Your assignment is to submit a 2-4 minute short “podcast” (audio or video recording) on a musical recording of historical and political relevance to a specific race, ethnicity, or cultural group of color.
Step 1: Choose A Topic:
Your Topic should be a specific song and/or audio recording relating to the topics of race and resistance (example: Childish Gambino’s “This Is America”). Please choose a song *different* from your selection for the Reflection Paper.
Step 2: Submit Your Podcast:
Your project should include the following:
Introduction to Recording (:30-1 mins)
• Identify the recording (name the song, its performer, the year it was recorded, etc.)
Short Description of Work (1-2 mins)
• To which race, ethnicity, or cultural group of color does this recording apply? (Example: “[The topic I chose] was written to reflect the experiences of African Americans during the Civil Rights Movement of the 1950s and 60s.”) Please explain.
• What makes this recording politically or socially relevant? Please offer some historical context. (Example: if your topic relates to the Civil Rights Movement, talk a bit about what that is and how your song addresses it.)
Personal Impressions (1-2 mins)
• What personal value do you see in this musical work? What parts do you like or dislike?
• Does this recording relate to your personal background? If so, how?
*If it helps to explain your ideas, please provide analysis of the song’s lyrics, musical content, or music video.
Works Cited
• If you directly quote a source, you must submit a separate PDF or text document listing that source. You do not need to use MLA format – a link or short description of the source is fine.
• If you do not directly quote any sources, you do not need to include a Works Cited page.
Introduction to Recording: 10 points
Short Description of Work: 20 points
Personal Impressions: 5 points
You are free to choose any of the songs below as a Presentation Project topic, although you need to seek approval from me in order to confirm your selection.
You are not required to choose from the songs below. You may select a piece of music drawn from outside of our assigned materials.
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Charlotte Adigery & Bolis Pupul: Esperanto
Poppy Ajudha: Watermelon Man
A Tribe Called Quest: We the People
Joe Arroyo: Rebeliòn
Mohammed Assaf: Dammi Falastini
Bad Bunny: El Apagón
Black Eyed Peas: Where is the Love?
Calibre 50: Corrido de Juanito
Chicano Batman: La Jura
Childish Gambino: This is America
Sam Cooke: A Change is Gonna Come
J. Cole: Neighbors
Ornette Coleman: Lonely Woman
John Coltrane: Alabama
Death Grips: Guillotine
Denzel Curry: Sirens
FKA Twigs: Don’t Judge Me
Aretha Franklin: Respect
Polo G: Wishing for a Hero
Marvin Gaye: What’s Going On
Jimi Hendrix: Machine Gun
H.E.R.: I Can’t Breathe
Billie Holiday: Strange Fruit
Lightnin’ Hopkins: Penitentiary Blues
Ruby Ibarra: Us
J.I.D.: Skegee
Klassy: Inside Out
Kendrick Lamar: Alright
La Santa Cecilia: Ice El Hielo
Lil Baby: The Bigger Picture
Los Crudos: 500 Años
Los Tigres Del Norte: La Jaula De Oro
Joyner Lucas: I’m Not Racist
Bob Marley: Talkin’ Blues
MC Jin: Stop the Hatred
Rahsaan Roland Kirk: Say A Little Prayer
M.I.A.: Paper Planes
Charles Mingus: Fables of Faubus
Mitski: Your Best American Girl
Louis Moholo-Moholo: You Ain’t Gonna Know Me ‘Cos You Think You Know Me
Janelle Monae: Q.U.E.E.N.
Moor Mother: By the Light
Nas: Cop Shot the Kid
Noname: Rainforest
N.W.A.: F**k Tha Police
Yoko Ono: Why
Os Mutantes: Cabeludo Patriota
Anderson .Paak: Lockdown
Public Enemy: Fight the Power
Rage Against the Machine: Killing in the Name
Redbone: We Were All Wounded at Wounded Knee
Rihanna: B**** Better Have My Money
Gil Scott-Heron: The Revolution Will Not Be Televised
Selena: Amor Prohibido
Sonny & Linda Sharrock: Black Woman
Nina Simone: Just Like A Woman
Solange: F.U.B.U.
Mercedes Sosa: Como La Cigarra
Vince Staples: Hands Up
Steel Pulse: Klu Klux Klan
Thao & the Get Down Stay Down: Temple
Tupac: Changes
Tyler, the Creator: Manifesto
Ritchie Valens: La Bamba
Link Wray: Rumble
Zulu: Do Tha Right Thing
