easily be conducted over a DJ Premier instrumental and
where all parties voices could be heard and responded to fairly and honestly, regardless
of gender, class or political affiliation; a far cry from anything you are
likely to see in a televised debate during the run up to the general election.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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rearranged the room into a circle and began to share responses an observations
with people around us. There were probably 50 people in attendance and as such,
we started off sharing with the people we found ourselves sat next to. After
these initial discussions we formed questions, and then we tackled a couple of
them in the larger group. The debate was lively, as it always is at a HipHopEd
meeting. With such a wide range of people with such differing experiences of
both education and Hip-hop, there was plenty of disagreement around the role,
place and purpose of Hip-hop in education. The debate, rather like Bharath’s
description of the cypher, created its own boundaries. Mutual respect,
turn-taking, listening and honest heart-on-sleeve sharing led to a vibrant and
rich enquiry of the questions. A highlight of this was an exploration of the
spectrum of implicit and explicit HipHopEd practice in regard to getting more
good HipHopEd practice into schools. While some argued that HipHopEd was best
placed outside of the mainstream, away from the beady eyes of the policy makers
and Edu-shapers (my own term), others argued vehemently that the role of
HipHopEd should be to ultimately infiltrate and change the mainstream school
experience through a decentring of hegemonic British values; white/western
ideologies and the development of critical thinking and creative, student-centred
approaches to teaching, learning.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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question of whether or not to call HipHopEd by such a name when trying to
infiltrate the mainstream. On this topic Iesha Small provided my favourite line
of the night:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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minutes, first time attendee and 3x UK Team beatbox champion <i>The Human Radio</i> sparked off the first
official HipHopEd UK cypher. This gave ample opportunity for the MCs in the
room to participate and add their voices to the evening. One after another,
participants left their chairs to prowl the inner circle spitting freestyles
and written bars. Reveal stepped up first and reminded us all just why he is so
highly rated as an MC as well as a developing academic machine-gunning through a
dense and lengthy verse. Jeffrey and Darren both added their voices to the
cypher showing that there is no dividing line between teacher and artist; it is
quite possible and indeed desirable to wear both those hats. Props to everyone
who gave their voice to the cypher. This was a perfect end to an inspiring and
energetic night that saw HipHopEd add another feather to its Kangol and a whole
new set of bright, enthusiastic and important voices join the HipHopEd family!</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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HipHopEdSoc launch. It’s Monday, nearly midnight and although the days teaching
had me nodding off into my book on the Northern line to Euston, I've returned
home eyes wide and mind buzzing from an evening of conversation and
presentations with some of London's finest Hip-hop educators.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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in the same vein as the HipHopEd seminars this first monthly meeting featured
UK rap legend TY. A veteran of the UK scene and still a very active live and
studio artist, TY is less well known for his work in education. Speaking on the
cathartic effect of providing workshops that 'use rap as an excuse for changing
the world', TY spoke of focussing on understanding and developing body
language, presence, articulation, movement, knowledge of self and your
environment. Work that aims to extend the range of communication skills that
the young participants are able to harness and utilise for their self-development
and empowerment.</span></span></div>
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been committed in his support of HipHopEd and shared insightful observations on
his own journey with Hip-hop as he shared some of the exercises from his
workshops with the help of willing volunteers from the audience. Salute.</span></span></div>
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presentation followed on from an epic Q&A after rapper and workshop leader
Shay D gave an impassioned presentation on her deep and diverse work running
workshops in a number of challenging environments with young people between 16
& 25. Clear that she is not a 'teacher' Shay spoke of the extended
relationships she manages with young people, often involving them in other
projects through her activity as a rapper and promoter with The Lyrically
Challenged collective.</div>
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debate that followed focused on the distinctions between teachers and otr educators
as Shay freestyled through a range of examples of the work she has done using
the creative writing and expressiveness of Hip-hop to help young people talk
about the complex issues they face in their lives and the responsibility that
comes with facilitating that work.</div>
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There
was some discussion about the authenticity of using Hip-hop that is synonymous
with anti-authoritarianism within authoritarian institutions and the potential
for Hip-hop to be a vehicle for self-empowerment or social change that led to a
discussion about the personal and transformative effect of the work on the
young people involved that relies on an instinctive approach to practice that
