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Music Appreciation
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1. The first commercially successful white act in hip-hop. Their early recordings represent a fusion of the youth-oriented rebelliousness of hardcore punk rock—the style they began playing in 1981—with the sensibility and techniques of hip-hop.
Beastie Boys
world music
sequencer
gangsta rap
2. The most important woman in the history of hip-hop - in terms of both her commercial success and her effectiveness in establishing a feminist beachhead on the male-dominated field of rap music.
progressive country
analog recording
Queen Latifah
Kurt Cobain
3. Known as the 'Genius of Soul'; songwriter - arranger - keyboard player - and vocalist fluent in R&B - jazz - and mainstream pop.
Ray Charles
Bruce Springsteen
Jimi Hendrix
world music
4. 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
breakdancing
analog recording
Peter Gabriel
Clear channel
5. Acrobatic solo dancing improvised by the young 'B-boys' who attended hip-hop dances.
Tupac Shakur
breakdancing
Bob Marley
Snoop Doggy Dogg (Calvin Broadus)
6. Emerged during the 1970s as one part of the cultural complex of hip-hop. It consisted of rhymed speech accompanied by funk-derived rhythmic grooves.
soft soul
The Sex Pistols
James Brown
rap
7. Rock style that emerged in the late 1970s. It was a 'back to basics' rebellion against the perceived artifice and pretension of corporate rock music—a stripped-down and often purposefully 'nonmusical' version of rock music.
punk rock
alternative rock
urban folk
synthesizer
8. Country vocalist who scored crossover hits with songs such as 'I Fall to Pieces -' and 'Crazy -' both recorded in 1961.
soul music
Grateful Dead
pop rock
Patsy Cline
9. Slick variety of rhythm & blues - often with lush orchestral accompaniment: the O'Jays - the Spinners - Al Green - Barry White.
soft soul
alternative music
Willie Nelson
funk music
10. Known as the 'Genius of Soul'; songwriter - arranger - keyboard player - and vocalist fluent in R&B - jazz - and mainstream pop.
M.C. Hammer
Snoop Doggy Dogg (Calvin Broadus)
techno
Ray Charles
11. Rock style that emerged in the late 1970s. It was a 'back to basics' rebellion against the perceived artifice and pretension of corporate rock music—a stripped-down and often purposefully 'nonmusical' version of rock music.
sampling
world music
Dolly Parton
punk rock
12. 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
Public Enemy
Lauryn Hill
sequencer
Tupac Shakur
13. Singer and guitarist who founded the alternative rock band Nirvana. His recordings broke through to the commercial mainstream and popularized grunge rock. He shot himself in Seattle in 1994.
urban folk
Kenny Rogers
Bob Marley
Kurt Cobain
14. Springsteen's music and personal image evoked the rebellious rock 'n' rollers of the 1950s and the socially conscious folk rockers of the 1960s. His songs reflected his working-class origins and sympathies.
pop rock
Bruce Springsteen
Beastie Boys
M.C. Hammer
15. One of the main venues for techno. Semipublic event modeled partly on the be-ins of the 1960s counterculture.
sampling
Kenny Rogers
rave
N.W.A.
16. 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.
Kenny Rogers
Bob Marley
alternative rock
Aretha Franklin
17. 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
art rock
Public Enemy
RIAA
M.C. Hammer
18. 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.
grunge rock
Beastie Boys
psychedelic rock
disco
19. 'The Queen of Soul -' she began singing gospel music at an early age and had several hit records with Atlantic - including 'Respect' in 1967 and 'Think' in 1968.
rave
Ray Charles
Aretha Franklin
pop rock
20. African American musical style rooted in R&B and gospel that became popular during the 1960s.
techno
MP3
Lauryn Hill
soul music
21. 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.
Kenny Rogers
Janis Joplin
alternative music
Sean 'Puffy' Combs
22. Ice's first album - To the Extreme (1990) - monopolized the Number One position for sixteen weeks in early 1991 - selling seven million copies. When it was discovered that Van Winkle - raised in reasonably comfortable circumstances in a middle-class
bluegrass
RIAA
Tupac Shakur
Vanilla Ice
23. 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.
Bruce Springsteen
MP3
MIDI
Janis Joplin
24. Sophisticated approach to the vocal presentation and instrumental arrangement of country music; a fusion of 'country' and 'cosmopolitan.'
