WEBVTT 00:01.566 --> 00:03.566 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% >> NATE CAME UP WITH THIS ONE. 00:03.566 --> 00:05.400 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% IT WAS SANTA'S HELPERS ARE KNOWN 00:05.400 --> 00:09.500 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% AS SUBORDINATE CLAUSES. 00:09.500 --> 00:10.800 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% >> OUR GUEST TODAY IS A 00:10.800 --> 00:12.066 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% PERFORMANCE ARTIST AND AN 00:12.066 --> 00:14.000 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% EDUCATOR WHOSE CLASSES ARE A 00:14.000 --> 00:15.033 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% COMBINATION OF PHILOSIPHY 00:15.033 --> 00:18.000 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% SOCIOLOGY, HISTORY, CULTURE 00:18.000 --> 00:19.100 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% AND MUSIC. 00:19.100 --> 00:20.966 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% JOIN US AS WE CAP UP WITH DR. 00:20.966 --> 00:22.600 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% A.D. CARSON, AN ASSISTANT 00:22.600 --> 00:24.300 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% PROFESSOR OF HIP HOP IN THE 00:24.300 --> 00:25.733 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% GLOBAL SOUTH AT THE UNIVERSITY 00:25.733 --> 00:27.133 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% OF VIRGINIA. 00:27.133 --> 00:28.533 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% COME ON. 00:28.533 --> 00:30.066 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% >> YOU HAVE TO BE AWARE OF THE 00:30.066 --> 00:31.433 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% FACT THAT WE ARE TELLING STORIES 00:31.433 --> 00:34.333 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% OR WE ARE TELLING A STORY. 00:34.333 --> 00:35.833 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% EVERY RAP IS AN ARGUMENT. 00:35.833 --> 00:36.933 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% EVERY RAP SONG IS ARGUING 00:36.933 --> 00:39.433 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% SOMETHING. 00:39.433 --> 00:49.400 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% ♪♪♪ 00:49.400 --> 00:51.033 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% >> WHEN I'M ON STAGE, I IMAGINE 00:51.033 --> 00:52.033 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% MYSELF AS A TEACHER. 00:52.033 --> 00:53.566 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% AND WHEN I'M IN CLASS, I IMAGINE 00:53.566 --> 00:55.500 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% MYSELF AS A PERFORMER. 00:55.500 --> 00:57.266 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% AND I THINK THAT BOTH SPACES 00:57.266 --> 01:00.566 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% WHERE I'M ENGAGING BENEFIT FROM 01:00.566 --> 01:04.166 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% MY CONCEPTUALIZING IT AS THE 01:04.166 --> 01:04.466 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% OTHER. 01:04.466 --> 01:07.966 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% >> SO, TALK ABOUT THE DIFFERENT 01:07.966 --> 01:09.066 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% CLASSES THAT YOU'RE TEACHING. 01:09.066 --> 01:11.333 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% >> WELL, I TEACH A CLASS FOR 01:11.333 --> 01:14.633 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% UNDERGRADUATES CALLED "WRITING 01:14.633 --> 01:14.966 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% RAP." 01:14.966 --> 01:16.600 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% ESSENTIALLY, THE STUDENTS ARE 01:16.600 --> 01:20.700 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% LEARNING LIKE THE BASICS OF RAP 01:20.700 --> 01:23.466 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% WRITING AS WELL AS SOME VERY 01:23.466 --> 01:27.400 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% GENERAL HISTORIES OF HIP HOP AND 01:27.400 --> 01:29.200 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% DIFFERENT ERAS, THE WAY THE 01:29.200 --> 01:31.500 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% PEOPLE BREAK UP THE ERAS OF 01:31.500 --> 01:33.800 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% THAT, WHICH MEANS WE ALSO HAVE 01:33.800 --> 01:35.900 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% TO STUDY A LOT OF RAPS, 01:35.900 --> 01:37.200 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% LISTENING TO A LOT OF DIFFERENT 01:37.200 --> 01:38.300 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% PEOPLE, AND TRYING TO ANALYZE 01:38.300 --> 01:40.200 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% THE WAYS THAT THEY APPROACH THE 01:40.200 --> 01:41.100 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% WRITING OF RAPS. 01:41.100 --> 01:47.066 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% I ALSO TEACH A CLASS CALLED THE 01:47.066 --> 01:50.700 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% "BLACK VOICE." 