is informed by emotional literacy more than academic theory.</div>
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Darren
Chetty opened the presentations speaking about this Power To The Pupils project
that initiated debate about sampling and 'crate digging' based on a lesson he
had done with his students on Will I Am that traced the original sample in the
Will I Am song back to a Tamil movie soundtrack that Darren shared with his
pupils.</div>
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evening was kicked off with a reading of the HipHopEd manifesto as well as a
little recapping of the HipHopEd journey towards this latest manifestation at
the IoE.</div>
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and special needs teacher Solo Cypher on the work of B.F. Skinner,</span><span style="color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">HipHopEdSoc delivered a dope mix of conversations,
presentations, dialogue and discourse, that bumped like DJ sets. Everyone's
presentations and contributions to the dialogue shed more light on the
diversity of practice, pedagogy and purpose that exists amongst those working
with HipHopEd.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black;">The
vibes on the evening were familial, and like all good families, the hiphoped
family can find difference and disagreement within each other's approaches and
beliefs. It is a great testimony to the UK HipHopEd movement that it provides a
space for sharing and debating these varied beliefs and practices, and at times
on the night the temperature and volume of the debate was raised. Not everyone
attending HipHopEdSoc possessed or desires to possess the etiquette of formal
academic debate, and as such there were times of beautiful anarchy, with voices
clashing, colliding and battling to be heard. But, that is what makes these
hiphopEd events so refreshing and engaging because a HipHopEd event is not your
average teachmeet, cpd opportunity or university society, it is a hub for a
growing number of hip-hop heads, from the streets, schools, universities and
all places in between, finding time to share and contribute to a widening field
of practice, centred on a shared passion for both education and Hip-hop
culture. Good people doing good work for good reason.</span></div>
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It has been a while since I posted here but this is great news and worth sharing with my Hip-hop and education heads alike.</div>
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The UK HipHopEd movement has been steadily smouldering with occasional bursts into flame over the last year or so. Since being featured on the BBC 1Xtra documentary 'When Words Collide' HipHopEd has had a full feature in the TES, a resurgence of the Twitter chats (that started it all off) and has now found a home at the prestigious Institute of Education in the form of HipHopEdSoc.</div>
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HipHopEdSoc launches next week with presentations from 2 of my favourite HipHopEd heads - Sam Berkson and Shay D - and will be graced by the presence of a true UK rap veteran - TY.</div>
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As ever the aim of HipHopEdSoc is to bring a broad spectrum of people together with an interest in Hip-hop, education, philosophy, politics, arts and academia to discuss and share their work and views on Hip-hop as a vehicle for education - Hip-hop as pedagogy.</div>
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Meanwhile, I want to give a special shout out to the US HipHopEd fam who celebrate their 4th birthday this month. BIG UP!!</div>
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If you want to know more about the work of HipHopEd both here or in the States you can find us all on Twitter by searching <a href="https://twitter.com/search?q=%23hiphoped&src=typd&lang=en-gb" target="_blank">#hiphoped</a></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: inherit;">Last week the UK #HipHopEd Twitter Chat took on the ridiculous task of compiling a Top Ten list of UKHH tracks to use in teaching. After much suggestion, advocation and championing, what we got was NOT a Top Ten! There was such a wide range of contexts, purposes and subject areas that tunes were suggested for that trying to qualify any decision over a place in or out of the Top Ten would have been impossible to reconcile; let alone which order the final ten should appear in! So, what we have got is a UK HipHopEd Top 60 UKHH tracks to use in education, in no particular order. Well, nearly true...actually, the list is ordered by artists depending on how many of their tracks were submitted for the Top Ten. So, if there is a winner, it is held by the first 2 artists on the list. Both artists received 4 submissions for different tracks, from different chatters. And that all means that your winners are...</span></div>
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Rascal - Sittin' Here<br /><br />Dizzee Rascal - I Luv U<br /><br />Dizzee
Rascal – Imagine</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 9pt;">Roots
Manuva - Juggle Tings Proper</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 9pt;">Roots
Manuva -Dreamy Days</span></span></b></div>
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- Council Estate of Mind</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: 9pt;"><b style="background-color: black;">Skinny
Man - Day to Day Basis<br /><br />Skinny Man - No Big Tings</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: 9pt;"><b style="background-color: black;"><br />Rodney
P - The Future</b></span></div>
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Posse - How's Life In London</b></span></div>
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Posse - Money Mad</b></span></div>
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– Hercules</b></span></div>
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- Emotions</b></span></div>
