Subgenres
The first subgenre or rap lead with pioneers including DJ Kool Herc, Grandmaster Flash, and the Sugarhill Gang.
What is Old Skool Rap?
Maker of Beats headphones.
Who is Dr. Dre?
The decade that rap music "started"
What are the 1970s?
The two main features of all rap.
What are beats and rhymes?
This TV network helped with making rap mainstream
What is MTV?
This subgenre of rap is considered to be responsible for making rap mainstream.
What is the Golden Age of Rap?
The Notorious B.I.G. is another name for this rapper.
The decade that rap become popular.
What is the 1980s?
Literary form used in rap.
What is poetry?
A musical form of vocal delivery that incorporates "rhyme, rhythmic speech, and street vernacular", which is performed or chanted in a variety of ways, usually over a backbeat or musical accompaniment.
What is rap?
Samples primarily from disco and soul in a more mainstream radio-friendly format.
What is East Coast Gangsta Rap?
Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of fame in 2017. Snoop Dogg gave the acceptance speech on his behalf. Artist of "Keep Ya Head Up."
Who is Tupac?
The record label that made rap mainstream in the early 1990s.
What is the Death Row Records label?
This aspect of rap music makes rap unique in comparison to its pre-recorded background music
What are lyrics?
Rap music can also be considered this genre.
What is pop music?
"Hardcore" Rap.
What is West Coast/Gangsta Rap?
Initially famous for starring as Jimmy Brooks on TV the show, Degrassi.
Who is Drake?
Rap is hip hop slang for this.
Sampling and Looping replaced this.
What is DJ scratching and mixing?
City that rap first became popular.
South Bronx, NY
The most commercial genre of rap.
What is Urban Breaks (Nu R&B II)?
Known for fast flow, alter egos, and using accents.
Who is Nicki Minaj?
We can trace rap's history back to these two cultures.
What are West African and Caribbean Island cultures?
Part of a funk music record where the drummer and bassist solo.
What is a breakdown feature?
The 4 elements of hip hop culture.
What are breakdancing, graffiti, turntablism, and rapping?