01:50.700 --> 01:53.133 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% IT'S A SEMINAR FOR GRADUATE 01:53.133 --> 01:53.500 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% STUDENTS. 01:53.500 --> 01:54.933 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% IT'S NOT SAYING WE'RE GOING TO 01:54.933 --> 02:03.833 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% DEFINE WHAT A BLACK VOICE IS. 02:03.833 --> 02:09.500 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% IT'S NOT IN THE WAY FOLKS MIGHT 02:09.500 --> 02:11.400 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% PRESUME THAT WE MEAN WHENEVER 02:11.400 --> 02:16.000 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% THEY SEE THAT TITLE. 02:16.000 --> 02:17.866 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% I TEACH A COURSE CALLED 02:17.866 --> 02:19.533 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% COMPOSING MIXTAPES. 02:19.533 --> 02:22.133 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% THAT CLASS IS HIGHLY 02:22.133 --> 02:22.566 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% COLLABORATIVE. 02:22.566 --> 02:23.600 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% IT'S LIKE MAKING STUFF EVERY DAY 02:23.600 --> 02:25.133 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% FROM THE VERY BEGINNING, AND AT 02:25.133 --> 02:26.866 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% THE END, THE STUDENTS ARE 02:26.866 --> 02:28.300 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% EXPECTED TO NOT ONLY HAVE THE 02:28.300 --> 02:30.066 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% FINISHED ALBUM BUT TO PUT 02:30.066 --> 02:31.366 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% TOGETHER A SHOWCASE SO THAT THEY 02:31.366 --> 02:33.000 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% CAN SHARE THAT ALBUM WITH THE 02:33.000 --> 02:36.800 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% BROADER COMMUNITY. 02:36.800 --> 02:47.166 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% ♪♪♪ 02:47.166 --> 02:50.500 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% >> I THINK YOUR CLASSES ARE A 02:50.500 --> 02:55.600 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% MIX OF SO MANY OTHER CLASSES AS 02:55.600 --> 02:56.300 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% WELL. 02:56.300 --> 02:57.600 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% I THINK OF PHILOSOPHY. 02:57.600 --> 02:59.800 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% YOU'RE COVERING HISTORY. 02:59.800 --> 03:03.800 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% YOU'RE COVERING SOCIOLOGY, 03:03.800 --> 03:04.133 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% CULTURE. 03:04.133 --> 03:06.233 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% YOU'RE COVERING MUSIC, MUSIC 03:06.233 --> 03:06.966 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% THEORY, AND LANGUAGE. 03:06.966 --> 03:08.700 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% LANGUAGE AND HOW YOUR STUDENTS 03:08.700 --> 03:09.700 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% INTERPRET LANGUAGES FOR 03:09.700 --> 03:10.100 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% THEMSELVES. 03:10.100 --> 03:11.966 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% THAT'S A BIG PART OF WHAT YOU 03:11.966 --> 03:13.800 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% WANT THEM TO DISCOVER, SORT OF 03:13.800 --> 03:14.966 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% WHO THEY ARE IN THE WORLD AND 03:14.966 --> 03:16.400 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% HOW THEY WANT TO USE LANGUAGE. 