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– 1979</b></span></div>
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Twang - Red Letter</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: 9pt;"><b style="background-color: black;"><br />Black
Twang – GCSE</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: 9pt;"><b style="background-color: black;">Ms
Dynamite - Put Him Out</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: 9pt;"><b style="background-color: black;">Ms
Dynamite - It Takes More</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: white; font-family: inherit; font-size: 9pt;"><b style="background-color: black;">Smiley
culture - Cockney Translation<br /><br />Smiley Culture - Police
Officer<br /><br />Lethal Bizzle - POW<br /><br />Lethal Bizzle - Oi</b></span></div>
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- The Grip</b></span></div>
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<b><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: inherit;"><br /><span style="font-size: 9pt;">Braintax
- Future Years</span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 9pt;">Katch
22 - Reverse World</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 9pt;">Katch
22 - Death of the Flat Black Circle</span></span></b></div>
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Force - Butterfly Concerto</span><br /><br />
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<b><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 9pt;">Chester
P - Little Man</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 9pt;">Wretch
32 - 24 Hours</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 9pt;">Swami
Baracus - The Recipe</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 9pt;">MCs
Logik - Operatin Logikally</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 9pt;">Broken
Glass - Rapology</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 9pt;">Ruthless
Rap Assassins - And it Wasn't a Dream</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 9pt;">Scorzayzee
- Great Britain</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 9pt;">Lowkey
- Let Me Live My Life</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 9pt;">P-Money
- Slang Like this</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 9pt;">Hijack
- Daddy Rich</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 9pt;">Krispy
3 - Destroy All The Stereotypes</span></span></b></div>
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- Ps & Qs</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 9pt;">Rhyme
Asylum - Holding On</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 9pt;">MC
Buzz B - Last Tree</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 9pt;">Labrinth
- Express Yourself</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 9pt;">Rebel
MC - Black Meaning Good</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 9pt;">So
Solid Crew - 21 Seconds</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 9pt;">The
Streets - A Grand Don't Come For Free</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 9pt;">Neneh
Cherry - Buffalo Stance</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 9pt;">Melanin
9 - The 7 Blues</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 9pt;">Cyrus
Malachi - Black Maria</span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: inherit;"><br /><span style="font-size: 9pt;">Tippa
Irie - Complain Neighbour</span></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: inherit;"><br /><span style="font-size: 9pt;">Durrty
Goodz - Born Blessed</span><br /><br />
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artists who were mentioned non-specifically:</span><br /><br /><br /><b><span style="font-size: 9pt;">Shadia
Mansour</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 9pt;">Caxton
Press</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 9pt;">Wee
Papa girls</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 9pt;">She
rockers</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 9pt;">Cookie
Crew</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 9pt;">Monie
Love</span></b></span>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: inherit;"><b><span style="font-size: 9pt;">*Props to Dizzee and Roots Manuva for leading the way with their UK #HipHopEd bangers!!</span></b></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Helvetica Neue, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span><br style="font-size: 13px;" /><span style="font-size: 13px;">Skitz feat. RODNEY P - Left</span><br style="font-size: 13px;" /><a href="http://youtu.be/8O2R39GYGAs" style="font-size: 13px;" target="_blank">http://youtu.be/8O2R39GYGAs</a><br style="font-size: 13px;" /><br style="font-size: 13px;" /><span style="font-size: 13px;">London Posse - How's Life In London</span><br style="font-size: 13px;" /><a href="http://youtu.be/-ahFJmFcY98" style="font-size: 13px;" target="_blank">http://youtu.be/-ahFJmFcY98</a><br style="font-size: 13px;" /><br style="font-size: 13px;" /><span style="font-size: 13px;">Roots Manuva - Juggle Tings Proper</span><br style="font-size: 13px;" /><a href="http://youtu.be/dkHu_x1YkNw" style="font-size: 13px;" target="_blank">http://youtu.be/dkHu_x1YkNw</a><br style="font-size: 13px;" /><br style="font-size: 13px;" /><span style="font-size: 13px;">Roots Manuva -Dreamy Days</span><br style="font-size: 13px;" /><a href="http://youtu.be/bJmoxDA1cTg" style="font-size: 13px;" target="_blank">http://youtu.be/bJmoxDA1cTg</a><br style="font-size: 13px;" /><br style="font-size: 13px;" /><span style="font-size: 13px;">Skinnyman - No Big Tings</span><br style="font-size: 13px;" /><a href="http://youtu.be/tb01FSSZ4-4" style="font-size: 13px;" target="_blank">http://youtu.be/tb01FSSZ4-4</a><br style="font-size: 13px;" /><br style="font-size: 13px;" /><span style="font-size: 13px;">Task Force - Butterfly Concerto</span><br style="font-size: 13px;" /><a href="http://youtu.be/AUZlH7N-24I" style="font-size: 