This class was quite challenging, so the small details that would've made our assignments easier and way more better could have been improved furthermore by simply designating a room in Thunderduck Hall for tutoring or help on IMED or any other digital media course at Richland College. Other than that, this class was challenging, and at times, fairly easy. The free-time makes it a very fun class as well (when there are days for free-time). 

Although I did not want to, today, December 1st, 2014, Abu and I endeavored in the life of two rachet girls ( a girl that does not maintain herself in an orderly fashion, but instead in an disorderly one), Abushaniqua and Mezerquee. Sarah and Brittany really did force me to do accordingly with what they wanted me to do. I have requested that after the recording of the video and viewing by multiple students in our class, that they take the video down or make the video private to any viewership. As of the end of our IMED class today, we were able to do most, if not, all of the "How to be rachet" video. All that is left are the bloopers at the end.

Here's the new vid.....it's boring...but a good, bumpin' track on it, so....ENJOY!

Hip Hop History (est. 1991)

 ALL INFORMATION BELOW IS TO REMIND ME OF EACH AREA OF THE COUNTRY AND ITS HIP HOP.

Well, my "How to..." video is officially "How to write rap lyrics/rhymes (the differentiation between poetry and non-lyrical/non-rhythmic rap lyrics). It is a comedic sketch on the different regions and what they created as their in-put into the collective hip-hop music that has been going strong est. 1979. It will be put in-order by the appearance of popularity:

• Main-streamed, non-lyrical/non-rhythmic rap lyrics (i.e. Rich Homie Quan, Young Thug, current Lil' Wayne, etc.)
• Contemporary, R&B Hip-Hop combination revival (J. Cole, Monica, DJ Khaled, Young Money-Drake, Lil' Wayne, Nicki Minaj, Childish Gambino, Beyonce, Jay-Z & Kanye West, Kendrick Lamar and T.D.E.-School Boy Q, Ab-Soul, Jay Rock)

•  Go-Go (i.e. beginnings of Wale, Big G...Washington, D.C. hip hop scene); Chicago-Cleveland-Indiana (Common, Kanye West, J. Dilla, No I.D., Kid Cudi, Freddie Gibbs); Southern Influence (even on West-Coast Music- i.e. Snoop Dogg and Ice Cube make song with Lil' Jon, Big K.R.I.T., T.I.), Southern (DJ Khaled, T-Pain, Rick Ross) .

• Two-Fronted Hip Hop Scene: Atlanta Hip-Hop Scene Resurgence (T.I., revival of Outkast-Big Boi and Andre 3000, Young Jeezy, Dem Boyz, Yung Joc, Gucci Mane, Ludacris, Bobby V, Ying Yang, Bad Boy South-P. Diddy) and CRUNK Movement (Lil' Jon, Trillville, etc.), ATL R&B Scene (Destiny's Child-Michelle, Beyonce, Kelly Rowland, and Mary J. Blige)  and Houston Scene (Hip Hop Slim Thug, UGK-Pimp C and Bun-B, Mike Jones, Paul Wall, SPM, Trae tha Truth, Z-Ro, etc., R&B Destiny's Child-Michelle, Beyonce, Kelly Rowland
• Aftermath (Dr. Dre) and Shady (Eminem) and D-12, Xzibit, 50 Cent and Game, East-Coast (EVERYTHING FROM NEW YORK TO VIRGINIA DOWN BELOW CONTINUES ON) 

• Four-Fronted Hip Hop Scene: New York Revival (i.e. Murder Inc. vs. 50 Cent solo-then Shady & Aftermath, Jay-Z beginnings, Nas, A-Z, Foxy Brown, D.M.X., Big L, Big Pun), Boot Camp Clik (Smif-n-Wessun-Steele & Tek, Sean Price, Buckshot), Black Star (Mos Def and Talib Kweli), continuation of Gang Starr (DJ Premier and Guru) "Chopped-and-Screwed" Movement (DJ Screw and Screw'd Up Click-Fat Pat, Big Mo, Big Hawk, Trae 'tha truth, Z-Ro, E.S.G.), UGK-Pimp C and Bun-B Virginia Hip Hop (The Neptunes-Pharrell Williams & Chad Hugo, Missy Elliot, and Timbaland-gets Aaliyah from NY scene from R. Kelly, Justin Timberlake and Chris Brown), and Atlanta (Outkast, Mary J. Blige, TLC-Chilli, Lisa "Left-Eye" Lopes, T-Boz, Xscape-Tiny & Tamara, ----etc.), Tennesee boys sided with Houston New Orleans (No Limit-Master P, Mystikal, Silkk the Shocker, C-Murder, Mia X vs. Cash Money-Big Tymers-Birdman and Mannie Fresh (separate solo music too), Slim Williams, Hot Boyz-Juvenile, B.G., Lil Wayne, Turk (separate solo music too), conglomerate of Big Tymers and Hot Boyz in the form of Cash Money Millionaires -Birdman, Mannie, Juve, Weezy, B.G., and Turk

