Rap/Hip-hop Unit Flashcards
What is the most important thing for a vocalist and rapper when delivering lyrics?
Delivering emotion with flow
What was Eminem’s initial appeal?
Wide spread appeal across multiple demographics (racially and economically)
What instrument in stocked in almost every recording studio?
Synthesizer
Why did the media start to accept Hip-hop/Rap in the popular idiom?
It shed away from the original message of inner city struggles.
In the 1990’s, who usually operated turntables during events and parties?
Professionally trained musicians and skilled technologists
After signing to Death Row Records, what type of music did Tupac make?
Songs meant to fuel the feud between the east and west coast
What technology was used to bring in pieces of popular songs into hip-hop music?
Sampler (modern day drum pad)
What was used in every recording studio as tech grew and recording software became essential in music making?
Computers
Which 1988 album established the West as a legit member of Hip-hop music?
Straight Outta Compton
The rhythmic energy and intensity of the vocalist during a rap song over a beat is a rapper’s…
Flow
What popular group helped make the East a dominant force in the rap industry in the mid-80’s?
Boogie Down Productions– N.W.A. is West
What else contributes to flow other than rhythmic energy?
Enunciation, inflection, and emotion used by the rapper
Who was thought of as the OG gangsta rapper?
Schoolly D
Where did the Hip-hop movement start?
The Bronx
What group bridged a gap between hip-hop and rock n’ roll?
Run DMC
