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Hip Hop’s Amnesia Hip Hop’s Amnesia From Blues and the Black Women’s Club Movement to Rap and the Hip Hop Movement Reiland Rabaka LEXINGTONBOOKS Lanham•Boulder•NewYork•Toronto•Plymouth,UK PublishedbyLexingtonBooks AwhollyownedsubsidiaryofTheRowman&LittlefieldPublishingGroup,Inc. 4501ForbesBoulevard,Suite200,Lanham,Maryland20706 www.rowman.com 10ThornburyRoad,PlymouthPL67PP,UnitedKingdom Copyright©2012byLexingtonBooks Allrightsreserved.Nopartofthisbookmaybereproducedinanyformorbyany electronicormechanicalmeans,includinginformationstorageandretrievalsystems, withoutwrittenpermissionfromthepublisher,exceptbyareviewerwhomayquote passagesinareview. BritishLibraryCataloguinginPublicationInformationAvailable LibraryofCongressCataloging-in-PublicationData Rabaka,Reiland,1972– Hiphop'samnesia:frombluesandtheblackwomen'sclubmovementtorapandthehiphop movement/ReilandRabaka. p.cm. Includesbibliographicalreferencesandindex. ISBN978-0-7391-7491-3(cloth:alk.paper)—ISBN978-0-7391-7492-0(pbk.:alk.paper)— ISBN978-0-7391-7493-7(electronic) 1.Rap(Music)—Historyandcriticism.2.Hip-hop—UnitedStates.I.Title. ML3531.R2252012 782.4216490973—dc23 2012000571 ThepaperusedinthispublicationmeetstheminimumrequirementsofAmerican NationalStandardforInformationSciencesPermanenceofPaperforPrintedLibrary Materials,ANSI/NISOZ39.48-1992. PrintedintheUnitedStatesofAmerica Formyfather,RobertDeanSmith,inmemoriam.Youaremyhero—you alwayshavebeen,andyoualwayswillbe.Iloveyou.Iloveyouendlessly andeternally.IloveyouwitheverywordIwriteandeverysongIsing. And,aswithallofmywork,formymother,grandmothers,andgreat aunt:MarilynJeanGiles,LizzieMaeDavis,ElvaRitaWarren,and ArcressiaCharleneConnor LiftEveryVoiceandSing... NkosiSikelel’iAfrika... Alutacontinua... Contents Introlude:Acknowledgments ix Introduction:AfricanAmericanMovementMusic:OnHipHop’s “PartialorTotalLossofMemory”SurroundingClassical BlackPopularMusicandClassicalBlackPopularMovements xv Remix1:“BacktotheOldSchool!”:Onthe“OldSchool”Origins andEvolutionofRapMusic,HipHopCulture,andtheHip HopMovement 1 Remix2:“LiftingAsWeClimb!”:ClassicBluesQueensandthe BlackWomen’sClubMovement,Neo-SoulSistasandtheHip HopWomen’sMovement 19 Remix3:Jazzmatazz:FromClassicJazzandBeboptoJazzRapand HipHop 99 Remix4:“IfWeMustDie!”:TheNewNegroMovement,the HarlemRenaissance,andtheHomosexualHipHopMovement 167 Remix5:TheHipHopMovement:FromMerelyRapMusictoa MajorMulti-IssueSocio-PoliticalMovement 231 Bibliography 285 Index 337 AbouttheAuthor 353 vii Introlude Acknowledgments Hip Hop’s Amnesia is meant to be a monument: a monument to the musi- ciansandpoliticians,themusicsandmovements,thewritersandrevolution- aries, the preachers and teachers, the hipsters and hustlers, and, most of all, the ghetto youth and suburban youth who paved the way for rap music, hip hop culture, and, ultimately, the Hip Hop Movement. However, even more thanamonumenttohiphop’sartisticancestorsandpoliticalantecedents,Hip Hop’s Amnesia also stands as a testament to all the folk who contributed to my personal, professional, and radical political development. Every word, sentence,paragraph,and“remix”tofollowbearstheimprintofthediverse— although often disconnected—intellectual and political arenas and agendas I draw from and endeavor to establish critical dialogue with. As a conse- quence, the list of academics, organic intellectuals (including rappers, spok- en-wordartists,DJs,b-girls,b-boys,graffiti-writers,students,etc.),activists, archivists, institutions, and organizations to which I am indebted is, indeed, enormous.Suchbeingthecase,IhopeImaybeforgivenfordecidingthatthe most appropriate way in which to acknowledge my sincere appreciation is simplytolistthembelowwithouttheprotractedpraiseeachhassosolemnly earned. My deepest gratitude and most heartfelt asante sana (a thousand thanks) is offered, first and foremost, to my family: my mother, Marilyn Giles; my father, Robert Smith I (deceased); my grandmothers, Lizzie Mae Davis (deceased) and Elva Rita Warren; my great aunt, Arcressia Charlene Connor; myolderbrotherandhiswife,RobertSmithIIandKarenSmith;myyounger brother,DwightRandleWellingtonClewis;myniecesandnephews,Journée Clewis,DominiqueClewis,KalynSmith,RobertSmithIII,RyanSmith,and ix

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What did rap music and hip hop culture inherit from the spirituals, classic blues, ragtime, classic jazz, and bebop? What did rap music and hip hop culture inherit from the Black Women’s Club Movement, New Negro Movement, Harlem Renaissance, Hipster Movement, and Black Muslim Movement? How did bla

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