Hip Hop Quiz

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Hip Hop Quiz
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Golden Age
Mainstream
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Final Jeopardy
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• Where did hip hop music come from?

• Hip hop as music and culture was formed in South
  Bronx in New York in the 1970s

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• Who is called the father of hip hop?

• DJ Kool Herc

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• What is widely regarded as the first hip hop song?

• Rappers delight (1979) by The Sugarhill Gang

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• Name the four elements of hip hop culture

• MCing/rapping, DJing/scratching, break dancing
  and graffiti writing

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• What is known as the first song in hip hop with
  an element of social criticism?

• The Message (1982) by Grandmaster Flash and the
  Furious Five

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• The members of this group said that they were
  Proud to Be Black. What is the name of the
  group?

• Run-DMC

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• The rapper Ice-T wrote a rap song whose title was
  the name of a movie as well. What is the name of
  the song?

• Colors

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• This rapper from the golden age called himself a
  Microphone Fiend. What is his name?

• Rakim

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• These boys proved that it was possible for white
  rappers to achieve success in hip hop.

• Beastie Boys

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• During the golden age, a new rap genre emerged
  that talked about crime and life in the ghetto
  among criminals. What is the name of this genre?

• Gangsta rap

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• There was a fight between two parts of the USA
  that also created two new genres. Mention the
  name of these two genres.

• East Coast rap and West Coast rap

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• Name at least three female rappers from the
  female movement in rap during the mainstream
  period.

• Foxy Brown, Lauryn Hill, Lil Kim, The Lady of
  Rage, Mia X and Missy Elliot

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• This famous producer and former member of N.W.A
  launched the career of Snoop Dogg and Eminem.

• Dr. Dre

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• Just cause youre in the ghetto doesnt mean
  you cant grow / But oh, thats a thought, my own
  revelation. Who wrote these lines and what is
  the name of the song?

• 2Pac Brendas Got a Baby

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• Who rewrote the ten commandments from the Bible
  and made them into a song about drug-dealing and
  what is the name of the song?

• Notorios B.I.G. Ten Crack Commandments

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• This girl doesnt like lookin as niggas

• Nicki Minaj

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• Eves song Love is Blind is an example of
  figurative language. What is the term called that
  Eve uses?

• Personification

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• The weather plays an important role in the music
  video Stan. What kind of weather do we find in
  the video?

• Thunder, lightning and rain.

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• The line Back out the tomb bitch uses a common
  literary stylistic device in rap. What is the
  name of the term?

• Alliteration

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• How does Kenye West end his song Black
  Skinhead?

• God! God! God! God!

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• Explain the term braggadocio?

• The rapper underlines his own qualities and
  insults and ridicules his opponents.

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• Rappers often engage in verbal fights. What is
  this called?

• Battling or signifying

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• The line I go to work like a boxer is an
  example of figurative language. What is it called?

• Simile

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• The music is movin, you need to be catching up.
  This is an example of figurative language. What
  is it called?

• Personification

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• I turned off more lights than Teddy Pendergrass
  What is it called when you use this kind of
  exaggeration?

• Hyperbole

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Final Jeopardy

• What is the nickname of Eminems character in the
  movie 8 Mile

• B-Rabbit