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“How Eve Saved My Soul”: Sonic Lineage As The Prequel To The Playlist Project, Todd Craig Nov 2022

“How Eve Saved My Soul”: Sonic Lineage As The Prequel To The Playlist Project, Todd Craig

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Tell Virgil Write Brick On My Brick’: Doctoral Bashments, (Re)Visiting Hiphopography And The Digital Discursivity Of The Dj - A Mixed Down Methods Movement, Todd Craig Nov 2022

Tell Virgil Write Brick On My Brick’: Doctoral Bashments, (Re)Visiting Hiphopography And The Digital Discursivity Of The Dj - A Mixed Down Methods Movement, Todd Craig

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Black Sound Matter(S): The Sonic Soundscape Of Black Auditory Liberation, Todd Craig Oct 2021

Black Sound Matter(S): The Sonic Soundscape Of Black Auditory Liberation, Todd Craig

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In an attempt to embody the practices of DJ rhetoric as it relates to sound studies as well as sonic composing, Todd Craig will not speak with his own voice. Instead, this entire SonicText will serve as documentation of a live composition that engages with the theme of "Black Sound Matter(s)." Deploying the concept of sonic lineage (Craig, forthcoming; Polson, 2019), this piece aims to radically transform this intellectual space through sonic and DJ rhetorical practices. Thus, Todd Craig's voice is inconsequential; instead, what is most critical is his collaborators: historical scholars and organic intellectual-musicologists starring as Black Musician-Griots. The …


"'Jackin’ For Beats'": Djing For Citation Critique, Todd Craig Oct 2013

"'Jackin’ For Beats'": Djing For Citation Critique, Todd Craig

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A challenge in teaching English composition is helping students envision plagiarism as “borrowing” – showing love to author(s) and/or text(s) that further their argument(s), versus “stealing” – biting someone’s style and words. Alastair Pennycook (1996) and Sarah Wakefield (2006) have contributed pieces to the elaborate plagiarism/citation puzzle, while Houston Baker situated the hip-hop DJ in seminal text Black Studies, Rap and the Academy (1993). Merging these moments introduces critical questions: Did Diddy invent “the remix” or become the illest beat-biter ever? How did DJ/Producers Pete Rock and Large Professor pay homage to previous musical genres to further hip-hop remix production …


Negrocity: An Interview With Greg Tate, Camille Goodison Jul 2012

Negrocity: An Interview With Greg Tate, Camille Goodison

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