What makes a protest song? Assignment 1 picks

For your first assignment, you chose a song and applied theory from our class and readings thus far to determine what elements of protest and/or propaganda it manifested. Your choices of songs ranged widely — some typical choices from the canon of topical pop, plus a few interesting ideas and creative defenses. We're off to a good start!

Here's a playlist of the songs used in the first assignment:

One student's selection isn't available via Spotify: Eminem's "The Storm" freestyle can be heard here.