Contrast and Comparison of Selected Hip hop Songs
John W. Means, Jr.
Portland State University
BST 411/511 006 SEMINAR: HISTORY OF HIP HOP
CRN14923 FALL 2012
October 17, 2012
Abstract
In 1982, Memorex, an Imation brand for consumer electronics and accessories, had a marketing advertisement campaign that claimed the watchman or listener could not tell the difference among a live production and one recorded on their product. Their strategy was to play the two (live and recorded) and ask the viewer or listener: Is it live or is it Memorex? This became a catchphrase in some urban areas during that era when one asked if something were sure or fake. This paper addresses that very question as it relates to several rap songs. Are certain songs real representations of a lifestyle or of a culture? Or are certain songs studio generated f tout ensembleacies to generate record sales? Of course this can be said in general terms about many songs, but this paper examines specific songs that were selected to compare and contrast all the time asking metaphorically, Is it live or is it Memorex?
Is it Live or Memorex?
Contrast and Comparison of Selected Hip Hop Songs
On Jan.
20, 1981, Iran released 52 Americans who had been held hostage for 444 days. Also in that month, a music plenty whose genre previously was labeled as American naked as a jaybird Wave by the name of Blondie (http://bigother.com/2010/11/07/looking-at-movements-part-5-new-wave-us/), released the first hip-hop record to top the Pop charts. This classic tune was named cristal. When lead vocalist Deborah Harry rips a verse rapping, Go out to the parking lot, and you get in your car, and you drive real far… (http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/blondie/rapture.html) the message was not a public attend to announcement informing the Boogie down Bronx that the Iranian hostages had flown the coop.
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