Notorious Flashcards
What climatic source sound emphasizes Chris’s call of desperation to his mother?
Heartbeat
What old school hip-hop artists are referenced when Chris is young?
1) Fab 5 Freddy
2) Kurtis Blow
What music represents the Latino presence in the Clinton Hill/Bedford-Stuyvesant Brooklyn neighborhood Chris grew up in?
Salsa
What electronic percussion is used in certain dramatic scenes?
Drum programming
What is heard during personal moments in the film?
synthesizer
What is the term for the use of an existing recording in the creation of a new song?
Sampling
What a cappella accompaniment was an integral part of old school hip-hop?
“Human beat box”
Who was the original female member of the Junior M.A.F.I.A. (Masters At Finding Intelligent Attitudes)?
Lil’ Kim
What fueled the escalation of the East Coast vs. West Coast conflict?
Rival lyrics
What is added to the voices Big remembers hearing?
Reverb
What song links the beginning of the film to the ending?
“Hypnotize”
Like Tupac, what were among the last sounds Big heard?
Gunshots
When does the Danny Elfman score become the focus of the film’s music?
Funeral sequence
What did Biggie’s two albums, “Ready To Die” and “Life After Death”, symbolically feature?
Prophetic titles
