Vocabulary
An excerpt from a musical recording used in another artist's recording.
What is a sample?
The song that Sugarhill Gang sampled the bass and drum part for "Rapper's Delight".
What is "Good Times"?
Hip hop was created in this borough of New York City.
What is The Bronx?
"Prank" and "crank" are an example of this type of rhyme.
What is perfect rhyme?
This type of dancing is extremely popular in hip hop culture.
What is break dancing?
A person or team of people with a system of speakers and power amplifiers sufficient to broadcast in public.
What is soundsystem?
What is "Rapper's Delight" by Sugarhill Gang?
Immigrants from all over the Caribbean immigrated to New York in the 1970s. Many of these people ended up in this area of New York City.
What is Washington Heights?
"Chair" and "player" are an example of this type of rhyme.
What is imperfect rhyme?
Before hip hop was recorded, bought, and sold. It was thought of mainly as this.
What is live event? What is live music?
The practice of musical, rap-like talking over an existing musical track.
What is toasting?
In a similar manner to early hip hop musicians, Led Zeppelin also took inspiration from this genre in many of their songs.
What is the blues?
The use of sound systems is a tradition brought to New York from this Caribbean country.
What is Jamaica?
"Wind" and "mind" are an example of this type of rhyme.
What is Eye rhyme?
This visual art form is the main type of art within the hip hop movement.
What is grafitti?
A remix of a recording that has the original vocal track omitted.
This Jazz classic was sampled in the song "In the Heights" by Lin Manuel Miranda.
What is "Take the A Train"?
What is Jamaica?
The two types of rhyme that make hip hop rhyme schemes unique to hip hop.
What are dance, art, rap, and culture?
An E-Mu SP-1200 is an example of this.
What is a sampler? What is a sample machine?
Public Enemy's music was often referred to as a "wall of noise". However, talking about social issues, and things that mattered to people made Public Enemy unique for its time. This is the number one social issue that Chuck D writes about in his music.
What is black nationalism?
Two of the countries in the Caribbean that many immigrants migrated to Washington Heights from.
"Suicide", "ruined pride" and "new inside" are all examples of this type of rhyme.
What is multisyllabic rhyme?
The address where hip hop originated.
What is 1520 Sedwick Avenue in the Borough of the Bronx?