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Music Appreciation
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Tragic victim of conflicts between East and West Coast factions within the hip-hop business. He was an up-and-coming star with Los Angeles-based Death Row Records when He was shot and killed in Las Vegas in 1996.
world music
Tupac Shakur
alternative rock
Bob Marley
2. Style of electronic dance music that originated in the Detroit area during the 1980s.
soul music
James Brown
techno
Jimi Hendrix
3. -one of the forerunners of the Grunge genre - originally part of the 'no wave' scene in NY -Many alternative bands such as Nirvana looked up to them -album 'Daydream Nation' was well-received by critics - and then they were signed to Geffen Records -
country pop
rave
Carole King
Sonic Youth
4. DJ and leader of the furious five - he developed many of the turntable techniques that characterized early hip-hop music.
gangsta rap
Def Jam
Grandmaster Flash
pop rock
5. Hip-hop artist whose work is a self-conscious alternative to the violence and sexism in the work of rap stars such as Dr. Dre - the Notorious B.I.G. - and 2Pac Shakur. Her commitment to female empowerment builds on the ground-breaking example of Quee
Vanilla Ice
Vanilla Ice
Lauryn Hill
Patsy Cline
6. Named after the Warehouse - a popular gay dance club in Chicago - it was a style of techno dance music. Many house recordings were purely instrumental - with elements of European synth-pop - Latin soul - reggae - rap - and jazz grafted over an insist
bluegrass
Dolly Parton
house music
Def Jam
7. Co-founded in 1984 by the hip-hop promoter Russell Simmons and the musician-producer Rick Rubin. During the 1980s - Def Jam cross-promoted a new generation of artists - expanding and diversifying the national audience for hip-hop - and in 1986 became
punk rock
N.W.A.
Def Jam
The Ramones
8. The norm since the introduction of recording in the nineteenth century. Transforms the energy of sound waves into physical imprints (as in pre-1925 acoustic recordings) or into electronic waveforms that closely follow (and can be used to reproduce) t
house music
analog recording
disco
Clear channel
9. Regional style of alternative rock from Seattle that blended heavy metal guitar textures with hardcore punk. Bands from Seattle included Green River - Mudhoney - Pearl Jam - Nirvana - and Soundgarden.
Napster
Led Zeppelin
grunge rock
Peter Gabriel
10. Began his performing career as a member of the Jackson Five. He achieved unprecedented success with his 1982 album Thriller - and his elaborately produced music videos helped boost the new medium of music videos. Jackson became the first African Amer
Sean 'Puffy' Combs
Michael Jackson
reggae
Tupac Shakur
11. Band that originated in the 1960s San Francisco rock scene. Their career spanned more than three decades.
gangsta rap
Sean 'Puffy' Combs
Patsy Cline
Grateful Dead
12. Singer-songwriter Who wrote many hits in the 1960s with Gerry Goffin. In 1971 - the success of her album Tapestry made her a major recording star.
Grandmaster Flash
Ray Charles
Carole King
MP3
13. Born in Texas - Nelson was one of the most influential figures in the progressive country movement. Nelson's rise to national fame came in the mid-1970s - through his association with a group of musicians collectively known as 'the Outlaws.'
Bruce Springsteen
Willie Nelson
N.W.A.
analog recording
14. Extreme variation of punk - pioneered during the early 1980s by bands in San Francisco (the Dead Kennedys) and Los Angeles (the Germs - Black Flag - X - and the Circle Jerks).
Carlos Santana
Kenny Rogers
Kurt Cobain
hardcore
15. Marketing category that emerged around 1990; it is most often used to describe bands like are.E.M. - Sonic Youth - the Dead Kennedys - and Nirvana.
grunge rock
Aretha Franklin
country pop
alternative rock
16. Born in the impoverished shantytowns of Kingston - Jamaica - reggae first became popular in the United States in 1973 - after the release of the Jamaican film The Harder They Come and its soundtrack album. The heart of reggae music consists of 'riddi
Grandmaster Flash
Aretha Franklin
reggae
Patsy Cline
17. Got his start in the 1960s as a member of the famous folk rock duo Simon and Garfunkel. His album Graceland (1986) was a global collaboration recorded in South Africa - England - and the United States. It is the album responsible - more than any othe
Sean 'Puffy' Combs
Napster
Paul Simon
Sonic Youth
18. One of the biggest stars to emerge from disco in the 1970s. She sang on several disco classics - including 'Love to Love You Baby' (1976) and 'Good Times' (1979).
