Chug Rap and Hip Hop
This year I decided to choose the Rap and Hip Hop Chug.
Although it had hip-hop in the name, it was mainly focused on rap.
In the
beginning we listened to old school rap by Slick Rick and others. Then, we went through the decades and dynasties of rap, starting from the late
80’s, where rap was a poem or a story with a beat, all the way to current rap
with a story being told, some singing, many beats and generally more complex
than old school.
We learned what it meant to be African-American or white in
the game of rap. Also, what it means to be a man or a woman in rap. My favorite
part was listening to various artists I had never heard of before, and writing
my own raps. At the last Shabbat of first session we performed eight lines
each.
Here is a piece of mine…
Habonim Dror Camp Gilboa
At this kosher camp there is no barbacoa
Every day we have PISH with our kvutza
Some might say we have a lot of chutzpa
At chuggim we write a lot of rap
For rikkud we dance everything but tap
We sing a ton of things for shira
Don’t end up sick in the mirpa’a
- -
Isaiah Beenhouwer (Bo, bo,
bo, Bonim)
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