{"id":551,"date":"2025-12-08T14:41:21","date_gmt":"2025-12-08T14:41:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/seminar-1-arts-in-new-york-fall-2025\/?p=551"},"modified":"2025-12-08T14:41:24","modified_gmt":"2025-12-08T14:41:24","slug":"lil-kim-lighters-up-2006","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/seminar-1-arts-in-new-york-fall-2025\/2025\/12\/08\/lil-kim-lighters-up-2006\/","title":{"rendered":"Lil\u2019 Kim, \u201cLighters Up\u201d (2006)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/X8l_0N8lLWY?si=YCda3Vd1KAKtJdDN\">https:\/\/youtu.be\/X8l_0N8lLWY?si=YCda3Vd1KAKtJdDN<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"472\" src=\"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/seminar-1-arts-in-new-york-fall-2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2025\/12\/IMG_2938-1024x472.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-552\" srcset=\"https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/seminar-1-arts-in-new-york-fall-2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2025\/12\/IMG_2938-1024x472.png 1024w, https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/seminar-1-arts-in-new-york-fall-2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2025\/12\/IMG_2938-300x138.png 300w, https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/seminar-1-arts-in-new-york-fall-2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2025\/12\/IMG_2938-768x354.png 768w, https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/seminar-1-arts-in-new-york-fall-2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2025\/12\/IMG_2938-1536x709.png 1536w, https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/seminar-1-arts-in-new-york-fall-2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2025\/12\/IMG_2938-2048x945.png 2048w, https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/seminar-1-arts-in-new-york-fall-2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2025\/12\/IMG_2938-1400x646.png 1400w, https:\/\/openlab.macaulay.cuny.edu\/seminar-1-arts-in-new-york-fall-2025\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2025\/12\/IMG_2938-600x277.png 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>What is the song about?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s about Brooklyn pride, street life, representation, and staying loyal to where you come from.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Do you find any relevance with today?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Yes, with the themes of community identity, gentrification, police tensions, that are still talked about regarding NYC to this day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What are some of the NYC themes?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Riding the subway, street culture, and the melting pot multicultural mix of NYC communities<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>How do they drive home the beat?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Through a reggae-influenced rhythm, a bassline, and a percussive beat that shadows the Caribbean roots of many Brooklyn neighborhoods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What about the visuals? What choices do they make in the video?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is shot in Brooklyn neighborhoods with lots of street corners, block parties, and crowds. It also includes the usage of red, black, and green which are the Pan-African colors<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Where did the artist take her name from?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cLil\u2019 Kim\u201d comes from her real name, Kimberly Jones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What is sampling?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sampling is using a portion of another song for a new track.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What do they sample in \u201cLighters Up\u201d?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The song samples Damian Marley\u2019s \u201cWelcome to Jamrock\u201d for the reggae beat and rhythm to create the Caribbean sound of the track.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>https:\/\/youtu.be\/X8l_0N8lLWY?si=YCda3Vd1KAKtJdDN What is the song about? It\u2019s about Brooklyn pride, street life, representation, and staying loyal to where you come from. Do you find any relevance with today? Yes, with the themes of community identity, gentrification, police tensions, that are still talked about regarding NYC to this day. 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