General Rap Knowledge
What culture does rap originate from?
Hip-Hop Culture
Hip Hop is just a genre of music
False
Name a popular area where "block" parties would happen
Public parks, city blocks, sidewalks, empty lots and alleyways
What rap style does Lil Pump use?
Mumble
Which rap "beef" was East Coast v. West Coast?
Tupac vs. Biggie
Name two of the mentioned subjects in the presentation that rap music can cover
Politics, childhoods, mental illness, partying
Name one of the boroughs of NYC where Hip Hop originated
Queens, Bronx, Brooklyn
What's two genres of music was played during block parties?
Funk, Soul, RnB, and Reggae
What is a characteristic of the "The Syncopated Bounce" rap flow?
Fast rapping
What sign did the NWA create for albums and songs that featured inappropriate lyrics?
Parental Discretion Advised
Lyrics typically use what to make cultural references or to compare situations
Metaphors and similes
Which recession crippled economic resources within urban areas (1969-1970)?
The Vietnam war recession
What would MC's do to hype the crowd up
Shout out simple chants
What was one symbolic thing that Childish Gambino's "This Is America" feature?
-Dance during the chaos
-Jim Crow pose
etc...
A rap technique that uses the isolation of drums and beats in the middle of a song are called?
Breaks
Which NYC expressway forced minorities to move to the ghettos?
Cross Bronx Expressway
Rap primarily stayed underground until what time period?
mid-1980s
Is this song rapped with the "Rubik's Cube" or the "Straight Forward" rap flow?
Rubik's Cube
Which modern rapper tried to reverse the stigmatization of mental health and illness within rap?
Logic
Name two of the listed iconic rap albums in the presentation
-Rappers Delight – Sugar-Hill Gang
-Illmatic – Nas
-Ready to Die – Biggie Smalls
-Straight Outta Compton - NWA
Finish the following statement from the presentation:
These depictions often included the (blank) and the (blank) that comes from these struggling areas
Beauty, Madness
Which rap group in the presentation was credited for making rap music mainstream?
Run-DMC
Make some lyrics with the "Chant" rap flow
See if it's fire or nah
Name five sub-genre's of rap
Bounce
•Dirty South
•East Coast Rap
•Gangsta Rap
•Hardcore Rap
•Latin Rap
•Old School Rap
•Underground Rap
•West Coast Rap