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Music Appreciation
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1. Upbeat variety of rock music represented by artists such as Elton John - Paul McCartney - Rod Stewart - Chicago - and Peter Frampton.
Prince
pop rock
Sean 'Puffy' Combs
synthesizer
2. -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 -
Sonic Youth
Grateful Dead
punk rock
Bruce Springsteen
3. Kurt KObain's band - Nevermind album
Nirvana
world music
Prince
Sean 'Puffy' Combs
4. 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.
synthesizer
Carole King
Tupac Shakur
Ray Charles
5. 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.
Queen Latifah
Peter Gabriel
Napster
Queen Latifah
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.
Bruce Springsteen
rap
progressive country
Madonna
7. Genre that developed out of hard rock in the 1970s and achieved mainstream success in the 1980s.
Carole King
Vanilla Ice
heavy metal
breakdancing
8. 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
house music
Andre (Dr. Dre) Young
Snoop Doggy Dogg (Calvin Broadus)
soul music
9. Country vocalist who scored crossover hits with songs such as 'I Fall to Pieces -' and 'Crazy -' both recorded in 1961.
Grateful Dead
Patsy Cline
alternative rock
art rock
10. 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.
Lauryn Hill
nashville sound
Public Enemy
alternative music
11. 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.
rave
psychedelic rock
nashville sound
Kurt Cobain
12. Born in Mexico - he began his musical career playing guitar in Tijuana. He formed his band in San Francisco in the late 1960s. Their 1971 album Abraxas established a Latin American substream within rock.
Carlos Santana
sequencer
pop rock
funk music
13. 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
nashville sound
Carole King
Andre (Dr. Dre) Young
14. Kurt KObain's band - Nevermind album
Sonic Youth
sampling
Nirvana
synthesizer
15. 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
reggae
hip-hop
bluegrass
sequencer
16. 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
M.C. Hammer
Prince
Bob Marley
Peter Gabriel
17. 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
disco
RIAA
Tupac Shakur
funk music
18. 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.
Kenny Rogers
analog recording
Run-D.M.C.
Donna Summer
19. 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
techno
Ray Charles
M.C. Hammer
Snoop Doggy Dogg (Calvin Broadus)
20. The most original - inventive - and influential guitarist of the rock era - and the most prominent African American rock musician of the late 1960s.
hip-hop
Jimi Hendrix
Madonna
Clear channel
21. 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
Queen Latifah
Sonic Youth
Bruce Springsteen
22. Sophisticated approach to the vocal presentation and instrumental arrangement of country music; a fusion of 'country' and 'cosmopolitan.'
James Brown
Patsy Cline
Bob Marley
countrypolitan
23. 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.
Led Zeppelin
sequencer
The Sex Pistols
Public Enemy
24. 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.
Vanilla Ice
house music
Bruce Springsteen
alternative rock
25. 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
Janis Joplin
N.W.A.
Bob Marley
26. 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.
Snoop Doggy Dogg (Calvin Broadus)
Kurt Cobain
Led Zeppelin
27. 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
Public Enemy
Clear channel
countrypolitan
rave
28. 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
Napster
sampling
RIAA
Led Zeppelin
29. 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).
Kurt Cobain
Lauryn Hill
country pop
Donna Summer
30. 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
hardcore
Janis Joplin
Vanilla Ice
funk music
31. 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
Bob Marley
Janis Joplin
N.W.A.
rap
32. 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).
M.C. Hammer
Madonna
bluegrass
sampling
33. 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
rave
urban folk
reggae
alternative music
34. Style modeled on that of the early acoustic string bands; probably the original 'alternative country' music.
hip-hop
alternative music
bluegrass
house music
35. 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
Clear channel
Prince
Andre (Dr. Dre) Young
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.
M.C. Hammer
Napster
nashville sound
Paul Simon
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.
James Brown
disco
The Ramones
nashville sound
38. Acrobatic solo dancing improvised by the young 'B-boys' who attended hip-hop dances.
Paul Simon
Madonna
Janis Joplin
breakdancing
39. 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.
N.W.A.
rap
Sean 'Puffy' Combs
alternative rock
40. DJ and leader of the furious five - he developed many of the turntable techniques that characterized early hip-hop music.
art rock
Grandmaster Flash
Queen Latifah
M.C. Hammer
41. 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.
art rock
rap
sequencer
James Brown
42. 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
Def Jam
house music
gangsta rap
Bob Marley
43. African American musical style rooted in R&B and gospel that became popular during the 1960s.
soul music
hip-hop
pop rock
Patsy Cline
44. 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
techno
Clear channel
Run-D.M.C.
The Sex Pistols
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
alternative music
Peter Gabriel
bluegrass
Bruce Springsteen
46. Prince is one of the most talented musicians ever to achieve mass commercial success in the field of popular music. He has sold almost forty million recordings. Between 1982 and 1992 - he placed nine albums in the Top 10 - reaching the top of the cha
grunge rock
The Sex Pistols
Vanilla Ice
Prince
47. Prince is one of the most talented musicians ever to achieve mass commercial success in the field of popular music. He has sold almost forty million recordings. Between 1982 and 1992 - he placed nine albums in the Top 10 - reaching the top of the cha
Led Zeppelin
Prince
M.C. Hammer
punk rock
48. CEO of the New York independent label Bad Boy Records.
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49. 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.
grunge rock
Kenny Rogers
Beastie Boys
rap
50. Device that enables musicians to create or 'synthesize' musical sounds. Began to appear on rock records during the early 1970s.
synthesizer
Willie Nelson
funk music
heavy metal
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