03:16.400 --> 03:18.166 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% >> WELL, YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT 03:18.166 --> 03:20.066 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% IT'S EXTREMELY IMPORTANT THAT WE 03:20.066 --> 03:22.166 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% ALL REALLY THINK ABOUT OUR 03:22.166 --> 03:24.033 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% RELATIONSHIP TO LANGUAGE IN THE 03:24.033 --> 03:26.366 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% WAY THAT HAS AN EFFECT ON THE 03:26.366 --> 03:30.400 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% WORLD THAT WE LIVE IN, THE WORLD 03:30.400 --> 03:32.000 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% THAT WE CREATE, WHICH ARE 03:32.000 --> 03:33.133 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% STRUCTURED BY THE LANGUAGE THAT 03:33.133 --> 03:37.933 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% WE ENGAGE IN OR HOW WE ENGAGE IN 03:37.933 --> 03:38.966 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% LANGUAGE. 03:38.966 --> 03:40.533 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% SO, IT'S MUCH MORE PRESENT IN 03:40.533 --> 03:42.000 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% THIS CLASS BECAUSE I'M ASKING 03:42.000 --> 03:43.800 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% THEM TO WRITE RAPS AND BECAUSE 03:43.800 --> 03:45.833 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% THERE ARE CONSTRAINTS TO EACH OF 03:45.833 --> 03:48.933 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% THE PROJECTS THAT I'M GIVING 03:48.933 --> 03:51.500 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% THEM THAT MAKE THEM HAVE TO 03:51.500 --> 03:52.166 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% THINK. 03:52.166 --> 03:55.800 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% I HAVE 16 BARS TO GET ACROSS A 03:55.800 --> 03:58.333 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% POINT THAT IS PREDETERMINED, 03:58.333 --> 03:59.766 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% WHICH MEANS THAT I ONLY HAVE A 03:59.766 --> 04:01.233 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% CERTAIN NUMBER OF WORDS THAT I 04:01.233 --> 04:01.566 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% CAN SAY. 04:01.566 --> 04:05.466 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% >> RIGHT. 04:05.466 --> 04:07.900 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% >> SO, I HAVE TO EVALUATE MY 04:07.900 --> 04:09.200 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% RELATIONSHIP TO LANGUAGE TO BE 04:09.200 --> 04:10.700 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% ABLE TO NAVIGATE THAT IN SUCH A 04:10.700 --> 04:13.166 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% WAY THAT IT'S GOING TO CREATE 04:13.166 --> 04:15.300 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% SOMETHING THAT I AM PROUD OF. 04:15.300 --> 04:26.366 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% ♪♪♪ 04:26.366 --> 04:27.566 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% >> PEOPLE HAVE VERY DIFFERENT 04:27.566 --> 04:29.400 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% VERY DIFFERENCES, AND THIS IS 04:29.400 --> 04:31.600 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% THE KIND OF THE TIME WHERE I'VE 04:31.600 --> 04:32.833 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% REALIZED THAT MY EXPERIENCE IS 04:32.833 --> 04:33.866 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% JUST ONE EXPERIENCE. 04:33.866 --> 04:35.433 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% THIS CLASS HAS DEFINITELY MADE 04:35.433 --> 04:37.166 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% ME AWARE A LOT MORE ABOUT WHAT 04:37.166 --> 04:38.500 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% HIP HOP MEANS AND WHY IT IS 04:38.500 --> 04:40.333 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% IMPORTANT THAT WE RECOGNIZE THE 04:40.333 --> 04:41.566 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% WORK THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN DONE. 04:41.566 --> 04:43.200 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% >> IT REALLY ISN'T JUST A MUSIC 04:43.200 --> 04:43.500 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% FORM. 04:43.500 --> 04:45.466 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% IT'S AN ENTIRE CULTURE, AND I 04:45.466 --> 04:47.433 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% REALLY LIKE THAT WE ARE NOT 04:47.433 --> 04:49.466 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% RESTRAINED IN ARE WHAT WE CAN 04:49.466 --> 04:49.733 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% SAY. 04:49.733 --> 04:51.500 