Got a Record of That?
This type of equipment was used to mix beats, layer samples, and create the "record scratch" sound in early HipHop.
What is a turntable?
This R&B group, consisting of Beyoncé Knowles, Kelly Rowland, and Michelle Williams, was most popular in the late 90s and early 2000s.
What is Destiny's Child?
Soul and Gospel are both strongly related to these three genres.
What are Blues, Jazz, & R&B?
Some Hip hop artists have attempted to reclaim the n-word from it's highly derogatory roots by replacing the "er" at the end with this other letter.
What is "A"?
This genre developed in the 1950s out of Jamaican R&B.
What is Ska?
These items are a small and portable way to record and share music, but they are susceptible to tangles and breaks, and storage near a magnet would distort the sound permanently.
What is a cassette tape?
"Lean on Me" is a popular song by this R&B artist.
Who is Bill Withers?
Soul and Gospel may not be fast, but they are full of this.
What is emotion?
Hip-hop started at parties in this part of New York city.
What is the Bronx
"We take communion, they smoke weed" is the apt summary by one of your own regarding this Reggae-related religion's practice of smoking marijuana.
What is Rastifarianism?
These shiny disks went on the market in 1980, changing music technology yet again.
What is a CD?
True or false: almost all R&B musicians are black
True
This singer started out singing Gospel, but later became known as the "Queen of Soul."
Who is Aretha Franklin?
Hip-hop is historically known for this technique, where a part of one song is used in another song.
What is sampling?
Ska and Reggae both have strong instrument sounds on beats __ and __.
What are 2 and 4?
This type of technology, now familiar to us through Spotify and Apple Music, was originally such an upset to music record sales that the pioneer, Napster, was shut down by copyright lawsuits from recording companies after only two years in operation.
What is a streaming platform?
R&B is actually short for this longer name.
What is Rhythm & Blues?
Gospel music often uses this technique, where the soloist sings out a line and the choir or congregation sings back an answer.
What is Call and Response?
Hip-hop developed competing subcultures based in these two parts of the United States.
What are the East Coast and the West Coast?
This musician is probably the best known Reggae musician, despite only living to the age of 36.
Who is Bob Marley?
This technology was invented in 1997 and gave people who couldn't sing on pitch the chance to sound good (sort of) on a recording.
What is Autotune?
This blind R&B artist's song "Superstition" has one of the most iconic electric bass parts ever.
Who is Stevie Wonder?
The main difference between Soul and Gospel is this.
What are lyrics about Jesus?
Hip-Hop's popularity in the US surpassed that of this other genre in 2017.
What is Rock?
What is Three Little Birds