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Please feel free to donate towards this mission. Transcript: Akala on Hip-Hop & Shakespeare? And we have to look at just the raw language of the two art forms. And that one, that is hip hop. Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May. Since 2009, under the auspices of The Hip-hop Shakespeare Company (THSC), Akala has been going to community centers, prisons, and schools in immigrant and underserved communities, using the tools of hip-hop to spread an understanding of the relevance of Shakespeare’s poetry. By chance or nature’s changing course untrimm’d; Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow’st; Nor shall Death brag thou wander’st in his shade. Hip hop? That’s from a track Eminem did with Jay-Z actually, called “Renegade.”, We’ll go for a couple more. If I could request the resetting of the clock, it’s on at four minutes at the moment, I presume from the one before. Okay. So long lives this and this gives life to thee. Shakespeare? … Akala often leads with the question “Is it hip-hop, or is it Shakespeare?” This question has tripped up many people, including Sir Ian McKellen, which as Akala says, “the point is to just show you that once you remove the baggage of what you think Shakespeare’s about and what you think hip-hop’s about, then all of a sudden it becomes much more difficult to differentiate.”.
I’m going to simply tell you some quotes. It’s from a gentleman known as Sean Carter, better known as Jay-Z, from a track called “Can I live?”, We’ll go for another one.
Listen to the MP3 Audio here: Hip-Hop & Shakespeare by Akala at TEDxAldeburgh. Not even some of the most senior professors at some of the most respected Shakespearean institutions in the country, I shan’t name names. We’re going to be revisiting the Wu-Tang later, we’ll be talking about him a lot. Shakespeare?
Shakespeare? Our mission is to provide the most accurate transcripts of videos and audios online. If I could request the resetting of the clock, it’s on at four minutes at the moment, I presume from the one before. Since 2009, under the auspices of The Hip-hop Shakespeare Company (THSC), Akala has been going to community centers, prisons, and schools in immigrant and underserved communities, using the tools of hip-hop to spread … Pretty even spread with a Shakespearean lean. “[Shakespeare] is the only book that we give to students that has footnotes everywhere, footnotes and glossaries, where we tell kids practically what every word means,” she said. The most recent episode in the Folger’s Shakespeare Unlimited podcast features British poet, rapper, and educator Kingslee James Daley, who goes by the stage name Akala.. Cue music please. The most recent episode in the Folger’s Shakespeare Unlimited podcast features British poet, rapper, and educator Kingslee James Daley, who goes by the stage name Akala. You can also watch Akala give a TED Talk, in this video from 2011: Hip-hop fits well with Folger Education’s approach to teaching Shakespeare, as the director of education explained in a story from KQED’s MindShift last fall which also featured Akala: Peggy O’Brien, director of education at the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C., said often the study of Shakespeare can focus too much on what the words mean and not enough on what they sound and feel like. Ah, 50:50 there. Brilliant, okay, that’s 70% towards Shakespeare. Even writing now, with the music to hand. The madness of Hamlet and King Lear: When psychiatrists used Shakespeare to argue legal definitions of insanity in the courtroom. So, my name is Akala. Shakespeare’s plays, his world, his lasting influence: Your support keeps the conversation going. A very, very difficult skill. And summer’s lease hath all too short a date: Sometimes too hot the eye of heaven shines. Let’s go for, “Socrates, philosophies and hypotheses can’t define.” Socrates, philosophies and hypotheses can’t define. Post was not sent - check your email addresses! I’m from the Hip Hop Shakespeare Company. Fantastic! at TEDxAldeburgh where he explores the connections between Shakespeare and Hip-Hop. But hip-hop and freestyle and beatbox, which is all about meter and rhyme, is a fabulous way to enter that world. Hip hop? Explore our collection with #FolgerFinds. We’ll go for: “The most benevolent king communicates through your dreams.” The most benevolent king communicates through your dreams. So long lives this and this gives life to thee.”, Pages: First |1 | ... | → | Last | View Full Transcript.
Getting overwhelmingly towards Shakespeare. Sign up! And then take that same lyric and put it on what we consider to be a traditional hip hop beat, 70-80 bpm. Okay. And before we get into the philosophy of our work, what that means, what the … Advancing knowledge and the arts.
She manages the day-to-day operations of the. Hip hop? But needless to say: it’s challenged a lot of people’s perceptions and we extend from that, we look at some of the other parallels between hip hop and Shakespeare, at some of the other things they share.
He’s one of the main exponents of hip hop philosophy, someone, or a collective, that had a huge influence on me. Give to the Folger today. Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. Five sets, two beats, it’s actually a wonderful rhythm to use in hip hop music and translates in a way that even artists writing today find difficult. Interesting. We go for two more. Shakespeare? And every fair from fair sometime declines. So listen up. Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. (b) “Maybe it’s hatred I spew. TRANSCRIPT: Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. [Music] What you’re about to hear, some of you may know of it, some of you may not. Before you listen to the podcast, see if you can too! One of the main things that is shared between the two is of course rhythm. I’m from the Hip Hop Shakespeare Company. It’s from “Much Ado about Nothing.”. Very, very fast tempo. Yo.
Maybe it’s food for the spirit.”, (c) “I was not born under a rhyming planet.”, (d) “I am reckless what I do to spite the world.”, (Scroll down to the bottom of this blog post to see the answers.). Recommended length is no longer than 30 minutes. He’s not Shakespeare. Please suggest your favorite videos and audios for transcription. DJ Flip) - Duration: 4:43. mountjarvis 23,240 views. Sign up for Shakespeare Plus, a newsletter from the Folger Shakespeare Library delivered to your inbox every other Wednesday.
So, my name is Akala. That one is Shakespeare. Home to the world's largest Shakespeare collection. Like this blog? “Maybe it’s hatred I spew, maybe it’s food for the spirit.” Maybe it’s hatred I spew, maybe it’s food for the spirit. One line quotes, taken either from some of my favorite hip hop songs, or some of my favorite Shakespearean plays or sonnets.
Anyone heard of a gentleman known as Eminem? Hip hop?