13px;" target="_blank">http://youtu.be/AUZlH7N-24I</a><br style="font-size: 13px;" /><br style="font-size: 13px;" /><span style="font-size: 13px;">Braintax - Future Years</span><br style="font-size: 13px;" /><a href="http://youtu.be/87ADE3iVyFQ" style="font-size: 13px;" target="_blank">http://youtu.be/87ADE3iVyFQ</a><br style="font-size: 13px;" /><br style="font-size: 13px;" /><span style="font-size: 13px;">Ms Dynamite - Put Him Out</span><br style="font-size: 13px;" /><a href="http://youtu.be/E0YzqD9HqUA" style="font-size: 13px;" target="_blank">http://youtu.be/E0YzqD9HqUA</a><br style="font-size: 13px;" /><br style="font-size: 13px;" /><span style="font-size: 13px;">Wretch 32 - 24 Hours</span><br style="font-size: 13px;" /><a href="http://youtu.be/SdJ7HV8PcvA" style="font-size: 13px;" target="_blank">http://youtu.be/SdJ7HV8PcvA</a><br style="font-size: 13px;" /><br style="font-size: 13px;" /><span style="font-size: 13px;">MCs Logik - Operatin Logikally</span><br style="font-size: 13px;" /><br style="font-size: 13px;" /><span style="font-size: 13px;">Scorz - GB</span><br style="font-size: 13px;" /><br style="font-size: 13px;" /><span style="font-size: 13px;">Broken Glass - Rapology</span><br style="font-size: 13px;" /><br style="font-size: 13px;" /><span style="font-size: 13px;">(For post-Windrush narrative) Ruthless Rap Assassins - And it Wasn't a Dream</span><br style="font-size: 13px;" /><br style="font-size: 13px;" /><span style="font-size: 13px;">(For extended metaphor) </span><span style="font-size: 13px;">Swami Baracus - The Recipe</span><br style="font-size: 13px;" /><a href="http://t.co/cVUqKLmHhp" style="font-size: 13px;" target="_blank">http://t.co/cVUqKLmHhp</a><br style="font-size: 13px;" /><br style="font-size: 13px;" /><span style="font-size: 13px;">Akala - Fire In The Booth</span><br style="font-size: 13px;" /><br style="font-size: 13px;" /><span style="font-size: 13px;">Scorzayzee - Great Britain</span><br style="font-size: 13px;" /><br style="font-size: 13px;" /><span style="font-size: 13px;">Katch 22 - reverse world</span><br style="font-size: 13px;" /><br style="font-size: 13px;" /><span style="font-size: 13px;">Katch 22 - death of the flat black circle</span><br style="font-size: 13px;" /><br style="font-size: 13px;" /><span style="font-size: 13px;">Lowkey - Let Me Live My Life</span><br style="font-size: 13px;" /><br style="font-size: 13px;" /><span style="font-size: 13px;">P-Money - Slang Like this</span><br style="font-size: 13px;" /><br style="font-size: 13px;" /><span style="font-size: 13px;">Hijack - Daddy Rich</span><br style="font-size: 13px;" /><br style="font-size: 13px;" /><span style="font-size: 13px;">Krispy 3 - Destroy All The Stereotypes</span><br /><br style="font-size: 13px;" /><span style="font-size: 13px;">Akala - Shakespeare</span><br style="font-size: 13px;" /><br style="font-size: 13px;" /><span style="font-size: 13px;">Black Twang - GCSE</span><br style="font-size: 13px;" /><br style="font-size: 13px;" /><span style="font-size: 13px;">Lethal Bizzle - POW</span><br style="font-size: 13px;" /><br style="font-size: 13px;" /><span style="font-size: 13px;">Lethal Bizzle - Oi</span><br style="font-size: 13px;" /><br style="font-size: 13px;" /><span style="font-size: 13px;">Dizzee Rascal - Sittin' Here</span><br style="font-size: 13px;" /><br style="font-size: 13px;" /><span style="font-size: 13px;">Dizzee Rascal - I Luv U</span><br style="font-size: 13px;" /><br style="font-size: 13px;" /><span style="font-size: 13px;">Kano - Ps & Qs</span><br style="font-size: 13px;" /><br style="font-size: 13px;" /><span style="font-size: 13px;">Rhyme Asylum - Holding On</span><br style="font-size: 13px;" /><br style="font-size: 13px;" /><span style="font-size: 13px;">MC Buzz B - Last Tree</span></span>curioushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07590594882482650902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3366123981866762982.post-74515156423416673522013-10-29T07:34:00.000-07:002013-10-29T07:34:08.474-07:00UK #HipHopEd ManifestoOver the last 2 years the UK#HipHopEd crew have been working towards a manifesto of our beliefs. 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This time things are not too different, but different they are. Volume 4 presents 9 new mash ups, recorded in iDj live, just as before, but in addition, this volume also contains 315-20 minute mixes recorded live in a single take without headphones - old school via new school!! Just click on the image to go to the Dropbox link.</div>
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Hopefully this gives you something fresh to fill your iPod with as you set off on your summer holidayings!</div>
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Hand Made Mash Up Volume 4 features:</div>
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energy brought to the room due to the subtly profound changes in dynamic that
different people bring. Avoiding the obvious Barrington Levy puns, a hallmark
of the seminars to date, is that the range and depth of the debated topics have been
both broad and deep. Each day existing as an example of academic cyphering that
is as authentically hiphop as it is academic. However, despite the breadth and
depth, each has distinct characteristics and uniquely defining moments that
leave snapshots in the mind to be recalled like cerebral backdrops to future
conversations and reflections. Here are my snapshots from the first 4
#UkHipHopEd seminars...<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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mostly</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Gothic"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"> <span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">from the newness of it all. The journey
from the Twitter timeline to the Institute of Education seminar suite was a
short and fast one. The potential in the room was palpable; teachers, youth
workers, poets, academics, film makers, photographers occupying every seat.
