Name that Artist
This artist changed his stage name in 2012 to rebrand as a reggae artist
Snoop Dogg/Snoop Lion
Live the life of a thug - until the day I die
Live the life of a boss player
________________
All eyes on me
by 2Pac ft. Big Syke
This song title is a two letter abbreviation that people use nowadays to describe their good friends who have been around for a long time.
O.G. (original gangster) by Ice-T
Drums
What is the name of 2Pac's debut album?
Bonus points if you know the year it was released...
2Pacalypse released in 1991.
This east coast duo was featured on Ice Cube's hit song "Check Yo Self"
Das EFX
in the projects
"Once Upon a Time in the Projects" by Ice Cube
So I guess I gotta do work so I ain't finished
I grow up to be a____________________.
a straight up menace.
"Streiht up Menace" by MC Eiht
Nearly every rap song consists of three basic parts:
intros, hooks (choruses) and verses.
this album was release on 9/11/2001
Blueprint by Jay-Z
This rapper had a feud with DJ Quik that lasted several years.
MC Eiht
Then I step through the fog and creep through the smog ______________________________.
Cause I'm Snoop doggy doggy doggy dogg
"Who Am I (What's My Name?)" by Snoop Dogg
This song by Dre features Daz and Snoop
Lil' Ghetto Boy from The Chronic album
Many hip hop songs are created from repeated the musical patterns called ________.
loops
an album by a West Coast rap duo
Dogg Food by Tha Dogg Pound
Name the rappers that make up the hip-hop supergroup Westside Connection
Mack 10, Ice Cube, WC
The saga continues right before your eyes
You know why? (why?)
______________________.
Cause I'm ruthless for life
"Ruthless for Life" by MC Ren
This song on an album released in 1991 was a vicious attack on N.W.A. and Jerry Heller
No Vasoline by Ice Cube
What is it called when an artist takes or borrows snippets of vocals or instrumental tracks and uses it in their own song?
Sampling
Lil Jon produced several songs on this Too $hort album including the title track that became one of this rapper's biggest hits in 2006.
Blow the Whistle by Too $hort
This artist started his career working primarily as a funk-inspired beatmaker but was signed to Profile and debuted his own album in 1991 on which he produced all the tracks and rarely shared the mike.
DJ Quik
Quik is the Name album
This is what I want you to do
Feel the groove, bust a move
Yo, yo I'm tired, what about you
______________________.
Man this is somethin' to dance to
Somethin' 2 Dance 2 by N.W.A.
This song famously starts out with a female voice singing a parody of the theme from Gumby before getting cut off by the rapper.
Eazy-Duz-It by Eazy E
this instrument is used often in hip hop production. used for melodies, basslines, as percussive "stabs", for chords and to create new sound textures.
synthesizers
This member of N.W.A. released a solo album in 1989 that had two number one songs.
"Its Funky Enough"
No One Can Do It Better - The D.O.C.