Old School Hip Hop
Golden Age
East Coast Rap
West Coast Rap
Mainstream Rap
100
This is what the Song "Rapper's Delight" is about.
What is Partying, and look how much stuff I have?
100
Three rap groups of the golden age.
Who were Run-DMC, Public Enemy, N.W.A, MC. Hammer, Kurtis Blow, Grandmaster Flash?
100
The group Wu-Tang Clan was formed here.
What is New York
100
The artist behind “Keep ya head up”.
Who is 2pac?
100
Rap became mainstream in this decade.
What is the 2000s?
200
This kind of rhyme is often used in the chorus of "Rapper's Delight".
What is letter rhyme?
200
The age which took the rhythm from rock and soul tracks and turned it into rap.
What is The Golden Age?
200
The man who sings/raps the first verse in the song C.R.E.A.M. from Wu-Tang Clan about selling drugs to get money and smoking Woolies.
Who is Raekwon?
200
The new rap form that N.W.A. started
What is gangstarap?
200
This rap song is a tribute to New York.
What is Empire State of Mind?
300
The first rap song critical of society.
What is "The message"?
300
D.M.C stands for.
What is is Darryl McDaniels?
300
The one who talks/sings/raps about going to jail at the age of 15 and having a tough life in the song C.R.E.A.M. from Wu-Tang Clan.
Who is Inspectah Deck?
300
A black revolutionary socialist group in the US, that a big part of 2pac’s family were members of.
What is the “Black Panther Party”?
300
The real names of rappers Jay-Z and Eminem.
What are Shawn Corey Carter and Marshall Bruce Mathers III?
400
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five started in this year.
What is 1974?
400
The year the first rap-only radio station was founded.
What is 1984?
400
A substance that ruined the rappers' friendship in the song C.R.E.A.M. and came between them and their dreams.
What is drugs?
400
2pac is singing about it?
What is violence, social problems and racism?
400
The characteristics of modern rap.
What is Rap mixed with melodies (actual songs)?
500
These are the three most characteristic aspects of old school rap.
What are simple rhymes, loups and early disco grooves?
500
This group raps about the balance of power in America’s society during the period of the golden age.
What is Public Enemy?
500
What C.R.E.A.M stands for
What is Cash Rules Everything Around Me?
500
Something very consistent.
What is the flow in “Keep ya head up?
500
This defines a mainstream rhythm.
What are Beats going over and over?
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