Tupac Shakur
Vanilla Ice
Donna Summer
Michael Jackson
19. One of the biggest stars to emerge from disco in the 1970s. She sang on several disco classics - including 'Love to Love You Baby' (1976) and 'Good Times' (1979).
hip-hop
Donna Summer
Michael Jackson
Run-D.M.C.
20. Pioneered West Coast gangsta rap with the release of the album Straight Outta Compton. Their recordings expressed the gangsta lifestyle - saturated with images of sex and violence. The nucleus of the group was formed in 1986 - when O'Shea ;Ice C
N.W.A.
Paul Simon
pop rock
hip-hop
21. Kurt KObain's band - Nevermind album
gangsta rap
Snoop Doggy Dogg (Calvin Broadus)
David Bowie
Nirvana
22. Band that originated in the 1960s San Francisco rock scene. Their career spanned more than three decades.
Janis Joplin
Grateful Dead
sequencer
Sean 'Puffy' Combs
23. A digital recording process wherein a sound source is recorded with a microphone - converted to a digital stream of binary numbers - and stored in a computer. The sampled sounds may be retrieved in a number of ways.
Lauryn Hill
progressive country
disco
sampling
24. Singer-songwriter Who wrote many hits in the 1960s with Gerry Goffin. In 1971 - the success of her album Tapestry made her a major recording star.
Carole King
Madonna
Grateful Dead
funk music
25. The most original - inventive - and influential guitarist of the rock era - and the most prominent African American rock musician of the late 1960s.
Kurt Cobain
Jimi Hendrix
grunge rock
progressive country
26. Style of electronic dance music that originated in the Detroit area during the 1980s.
techno
house music
Def Jam
Tupac Shakur
27. CEO of the New York independent label Bad Boy Records.
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28. Publicly traded corporation that owns more than 1 -200 radio stations - 39 television stations - 100000 advertising billboards - and 100 live performance venues - ranging from huge amphitheaters to dance clubs - enabling them to present more than 70
Clear channel
art rock
Carlos Santana
hardcore
29. Slick variety of rhythm & blues - often with lush orchestral accompaniment: the O'Jays - the Spinners - Al Green - Barry White.
pop rock
RIAA
soft soul
Janis Joplin
30. Country vocalist who scored crossover hits with songs such as 'I Fall to Pieces -' and 'Crazy -' both recorded in 1961.
M.C. Hammer
analog recording
Patsy Cline
synthesizer
31. Gangsta rapper born in Long Beach - CA - He was a protaga of Andre 'Dr. Dre' Young and collaborated on Dr. Dre's 1992 album The Chronic. Snoop's soft drawl and laid-back-but-lethal gangster persona were featured on Doggystyle - which debuted at the t
Snoop Doggy Dogg (Calvin Broadus)
sequencer
Bob Marley
hardcore
32. Music played by San Francisco bands that encompassed a variety of styles and musical influences - including folk rock - blues - 'hard rock -' Latin music - and Indian classical music.
psychedelic rock
disco
Napster
Lauryn Hill
33. Founded in 1982 - Public Enemy was organized around a core set of members who met as college students - drawn together by their interest in hip-hop culture and political activism. The group included the standard hip-hop configuration of two MCs—Chuck
Carlos Santana
Grateful Dead
country pop
Public Enemy
34. Parton was born in the hill country of Tennessee and began her recording career at age eleven. She moved to Nashville in 1964 and built her career with regular appearances on country music radio and television.
