Hip-Hop Revolution Flashcards
According to Founding Fathers, the first Grandmaster was not Grandmaster Flash, but Grandmaster what?
Flowers
Where was gangsta rap more popular than message rap in the early 90s?
California
According to the textbook, what was Kool Herc known for?
Looping instrumental breaks with two turntables
According to Founding Fathers, what did police do about Deejays on the streets at night?
Allowed them to play because it gave kids a good place to go without causing trouble
How did the 1970s idea of “rapping” as a method of verbal engagement become popular?
Through “Blaxploitation” films
Why weren’t black artists included in MTV’s early days?
MTV professed a rock-only format that automatically excluded most black artists
According to Founding Fathers, what is the most important part of the hip hop cultural complex?
Spoken word
What kind of hip hop subgenre was popular in New Orleans?
Bounce
What about Louis Armstrong was the antithesis to hardcore rap?
His music was described as “hot” while other rappers aspired to be “icy”.
How did early 90s rappers maintain their peer connections with their audiences?
Through fashion
What is the term for “an electronic unit that records phrases digitally, allowing for the recording of a ‘loop,’ or a short recorded phrase programmed to repeat”?
Sampler
How did Old School MCs establish their reputations?
Through performance
What was Afrika Bambaataa’s musical talent?
Mixing obscure and unusual records.
What did Gil Scott Heron call himself?
A “bluesologist”
What is the term that describes a rapper or group of rappers that recite poetry over DJ accompaniment?
MC
According to Founding Fathers, what did people steal off of stoplights?
Tweeters
How did Run-D.M.C. characterize both Old and New schools?
Rhyme scheme (old) and percussive vocals (new)
What is the difference between Old School and New School rap?
Old School features DJs, rappers, and the cultural complex of hip hop, while New School highlights diverse MCs
Who accused Biggie Smalls of attempted murder?
Tupac Shakur
How did Dr. Dre and his fellow gangsta rappers characterize woman?
As manipulators
What kind of parody songs did some female artists find fame with in the mid-1980s?
Answer songs
What was the “Zulu Nation”?
A group that promoted peaceful hip hop expression.
What three identities did woman hip hop and blues artists have to contend with?
Female, black female artist, and artist
What does “U.N.I.T.Y” criticize?
Anti-female practices of street culture.
What characterized the underground sound?
Low-tech, minimalistic sound
What Grandmaster Flash song was one of the earliest recordings to feature scratching?
“The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel”
According to Founding Fathers, where did Deejays get their power from on the streets?
Streetlights
What kind of music did early Deejays and Emcees play?
Disco and house
According to Founding Fathers, rapping began not in the Bronx, but where?
Brooklyn
Why was Salt-N-Pepa’s female voice seen as diluted or tempered?
They didn’t write very much of their own material
What country besides the U.S. was a major influence in the formation of hip hop?
Jamaica
According to Founding Fathers, early scratching was a technique that did what?
Allowed the Deejay to find the correct spot on the recording without cueing
Who was “the first overtly and consistently politically oriented group in hip hop”?
Public Enemy
Which are deejays detailed in Founding Fathers?
Master D/Deejay Lance and the Disco Twins
What comedian and R&B/funk recording artist is often cited as a forerunner of rap?
Pigmeat Markham
According to Founding Fathers, what did “Rapper’s Delight” sound like it was giving tribute to?
Louis Armstrong
What two sides of the urban black man did hip hop come to symbolize?
Exotic, dangerous, and feared while simultaneously appealing and marketable
Even when women wrote their own lyrics, why did suffer in the rap production complex?
They still had male producers