@rapclassroon (Darren Chetty) continued the natural leadership that had driven
the original chats and hosted a day of performance, presentation, discussion
and debate with a bit of live Skype to manage also! Amongst the eruditus and
empowered eloquence (*strikes B-boy pose), the snapshot moment of the day will
remain (in my mind at least,) that of the newly-formed group, forged into
union, huddled diminutively, waving goodbye under the widescreen-projected
god-head of Prof. Chris Emdin, at the end of our Skype chat; bridging LDN and
NY's physical and educational divides in a supportive and inspiring way. The
connection to the 'parent' movement gave a sense of authenticity and validity
to this initial meeting of artist/teacher tweeters and the mythic retelling of
how the US HipHopEd movement successfully and sustainably opened 2 Hiphop
schools in the motherland of rap was inspiring. The spirit of reverence was
apt. Onward towards a manifesto...<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Seminar 2 should have been simple. Repeat a
proven formula with a few different people and new themes. Enter Shay D. Female
Iranian rapper with the Lyrically Challenged hiphop collective and hiphop
workshop leader. Shay D brought a passion to the proceedings. She participated
confidently and challenged some of the ideas about race and representation in
the room vigorously. The snapshot moment of Shay D and Chris Mentalist going
toe to toe (chair to chair), battling over a disputed comment; with the rest of
the room either scrambling to defuse the tension or sitting back waiting for the storm to die down will remain the
defining and most hiphop moment of the day, and stand as testimony to the belief
and passion that exist within the HipHopEd movement; and like true battle MCs
it was all love afterwards. This is not a snapshot of the movement’s greatest
success, rather one of its passion, honesty and ability to push the
boundaries of both the academic discussion format, and the hiphop cypher
(perhaps <i>battle</i> is more apt in this
instance) and find resolutions that stays true to the spirit of HipHopEd. This
is where ideas and beliefs are cogeneratively forged in the fires of disparate
notions of discourse and decorum; but where reality and theory collide with
experience and instinct. This is bumpy ground, but well worth the ride.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black;"><span style="color: white;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: 'Century Gothic';">If Shay D brought a more
contemporary hiphop voice to the room, Seminar 3 let Uk hiphop royalty in the
building. TY has been delivering conscious hiphop to the UK hiphop scene since
before people said 'conscious hiphop' and TY is used to working a crowd.
Bridging the hiphop/ed gap was Poisonous Poet turned teacher Reveal and
rapper/music teacher Awate. Further to the 'ed' side, Dr Patrick Turner from
London Met led the day with a presentation that sparked the debate about racial
representation and identity that dominated this seminar. Himself an ex-member
of a hiphop crew, Patrick was joined by his teenage son. From my position, the
young man had TY challenging and leading the discussion to one side and his
father feeding the debate on the other. This image reminiscent of the angels
and devils (but with a less polar opposition) of cartoon folklore brought 3
fundamental strands of the movement into one space - hiphop; the educator and
the young learner. A perfect example of praxis? This was the theme of Seminar 3; that
awkward and much misunderstood merging of theory and practice; education's
version of <i>circular breathing</i></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Gothic"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">.
The space where all that is said and thought is done. Where, <i>where, will</i>, <i>won’t</i>, <i>what</i>, <i>why</i> and <i>how</i> collide to form experiences that can be as beautifully chaotic
and deceptively complex in their fluid expressions as sub-aquatic lava flows.
HipHopEd is built for praxis.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Whether it was the choice of Gender as one of
the 3 themes of Seminar 4 that encouraged or inspired more women to
attend (and maybe men to not?) is less important than the fact that there were
more women at this seminar. The UkHipHopEd movement has never been exclusively
male. Kate Ryan's pivotal role in the original cohort of tweeters has
provides the only ever-present female voice, but Shay D in seminar 2 and Anne
from<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Gothic";"><a href="http://www.rapgenius.com/" target="_blank"><span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">www.rapgenius.com</span></a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: 'Century Gothic';"> in seminar 3 (amongst others) have ensured that there
has been a strong and committed, plural female voice throughout. I don't know
whether the participation of a larger number of women changed the debate or
not, but it certainly felt more 'authentic' as a representation of educators
(and humans) to have a larger female presence; if not yet, a more 'authentic'
representation of hiphop.</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Century Gothic"; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><br />
<span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;">Ironically, my snapshot of the day is not
provided by one of the female participants, but instead it is the image of both
genders watching a white neo-nazi rapper from Germany perpetuating every rap
video cliché you saw perfectly parodied in The Roots, 'What They Do' video; and
then debating it's authenticity as a representation of whiteness. A 25-strong
debate about the rantings of a young white supremacist, living out his black
rapper fantasy, isn't what I expected to be engaging with in a primary school
hall on a warm and sunny Saturday, 3 days before the end of the academic year,
but it is more useful than trolling comment boxes on YouTube for challenging
such surreal and dangerous co-options of Hiphop culture.<o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="background-color: black; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; font-family: 'Century Gothic';"><span style="background-color: black; color: white;">The UkHipHopEd movement continues
to build links between the sky high (and often pie in the sky) research of
Hiphop academics; Hiphop educators working in schools (colleges, youth centres,
theatres etc) and our young people, growing up to a Hiphop soundtrack in an
ever- shifting capitalist landscape, where reality and authenticity are hard to
pin down, but where creativity and knowledge are 'hard currency' for 'growth'.
