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Music Appreciation
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Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. 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
Beastie Boys
hip-hop
funk music
Queen Latifah
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.
MP3
Tupac Shakur
gangsta rap
Queen Latifah
3. 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
Napster
Sean 'Puffy' Combs
Public Enemy
Snoop Doggy Dogg (Calvin Broadus)
4. 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.
Aretha Franklin
Ray Charles
Grandmaster Flash
Kurt Cobain
5. 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.
MP3
nashville sound
psychedelic rock
Bruce Springsteen
6. 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
punk rock
Snoop Doggy Dogg (Calvin Broadus)
progressive country
Grandmaster Flash
7. 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
sequencer
Grateful Dead
Def Jam
Paul Simon
8. DJ and leader of the furious five - he developed many of the turntable techniques that characterized early hip-hop music.
David Bowie
Grandmaster Flash
hip-hop
Grateful Dead
9. Band that originated in the 1960s San Francisco rock scene. Their career spanned more than three decades.
alternative music
Grateful Dead
The Ramones
gangsta rap
10. 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.
Nirvana
rap
Kurt Cobain
analog recording
11. The most original - inventive - and influential guitarist of the rock era - and the most prominent African American rock musician of the late 1960s.
funk music
Grandmaster Flash
Dolly Parton
Jimi Hendrix
12. Known as the 'Genius of Soul'; songwriter - arranger - keyboard player - and vocalist fluent in R&B - jazz - and mainstream pop.
gangsta rap
Ray Charles
M.C. Hammer
Prince
13. 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).
Donna Summer
Kurt Cobain
Ray Charles
alternative rock
14. 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
Kenny Rogers
analog recording
Prince
Queen Latifah
15. Achieved celebrity as a member of the art rock group Genesis before embarking on a solo career. Gabriel's best-selling single 'Sledgehammer' became Number One pop and Number Sixty-one R&B in 1986. The award-winning video version of 'Sledgehammer' was
Napster
Peter Gabriel
psychedelic rock
nashville sound
16. 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.
Led Zeppelin
Clear channel
hardcore
synthesizer
17. 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.
sampling
rap
N.W.A.
Aretha Franklin
18. Style of electronic dance music that originated in the Detroit area during the 1980s.
RIAA
techno
Beastie Boys
grunge rock
19. 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.
alternative rock
Sonic Youth
Andre (Dr. Dre) Young
Janis Joplin
20. CEO of the New York independent label Bad Boy Records.
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21. Form of rock music that blended elements of rock and European classical music. It included bands such as King Crimson; Emerson - Lake - and Palmer; and Pink Floyd.
art rock
Snoop Doggy Dogg (Calvin Broadus)
country pop
hardcore
22. 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
hardcore
Clear channel
gangsta rap
house music
23. Variant of MPEG; MP3 enables sound files to be compressed to as little as one-twelfth of their original size.
MP3
art rock
The Ramones
Madonna
24. Kurt KObain's band - Nevermind album
MP3
sampling
Nirvana
Ray Charles
25. 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
Lauryn Hill
rap
Sonic Youth
progressive country
26. Variant of hip-hop music; its emergence was heralded nationwide by the release of the album Straight Outta Compton by N.W.A. (Niggaz with Attitude). It included artists such as Snoop Doggy Dogg - 2Pac Shakur - and the Notorious B.I.G.
art rock
gangsta rap
Peter Gabriel
Prince
27. Acrobatic solo dancing improvised by the young 'B-boys' who attended hip-hop dances.
breakdancing
Snoop Doggy Dogg (Calvin Broadus)
Willie Nelson
nashville sound
28. 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
Donna Summer
Grandmaster Flash
alternative music
Def Jam
29. 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).
hardcore
Queen Latifah
nashville sound
Kenny Rogers
30. Device that records musical data rather than musical sound and enables the creation of repeated sound sequences (loops) - the manipulation of rhythmic grooves - and the transmission of recorded data from one program or device to another.
David Bowie
Public Enemy
sequencer
urban folk
31. Slick variety of rhythm & blues - often with lush orchestral accompaniment: the O'Jays - the Spinners - Al Green - Barry White.
soft soul
pop rock
soul music
funk music
32. 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.
bluegrass
punk rock
breakdancing
The Ramones
33. 'Glam rock' pioneer who established the character of Ziggy Stardust.
David Bowie
Andre (Dr. Dre) Young
Sean 'Puffy' Combs
progressive country
34. 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
David Bowie
alternative music
progressive country
countrypolitan
35. 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
M.C. Hammer
Snoop Doggy Dogg (Calvin Broadus)
Donna Summer
Def Jam
36. A style of soft rock - lightly tinged with country music influences: John Denver - Olivia Newton-John - Kenny Rogers.
Napster
reggae
country pop
hip-hop
37. 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.
Led Zeppelin
Carlos Santana
Willie Nelson
The Sex Pistols
38. 'Glam rock' pioneer who established the character of Ziggy Stardust.
David Bowie
MP3
world music
James Brown
39. 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
hardcore
Clear channel
Sonic Youth
Michael Jackson
40. Device that enables musicians to create or 'synthesize' musical sounds. Began to appear on rock records during the early 1970s.
MP3
Vanilla Ice
synthesizer
rap
41. Style of electronic dance music that originated in the Detroit area during the 1980s.
techno
Snoop Doggy Dogg (Calvin Broadus)
alternative rock
Queen Latifah
42. 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
Run-D.M.C.
Beastie Boys
hip-hop
43. Sophisticated approach to the vocal presentation and instrumental arrangement of country music; a fusion of 'country' and 'cosmopolitan.'
Carole King
countrypolitan
breakdancing
rap
44. 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
RIAA
Patsy Cline
Led Zeppelin
Donna Summer
45. 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
Kenny Rogers
Napster
Run-D.M.C.
Ray Charles
46. 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.
Kurt Cobain
nashville sound
Carole King
Patsy Cline
47. Country vocalist who scored crossover hits with songs such as 'I Fall to Pieces -' and 'Crazy -' both recorded in 1961.
Carole King
Patsy Cline
house music
art rock
48. 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.
Dolly Parton
psychedelic rock
Peter Gabriel
urban folk
49. Style modeled on that of the early acoustic string bands; probably the original 'alternative country' music.
RIAA
bluegrass
world music
Willie Nelson
50. 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.'
pop rock
The Sex Pistols
Willie Nelson
Dolly Parton