Madonna
psychedelic rock
Dolly Parton
Queen Latifah
35. Trio consisting of the MCs Run (Joseph Simmons - b. 1964) and D.M.C. (Darryl McDaniels - b. 1964) - and the DJ Jam Master Jay (Jason Mizell - b. 1965). Perhaps the most influential act in the history of rap music - they established a hard-edged - roc
MP3
Nirvana
Napster
Run-D.M.C.
36. Rapper from Oakland - California; hit the charts in 1990 with Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em - which held the Number One position for twenty-one weeks and sold over ten million copies - becoming the bestselling rap album of all time.
The Sex Pistols
M.C. Hammer
soul music
Kenny Rogers
37. A style of soft rock - lightly tinged with country music influences: John Denver - Olivia Newton-John - Kenny Rogers.
gangsta rap
country pop
Queen Latifah
Run-D.M.C.
38. Began his performing career as a member of the Jackson Five. He achieved unprecedented success with his 1982 album Thriller - and his elaborately produced music videos helped boost the new medium of music videos. Jackson became the first African Amer
Michael Jackson
funk music
gangsta rap
Patsy Cline
39. British hard rock band that formed in London in 1968. Zeppelin's sledgehammer style of guitar-focused rock music drew on various influences - including urban blues - San Francisco psychedelia - and the virtuoso guitar playing of Jimi Hendrix.
house music
Queen Latifah
Led Zeppelin
Grandmaster Flash
40. Trade association whose member companies—Universal - Sony - Warner Brothers - Arista - Atlantic - BMG - RCA - Capitol - Elektra - Interscope - and Sire Records—control the sale and distribution of approximately 90 percent of the offline music in the
Prince
RIAA
hardcore
Sonic Youth
41. Music played by San Francisco bands that encompassed a variety of styles and musical influences - including folk rock - blues - 'hard rock -' Latin music - and Indian classical music.
psychedelic rock
rap
Carlos Santana
rave
42. From the late 1980s through the 1990s - Madonna's popularity was second only to Michael Jackson's. She created controversial songs and music videos - including 'Papa Don't Preach' (1986) - 'Express Yourself' (1989) - and 'Like a Prayer' (1989).
Sean 'Puffy' Combs
Madonna
sampling
Kurt Cobain
43. Upbeat variety of rock music represented by artists such as Elton John - Paul McCartney - Rod Stewart - Chicago - and Peter Frampton.
Aretha Franklin
Grateful Dead
Tupac Shakur
pop rock
44. Marketing category that emerged around 1990; it is most often used to describe bands like are.E.M. - Sonic Youth - the Dead Kennedys - and Nirvana.
nashville sound
alternative rock
Andre (Dr. Dre) Young
Queen Latifah
45. The term 'alternative'—like the broadly equivalent terms 'underground' and 'independent'—is used across a wide range of popular genres - including rock - rap - adult contemporary - dance - folk - and country music. It is used to describe music that c
MP3
The Sex Pistols
Queen Latifah
alternative music
46. Rapper from Oakland - California; hit the charts in 1990 with Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em - which held the Number One position for twenty-one weeks and sold over ten million copies - becoming the bestselling rap album of all time.
Kurt Cobain
M.C. Hammer
analog recording
alternative music
47. The most successful white blues singer of the 1960s. Born in Port Arthur - Texas - Joplin came to San Francisco in the mid-1960s and joined a band called Big Brother and the Holding Company.
Janis Joplin
Kenny Rogers
Jimi Hendrix
rave
48. The 'Godfather of Soul.' He was known for his acrobatic physicality and remarkable charisma on stage. No other single musician has proven to be as influential on the sound and style of black music as James Brown.
rap
hardcore
Run-D.M.C.
James Brown
49. DJ and leader of the furious five - he developed many of the turntable techniques that characterized early hip-hop music.
soft soul
Grandmaster Flash
Carole King
Carole King
50. 'Glam rock' pioneer who established the character of Ziggy Stardust.
disco
David Bowie
hip-hop
house music