Hip-Hop History
Now a Hollywood star, this person was the first rapper to win a Grammy award.
Who is Will Smith (The Fresh Prince)
This band, fronted by Ozzy Osbourne, helped define heavy metal in the early 1970s.
Who is Black Sabbath?
This producer’s famous ‘tag’ emphasizes the importance of trust
Metro Boomin
This device is used to convert analog audio into an electrical signal.
What is a microphone?
This high-energy concert phenomenon involves fans pushing, colliding, and moving in a circle near the stage, especially at punk and metal shows.
What is a mosh pit?
This legendary duo is made up of Big Boi and André 3000.
Who is OutKast?
This British metal band is known for songs like “Enter Sandman” and “Master of Puppets.”
Who is Metallica?
This legendary artist is most well known for producing Off The Wall and Thriller for Michael Jackson.
Who is Quincy Jones?
The process of adjusting the volume of different frequency bands within an audio signal.
What is equalization?
This term refers to an unreleased or unofficial song.
What is a leak?
This New York City borough is known as the birthplace of Hip-Hop.
What is the Bronx?
This sub-genre of rock emerged in late 1970s New York and emphasized DIY culture.
What is Punk?
This electronic supergroup is compromised of Skrillex, Jillionaire, and Diplo.
What is Jack Ü?
This effect reduces the dynamic range of an audio signal.
What is compression?
This term refers to a subtle or indirect insult in a song that avoids naming the target directly.
What is a subliminal diss?
This Jamaican born DJ is known as The Father of Hip-Hop.
Who is DJ Kool Herc (Clive Cambell)?
Acts such as Jimi Hendrix, The Rolling Stones, and The Beatles got their start opening or playing for this architect of Rock and Roll.
Who is Little Richard?
This super producer crafted hits such as Rehab for Amy Winehouse, Locked Out if Heaven for Bruno Mars, and Dance the Night for Dua Lipa.
Who is Mark Ronson?
This fundamental mixing practice is aimed at managing signal levels to achieve clear, distortion-free sound.
What is gain staging?
This 1981 launch changed music marketing by prioritizing visuals alongside sound.
What is MTV?
This Atlanta born rapper coined the name Trap Music.
Who is T.I.?
This English city is widely known to be the birthplace of Heavy Metal.
What is Birmingham, England?
This producer is known for playing the legendary piano riff on Still D.R.E.
Who is Scott Storch?
This metering scale is commonly used in modern mixing to measure perceived loudness rather than peak level.
What is LUFS?
This annual Texas festival blends music, film, and interactive media and helped launch many indie careers.
What is SXSW?