You can only win the game you're playing and all games have rules. All rules
can be broken. Break rules.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Come and see a one-off showcase of spoken word poetry from Angry Sam, Poetcurious, Keith Jarrett and Benny Diction, performing poems about Hackney, London and life from <b>6:45-7:15</b>.</div>
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Following on from my previous post, here's another bunch of mash-ups recorded live on my iPad. Again the mix is eclectic with pop, hiphop, trap, 80's, indie and all sorts sitting reasonably comfortably together. My personal highlights are <i>Love Umbrella Has Gone</i>;<i> Not Giving I(co)n</i> and <i>So Fresh, So Clean, So Ratchetty</i>. Let me know if you agree after clicking on the cover picture above to download this collection for free. More soon! </div>
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Hand Made Mash Up is a collection of mash-ups I have recorded using iDJ on my iPad. I am not being paid to promote this app or tablet device but I have had a lot of fun getting back into mixing without having to blow the dust (sad to admit) off the 1210s and spark up the Serato. Although there are many limitations to this type of DJing, such as the lack of immediacy for adjustments and no physical cross-fader (making scratching a novelty aspect), there are many advantages. The ability to mix anywhere and the range of functionality (looping, FX pad, EQ, cue points), as well as a well designed recording facility make iDJ a perfect tool for all levels of DJ.</div>
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In making this collection I used iDJ in what should be called 'play mode', meaning I didn't use the optional splitter to allow for headphone monitoring. Instead, I planned out the arrangements in advance of recording and added cue points into the tracks before syncing the tempos (another hit and miss feature of iDJ). Once I'd worked out an arrangement and prepared the tracks, I recorded each mash-up live, without headphones. This is basically a long-winded excuse for the mistakes and slips that happen throughout this compilation. However, (and to further the excusing) I think the live aspect gives an organic, human quality to these unquantized (and unsterilised) recordings. Click on the cover picture at the top to download the compilation for free, and see what you think...</div>
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I came across this video thanks to my friend Anna. The video is for Biting Elbow's 2013 single 'Bad Motherfucker' and as the title suggests it's pretty extreme at points. I don't know anything about the band but it reminds me of music from my skateboarding days and the video is sick! The single is available on <a href="http://goo.gl/fpNCl">iTunes</a> if it floats your boat. Dog lovers beware!<br />
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They say all good/bad things come in threes. Here is the third of my writings on hip-hop and education. This one is less about hip-hop, although it does get a reference and much of the work I discuss in this essay informs my current practice and feeds into the HipHopEd work I am involved in. I wrote this in 2006 at the end of a year participating in the TAP Programme and it is presented here without appendices and with a few incomplete references.<br />
TAP was a professional development programme for artists and teachers. It took participants on a highly creative and academically rigorous exploration of their own and each others practices and pedagogies. TAP focussed on multi-disciplinary approaches, creative risk-taking, relationships and collaboration. Run by <a href="http://www.liftfest.com/home">L.I.F.T.</a> and accredited by the <a href="http://www.ioe.ac.uk/">I.O.E.</a>, TAP was an innovative and rewarding experience that hugely developed my understanding of teaching, learning and creativity.<br />
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Last year I was asked to perform at an inter-faith community centre in Queen's Park for an event run by the <a href="http://www.stethelburgas.org/">St. Ethelburga's</a> organisation. <a href="http://www.stethelburgas.org/civicrm/event/info?reset=1&id=405">Stories That Heal, Stories That Harm</a> was a participatory day of talks and workshops for a range of educators, therapists, community practitioners, academics and others working with personal and community narratives. The aim was to explore different approaches and share experiences of working closely with people's personal stories and community narratives in various educational and therapeutic settings, in order to stimulate better practice and generate a greater understanding of the work being done in that field. I was asked to talk about the work I do with hiphop and education and how that contributes to this area of practice. I shared some examples from my practice of how hiphop culture has provided a starting point for developmental work with students in schools as well as my opinions about the culture's validity as a platform for engaging young people in story-telling that can contribute to their self-development. The day went well and there were some interesting talks and presentations. After the event I wrote some notes on my iPhone trying to sum up what I had said about my own work, as well as what I had learnt from the day. I later formatted these notes into a document that I share below. This was one of the first times I had spoken about my use of hiphop culture and music in my work to an audience, The response was very positive and it gave me more confidence to explore hiphop culture and it's contribution to my practice. This continues through the work I do with UkHipHopEd and within my role as a special needs teacher in a mainstream secondary school in North West London, where I use hiphop's content and principles to engage young people with behaviour and communication difficulties.<br />
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The 3rd UKHipHopEd Seminar went off on March 9th at Gayhurst Primary School in London Fields, Hackney. Although this monolithic Victorian primary school lacked some of the kudos of the previous 2 seminar's I.O.E. residencies, it brought the movement back to the streets that raised it. This fortuitous relocation literally took UKHipHopEd back to the old school. The choice of location was no accident however, as it is the school where long-time UKHipHopEd practitioner, Darren Chetty (<a href="https://twitter.com/rapclassroom">@rapclassroom</a>) delivers hip-hop education to the local youts on a daily basis. It is where he organises and leads '<a href="http://powertothepupils.tumblr.com/">Power To The Pupils</a>'; a highly successful hip-hop orientated project working with students creatively, to explore issues of identity, personal responsibility; social justice and chicken and chips! Darren is the driving force behind the UkHipHopEd movement and his passion and commitment are evident in the work he does at Gayhurst.</div>