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% WE KNOW THAT EVEN IF WE HAVE A 04:51.500 --> 04:52.700 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% CONTROVERSIAL OPINION OR 04:52.700 --> 04:54.100 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% INTERPRETED SOMETHING 04:54.100 --> 04:56.033 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% DIFFERENTLY THAN OTHERS, THAT 04:56.033 --> 04:57.466 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% IT'S A PLACE WHERE WE CAN TALK 04:57.466 --> 04:58.800 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% ABOUT THAT AND WE'RE NOT GOING 04:58.800 --> 05:01.400 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% TO GET CRITICISM FROM HIM OR GET 05:01.400 --> 05:03.200 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% TOLD THAT WE SHOULDN'T GO IN 05:03.200 --> 05:03.800 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% THAT DIRECTION WITH OUR 05:03.800 --> 05:06.033 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% DISCUSSION. 05:06.033 --> 05:07.600 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% >> IF YOU LOOK BACK AT THE 05:07.600 --> 05:10.000 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% LYRICS THAT THEY USED TO SAY IN 05:10.000 --> 05:13.200 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% THE 90s AND 80s, YOU WOULD SAY, 05:13.200 --> 05:14.166 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% WHOA, THIS IS REALLY VIOLENT. 05:14.166 --> 05:15.633 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% I FEEL LIKE SOME OF THE LYRICS 05:15.633 --> 05:17.866 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% THEY USED BACK THEN WOULD NOT BE 05:17.866 --> 05:18.833 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% ACCEPTABLE TODAY BECAUSE PEOPLE 05:18.833 --> 05:20.700 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% WOULD BE MORE OUTRAGED AND SAY 05:20.700 --> 05:22.166 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% THIS IS WRONG. 05:22.166 --> 05:24.066 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% >> I THINK ABOUT JOYNER LUCAS' 05:24.066 --> 05:26.033 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% "I'M NOT A RACIST," THE SONG 05:26.033 --> 05:29.900 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% WHERE I THINK LOTS OF FOLKS FELT 05:29.900 --> 05:30.933 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% THAT THIS WAS A BINARY THAT 05:30.933 --> 05:32.233 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% WE'RE ALWAYS TRYING TO CREATE, 05:32.233 --> 05:34.366 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% LIKE BOTH SIDES OF THE ARGUMENT. 05:34.366 --> 05:36.033 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% IT'S A SONG LIKE THAT THAT'S 05:36.033 --> 05:40.466 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% REALLY, REALLY POPULAR. 05:40.466 --> 05:42.366 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% AND IT IS STRIKING A CHORD WITH 05:42.366 --> 05:43.833 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% SO MANY PEOPLE. 05:43.833 --> 05:45.266 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT IF WE'RE 05:45.266 --> 05:46.800 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% IN A CLASS ABOUT WRITING RAPS TO 05:46.800 --> 05:48.433 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% HAVE THE CONVERSATIONS THAT WE 05:48.433 --> 05:49.833 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% ARE HAVING AMONGST PEOPLE WHO 05:49.833 --> 05:52.000 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% ARE FROM SO MANY DIFFERENT AREAS 05:52.000 --> 05:53.366 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% OF THE UNIVERSITY AND FROM SO 05:53.366 --> 05:54.866 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% MANY DIFFERENT WALKS OF LIFE. 05:54.866 --> 05:57.133 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% >> AND WHAT ARE THEY -- WHAT DO 05:57.133 --> 05:58.700 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% THEY THINK OF THE CLASS? 05:58.700 --> 06:00.100 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% TELL ME ABOUT YOUR STUDENTS. 06:00.100 --> 06:03.700 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% >> LOTS OF THEM ARE REALLY BIG 06:03.700 --> 06:05.933 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% FANS OF THE MUSIC, AND THEY 06:05.933 --> 06:07.500 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% BRING A LOT OF THAT TO THE 06:07.500 --> 06:07.933 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% CONVERSATION. 