• Three-Fronted Hip Hop Scene: Bad Boy Reigns New York (pre- and post-B.I.G.G.I.E. death) P. Diddy, Junior M.A.F.I.A. (Lil Kim, Lil Cease, etc.), Mase, THE NOTORIOUS B.I.G.G.I.E., Craig Mack and other New York-Brooklyn (Jay-Z & Jaz-O, Jay-Z and Big Daddy Kane, Gang Star-DJ Premier and Guru, and early works by Black Star-Mos Def and Talib Kweli) and Queens (Nas), The Fugees (Lauryn Hill, Pras, Wyclef Jean), Mobb Deep (Havoc and Prodigy) /  -***** vs. WEST-COAST HIP HOP (In order from recent)- Dr. Dre and Aftermath (Snoop Dogg and Eminem), E-40, Coolio, Ice Cube (Mack 10Tha Dogg Pound and LBC (Snoop Dogg, Daz Dillinger, Kurupt, Nate Dogg, Warren G), Death Row (Suge Knight--C.E.O., Snoop Dogg, TUPAC (2 PAC) SHAKUR, Dr. Dre, Nate Dogg, Kurupt, Daz Dillinger, The D.O.C., etc.) Oakland-Beginnings of Hyphy(Luniz, Mac Dre, E-40, Too Short, Yukmouth, etc.) and Houston/ Underground Atlanta Hip Hop/mainstream Miami Scene (Geto Boys, UGK, Three 6 Mafia and 8Ball & MJG [Tennessee], and Outkast [Atlanta-upcomings], and mainstream, widely known hip hop group from Miami, 2 Live Crew (Luke Campbell, etc.).

•  Political Hip-Hop/Gangsta Rap Movement (Ice Cube (post-N.W.A.), Eazy-E (post-N.W.A.), Public Enemy-(Chuck D, Sista Souljah, Professor Griff, etc.) TUPAC SHAKUR, Paris, Big Daddy Kane, KRS-One & Scott La Rock, Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth N.W.A. aka, at one point, as C.I.A. (pre-separation--Ice Cube, Eazy-E, Dr. Dre, MC Ren, DJ Yella, etc.), Ice-T, etc.

• EVERYTHING THAT WAS BEFORE THIS THAT WAS MAINSTREAM WAS CONCENTRATED ON THE EAST COAST, MOSTLY IN NEW YORK CITY (although the west coast and south did have some underground acts).

What is your website about?

My website will be about my Capstone, which will present on the topics and issues of not
only architecture, but also eco-architecture. The topics of eco-architecture (a.k.a. 'green architecture', 'green construction', 'sustainability architecture', and 'green building') will discuss carbon emissions of buildings, and the daily usage of energy resources of a building (and the amount used) in a day, week, month, year, decades...even centuries.

SIGHT

                I really thought that the concept behind it was cool. I mean, college students doing 

            that and making a video on it, using the graphics to create a video like this was really cool.

            It just seems scary that the things shown on the video perceive a futuristic-like theme that 

            may or may not happen (most likely not happen, but, you never know). The crazy thing was                 that the guy in the video was a software developer at the company responsible for handing out the "Sight" eye wear. So, when he goes on a date, he uses one of the apps that he helps develop, called the 'Wingman' app, that he uses to take home. But when his date looks at his achievements, she takes a look, and finds that he just achieved something on the 'Wingman' app (getting her to his house). So, when she finds out, she decides to get out and leave. But he gets her information before she could leave - and controls her.

          I really barely started working with graphics (i.e. Adobe Photoshop) this past month in                         August. Before, though, I never used or rarely did use programs for graphic design. I really look forward to enhancing my graphic skills here in IMED.

Bad Websites

http://arngren.net/

• Everything is scrambled everywhere.
• Press the English translation (doesn't work).
• Products are scrambled everywhere - not clear on which things is which.

http://rogerart.com/

• The last time this webpage was updated was back in April 2012.
• Letters are all different sizes and colors, and also background-filled.
• Last news update from back in 2011.

Good Websites

http://genius.com/

• Organized, and separated proportionately.
• Easy to find things, and to read.
• Videos and posts, etc. very organized. 

http://raprehab.com/ 

• Organized, and separated proportionately.
• Easy to find things, and to read.
• The two information column links have advertisement between, which makes them designed differently than most websites (which have them on the far right side).