Public Enemy
Sonic Youth
The Sex Pistols
countrypolitan
25. Centered on the creation of a strong rhythmic momentum or groove - with the electric bass and bass drum often playing on all four main beats of the measure - the snare drum and other instruments playing equally strongly on the second and fourth beats
breakdancing
alternative rock
N.W.A.
funk music
26. Veteran of folk pop groups such as the New Christy Minstrels and the First Edition - star of made-for-TV movies. One of the main beneficiaries of country pop's increasing mainstream appeal.
Public Enemy
Snoop Doggy Dogg (Calvin Broadus)
Kenny Rogers
Vanilla Ice
27. 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.
punk rock
grunge rock
Grateful Dead
Kenny Rogers
28. African American musical style rooted in R&B and gospel that became popular during the 1960s.
techno
M.C. Hammer
soul music
David Bowie
29. Hip-hop culture - forged by African American and Caribbean American youth in New York City - included distinctive styles of visual art (graffiti) - dance (an acrobatic solo style called breakdancing and an energetic couple dance called the freak) - m
MIDI
urban folk
Grateful Dead
hip-hop
30. Variant of MPEG; MP3 enables sound files to be compressed to as little as one-twelfth of their original size.
MP3
gangsta rap
Queen Latifah
nashville sound
31. CEO of the New York independent label Bad Boy Records.
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32. The most outrageous—and therefore famous—punk band - formed in 1975 in London. They were the creation of Malcolm McAllen - owner of a London boutique called Sex - which specialized in leather and rubber clothing.
disco
Queen Latifah
The Sex Pistols
sequencer
33. 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.
pop rock
psychedelic rock
Patsy Cline
Run-D.M.C.
34. The first commercially successful white act in hip-hop. Their early recordings represent a fusion of the youth-oriented rebelliousness of hardcore punk rock—the style they began playing in 1981—with the sensibility and techniques of hip-hop.
The Ramones
Beastie Boys
Bob Marley
art rock
35. Heterogeneous category that includes artists from Africa - the Near East - and Asia—the ultimate margins of the American music industry.
art rock
world music
techno
Prince
36. One of the main venues for techno. Semipublic event modeled partly on the be-ins of the 1960s counterculture.
rave
Lauryn Hill
Napster
alternative music
37. The most original - inventive - and influential guitarist of the rock era - and the most prominent African American rock musician of the late 1960s.
Jimi Hendrix
Paul Simon
alternative music
disco
38. Variant of MPEG; MP3 enables sound files to be compressed to as little as one-twelfth of their original size.
Janis Joplin
Led Zeppelin
synthesizer
MP3
39. The most original - inventive - and influential guitarist of the rock era - and the most prominent African American rock musician of the late 1960s.
Michael Jackson
Jimi Hendrix
funk music
Bob Marley
40. 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
urban folk
Tupac Shakur
heavy metal
41. 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.
James Brown
Led Zeppelin
urban folk
Kenny Rogers
42. 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.
Lauryn Hill
nashville sound
Bruce Springsteen
Tupac Shakur
43. Device that standardized digital technologies - enabling devices produced by different manufacturers to 'communicate' with one another.
alternative rock
MIDI
progressive country
Paul Simon
44. Style of folk music that grew in popularity in the burgeoning New York folk scene during the 1960s. It included artists such as Bob Dylan.
urban folk
heavy metal
Michael Jackson
Lauryn Hill
45. Country music style involving polished arrangements and a sophisticated approach to vocal presentation. The recordings of Patsy Cline were among the most important manifestations of the Nashville sound.
Peter Gabriel
nashville sound
Def Jam
Grateful Dead
46. In progressive country - performers wrote songs that were more intellectual and liberal in outlook than their contemporaries and were more concerned with testing the limits of the country music tradition than with scoring hits. The key artists includ
Paul Simon
MP3
Def Jam
progressive country
47. DJ and leader of the furious five - he developed many of the turntable techniques that characterized early hip-hop music.
Bob Marley
Grandmaster Flash
alternative rock
N.W.A.
48. Slick variety of rhythm & blues - often with lush orchestral accompaniment: the O'Jays - the Spinners - Al Green - Barry White.
Vanilla Ice
soft soul
gangsta rap
reggae
49. Device that enables musicians to create or 'synthesize' musical sounds. Began to appear on rock records during the early 1970s.
pop rock
heavy metal
synthesizer
world music
50. 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.
sampling
countrypolitan
alternative rock
Carlos Santana