“Music”
Bob Dylan, “Subterranean Homesick Blues” (1965): lyrics
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwKXggW7naI
Roy Ayers, “We Live in Brooklyn Baby” (1972)
http://vimeo.com/27278393
Patti Smith, “Gloria” (1975): lyrics
“New York, New York” (1977): lyrics
Richard Hell & the Voidoids, “Blank Generation” (1977): lyrics
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lx7bXk4N5no
Kurtis Blow, “The Breaks” (1980): lyrics
Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five, “The Message” (1982): lyrics
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4o8TeqKhgY&feature=related
MC Shan, “The Bridge” (1985): lyrics
Beastie Boys, “No Sleep Til Brooklyn” (1987): lyrics
Run D.M.C., “Christmas in Hollis” (1987): lyrics
Eric B. & Rakim, “Move the Crowd” (1987): lyrics
The Ramones, “I Wanna Live” (1987): lyrics
Sonic Youth, “Teenage Riot” (1988): lyrics
Boogie Down Productions, “You Must Learn” (1989): lyrics
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UVtVJ6Kq-Pk
A Tribe Called Quest, “Check the Rhime” (1991): lyrics
Wu Tang Clan, “C.R.E.A.M.” (1993): lyrics
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LkeBPgszdoM
Digable Planets, “Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat)” (1993): lyrics
Nas, “N. Y. State of Mind” (1994): lyrics
De La Soul, “Stakes is High” (1996): lyrics
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VW3gUu0Q8a4
Blackstar, “Definition” (1998): lyrics
M.I.A., “Paper Planes” (2007): lyrics
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UjsXo9l6I8
MEN, “Credit Card Babie$” (2009)
MEN, “Off our Backs” (2009)–video by K8 Hardy
Santigold, “Girls” (2013): lyrics
“Poets”
Jayne Cortez
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcCHXSIFLfg
James Baldwin
http://video.pbs.org/video/2112495022/
Anne Waldman
Eileen Myles
http://poetryproject.org/history/public-access-poetry
“News”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umXV52YQOo0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKNHjCWEOds
Neighborhoods:
JD Samson on Williamsburg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqSxfR9PAm8