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Music Appreciation
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1. 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
Led Zeppelin
sampling
Peter Gabriel
2. Acrobatic solo dancing improvised by the young 'B-boys' who attended hip-hop dances.
breakdancing
rap
house music
MIDI
3. 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).
Prince
Madonna
hardcore
sampling
4. Upbeat variety of rock music represented by artists such as Elton John - Paul McCartney - Rod Stewart - Chicago - and Peter Frampton.
pop rock
Public Enemy
Paul Simon
Andre (Dr. Dre) Young
5. 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
N.W.A.
MP3
Jimi Hendrix
RIAA
6. 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
MIDI
analog recording
techno
house music
7. 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.
Lauryn Hill
sequencer
rap
art rock
8. 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
progressive country
Clear channel
Sonic Youth
Madonna
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.
urban folk
psychedelic rock
sampling
Napster
10. 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
soft soul
progressive country
Tupac Shakur
11. 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
The Sex Pistols
punk rock
MIDI
12. 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.
heavy metal
Carlos Santana
The Sex Pistols
hardcore
13. Kurt KObain's band - Nevermind album
art rock
Madonna
Nirvana
Snoop Doggy Dogg (Calvin Broadus)
14. 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
soft soul
Jimi Hendrix
Lauryn Hill
hip-hop
15. 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
Run-D.M.C.
alternative rock
countrypolitan
alternative rock
16. 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.
world music
rap
soft soul
Nirvana
17. African American musical style rooted in R&B and gospel that became popular during the 1960s.
soul music
sampling
Andre (Dr. Dre) Young
hardcore
18. Style modeled on that of the early acoustic string bands; probably the original 'alternative country' music.
breakdancing
Snoop Doggy Dogg (Calvin Broadus)
bluegrass
James Brown
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
rave
country pop
bluegrass
house music
20. 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.
The Ramones
gangsta rap
Lauryn Hill
hardcore
21. 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).
Queen Latifah
disco
Bob Marley
hardcore
22. 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
art rock
heavy metal
Bruce Springsteen
23. 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
Beastie Boys
Bob Marley
house music
analog recording
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.
gangsta rap
soft soul
nashville sound
Jimi Hendrix
25. 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
disco
sequencer
Grateful Dead
Public Enemy
26. 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.
Paul Simon
Carole King
James Brown
Kurt Cobain
27. 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).
soul music
Donna Summer
Madonna
sequencer
28. African American musical style rooted in R&B and gospel that became popular during the 1960s.
soul music
pop rock
Michael Jackson
countrypolitan
29. 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
MIDI
Bob Marley
The Sex Pistols
MIDI
30. 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
Aretha Franklin
country pop
Beastie Boys
31. 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.
synthesizer
James Brown
Run-D.M.C.
progressive country
32. 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
house music
The Sex Pistols
rave
33. 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
synthesizer
Michael Jackson
Peter Gabriel
Ray Charles
34. 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
disco
The Sex Pistols
Andre (Dr. Dre) Young
Grandmaster Flash
35. 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.
nashville sound
alternative rock
bluegrass
country pop
36. 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
Sean 'Puffy' Combs
Carlos Santana
funk music
Jimi Hendrix
37. 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.
grunge rock
Madonna
RIAA
house music
38. 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
grunge rock
Queen Latifah
Lauryn Hill
Carlos Santana
39. 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
Grateful Dead
Vanilla Ice
Run-D.M.C.
gangsta rap
40. Known as the 'Genius of Soul'; songwriter - arranger - keyboard player - and vocalist fluent in R&B - jazz - and mainstream pop.
Kurt Cobain
Lauryn Hill
funk music
Ray Charles
41. 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.
Patsy Cline
Kurt Cobain
Tupac Shakur
Peter Gabriel
42. 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
soul music
Donna Summer
Queen Latifah
43. 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.
Kurt Cobain
Jimi Hendrix
country pop
Grateful Dead
44. 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
The Ramones
grunge rock
Lauryn Hill
Prince
45. Genre that developed out of hard rock in the 1970s and achieved mainstream success in the 1980s.
Carole King
art rock
psychedelic rock
heavy metal
46. 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
Kenny Rogers
funk music
Beastie Boys
Peter Gabriel
47. Band that originated in the 1960s San Francisco rock scene. Their career spanned more than three decades.
Prince
M.C. Hammer
punk rock
Grateful Dead
48. 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).
Lauryn Hill
Napster
synthesizer
Donna Summer
49. 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.
Paul Simon
disco
techno
The Sex Pistols
50. 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.
Madonna
punk rock
Prince
Lauryn Hill
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