History
Hip Hop's birthday?
August 11th, 1973
(Bonus Point) - What happened on this day?
What is DJing?
Disc Jockeying. Spinning an oldschool record on turntables to create new beats or breaks in the same music.
What was the very first rap song ever to hit the radio charts?
Rapper's Delight by The Sugarhill Gang
Name at least 5 different substyles of hip hop dance?
Breaking, Locking, Popping, Waving, House, Krump, Dancehall, Stepping, Boogaloo, Animation, Commercial or Jazz Funk, Vogueing, Jerk, Hyphy, Tutting, Whacking
What is the Brazilian Martial Arts dance that informs and creates new moves in breakdancing, often refferred to ask "tricking"?
Capoeira
Where was Hip Hop founded/created?
The Bronx, New York
Bonus Point - Which two cultures had the most influence originally?
What is cue-ing a record up?
Positioning a record to play at a specific point.
Who was the original first MC to start at the Sedgewick Avenue parties?
MC Grandmaster Caz
What is top-rock?
Fancy footwork performed standing upright.
What style of hip hop (dance and MCing) was born in the Bay Area (San Francisco and Oakland) in the the late 1900's to early 2000's? Known for it's hyperactive movement and fast skills.
Hyphy
Bonus Point - Name an artist or group associated with hyphy music.
What was the prime motivation for any new hip hop artist coming up (in any of the aspects of the culture)
Competition
Bonus Point - give any example of a competition in hip hop culture?
Before rapping, MCing was jsut a way to assist the DJ in....?
Making announcements.
What was the second rap hit and one of the most popular rap albums to drop in 1982?
The Message - Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five
What is the difference between Up-rock and Down-rock?
Uprock is more of the martial arts strikes, kicks, sweeps, and "burning" opposition. More competitive moves, mostly making fun of the opponent.
Downrock are moves performed close to the ground or on the ground.
One of the first white men to be taken seriously in rap. Produced by one of the well known black men in Hollywood for most of his career. Had a biographic movie made about him, proving that skin color didn't mean exclusion from the hip hop community. Miss Dana's personal hero.
Eminem
Bonus Point, no google - What was the biographic movie called?
What are the 6 elements of hip hop?
1. DJing
2. MCing
3. Breaking
4. Graffiti
5. Theater and Literature
6. Knowledge of Self
What technique did DJ Cool Herc begin at his party on Sedgewick Ave?
Merry-Go-Round technique.
Bonus Point - What is it?
What is sampling?
To lift or use a section of another song and use it to create a new recording.
Bonus Point - which artist was most notably famous for doing this? Kanye, Eminem, Jay Z, or T.I?
What is the circle called when bboys and bgirls all take a turn in the center trying to outdo the last dancer?
Cypher
Famous rap artist, formerly a member of the Crips, who beat a murder charge and went on to leave the rap game for the most part to focus on family and other opportunities. Performed most recently in the Superbowl as a guest artist.
Snoop Dogg
Bonus Point - who is the actual convict he's most associated with and why did they go to jail?
Who founded Universal Zulu Nation, dedicated to hip hop values such as 'Love Peace and Having Fun'. Was a history scholar after being the teen leader of a gang, and helped bring a message of peace to communities surrounded by gang violence?
Afrika Bambaataa
Bonus Point - How did he originally start his hip hop career?
Who refined DJ Cool Herc's technique on the turntables and is known as the father of that style?
Grandmaster Flash
Name 3 of the most famous original rap artists (OGs) or groups?
*All recorded music before 2000's
Rakim, Run DMC, Big Daddy Kane, Public Enemy, NWA, WuTang Clan, Cool DJ Kurt or Kurtis Blow, Sha-Rock (female MC), Salt-N-Pepa, Beastie Boys, LL Cool J, T La Rock and Jazzy J.
Name one or more of the four most famous original hip hop dance crews from the 1900's.
2. Mighty Zulu Kings
3. Electric Boogaloos
4. Don "Campbellock" Campbell and the Lockers
Name one literary or theatrical artist who was inspired by the Black Arts Movement of the 1960's.
Maya Angelou, Amiri Baraka, Nikki Giovanni, Sonia Sanchez, Andrew DuBois, Adam Bradley.
Bonus point: what is didactic and why is it part of hip hop's 6th element, knowledge?