06:07.933 --> 06:09.200 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% AND THEN THERE ARE OTHERS WHO 06:09.200 --> 06:12.800 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% DON'T KNOW VERY MUCH AND WANT TO 06:12.800 --> 06:13.966 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% LEARN. 06:13.966 --> 06:15.566 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% AND I THINK THAT'S KIND OF A 06:15.566 --> 06:16.166 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% DOPE THING. 06:16.166 --> 06:19.066 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% I MEAN, IT'S NOT JUST LOOKING AT 06:19.066 --> 06:20.966 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% PEOPLE WHO ARE IN MUSIC OR 06:20.966 --> 06:22.033 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% PEOPLE WHO ARE INTO HIP HOP 06:22.033 --> 06:22.366 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% CULTURE. 06:22.366 --> 06:23.833 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% IT IS REALLY POPULAR MUSIC. 06:23.833 --> 06:27.933 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% >> ISN'T IT THE NUMBER ONE MUSIC 06:27.933 --> 06:28.233 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% FORM? 06:28.233 --> 06:32.066 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% >> YEAH, IT'S THE MOST CONSUMED. 06:32.066 --> 06:34.433 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% THAT MAKES IT EASIER FOR ME TO 06:34.433 --> 06:37.266 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% MAKE AN ASSERTION THAT LIKELY 06:37.266 --> 06:40.066 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% MOST STUDENTS HAVE HAD AN 06:40.066 --> 06:45.233 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% EXPERIENCE WITH RAP MUSIC. 06:45.233 --> 06:49.900 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% >> I'M REALLY CURIOUS TOO NOW 06:49.900 --> 06:51.966 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% ABOUT IF CHANCE LIFTED THAT. 06:51.966 --> 06:56.466 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% >> IT'S A GOOD QUESTION, RIGHT? 06:56.466 --> 06:58.333 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% >> YEAH. 06:58.333 --> 07:00.300 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% >> SO GIVE ME SOME EXAMPLES OF 07:00.300 --> 07:01.133 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% WHAT ELSE YOU'LL BE DOING 07:01.133 --> 07:03.833 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. 07:03.833 --> 07:07.766 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% >> YOU KNOW, WE START OFF, AS I 07:07.766 --> 07:09.633 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% SAID, WE TALKED ABOUT OUR 07:09.633 --> 07:10.766 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% RELATIONSHIP TO LANGUAGE. 07:10.766 --> 07:11.466 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% AND WE HAVE TO HAVE THE 07:11.466 --> 07:18.600 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% CONVERSATION ABOUT THE SO-CALLED 07:18.600 --> 07:18.933 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% N-WORD. 07:18.933 --> 07:20.600 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% THE QUESTION IS ALWAYS ASKED WHO 07:20.600 --> 07:23.500 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% HAS THE RIGHT TO SAY IT AND WHO 07:23.500 --> 07:23.833 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% DOESN'T. 07:23.833 --> 07:25.000 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT 07:25.000 --> 07:27.966 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% WE HAVE THE CONVERSATION EARLY 07:27.966 --> 07:29.933 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% ON AND TO HAVE THAT BE SOMETHING 07:29.933 --> 07:31.333 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% THAT IS ON THEIR MIND BECAUSE 07:31.333 --> 07:32.600 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% THAT CONVERSATION IS ONE THAT 07:32.600 --> 07:34.500 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% APPLIES TO MANY OTHER WORDS OR 07:34.500 --> 07:36.033 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% ENGAGEMENTS IN LANGUAGE THAT WE 07:36.033 --> 07:37.133 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% MAY BE DON'T CONSIDER AS MUCH 07:37.133 --> 07:37.700 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT 07:37.700 --> 07:41.000 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% CONTENTIOUS. 07:41.000 --> 07:43.066 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% >> RIGHT. 07:43.066 --> 07:46.933 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% >> WE TALK ABOUT PRODUCTION. 