Menudo

Menudo World under Bio

Menudo is a legendary Latina group that has sold millions, 40 million to be correct. Straight out of Puerto Rico Menudo was born in the 1970’s. (www.menudoworld.com) I did know a little about the group only because a reality show on MTV in search of new members for Menudo. If it had not been for that I may have been lost or in the wrong direction. I looked the word up in a dictionary and was giving a spicy Mexican soup made with tripe, onions, tomatoes, chilies, and hominy. (Webster dictionary)

Menudo has thousands of Latina fans. Its current members are Monti, Jose, Chris, Carlos, and Emmanual. They all competed on Making Menudo on MTV. I couldn’t find many sources on Galileo and the gsu research engine so I kind of stuck with menudoworld.com which was found through MTV. I did learn that Rickey Martin a come from a previous Menudo group that jump started his career. (www.menudoworld.com)

Exploring Hip-Hop

The Rap on Rap: Straight- up Talk on Hip-hop Culture is a book written by Adam Sexton it focuses on a collection of articles on Hip hop with varied topics and opinions about each one. Adam Sexton is the author of the nonfiction books Rap on Rap (Dell) and Desperately Seeking Madonna (Dell) and he is the creator/editor of the fiction collection Love Stories (Kensington). His novella Bed Time was a finalist in the Andre Dubus Novella Competition, and his short fiction has appeared in the Mississippi Review and the Bellevue Literary Review. His nonfiction has appeared in numerous publications, including the New York Times, Details, the Village Voice, the Boston Phoenix, and the Philadelphia City Paper. He wrote the CliffsNotes for A Farewell to Arms and The Sun Also Rises, and he is a contributor to Prentice-Hall's Grammar and Composition series. He has taught at New School University, NYU, SUNY, the University of Pennsylvania, Rutgers, Marymount Manhattan College, and Parsons School of Design. Adam holds a B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania and a Master of Fine Arts in Fiction Writing from Columbia University. This bio information was obtained at writingclasses.com. (http://www.writingclasses.com/FacultyBios/facultyBioByInstructor.php/TeacherID/21367).
This book would be interesting to me for a number of reasons one being that even though I am a part of the hip-hop community, I don’t know very much about it. I lesson to hip-hop and enjoy it but if someone was to ask me about the music I’d be lost. The book would enlighten me about past issues and history about the music game and artists of the 90’s and past when the book was written. I believe this is important because this era of hip-hop is most important than it is now seeing that it has changed a lot in a couple of decades.

Hip Hop Culture: An introduction (shi 360 - "kmo hayot")

Shi 360 was born Shai Haddad on july 1976 in Israel. He began his caree by Djing at clubs in Canada where he later move to to obtain a degree at Concordia University. After watching the video from his song kmo hayot and the other videos I think his style of rap is more similar to the rap here in the United States. Even though his music is a different language and culture I hear similarities in the flow and the beats. I would definity take the time to leason to his music. I don't know what he is saying in the song but I cant tell by the title and of what is going on in the video that he is saying something about society and positive stuff.
Shai 360 released his first Hebrew language album under the TACT Records label. He is currently stiff with the labal now. Maybe I will buy the ablum. Their larger culture associations define hip hop culture in the form of clothing, movement, and speech. The clothing that he wears is very similar to what hip hop artist wear in the states and thire movement when rapping is also the same. I like how even though its a different language it still is resited in the same fashion.