Wednesday 30 April 2014

Hip Hop Lyric Research

An interview with Immortal Technique, Mos Def and Ice Cube about their beliefs and knowledge as iconic hip hop artists.


top 5 rap songs according to content.time.com

1. Public Enemy: Fight the Power

2. Lauryn Hill: Lost Ones

3. The Roots: You Got Me ft. Erykah Badu
4. Fugees: Manifest








"Can't Hold Us Down"
(feat. Lil' Kim)

So what am I not supposed to have an opinion
Should I be quiet just because I'm a woman
Call me a bitch cos I speak what's on my mind
Guess it's easier for you to swallow if I sat and smiled

When a female fires back
Suddenly big talker don't know how to act
So he does what any little boy would do
Making up a few false rumors or two

That for sure is not a man to me
Slanderin' names for popularity
It's sad you only get your fame through controversy
But now it's time for me to come and give you more to say

This is for my girls all around the world
Who've come across a man who don't respect your worth
Thinking all women should be seen, not heard
So what do we do girls?
Shout out loud!
Letting them know we're gonna stand our ground
Lift your hands high and wave them proud
Take a deep breath and say it loud
Never can, never will, can't hold us down

Nobody can hold us down
Nobody can hold us down
Nobody can hold us down
Never can, never will

So what am I not supposed to say what I'm saying
Are you offended by the message I'm bringing
Call me whatever cos your words don't mean a thing
Guess you ain't even a man enough to handle what I sing

If you look back in history
It's a common double standard of society
The guy gets all the glory the more he can score
While the girl can do the same and yet you call her a whore

I don't understand why it's okay
The guy can get away with it & the girl gets named
All my ladies come together and make a change
Start a new beginning for us everybody sing

This is for my girls all around the world
Who've come across a man who don't respect your worth
Thinking all women should be seen, not heard
What do we do girls?
Shout Out Loud!
Letting them know we're gonna stand our ground
Lift your hands high and wave 'em proud
Take a deep breath and say it loud
Never can, never will, can't hold us down

[Lil' Kim:]
Check it - Here's something I just can't understand
If the guy have three girls then he's the man
He can either give us some head, sex a roar
If the girl do the same, then she's a whore
But the table's about to turn
I'll bet my fame on it
Cats take my ideas and put their name on it
It's airight though, you can't hold me down
I got to keep on movin'
To all my girls with a man who be tryin to mack
Do it right back to him and let that be that
You need to let him know that his game is whack
And Lil' Kim and Christina Aguilera got your back

But you're just a little boy
Think you're so cute, so coy
You must talk so big
To make up for smaller things
So you're just a little boy
All you'll do is annoy
You must talk so big
To make up for smaller things

This is for my girls...
This is for my girls all around the world
Who've come across a man who don't respect your worth
Thinking all women should be seen, not heard
So what do we do girls?
Shout out loud!
Letting them know we're gonna stand our ground
Lift your hands high and wave 'em proud
Take a deep breath and say it loud
Never can, never will, can't hold us down

This is for my girls all around the world
Who've come across a man who don't respect your worth
Thinking all women should be seen, not heard
So what do we do girls?
Should out loud!
Letting them know we're gonna stand our ground
Lift your hands high and wave 'em proud
Take a deep breath and say it loud
Never can, never will, can't hold us down
Spread the word, can't hold us down


Useful source: Icons of Hip Hop: Salt N Pepa

Saturday 5 April 2014

Dialogue Research

Dialogue
A conversation between two or more people as a feature of a book, play, or film: the book consisted of a series of dialogues. 

di·a·logue or di·a·log (dī′ə-lôg′, -lŏg′)
n.
1. A conversation between two or more people.
2.
a. Conversation between characters in a drama or narrative.
b. The lines or passages in a script that are intended to be spoken.
3. A literary work written in the form of a conversation: the dialogues of Plato.
4. Music A composition or passage for two or more parts, suggestive of conversational interplay.
5. An exchange of ideas or opinions: achieving constructive dialogue with all political elements.
v. di·a·logued or di·a·loged, di·a·logu·ing or di·a·log·ing, di·a·logues or di·a·logs
v.tr.
To express as or in a dialogue.
v.intr.
1. To converse in a dialogue.
2. Usage Problem To engage in an informal exchange of views.

1. conversation between two or more people
2. an exchange of opinions on a particular subject; discussion
3. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) the lines spoken by characters in drama or fiction
4. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) a particular passage of conversation in a literary or dramatic work
5. (Literary & Literary Critical Terms) a literary composition in the form of a dialogue
6. (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a political discussion between representatives of two nations or groups
vb
7. (tr) to put into the form of a dialogue
8. (intr) to take part in a dialogue; converse

In order to get a better informed response to this brief, I looked into existing design responses to the term dialogue. This helped me to make a decision on my own work. Language and conversation is a topic I have always been very interested in so I really enjoyed working on this project.

John Steinbeck quote

Conversation Interpretation

Radio Language - also use for spelling your name when travelling

'I love you' written in Morse Code

Dialogue coffee cups

Overlapping conversations