07:46.933 --> 07:48.566 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% AND HOPEFULLY WE HAVE SOME 07:48.566 --> 07:51.200 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% ARTISTS WHO ARE ABLE TO KIND OF 07:51.200 --> 07:51.966 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% SKYPE IN AND TALK VERY 07:51.966 --> 07:52.866 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THE WRITING 07:52.866 --> 07:53.800 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% OF CERTAIN SONGS. 07:53.800 --> 07:55.400 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% >> OH, THAT'S GREAT. 07:55.400 --> 07:57.600 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% >> AND I'M TRYING MY BEST TO 07:57.600 --> 08:00.933 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% KEEP MY EARS OPEN FOR WHATEVER 08:00.933 --> 08:02.266 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% COMES OUT AND TO BE RECEPTIVE TO 08:02.266 --> 08:05.966 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% WHAT THEY WANT TO TALK ABOUT 08:05.966 --> 08:07.233 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% RATHER THAN HAVING THE AGENDA BE 08:07.233 --> 08:10.733 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% SO LOCKED IN THAT I CAN'T ADJUST 08:10.733 --> 08:12.600 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% SO THAT WE CAN TALK ABOUT 08:12.600 --> 08:15.200 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% SOMETHING THAT'S HAPPENING IN 08:15.200 --> 08:16.400 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% THIS MOMENT. 08:16.400 --> 08:18.766 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% [ RAPPING ]. 08:18.766 --> 08:23.333 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% >> I HELPED MASTER EXTENSION 398 08:23.333 --> 08:29.533 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% THE MIXTAPE, AND THEY SAID THEY 08:29.533 --> 08:31.100 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% WERE INSPIRED. 08:31.100 --> 08:34.100 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% YOU KNOW, THEY HAD AN EXCITEMENT 08:34.100 --> 08:35.400 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% ABOUT THEM. 08:35.400 --> 08:39.366 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% MOST CLASSES MAYBE -- I DON'T 08:39.366 --> 08:39.666 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% KNOW. 08:39.666 --> 08:41.700 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% A LOT OF TIMES PEOPLE DON'T GET 08:41.700 --> 08:43.900 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% THAT EXCITED ABOUT THEIR COLLEGE 08:43.900 --> 08:44.233 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% CLASSES. 08:44.233 --> 08:46.900 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% >> I WOULD LIKE TO WORK AS AN 08:46.900 --> 08:48.466 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% ARTIST'S MANAGER OR ON THE PR 08:48.466 --> 08:49.833 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% TEAM OR EVEN AS AN A&R AT A 08:49.833 --> 08:51.333 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% RECORD LABEL. 08:51.333 --> 08:52.766 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% RAP LAB AND HIS WRITING RAPS 08:52.766 --> 08:54.533 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% COURSE IS REALLY HELPFUL FOR 08:54.533 --> 08:57.000 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% LOOKING INTO THE INDUSTRY. 08:57.000 --> 09:03.533 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% ♪♪♪ 09:03.533 --> 09:05.233 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% >> AT UVA, THERE'S NOT A LOT OF 09:05.233 --> 09:07.466 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% RAPPERS AND PRODUCERS. 09:07.466 --> 09:09.133 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% I KNEW THAT I FINALLY HAVE 09:09.133 --> 09:11.066 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% SOMEONE THAT I COULD TREAT AS MY 09:11.066 --> 09:13.100 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% MENTOR. 09:13.100 --> 09:15.300 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% I COULD JUST GO TO AND ASK 09:15.300 --> 09:17.333 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% HIS OPINIONS ON MY MUSIC AND STUFF 09:17.333 --> 09:23.133 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% ♪♪♪ 09:23.133 --> 09:24.966 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% >> I WANT TO HEAR ABOUT YOUR 09:24.966 --> 09:25.333 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% DISSERTATION. 