Eloquence

Resources

Bibliography and Reading Material

Bassil, Ryan. "The Narrative Guide To Kendrick Lamar's 'good kid, m.A.A.d city' | NOISEY." NOISEY. http://noisey.vice.com/en_uk/blog/the-narrative-guide-to-kendrick-lamars-good-kid-mad-city (accessed July 29, 2014). Ryan Bassil catalogues the storyline of "good kid, m.A.A.d city" and distills the narrative voices of K. Dot and Kendrick Lamar.

Cataldo, Jesse. "Jay-Z: Magna Carta... Holy Grail | Album Review | Slant Magazine." Slant Magazine. http://www.slantmagazine.com/music/review/jay-z-magna-carta-holy-grail (accessed July 29, 2014). This is a lambasting criticism of "Magna Carta Holy Grail" in comparison with the other reviews. Students may pick out the strong words and allusions the author uses to persuade the reader.

Cohen, Ian. "Jay-Z: Magna Carta Holy Grail." Pitchfork. http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/18247-jay-z-magna-carta-holy-grail/ (accessed July 29, 2014). This is another persuasive album review that can be used as a classroom example.

Elkouby, Sebastien. "Is Hip Hop Destroying Black America?" RapRehab. http://raprehab.com/is-hip-hop-destroying-black-america/ (accessed July 29, 2014). This article gives a brief history of hip hop and outlines some key elements in the argument about contemporary hip hop's violent/misogynist lyrics. It can be used as classroom reading.

Fliegelman, Jay. Declaring independence: Jefferson, natural language & the culture of performance. Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press, 1993. A useful resource for teachers interested in the link between modern eloquence and American democracy.

Greene, Jayson. "Kendrick Lamar: good kid, m.A.A.d city." Pitchfork. http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/17253-good-kid-maad-city/ (accessed July 29, 2014). This is a strong review of "good kid m.A.A.d city" to be used in contrast with the negative reviews of "Magna Carta Holy Grail."

Hall, Stuart, and Simon Frith. "Music and Identity." In Questions of cultural identity. Beverly Hills: Sage Publications, 1996. 108 - 127. This is an essay about how music creates and shapes experiences. This is a helpful resource for teachers who want to understand why it is important to use popular music in the classroom.

hooks, bell. "Race & Ethnicity: hooks: Misogyny, Gangsta...." Race & Ethnicity: hooks: Misogyny, Gangsta.... http://race.eserver.org/misogyny.html (accessed July 29, 2014). Cultural theorist bell hooks's perspective on the argument about hip hop's violent lyrics. Essentially, the violence/misogyny in hip hop is more illustrative of the values of mainstream culture than of young black men, who are the "messengers."

Jay Z. "Magna Carta Holy Grail." 2013. Rock-a-Fella, Universal Records. This is the musical album teachers will use as a rhetorical contrast to "good kid, m.A.A.d city."

Lamar, Kendrick. "good kid, m.A.A.d city." 2012. Top Dog Entertainment, Interscope Records. This musical album is central to the unit.

"Magna Carta... Holy Grail by Jay Z." Genius. http://genius.com/albums/Jay-z/Magna-carta-holy-grail (accessed July 29, 2014). This is a resource for teachers to find all the lyrics to the album "Magna Carta Holy Grail" as well as annotations added by readers online.

Rosen, Judy. "good kid, m.A.A.d city | Album Reviews | Rolling Stone." Rolling Stone. http://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/good-kid-m-a-a-d-city-20121022 (accessed July 29, 2014). This is a succinct review of "good kid, m.A.A.d city" that can be picked apart, challenged, or added to as a classroom assignment.

Rytlewski, Evan. "Jay-Z: Magna Carta Holy Grail." Â- Music Review Â- The A.V. Club. http://www.avclub.com/review/jay-z-emmagna-carta-holy-grailem-99869 (accessed July 29, 2014). A negative review of "Magna Carta Holy Grail" that uses a colloquial writing style.

Vozick-Levinson, Simon. "Jay-Z's 'Magna Carta... Holy Grail' | Album Reviews | Rolling Stone." Rolling Stone. http://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/magna-carta-holy-grail-20130710 (accessed July 29, 2014). This review is an example of effective persuasive writing. The author's diction and approach to writing could be analyzed in class before students write their own reviews.

Wills, Garry. Lincoln at Gettysburg: the words that remade America. New York: Simon & Schuster, 1992. This book contains a detailed explanation of how the Gettysburg Address changed the way Americans viewed the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence. It also contains a thoughtful analysis of the language of the Gettysburg Address as well as the entire Oration at Gettysburg by Edward Everett.

"good kid, m.A.A.d city by Kendrick Lamar." Genius. http://genius.com/albums/Kendrick-lamar/Good-kid-m-a-a-d-city (accessed July 29, 2014). This is a resource where teachers may find all the lyrics to "good kid, m.A.A.d city" as well as annotations added by online readers.