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Being back in a primary school, led me to think back on my own time as a primary teacher, working in a special needs school in north west London. It was during this time, having completed my teacher training, that I first started to think about hip hop in an educational context. In 2006 I was encouraged to participate in a teacher/artist professional development and action research project run by L.I.F.T. and called <a href="http://www.liftfest.com/about-us/lift-learning/lift-projects-for-teachers">TAPP</a>. In this highly academic environment I was able to explore my identity and beliefs as a practitioner, as well as learning much about pedagogical approaches and theories that bolstered my belief in the validity of hiphop as not only an educational tool, but as a transferable framework for shaping and informing an entire approach to teaching and learning. <i>The Hip Hop Stance</i> is an essay I wrote while facilitating on TAPP in the following year. It explores my personal history with hip-hop and education and begins to define some of the key aspects of my practice at that time; much of which still informs my current practice. </div>
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Inspired by a culture I had stumbled across as a kid in Wembley, I unknowingly started along a journey of self-managed continuous professional development (cpd) that would eventually lead (after 7 years) to a parquet-floored hall (on a Saturday morning) in East London, to discuss the finer points of hip-hop pedagogy with leading hip-hop academic, Dr. Patrick Turner; legendary British rappers <a href="https://twitter.com/tymusic">TY </a>and <a href="https://twitter.com/RevealPoison">Reveal</a> and an assembled crew of teachers, workshop leaders, music producers, DJs, MCs, educators, environmentalists and the very nice lady from <a href="http://rapgenius.com/">rapgenius.com</a>. </div>
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<span style="line-height: 16px;">Hosted by Anthony Anaxagorou and The Ruby Kid, Out Spoken brings together a loyal and diverse crowd of creative minds in a sometimes sweaty basement in the heart of Kings Cross. The vibe is lit-hop and the production is slickly managed by the hosts. The line ups are always varied and crammed and breaks are in short supply. However, the spectacle makes the knee ache worthwhile, and t</span><span style="line-height: 16px; text-align: left;">he whole thing is thoroughly documented thanks to</span><a href="http://www.youtube.com/user/LuigiKarimElliott?feature=watch" style="line-height: 16px; text-align: left;"> Luigi Karim Elliot</a> so you can watch back the highlights from the comfort of your sofa at a later date.</div>
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Out Spoken has been running for about a year and has quickly eared a reputation as one of London's freshest nights to attend or perform at!! Check <a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Out-Spoken/502095243167472">facebook </a>for the next Out Spoken event and book your ticket early!</div>
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Big thanks to Anthony and Ruby Kid for getting me down. Looking forward to the next one - soon come!!</div>
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curioushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07590594882482650902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3366123981866762982.post-41657206500340623062013-02-06T14:30:00.002-08:002013-02-06T14:30:16.556-08:00Video - Zeds Dead "Demons"<div style="text-align: center;">
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Got a Thriller meets Got To Dance vibe about it, but in a good way, and some of the dancing is top notch. The track is as dutty as you'd know to expect if you check out the trap sounds on <a href="http://www.thefreakbeat.com/">THE FREAK BEAT</a>.</div>
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Last night's BBC Radio 1Xtra documentary, "When Words Collide, was a truly epic look at hiphop, poetry and education. Made by sound recordist and documentarian Nick Taylor, this programme featured the words and work of such luminaries as Chuck D, KRS One, TY, Mystro, Akala, Mos Def and Dels from the hiphop camp, and Kate Tempest, Angry Sam, Mark Grist, Deanna Rodger, Scroobius Pip, Polar Bear, Kat Francois and many more.<br />
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Stand out contributions came from Kate and Akala, whose linking of hiphop and poetry through time was enough to have a spoken word performer and hip hop head like me shouting, "Tell DEM!" at my laptop screen!<br />
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The show, presented by Nihil, is available to listen back on <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01q1n4p">iPlayer</a><br />
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Big props to everyone who contributed and especially to Nick for doing the <i>damn thang</i>!<br />
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peaCecurioushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07590594882482650902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3366123981866762982.post-51053874460384035222013-01-22T12:52:00.000-08:002013-01-28T14:07:30.603-08:00When Words Collide - BBC Radio 1Xtra - 27/1/13. 9pm<br />
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<div class="copy" content="Are hip-hop and poetry worlds apart? Or are the lines between these two celebrated art forms starting to blur? Nihal investigates the relationship between hip-hop and poetry, hearing from some of the finest rappers and spoken word artists around - including Chuck D, KRS-One and Scroobius Pip.
Along the way, we head to a bar in East London where five rappers and five poets are battling it out across three rounds to decide which form of expression is the best. The results may surprise you...
In Round 1 of Poets vs Rappers, the two teams do what they do best. We find out the shared history of the two art forms, and learn that the connection between hip-hop and poetry might go further back than we think - from the vibrant rap and poetry nights in New York in the 90s, to the legendary 'godfathers of hip-hop' such as Gil Scott-Heron and The Last Poets, to American recordings of the 1920s. Could the romantic poets and Shakespeare even be connected? Spoken word artist Kate Tempest and hip-hop artist Akala tell us how.