09:25.333 --> 09:26.633 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% ALL THE STUDENTS TALK ABOUT 09:26.633 --> 09:27.866 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% THEIR DISSERTATION WHEN THEY'RE 09:27.866 --> 09:28.900 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% TALKING ABOUT YOU. 09:28.900 --> 09:31.300 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% >> AS AN EMCEE, I'M GOING TO BE 09:31.300 --> 09:34.233 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% WRITING THESE SONGS BECAUSE I 09:34.233 --> 09:35.366 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% CAN'T GO OR BE ANYWHERE WITHOUT 09:35.366 --> 09:36.966 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% WRITING MUSIC ABOUT WHAT I'M 09:36.966 --> 09:38.700 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% GOING THROUGH, WHICH MEANS THAT 09:38.700 --> 09:42.600 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% AS A DOCTORAL STUDENT I AM 09:42.600 --> 09:44.866 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% WRITING SONGS ABOUT THE 09:44.866 --> 09:45.266 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% ENVIRONMENT. 09:45.266 --> 09:46.866 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% THERE WERE WAYS THAT I WANTED TO 09:46.866 --> 09:48.966 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% ARTICULATE THINGS THAT ARE 09:48.966 --> 09:52.066 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% WRITING AN ESSAY OR A STRONGLY 09:52.066 --> 09:54.533 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% WORDED OP-ED WOULD NOT GET AT. 09:54.533 --> 09:56.233 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% I FINALLY MADE MY MOVE TO THE 09:56.233 --> 09:56.533 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% SOUTH. 09:56.533 --> 09:57.833 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% I GET A BETTER UNDERSTANDING OF 09:57.833 --> 10:00.033 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% WHAT MY ROOTS ARE ABOUT BECAUSE 10:00.033 --> 10:02.000 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% MY PEOPLE ARE FROM HERE. 10:02.000 --> 10:02.866 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% THOUGH I CAN'T SEE THEM FROM 10:02.866 --> 10:04.833 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% HERE, THEY'RE REFLECTED IN MY 10:04.833 --> 10:06.600 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% EXPRESSION, SO YOU'RE HEARING 10:06.600 --> 10:07.666 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% THEM CLEAR. 10:07.666 --> 10:10.533 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% THAT WAS REALLY -- I DON'T KNOW 10:10.533 --> 10:12.266 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% THAT THERE WAS ANOTHER WAY TO 10:12.266 --> 10:13.633 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% EXPRESS WHAT GETS EXPRESSED IN 10:13.633 --> 10:14.166 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% THAT SONG. 10:14.166 --> 10:16.166 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% THERE'S NOT AN ESSAY THAT YOU 10:16.166 --> 10:17.266 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% WRITE THAT DOES THAT WORK, AND 10:17.266 --> 10:18.500 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% THAT'S THE KIND OF THING I WANT 10:18.500 --> 10:21.833 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% TO PROVIDE MY STUDENTS ACCESS TO 10:21.833 --> 10:23.766 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% WHEN THEY'RE IN THE COMPOSING 10:23.766 --> 10:24.533 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% MIXTAPES CLASS. 10:24.533 --> 10:33.800 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% ♪♪♪ 10:33.800 --> 10:35.166 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% >> MOVING FORWARD, WHAT WOULD 10:35.166 --> 10:36.566 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% YOU LIKE TO SEE HAPPEN WITH 10:36.566 --> 10:38.900 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% THESE CLASSES? 10:38.900 --> 10:40.766 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% >> I REALLY HOPE THE STUDENTS 10:40.766 --> 10:42.400 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% COME HERE AND RECORD THEIR OWN 10:42.400 --> 10:43.466 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% PROJECTS AND THAT THEY 10:43.466 --> 10:45.166 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% COLLABORATE WITH OTHER PEOPLE 10:45.166 --> 10:46.766 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% WHO ARE IN HERE. 10:46.766 --> 10:50.133 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% AN EMCEE SHOWS UP AND MEETS THE 10:50.133 --> 10:51.500 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% PRODUCER, AND THEN THEY START A 10:51.500 --> 10:53.033 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% RELATIONSHIP THAT PRODUCES SOME 10:53.033 --> 10:54.033 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% DOPE MUSIC. 