Welcome

to

the laboratory for ritual arts & pedagogy

THE HISTORY

The RAP Lab was founded in the fall of 2013, under the directorship of Professor Adam Bradley from the Department of English at the University of Colorado Boulder.

THE RAP LAB.

A lot of times, when people say hip-hop, they don't know what they're talking about. They just think of the rappers. When you talk about hip-hop, you're talking about the whole culture and movement. You have to take the whole culture for what it is.

Afrika Bambaataa

 
 

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Cristol Chemistry and Biochemistry

Boulder, CO 80302

Hours
Monday–Friday
10am–6pm

JAM SESSIONS

FRIDAY @ 11-1PM

SUMMER HOURS

UPON INQUIRY

“Hip hop is a vehicle”

-Talib Kweli

OUR VALUES

  • GROWTH

    "Give your growth time ― it took me 10 years and I’m still not 100% there." - Lizzo

    “We gotta let hip-hop grow. We gotta let it go through its different phases throughout the different places that's accepting it.”- Rakim

  • LOVE

    “Spread love, its the Brooklyn way!” - Notorious B.I.G

  • KEEPIN' IT REAL

    “But, by just being myself, I end up touching a lot more people who might never have paid much attention to a female rapper.” -Nicki Minaj

  • RESPECT

    "I respect everybody, but at the same time, I carry myself with an aura that demands respect, too." - Lil' Kim

  • CREATIVITY

    “Thirty-three-years-old, still creating art. It's rage, it's creativity, it's pain, it's hurt, but it's the opportunity to still have my voice get out there through music.”

    Kanye West

  • DIALOGUE

    “Even the genius ask questions.” - Tupac Shakur

  • MINDFULNESS

    “meditate, don't medicate,” - J. Cole

  • COMMUNITY

    “I guess hip-hop has been closer to the pulse of the streets than any music we've had in a long time. It's sociology as well as music, which is in keeping with the tradition of black music in America.”- Quincy Jones

    "I always say, 'Hip-hop takes me everywhere.' It's crazy when I step on stage, and people might not speak much English, but they know every word to your songs. It's kind of freaky, but it's really cool." - Eve

  • EDUCATION

    “Hip-hop is supposed to uplift and create, to educate people on a larger level and to make a change.”

    Doug E. Fresh