Imani Perry’s article “Stinging Like Tabasco” published in Prophets of the Hood: Politics and Poetics in Hip Hop advances the idea that hip hop music, a popular genre among African Americans, is a form of deviance and assertion of pride in African heritage. Stinging Like Tabasco: Structure and Format in Hip Hop Compositions That hook doesn't make any sense, but it is fun and oddly catchy. At once the most lucrative, popular, and culturally oppositional musical force in the United States, hip hop demands the kind of interpretation Imani Perry provides here: criticism engaged with this vibrant musical form on its own terms. summary of the chapter (hip hop music) Order Description. Write a summary of the chapter. View Stinging Like Tabasco--Imani Perry.pdf from MUS 17 at University of California, San Diego. The … A scholar and a fan, Perry considers the art, politics, and culture of hip hop through an analysis of song lyrics, the words of the prophets of the hood. Imani Perry "Stinging Like Tobasco: Structure and Form in Hip Hop Compositions" range of different narrative strategies and structures that are common in hip hop… Section Writing Assignment Read Imani Perry’s chapter, “Stinging Like Tabasco: Structure and Format in Hip Hop Compositions,” from Prophets of the Hood: Politics and Poetics in Hip Hop (available online as an ebook through the library). Write a summary of the chapter. I said a hip-hop, the hippie the hippie, To the hip hip-hop, uh you don't stop the rockin', To the bang bang, say up jumped the boogie, To rhythm of the boogie the beat. Retrieved The second thing most hooks should do is advance the main idea of the song. Perry starts by comparing hip hop music with boxing, a sport that blacks from Muhammad Ali to Mike Tyson have dominated. 7168 Perry / PROPHETS OF THE HOOD / sheet 68 of 248 Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee, yo! Read Imani Perry’s chapter, “Stinging Like Tabasco: Structure and Format in Hip Hop Compositions,” from Prophets of the Hood: Politics and Poetics in Hip Hop (available online as an ebook through the library). https://www.bookdepository.com/Prophets-Hood-Imani-Perry/9780822334460 Hip hop music, also called hip-hop, rap music, or hip-hop music, is a music genre consisting of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping, a rhythmic and rhyming speech that is chanted. 15 Best Places for Graffiti in NYC (updated August 2016). —Crazy Drayz of Das efx, ‘‘They Want Efx’’ I don’t fight clean, float like a butterfly, stings like a scorpion ridin’ on the tip of a sick ding a ling. Stinging Like Tabasco: Structure and Format in Hip Hop Compositions The Glorious Outlaw: Hip Hop Narratives, American Law, and the Court of Public Opinion B-Boys, Players, and Preachers: Reading Masculinity Imani P. (2016) “Stinging Like Tabasco: Structure and Format in Hip Hop Compositions.” Prophets of the Hood: Politics and Poetics in Hip Hop.Durham, NC: Duke University Press.