First Generation
What was the first song we did as a class?
Rapper's Delight
1st commercially successful song and established hip hop as a genre
Name one of the things Rakim brought to change the rap game.
Flow, delivery, wordplay, consciousness
What did Wu-Tang to G-funk?
Rip its tentacles from the throat of rap
Puffy brought together what group to create a Bad Boy sound?
The Hitmen
What was the name of the song rapped by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious 5?
The Message
What did rap gain from the message?
A conscience
Name one of the things RUN DMC changed about hip hop.
What they wore or the sound.
Juicy was what two genres?
Pop and rap
Biggie was what 2 words?
Street and commercial
What music genre was popular before rap?
Disco
What did Rakim do to Hip Hop?
Perfected it
What was created because of NWA and its lyrics?
The parental advisory label
What era did Can't Nobody Hold Me Down represent for rap?
Opulent era
What was Tupac's music mostly focused on?
Black Power
1520 Sedgewick
What did Straight Outta Compton introduce to America?
Gangster Rap
Events from what decade really affected Chuck D from Public Enemy?
What two things did Jay-Z and Nas represent?
Real life vs art
Who did 50 Cent take control from?
The Djs
Where did Sylvia Robinson find the 3 members of the Sugar Hill Gang who rapped Rapper's Delight?
A pizza place
Who did Fight the Power give a voice to?
The underrepresented
How did Wu-Tang flip the formula?
1 producer for a bunch of dope rappers
What insta- superstars did Still Tippin?
Mike Jones, Slim Thug, and Paul Wall (Chamillionaire)
Who was DJ Screw similar to when it comes to the birth of Hip Hop in Houston?
Grandmaster Flash/ DJ Kool Herc