Snoop Dogg Career
what set Snoop Dogg apart from other west coast rappers?
His smooth voice.
Snoop had a relatively soft vocal delivery compared to other rappers: "Snoop's vocal style is part of what distinguishes him: where many rappers scream, figuratively and literally, he speaks softly.
In 1986, Dr. Dre met rapper O'Shea Jackson—known as Ice Cube—who collaborated with him to record songs under which label?
Ruthless Records, a hip hop record label run by local rapper Eazy-E.
What was the stage name that Eminem went by in 1988 when he formed his first group New Jacks and made a self-titled demo tape with DJ Butter Fingers.
MC Double M
Usher developed a friendship with an American record producer with whom he co-wrote and produced several tracks for his second album, My Way, released on September 16, 1997
Jermaine Dupri
Stop, drop, shut 'em down open up shop
Oh, no
That's how _______________
Ruff Ryders roll
Ruff Ryders Anthem DMX
What was the name of the short film about Snoop Dogg's murder trial that was released in 1994, along with an accompanying soundtrack.
Murder Was the Case
In 1995, Death Row Records signed a new rapper and began to position him as their major star: he collaborated with Dr. Dre on the commercially successful single "California Love"
2Pac
What is the name of Eminem's violent alter ego?
Slim Shady
Usher teamed up with Alicia Keys in 2004 to write which hit song?
My Boo
They can come closer than close, yeah
Original they never will be
We bumpin' from coast to coast, yeah, yeah
We just tryin' make you see, ____________
nobody does it better
Nate Dogg
Snoop Dogg often appears on other artist's album as a feature. In 2006, Snoop appeared on 2 tracks from an Ice Cube album
"Go to Church" song
Even though he was a West Coast artist, Dr. Dre chose to take no part in the ongoing East Coast–West Coast hip hop rivalry of the time, instead producing for, and appearing on, several New York artists' releases. Which NY rappers did he produce for?
Nas' "Nas Is Coming", LL Cool J's "Zoom" and Jay-Z's "Watch Me"
After Eminem released The Slim Shady LP, he started his own record label in late 1999. What was it called?
Shady Records
Usher's music falls into which genres?
R&B and Pop
I got lyrics that wake up spirits
They told me how to make big hits and spend digits
Can you dig it?
Pushin Weight - Ice Cube
Snoop released an album in 2018 that was a different type of music than what he is normally known for. What kind of album was it?
Gospel
Bible of Love album
In November 2004, at the Vibe magazine awards show in Los Angeles, Dr. Dre was attacked by a fan named Jimmy James Johnson. What all went down during this incident?
Jimmy James Johnson, who was supposedly asking for an autograph. In the resulting scuffle, then-G-Unit rapper Young Buck stabbed the man. Johnson claimed that Suge Knight, president of Death Row Records, paid him $5,000 to assault Dre in order to humiliate him before he received his Lifetime Achievement Award.
Which song contained slurs directed toward Michael Jackson? Which ended up causing beef
"Just Lose It", which contained slurs directed toward Michael Jackson. On October 12, 2004, a week after the release of "Just Lose It", Jackson phoned Steve Harvey's radio show to report his displeasure with its video (which parodies Jackson's child molestation trial, plastic surgery and the 1984 incident when Jackson's hair caught fire during the filming of a commercial). In the song, Eminem says, "That's not a stab at Michael / That's just a metaphor / I'm just psycho." Many of Jackson's friends and supporters spoke out against the video
Who is one of Usher's main musical influences? He is another pop/R&B artists with dance moves
Michael Jackson
It's been three weeks since you've been looking for your friend
The one you let hit it and never called you again
'Member when he told you he was 'bout the Benjamin's
You act like you ain't hear him then gave him a little trim
how many albums did Snoop release in 2021?
2
On April 20, 2021, Snoop Dogg released his eighteenth studio album From tha Streets 2 tha Suites
Snoop Dogg announced Algorithm. The album was released on November 19, 2021.
Dr. Dre won the Grammy Award for Producer of the Year, Non-Classical in 2000 and joined the Up in Smoke Tour with fellow rappers Eminem, Snoop Dogg, and Ice Cube that year as well after the release of which album?
2001
The Chronic 2001
In 2000, Eminem went on a tour with rappers Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Xzibit and Ice Cube
Up In Smoke Tour
Usher supported his Confessions album with "The Truth Tour". Which well know hip hop artist was one of the opening acts on that tour?
Kanye West
New York, Jersey, Philly, B-more, D.C.
Virginia, Atlanta, ______________
everybody rise! Come on!
Everybody Rise- Busta Rhymes