Round 2 sees our competing poets and rappers taken out of their comfort zones, where poets have to do their thing to music, and rappers have to do their thing without a beat. Nihal speaks to some of today's finest spoken word artists who started off as rappers, including Kate Tempest, Polar Bear, The Ruby Kid and Scroobius Pip. We also hear from established rappers who have taken themselves out of their comfort zones and strutted their stuff at spoken word nights. UK rappers TY and Mystro tell us why so many rappers are crossing over in to spoken word today. Finally before we find out how our own rappers and poets got on, we meet poet Mark Grist and MC Mixy, otherwise known as The Dead Poets, who tell us about their unique theatre show about learning each other's art forms.
Then, in our final round of Poets vs Rappers, it's an out and out battle of words as our rappers and poets clash - but this isn't the first time a rapper and a poet have gone head to head. At the beginning of 2012, teacher-turned-poet Mark Grist battled MC Blizzard as part of Don't Flop, the UK's largest rap battle league. We find out how this battle became an online sensation, and hear from other spoken word artists who have tried their hands at battle rap.
In hip-hop, a rap battle is one of the best places to show off your lyrical skill. We head to Shake The Dust, the UK's biggest ever youth, poetry slam, where a new generation of lyricists are embracing poetry. We hear from those competing about their love of words and how they draw influence from both poetry and hip-hop.
But where are these new poets and rappers coming from? Nihal finds out how both poetry and hip-hop are being used in education, from the many brilliant poetry and rap workshops, to the growing 'HipHopEd' movement, which aims to bring hip-hop culture in to the classroom and prove that it can sit comfortably next to classical poetry.
Finally we return to Poets vs Rappers, to hear what happened when our competitors clashed and find out the winner." property="dc:description">
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Along the way, we head to a bar in East London where five rappers and five poets are battling it out across three rounds to decide which form of expression is the best. The results may surprise you...</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;">In Round 1 of Poets vs Rappers, the two teams do what they do best. We find out the shared history of the two art forms, and learn that the connection between hip-hop and poetry might go further back than we think - from the vibrant rap and poetry nights in New York in the 90s, to the legendary 'godfathers of hip-hop' such as Gil Scott-Heron and The Last Poets, to American recordings of the 1920s. Could the romantic poets and Shakespeare even be connected? Spoken word artist Kate Tempest and hip-hop artist Akala tell us how.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Round 2 sees our competing poets and rappers taken out of their comfort zones, where poets have to do their thing to music, and rappers have to do their thing without a beat. Nihal speaks to some of today's finest spoken word artists who started off as rappers, including Kate Tempest, Polar Bear, The Ruby Kid and Scroobius Pip. We also hear from established rappers who have taken themselves out of their comfort zones and strutted their stuff at spoken word nights. UK rappers TY and Mystro tell us why so many rappers are crossing over in to spoken word today. Finally before we find out how our own rappers and poets got on, we meet poet Mark Grist and MC Mixy, otherwise known as The Dead Poets, who tell us about their unique theatre show about learning each other's art forms.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Then, in our final round of Poets vs Rappers, it's an out and out battle of words as our rappers and poets clash - but this isn't the first time a rapper and a poet have gone head to head. At the beginning of 2012, teacher-turned-poet Mark Grist battled MC Blizzard as part of Don't Flop, the UK's largest rap battle league. We find out how this battle became an online sensation, and hear from other spoken word artists who have tried their hands at battle rap.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;">In hip-hop, a rap battle is one of the best places to show off your lyrical skill. We head to Shake The Dust, the UK's biggest ever youth, poetry slam, where a new generation of lyricists are embracing poetry. We hear from those competing about their love of words and how they draw influence from both poetry and hip-hop.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;">But where are these new poets and rappers coming from? Nihal finds out how both poetry and hip-hop are being used in education, from the many brilliant poetry and rap workshops, to the growing 'HipHopEd' movement, which aims to bring hip-hop culture in to the classroom and prove that it can sit comfortably next to classical poetry.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Finally we return to Poets vs Rappers, to hear what happened when our competitors clashed and find out the winner."</span></div>
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curioushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07590594882482650902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3366123981866762982.post-60200237987366188162013-01-16T13:38:00.000-08:002013-01-16T13:38:36.031-08:00Human Writes 3 - THIS SATURDAY !!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: white;">Come and catch me performing alongside a whole host of poetry and hiphop talent this Saturday at Human Writes 3. Restless Beings are a charity working to raise awareness of human rights issues. They put on a sick party!! One not to be missed!</span></div>
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<span style="color: white;">Thank you to everyone who bought a copy of the first edition. There are no more available and never will be again, so hold onto it and hope I die young and famous!</span><br />
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<span style="color: white;">This second edition of 'I Used to Be A Rapper' contains several different poems, as well as photographs, illustrations and a new full-colour cover showing a detail from my 2008 painting 'It's Yours'.</span><br />
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<span style="color: white;">The book is available online from <a href="http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/poetcurious">www.lulu.com</a>. There is a discounted online to compensate for the delivery cost to addresses in the UK. Overseas mail order is also available (contact me for a quote) and I will be selling and signing copies at various gigs throughout 2013.</span><br />
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<span style="color: white;">Thanks for everybody's support. I look forward to my first review!!</span><br />
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