General
the birthplace of hip hop
What is Bronx, NY?
Master of Ceremonies/the person who raps
What is an MC/Emcee?
The art of spinning records for a crowd.
to perform an energetic and acrobatic style of street dance to hip-hop or funk music
What is breaking?
writing/drawings scribbled, scratched, or sprayed on a wall or other surface in a public place
What is graffiti?
The decade when hip hop began
What MCs hold in their hands.
What are microphones?
Equipment DJs use to play records
What are turntables?
The 4 elements of breaking.
What is power moves, freeze, toprock and downrock?
The name you write on a wall in graffiti.
What is a tag?
Community gatherings in which hip hop was known to be created.
What are block parties?
When the MC says a phrase and the audience responds back.
What is call and response?
The part of the music without lyrics.
What is the break?
The name of breakdancers
What is a train?
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious 5's social conscious hip hop song.
What is "The Message"?
Title of first recorded mainstream song.
What is Rapper's Delight?
This DJ experimented w/ instrumental breaks of songs on a turntable and created longer dance mixes by switching between record decks.
Who is DJ Kool Herc?
footwork or floor work (any movement on the floor)
What is downrock?
The 2 types of letters learned in class
What are bubble and block letters?
what gangs starting using to settle conflicts in the streets of NYC in the 70s.
What is Breaking or Breakdancing?
The name of the group who rapped Rapper's Delight.
Who are the Sugar Hill Gang?
This DJ invented the cross-fader which made it easier to switch between records
Who is Grand Master Flash?
Any movement done while standing
What are power moves?
Tool that graffiti artists use to write their tags?
WHat is spray paint?