Rap/Hip Hop/Electronica Review

This term refers to a club and house party scene that featured Electronica and heavy use of the drug Ecstasy

This American fusion sound featured jazz and reggae scaled down to just rhythm sections with a focus on dance breaks.

This form of Electronica has far less emphasis on rhythm. It's designed to be easy listening "ear candy"

This style of Jamaican music, later made popular in Britain, is an upbeat mix of folk music and jazz horns.

This style of Jamaican music features electric guitars that use wah-wah pedals to create a distinct beat

This artist was the most successful reggae artist of all time with mainstream popularity across the US and Europe.

This involves a DJ physically manipulating a record in order to create new beats and sounds

West Coast Rap features heavy references to gang activity and drugs because:

This tool, originally use to modify the pitch of a singer's voice became a major element in Electronic music and pop.

This refers to the urban culture that developed around rap and break dancing.

This was a religion that began in Jamaica, meshing ideas of Pan-Africanism with Christianity

An early (1980s) form of Electronica. This genre features heavy beat, and minimal, all synthetic melody for dance clubs

Reggae music is typically not political, shying away from drug use or liberation to celebrate beach life

A consequence of the rap scene developing in Tennessee and Atlanta was:

Which of these is NOT a significant cultural aspect of M.T.V.?

The difference between "rap" and toasting" is rap is spoken in cadence with the beat.

This sub-genre of punk music that developed in Seattle as a rejection of Electronic Music, and a return to rock.

Which of the following is a distinguishing feature of East Coast/Old School Rap?

This electronic music typically features lyrics and a heavy, wobbling bass and sub-bass at the break.

This is a form of Jamaican folk music played using banjos, guitars and a Rhumba Box

The idea of a D.J. "Toasting" refers to: