Attend at least one hip hop performance in the Boston area.

Considering at least TWO of the analytical paradigms proposed in class, construct a 3-5 page analysis of the performance.

NOTE: You should approach two DIFFERENT paradigms than the ones featured in your group presentation or your final project.

Your analysis might offer a close reading of performance and its context, or it might suggest future avenues for research. 
Your analysis should offer a close reading of the performance and its context in terms of your chosen lens. 

For example, if you decide to write about anarchy/activism and dance, you might offer an interpretation of specific lyrics that suggest an activist impulse, and how those lyrics relate to beats. 
You might continue your analysis to question the implications of dances that the artists and audience do in response to these lyrics/beats. 
Does the dance allay the potential impact of an activist message? Does the dance suggest a sort of physical anarchy? How do you know, or why do you think that? 
What readings or media might support your suppositions? 

Your analysis should refer with direct quotation to course materials,  either media or literary. 

Please submit your performance analysis electronically to defrantz@mit.edu. 

The performance analysis is due before December 2, and will account for 20% of the final grade.