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Music Appreciation
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1. Style of electronic dance music that originated in the Detroit area during the 1980s.
Kurt Cobain
James Brown
techno
sequencer
2. 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.
psychedelic rock
Beastie Boys
sequencer
Led Zeppelin
3. '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.
bluegrass
art rock
Kurt Cobain
Aretha Franklin
4. -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
Jimi Hendrix
Public Enemy
Peter Gabriel
5. Genre that developed out of hard rock in the 1970s and achieved mainstream success in the 1980s.
heavy metal
Lauryn Hill
Kurt Cobain
rave
6. 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.
Willie Nelson
rave
The Sex Pistols
James Brown
7. 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.
Snoop Doggy Dogg (Calvin Broadus)
Ray Charles
Tupac Shakur
Beastie Boys
8. 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.
world music
Donna Summer
Dolly Parton
pop rock
9. 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.
hardcore
Napster
David Bowie
rap
10. CEO of the New York independent label Bad Boy Records.
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11. -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 -
synthesizer
Janis Joplin
Sonic Youth
Snoop Doggy Dogg (Calvin Broadus)
12. 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).
Snoop Doggy Dogg (Calvin Broadus)
Jimi Hendrix
Madonna
alternative rock
13. 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.
Queen Latifah
alternative rock
urban folk
rap
14. 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
Ray Charles
progressive country
disco
Madonna
15. 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).
nashville sound
country pop
Lauryn Hill
Donna Summer
16. 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.
Bob Marley
Queen Latifah
Tupac Shakur
Kenny Rogers
17. 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.
Donna Summer
psychedelic rock
Bob Marley
urban folk
18. 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
Andre (Dr. Dre) Young
breakdancing
Bruce Springsteen
Def Jam
19. Kurt KObain's band - Nevermind album
Bruce Springsteen
analog recording
Nirvana
pop rock
20. 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.
Def Jam
Andre (Dr. Dre) Young
progressive country
alternative rock
21. 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).
reggae
Public Enemy
Donna Summer
bluegrass
22. 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
Vanilla Ice
Carlos Santana
Peter Gabriel
23. 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
Aretha Franklin
Kenny Rogers
Led Zeppelin
Bob Marley
24. 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.
Andre (Dr. Dre) Young
nashville sound
art rock
country pop
25. 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.
rave
gangsta rap
grunge rock
breakdancing
26. Heterogeneous category that includes artists from Africa - the Near East - and Asia—the ultimate margins of the American music industry.
alternative rock
punk rock
Grateful Dead
world music
27. 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.'
Aretha Franklin
disco
Lauryn Hill
Willie Nelson
28. 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.
nashville sound
Lauryn Hill
pop rock
punk rock
29. The most original - inventive - and influential guitarist of the rock era - and the most prominent African American rock musician of the late 1960s.
Clear channel
Carole King
Jimi Hendrix
progressive country
30. 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
Michael Jackson
gangsta rap
punk rock
funk music
31. Known as the 'Genius of Soul'; songwriter - arranger - keyboard player - and vocalist fluent in R&B - jazz - and mainstream pop.
house music
Andre (Dr. Dre) Young
Ray Charles
sequencer
32. African American musical style rooted in R&B and gospel that became popular during the 1960s.
soul music
David Bowie
country pop
James Brown
33. 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
soft soul
countrypolitan
Andre (Dr. Dre) Young
heavy metal
34. 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.
Kenny Rogers
soft soul
Grateful Dead
Led Zeppelin
35. 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
Clear channel
hip-hop
rap
36. Style modeled on that of the early acoustic string bands; probably the original 'alternative country' music.
bluegrass
breakdancing
pop rock
Ray Charles
37. 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.
art rock
Lauryn Hill
Kurt Cobain
heavy metal
38. 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
Janis Joplin
world music
house music
39. 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
gangsta rap
Sean 'Puffy' Combs
The Ramones
Clear channel
40. 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.
house music
Patsy Cline
Peter Gabriel
rap
41. 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
progressive country
punk rock
Michael Jackson
Run-D.M.C.
42. Known as the 'Genius of Soul'; songwriter - arranger - keyboard player - and vocalist fluent in R&B - jazz - and mainstream pop.
rave
M.C. Hammer
Carole King
Ray Charles
43. 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
RIAA
bluegrass
Aretha Franklin
Snoop Doggy Dogg (Calvin Broadus)
44. 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
hardcore
Janis Joplin
reggae
N.W.A.
45. Genre that developed out of hard rock in the 1970s and achieved mainstream success in the 1980s.
Def Jam
Paul Simon
heavy metal
Grateful Dead
46. Kurt KObain's band - Nevermind album
Clear channel
Grateful Dead
Aretha Franklin
Nirvana
47. Device that standardized digital technologies - enabling devices produced by different manufacturers to 'communicate' with one another.
Def Jam
breakdancing
MIDI
sequencer
48. 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
countrypolitan
Run-D.M.C.
Andre (Dr. Dre) Young
Led Zeppelin
49. 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.
Andre (Dr. Dre) Young
RIAA
alternative rock
Sonic Youth
50. 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.
rap
The Sex Pistols
urban folk
hardcore