Subgenres
The first subgenre or rap lead with pioneers including DJ Kool Herc, Grandmaster Flash, and the Sugarhill Gang.
What is Old Skool Rap?
Member of N.W.A., known for his distinctive production style.
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?
In rap music, the time period of 1990-2003 is often considered this.
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.
What is rap?
This style of rap features segmented lyric phrasing and heavier background music.
What is East Coast Gangsta Rap?
Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of fame in 2017.
Who is Tupac Shakur?
The record label that made rap mainstream in the early 1990s.
What is Death Row Records?
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?
Subgenre of rap popular in the late 90s and 2000s, includes artists like Lil Jon, Mystikal, and Petey Pablo.
What is Dirty Souf?
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?
The New York borough that first popularized rap in America.
What is the Bronx?
This style of rap features long, unbroken lyrical phrasing and a high/mid/low production style.
What is West Coast rap?
Known for fast flow, alter egos, and using accents.
Who is Nicki Minaj?
The Jamaican poetic genre that evolved into rap.
What is toasting?
Part of a funk music record where the drummer and bassist solo.
What is a breakdown feature?
Four elements of hip hop culture.
What are breakdancing, graffiti, turntablism, and rapping?