Hip-Hop (new term), by Meli Holdipp
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- The top of the Hip-Hop keepsake box. Acrylic on wood. On the top of the box is a cutout of Derek Prospero’s “Graffiti City” .Placed on top the wallpaper are definitions for ‘hip-hop’ and ‘rap’ from Brittanica and Cambridge.
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- A side view of the hip-hop keepsake box.
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- The hip-hop keepsake box from a two-point perspective composition. Acrylic on wood.
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- This is a painting of the word ‘dj-ing’ on a mini canvas. This word represents one of the ‘four elements of hip hop”.
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- This is a painting of the word ‘mc-ing’ on a mini canvas. This word represents one of the ‘four elements of hip hop”.
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- This is a painting of the word ‘break dancing’ on a mini canvas. This word represents one of the ‘four elements of hip hop”.
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- This is a painting of a CD. This was created from using acrylic on wood. This is a part of four other pieces in the kit which represent five types of devices that we used to consume hip-hop throughout the times. The CD in particular I associated with the 1990s.
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- This is a painting of a vinyl record.This was created from using acrylic on wood. This is a part of four other pieces in the kit which represent five types of devices that we used to consume hip-hop throughout the times. The vinyl record in particular I associated with the 1970s.
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- This is a painting of a cassette tape. This was created from using acrylic on wood. This is a part of four other pieces in the kit which represent five types of devices that we used to consume hip-hop throughout the times. The cassette tape in particular I associated with the 1980s.
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- This is a painting of a MP3 player. This was created from using acrylic on wood. This is a part of four other pieces in the kit which represent five types of devices that we used to consume hip-hop throughout the times. The MP3 in particular I associated with the 2000s.
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- This is a painting of a cell phone. This was created from using acrylic on wood. This is a part of four other pieces in the kit which represent five types of devices that we used to consume hip-hop throughout the times. The cell phone in particular I associated with the 2010s.
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- This is a painting of the word ‘Graffiti’ on a mini canvas. This word represents one of the ‘four elements of hip hop”.
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- This image is of Flatbush Zombies, my favorite rap group. I included them in my teaching module and in the kit to show how other cultures, aside from Black-American culture can influence rap music. Particularly Caribbean culture where both the founders of hip hop and the Flatbush Zombies derive from
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- This image is of Coke la Rock (left) and DJ Kool Herc (right) . I place this image in the center of the box because they are noted to be the first emcee and DJ of hip-hop. I feel they have to be in the middle because without them, the rest may not exist.
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- This image is from the movie Friday (1995). This is prime example of rappers branching out into acting, such as Ice Cube. This movie in particular is one of my favorite movies.
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- This image is of the television series ‘Atlanta’(2016-present). I placed this in the box because it’s not only a favorite show of mine, but the creator of the show, Donald Glover aka Childish Gambino, is an example of how hip hop has been present in other forms of media, such as television.
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- This image is a picture of Tyler, the Creator from a 2013 interview with ‘Noisey’. I placed this picture in the box because he is one of the main inspirations for my art. I placed this image under the ‘2010s fashion’ in my teaching module. However, he’s a current figure in hip-hop who has branched out into multiple fields of media, such as fashion.
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- This is an image of Lil Kim from her debut album ‘Hardcore’. I placed this image in the kit not only because she’s one of my favorite rappers, but because she’s an iconic figure in hip-hop culture and New York culture.
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- The inside of the hip-hop keepsake box, alongside the ‘essential elements of hip-hop culture’ and ways to consume music. Acrylic on wood.
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- Side view of the hip-hop keepsake box. Inspired by Charlotte Bronte’s writing desk.
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- Dutch angle of the hip-hop keepsake box.
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- Close up of the inside of the keepsake box.
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- The upper part of the inside of the box. Includes a cutout of Prospero’s ‘Graffiti City’. Placed on top of the cutout is the a piece of Charles Olson’s “A Plan for the Curriculum of the Soul”. Here, I drew an arrow pointing away from the term ‘jazz playing’ and wrote the term ‘hip-hop’ with a pigment liner.
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- The bottom part of the inside of the box. It’s a brief summary of some of my favorite musicians, tv shows, and movies that come from hip-hop culture. In the center is an image of the ‘founders of hip-hop’.
Artist Statement:
This is a keepsake box designed for Hip-Hop, which is one of the terms I believe should be included in an updated/ modern version of Charles Olson’s “A Plan for the Curriculum of the Soul”. The box is made of wood and was painted with acrylic.The dimensions of the box are 8.3 in x 8 in x 1.7in.
On the front of the box is the term Hip Hop printed out on paper and taped to the box. Under the title are the definitions of the terms “hip-hop” and “rap” alongside citations to where I got the definitions from.
Inside the box is a cut out of a picture of a cityscape with graffiti on top. This piece is a wallpaper titled “Graffiti City” by Derek Prospero. The bottom half of the box contains cut out images from my teaching module. There are seven images total. Six of those images are some of my favorite rappers, television shows or movies associated with hip-hop. In the center is a picture of DJ Kool Herc and Coke La Rock, two men who are credited as the first DJ and emcee of hip hop.
There’s four mini square canvases painted with acrylic. The four terms painted on each canvas are “break dancing”, “dj-ing”, “mc-ing”, and “graffiti”. These terms make up the four elements of hip- hop.
There’s also five wooden pieces painted with acrylic. These five pieces represent five ways that hip-hop/rap music was listened to by consumers. Those five media are vinyl, cassette tapes, CDs, mp3 players and cell phones. Each medium can be associated with a particular decade in time in which that was the main source to music consumption.
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