10:54.033 --> 10:57.000 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% I HOPE THERE CONTINUE TO BE 10:57.000 --> 10:58.533 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% RESOURCES SO THAT A SPACE LIKE 10:58.533 --> 11:00.933 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% THIS EXISTS WHERE FOLKS FROM THE 11:00.933 --> 11:02.700 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% UNIVERSITY, FROM THE COMMUNITY, 11:02.700 --> 11:05.433 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% FROM WHEREVER CAN MEET AND 11:05.433 --> 11:06.833 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% CONVERSE AND COLLABORATE AND 11:06.833 --> 11:09.333 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% CONSTRUCT AND COMPOSE AND DO ALL 11:09.333 --> 11:10.900 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% OF THE THINGS THAT WE'RE DOING 11:10.900 --> 11:15.000 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% IN THIS VERY SMALL WAY IN THESE 11:15.000 --> 11:16.633 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% CLASSROOMS, THAT THAT EXISTS 11:16.633 --> 11:20.000 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% EXTERNAL TO HERE IN THIS 11:20.000 --> 11:23.866 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% BUILDING WHERE FOLKS DON'T HAVE 11:23.866 --> 11:27.366 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% TO NAVIGATE THE CAMPUS IN ORDER 11:27.366 --> 11:30.033 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% TO GET TO IT. 11:30.033 --> 11:31.400 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% HOPEFULLY, THAT'S IN LINE WITH 11:31.400 --> 11:33.133 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% SOME STUFF THAT THE UNIVERSITY 11:33.133 --> 11:36.600 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% SEES ITSELF INVOLVED IN AT SOME 11:36.600 --> 11:37.200 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% POINT. 11:37.200 --> 11:38.766 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% >> I'M NOT EXACTLY SURE WHAT THE 11:38.766 --> 11:40.266 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% GOAL OF MY MUSIC IS GOING TO BE 11:40.266 --> 11:41.700 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% AT THIS POINT, BUT I'M HOPING 11:41.700 --> 11:43.266 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% THAT THROUGH THIS CLASS I KIND 11:43.266 --> 11:44.866 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% OF DISCOVER MY VOICE. 11:44.866 --> 11:46.233 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% >> I THINK I'M PUTTING MYSELF 11:46.233 --> 11:48.833 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% OUT THERE A LOT BY GIVING MY 11:48.833 --> 11:51.066 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% CREATIVE EXPRESSION A PLATFORM 11:51.066 --> 11:52.300 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% TO AN AUDIENCE THAT I DON'T 11:52.300 --> 11:53.966 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% REALLY KNOW THAT WELL, BUT IT 11:53.966 --> 11:56.066 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% ALSO ALLOWED ME TO BE MORE 11:56.066 --> 11:58.733 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% SECURE IN WHAT I'M DOING. 11:58.733 --> 12:00.566 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% >> YEAH, I LOVE IT. 12:00.566 --> 12:01.866 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% I REALLY WANT TO BE A RAPPER. 12:01.866 --> 12:03.166 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% I REALLY WANT TO TOUR AROUND THE 12:03.166 --> 12:03.900 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% WORLD AND PERFORM. 12:03.900 --> 12:07.500 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% I DO IT EVERY DAY. 12:07.500 --> 12:09.133 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% >> EVERY LINE ENDS WITH KANYE. 12:09.133 --> 12:10.233 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% EVERY SINGLE LINE ENDS WITH 12:10.233 --> 12:11.933 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% KANYE. 12:11.933 --> 12:13.466 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% LET'S DO IT. 12:13.466 --> 12:16.000 align:left position:10% line:71% size:80% I LOVE KANYE.