The seven-class schedule will examine the intersection of jazz and hip-hop.
Seminal MC Q-Tip has announced via Twitter that he will serve as co-teacher of a New York University course that will examine and dissect the intersections between and parallel developments of jazz and hip-hop.
Beginning in the fall semester, the seven-class course will take place at NYU’s Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music in the Tisch School of the Arts and be the first of its kind.
According to NYU,
“Each class session is divided into two: students will complete focused readings and undertake listening and viewing assignments to investigate the social, cultural, musical, and business aspects of the relationships between jazz and hip-hop. The second half of each class focuses on musicianship, performance, composition, and production with students completing in-class and out-of-class assignments under Q-Tip’s mentorship, investigating compositional and studio choices at the nexus of hip hop and jazz, and working collaboratively to create, refine, and produce their own original musical works.”
In addition to studying the work of Q-Tip’s influential hip-hop group A Tribe Called Quest, the course will also examine the music of Public Enemy, Lauryn Hill, Kendrick Lamar and more.
In a statement regarding the course, Q-Tip said,
“I couldn’t be more excited to share with the students what I know and I look forward to them also teaching me. Teaching is an exchange of sharing and receiving for all involved.”
Revisit one of Tribe’s best below.
Words by Sam Wilkinson.
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