Final+Proposal

__ Background __ The reason I am working on this project is because the topic I have chosen is one that I am interested in more than nearly anything. I listen to 90s rap music everyday and I talk about it just as much. The majority of my friends enjoy the music just as much as I do. I also just love music in general so having a topic that has to do with music is exactly what I needed. With my project I really want to show just how important the 90’s were to hip hop music. I feel like there are a lot of people out there who do not acknowledge that time period of rap music and are only focused on what’s going on in the present. People who are interested with this type of music need to know its history and its prime decade. I have just recently switched my topic so I cannot really make a connection to my initial proposal since it is written for another topic. I switched because I could really put together a strong thesis or find enough research to support this project. The driving question I am looking at is-what was it about 90’s hip hop that made it stand out from every other time period? I will need to find specific reasons/facts to prove its success. I cannot be shallow and just look at things like record sales and money being made. I have to go deeper and look into things such as quality of music, critic ratings and fan appreciation. Also I need to look at the artists and how they viewed/proclaimed their music. Vision This project will make a difference to others because they will learn the history of a very well known genre of music. If they enjoy it now, they will learn that there was a time period that completely overshadowed the 2000’s. I want to expand the message of 90’s rap and get more people to view it. A lot of people neglect it because they know nothing about it. With my project I will expand people’s knowledge of that time period and hopefully get them to develop an interest in the music. My project will address my driving question by going back and looking at a majority of great artists there were and the classic albums they have released. Very respectable rap magazines such as Vibe and Source make lists of greatest rap albums of all time and the majority of those albums were released in the 90’s. My final product will look like an outline of multiple artists/albums from the 90’s, how they brought success and expand on how much good music there was out at the time. Goals Products For my products, my power point presentation and a profile will be my leading factors to make sure I meet my goals. In my power point I will have to articulate the importance of the 90’s and all of my main ideas. My profile will be a rapper profile where I focus on certain artists and give descriptions of each one. I will specify on how there performances were key in the 90’s. Task analysis I will need interviews, critic ratings, magazine ratings and professional ratings. The ratings will be for albums. I cannot specify on an albums achievements by just looking at album sales. I will need to look into a surplus of ratings to find what the majority felt about the albums. I will be looking into albums that are known by the hip hop world as “classics.” As for the interviews, I will need to find some from rap legends. I want to find speech about how things were in the 90’s and also videos of them talking about how bad things are today for hip hop. Timeline 10/30 Make new findings in interview/video section 11/5 Have long talk with mentor/topic expert to see what final direction I am going in  11/14 Have all research done 12/17 Get together my project 12/17-1/12 Finish Power Point 1/13 Have everything done and ready to present Mentor and topic analysis My mentor is Michele Forte (mom) and my topic expert is Brad Riddle (friend). My mom is someone who reads/writes a whole lot and working on projects like this one is something she does very often. She works hard and will not let me slack off and is always there for me if I ever need help. She also enjoys 90’s hip hop music. Brad Riddle is a fellow student of mine and he is one of the reasons I found an interest in 90’s rap music. He knows about 90’s hip hop more than anyone else I have met. he is also very bright and is an excellent student. He will also be there for anything I need and enjoys talking about my topic very much. I see both of these people nearly everyday so that will not be an issue. My mom will help me more with the work and brad will help me more with the actual talk about 90’s rap. Conclusion I have a lot of the necessary skills for my project. I have a very good grasp on 90’s rap and can talk about it for hours. Now I need to apply these skills into a project and back up my opinions with research. I am building on my previous knowledge of this topic. I need to work on not waiting until the last minute to finish up my work so I have more time to expand on my ideas. I am glad I have chosen my topic because it is one that I feel very passionate about. I get excited to work on it because it means I will learn more about something I really enjoy.
 * Get people interested in 90’s hip hop and create a new wave of listeners.
 * In the process get a better understanding on this decade of music so I will be able to speak freely about it even more.
 * Prove my theory of how the 90’s were the prime decade for rap music. After my project, I do not want anyone to question just how great the music was.
 * I want to show the importance of 90’s hip hop and how it shaped a whole new generation of music. I want people to be able to view 90’s rap as its own category.
 * I want people to acknowledge how hip hop is slowly declining. I will show this by making comparisons between the present and the 90’s.