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Review for the History of Hip Hop quiz. 7th grade General Music
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1
The DJ who became famous for inventing the scratch was:
Kurtis Blow
Grandmaster Flash
Grandwizard Theodore
Grandmaster Caz
2
The MC’s job was to:
Introduce the DJ’s songs & the rapper
To rap
To spin the records
To dance with the crowd
3
What was the title of the first commercially recorded rap song?
The Message
Rapper's Delight
Walk this Way
Hey Ya
4
In 1979 he became the first hip hop star
Kurtis Blow
Keith Cowboy
Grandmaster Flash
Kool Herc
5
True or False: In early hip hop all rappers were MC’s
False
True
6
DJ Kool Herc is credited with starting:
beatboxing
the term 'hip hop'
the ZULU nation
block parties
7
One of the first hip hop DJ’s was:
Lovebug Starski
Kool Herc
Eddie Cheba
MC Lyte
8
This female was a famous rapper in the 80s
Sylvia Robinson
Lovebug Starski
MC Lyte
Busy Bee
9
This group was the first famous "white" rap group:
Run DMC
Aerosmith
The Beastie Boys
Funky 4 + 1
10
In the hip hop world, the term MC means:
both mic control & move the crowd
Move the crowd
Master of Ceremonies
Mic control
11
The DJ who became famous for extending the percussion breaks of songs was:
Grandmaster Flash
Kool Herc
Grandwizard Theodore
Grandmaster Caz
12
The basic elements of Hip Hop date as far back as 1898 but in America, Hip Hop started in the:
1960s
1990s
1980s
1970s
13
The first recorded female rap group was:
Salt n' Pepa
the Sequence
Lauryn Hill
MC Lyte
14
The art of wordplay and saying rhymes over a beat is:
Rap
Scat singing
beatboxing
Call & response
15
Keith Cowboy is credited with:
starting beatboxing
using the term 'hip hop'
Calling the dancers b-boys & b-girls
the ZULU nation
16
Who was the first group to change rap from party style to life in the ghetto
Public Enemy
KRS One
Run DMC
LL Cool J
17
DJ Kool Herc’s 6 ft. speakers were called the:
Hercs
Herculoids
Herc's Towers
The Big H
18
Who won the first hip hop award at the 1989 Grammys?
Kurtis Blow
DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince
Run D.M.C.
Cold Crush
19
The elaborate dance moves that incorporated headspins, back spins &marital arts is known as
disco
breakdancing
krumping
moshing
20
Why did hip hop musicians boycott the 1989 Grammys?
The Grammys limited how many hip hop artists could come
The Grammys were not going to televise the award
The Grammys didn't nominate enough black artists
The Grammys were not allowing any hip hop artists to perform
21
Picking out songs in a sequence and actually spinning the records was the job of the:
the Rapper & the DJ
DJ
MC
Rapper
22
This former gang member started the hip hop awareness group ZULU nation for at risk youth
Keith Cowboy
Kool Herc
Afrika Bambaataa
Kurtis Blow
23
Why do a lot of people not recognize Sugarhill Gang as the first rap group?
They stole the lyrics from Grandmaster Caz of Cold Crush
They didn't know each other; weren't a real group
They didn't rap about the neighborhood
They only had one hit song
24
In New York, hip hop originated from:
The West Bronx
Brooklyn
The South Bronx
Hollis Queens
25
The act of the MC shouting out to the crowd and the crowd answering back is called:
Call & response
Beatboxing
Scat singing
Rap
26
Beatboxing is the art of:
Rapping over the music
hip hop dancing
Using scratching and other techniques on the records
Using the voice to simulate percussion sounds & rhythms
27
Hip hop is the combination of:
Dancing & rap
Rap & disco music
Dancing & disco music
Rap & rock music
28
The type or category of a piece of music refers to its:
rhythm
genre
title
melody
29
The first commercially recorded rap song was recorded in:
1969
1999
1989
1979
30
The first rap song was recorded by which group?
Cold Crush
The Treacherous Three
Sugarhill Gang
KRS One