Japanese Hip-Hop and Genba Globalization...• Hip-hop is a culture of the "first person singular."...
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Japanese Hip-Hop and Genba Globalization
Lecture 5: Oct. 7, 2003
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Keeping it real
Dabo: Hitman (2002)
See http://www.universal-music.co.jp/defjam/microsite/dabo.html
Uzi: (2002)
"Doesn't respect hip-hop's origins"
"Imitation”2
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What is hip-hop?
• 4 elements– breakdance– DJ– rap– graffiti
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Language
yô = "necessary"
Compare: B-Fresh, East End X Yuri and Rhymester
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Utamaru: Rhymester (2001) Uwasa no Shinsô:
See: http://www.sonymusic.co.jp/Music/Arch/KS/RHYMESTER/m_disco.html
• Hip-hop is a culture of the "first person singular."
• Whether music or graffiti, everyone's yelling "I'm this!"
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Politics
• Misplaced "pride" in Japan is actually "blindness"
• Youth in Japan must "do homework" or "fail"
• Sony refuses to release original version criticisingEmperor Hirohito
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The Weight of an Era
Miyoshi Zenzou (2000) Tekken Gaiden
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Nightclubs as Genba
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Shinjuku contradictions
M S Cru from Blast (2003)
See: http://www.libra-ltd.net/msc/ms_frameset.html
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Genba and Cultural Politics
• "honba" original place– New York City– "real culture" of place
• "genba" actual place– clubs = scene in action– "actual culture" not of
place but of politics
Rhymester (1999) Respect
See: http://www.sonymusic.co.jp/Music/Arch/KS/RHYMESTER/m_disco.html
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honba / genba / "complex"
“Besides this “genba,” there’s not “honbaAnd no point listening to old geezers”
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King Giddra
from L to R:
K Dub Shine
DJ Oasis
Zeebra
Sora kara no chikara (1995)
("The Power from the Sky")
See http://www.sonymusic.co.jp/Music/Info/kg/
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K Dub Shine
“It’s always civilians who are sacrificed, even so, Bush sleeps in his bed tonight.”
See: http://www.sonymusic.co.jp/Music/Arch/SR/KDubShine/m_disco.html
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New Voices
Fans at "B-Boy Park 2001," Yoyogi Park, Tokyo14
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