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Music Appreciation
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1. 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
N.W.A.
Lauryn Hill
Bob Marley
Janis Joplin
2. 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.
rap
N.W.A.
Madonna
Carole King
3. 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.
alternative rock
psychedelic rock
Prince
sequencer
4. 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
Dolly Parton
Vanilla Ice
Patsy Cline
Bob Marley
5. 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.
soul music
Nirvana
Public Enemy
sampling
6. Upbeat variety of rock music represented by artists such as Elton John - Paul McCartney - Rod Stewart - Chicago - and Peter Frampton.
heavy metal
The Ramones
Jimi Hendrix
pop rock
7. 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.
MIDI
country pop
The Sex Pistols
Dolly Parton
8. Internet-based software program that enabled computer users to share and swap files - specifically music - through a centralized file server. A federal court injunction forced Napster to shut down operations in February 2001.
Napster
M.C. Hammer
grunge rock
The Ramones
9. 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
Aretha Franklin
Peter Gabriel
James Brown
N.W.A.
10. Slick variety of rhythm & blues - often with lush orchestral accompaniment: the O'Jays - the Spinners - Al Green - Barry White.
synthesizer
soft soul
bluegrass
psychedelic rock
11. 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
grunge rock
James Brown
soul music
Public Enemy
12. Device that standardized digital technologies - enabling devices produced by different manufacturers to 'communicate' with one another.
MIDI
Madonna
Snoop Doggy Dogg (Calvin Broadus)
Grateful Dead
13. Sophisticated approach to the vocal presentation and instrumental arrangement of country music; a fusion of 'country' and 'cosmopolitan.'
rave
gangsta rap
countrypolitan
Grateful Dead
14. 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
The Ramones
Bruce Springsteen
psychedelic rock
Clear channel
15. Style of electronic dance music that originated in the Detroit area during the 1980s.
N.W.A.
techno
rap
country pop
16. 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).
MIDI
Nirvana
Donna Summer
pop rock
17. 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
rap
MIDI
Clear channel
funk music
18. 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.
Donna Summer
gangsta rap
Grandmaster Flash
Beastie Boys
19. 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
Kenny Rogers
Clear channel
house music
nashville sound
20. 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
alternative music
Run-D.M.C.
Madonna
sequencer
21. '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.
heavy metal
The Ramones
David Bowie
Aretha Franklin
22. The leader of the Wailers and a national hero in his native Jamaica - Marley was reggae's most effective international ambassador. His songs of determination - rebellion - and faith - rooted in the Rastafarian belief system - found a worldwide audien
Sonic Youth
Bob Marley
Andre (Dr. Dre) Young
Michael Jackson
23. Sophisticated approach to the vocal presentation and instrumental arrangement of country music; a fusion of 'country' and 'cosmopolitan.'
Aretha Franklin
Bruce Springsteen
countrypolitan
Kurt Cobain
24. Kurt KObain's band - Nevermind album
soul music
Led Zeppelin
Nirvana
bluegrass
25. 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
progressive country
grunge rock
Kurt Cobain
Madonna
26. -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 -
sequencer
Sonic Youth
Vanilla Ice
Willie Nelson
27. 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
breakdancing
Prince
RIAA
countrypolitan
28. 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
heavy metal
sampling
rave
hip-hop
29. 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.
sequencer
hip-hop
Sean 'Puffy' Combs
gangsta rap
30. 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.
soft soul
rave
Kenny Rogers
Aretha Franklin
31. Kurt KObain's band - Nevermind album
rave
sampling
Queen Latifah
Nirvana
32. Device that standardized digital technologies - enabling devices produced by different manufacturers to 'communicate' with one another.
MIDI
Bruce Springsteen
progressive country
bluegrass
33. 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
countrypolitan
Andre (Dr. Dre) Young
Patsy Cline
34. 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
Ray Charles
analog recording
sampling
35. -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 -
soft soul
Sonic Youth
Jimi Hendrix
synthesizer
36. 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).
Grateful Dead
Donna Summer
punk rock
art rock
37. Form of dance music popular in the late 1970s - characterized by elaborate studio production and an insistent beat: Donna Summer - Chic - the Village People - the Bee Gees.
disco
rap
art rock
Ray Charles
38. 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
Carole King
disco
Carlos Santana
Paul Simon
39. 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.
gangsta rap
Lauryn Hill
psychedelic rock
Bob Marley
40. 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.
synthesizer
grunge rock
Kenny Rogers
sampling
41. The most original - inventive - and influential guitarist of the rock era - and the most prominent African American rock musician of the late 1960s.
breakdancing
psychedelic rock
Jimi Hendrix
world music
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).
Madonna
Queen Latifah
countrypolitan
sequencer
43. The most influential and economically successful member of N.W.A. He founded an independent record label (Death Row/Interscope) - cultivated a number of younger rappers - and continued to develop a distinctive hip-hop production style - christened 'G
The Sex Pistols
bluegrass
Andre (Dr. Dre) Young
bluegrass
44. 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
gangsta rap
Paul Simon
Grandmaster Flash
Lauryn Hill
45. Style of electronic dance music that originated in the Detroit area during the 1980s.
art rock
techno
Janis Joplin
breakdancing
46. 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.
Carole King
bluegrass
Prince
urban folk
47. 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.
Carlos Santana
Tupac Shakur
Kenny Rogers
art rock
48. 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
sampling
Led Zeppelin
sequencer
49. 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.
Sean 'Puffy' Combs
Carole King
N.W.A.
Grandmaster Flash
50. Heterogeneous category that includes artists from Africa - the Near East - and Asia—the ultimate margins of the American music industry.
Queen Latifah
Patsy Cline
world music
Madonna