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Music Appreciation
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1. Heterogeneous category that includes artists from Africa - the Near East - and Asia—the ultimate margins of the American music industry.
Snoop Doggy Dogg (Calvin Broadus)
sequencer
world music
Sean 'Puffy' Combs
2. 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
Dolly Parton
The Ramones
Bruce Springsteen
Def Jam
3. 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
pop rock
Michael Jackson
rap
4. 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.
Ray Charles
Nirvana
psychedelic rock
disco
5. 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
Peter Gabriel
Sonic Youth
synthesizer
6. DJ and leader of the furious five - he developed many of the turntable techniques that characterized early hip-hop music.
Michael Jackson
disco
Napster
Grandmaster Flash
7. 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
Ray Charles
Public Enemy
Madonna
Bob Marley
8. Style modeled on that of the early acoustic string bands; probably the original 'alternative country' music.
Def Jam
bluegrass
countrypolitan
gangsta rap
9. -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
Nirvana
Lauryn Hill
Sean 'Puffy' Combs
10. 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
James Brown
Willie Nelson
N.W.A.
breakdancing
11. Country vocalist who scored crossover hits with songs such as 'I Fall to Pieces -' and 'Crazy -' both recorded in 1961.
Willie Nelson
alternative rock
breakdancing
Patsy Cline
12. Device that enables musicians to create or 'synthesize' musical sounds. Began to appear on rock records during the early 1970s.
synthesizer
nashville sound
Grandmaster Flash
Kurt Cobain
13. 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
pop rock
alternative music
Clear channel
14. 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
Janis Joplin
alternative music
MP3
Peter Gabriel
15. 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.
grunge rock
Run-D.M.C.
James Brown
Run-D.M.C.
16. 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
MIDI
soul music
Def Jam
17. 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
pop rock
Prince
Donna Summer
18. 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
sequencer
Public Enemy
Paul Simon
funk music
19. 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
funk music
house music
hardcore
Kurt Cobain
20. 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.
Prince
psychedelic rock
sequencer
breakdancing
21. -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 -
Andre (Dr. Dre) Young
Carlos Santana
Sonic Youth
Peter Gabriel
22. Variant of MPEG; MP3 enables sound files to be compressed to as little as one-twelfth of their original size.
Tupac Shakur
M.C. Hammer
MP3
RIAA
23. 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.
techno
sequencer
nashville sound
techno
24. Style modeled on that of the early acoustic string bands; probably the original 'alternative country' music.
Carole King
David Bowie
bluegrass
heavy metal
25. Kurt KObain's band - Nevermind album
Napster
Nirvana
hip-hop
sampling
26. 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.
techno
Patsy Cline
Bruce Springsteen
M.C. Hammer
27. 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.
Jimi Hendrix
alternative rock
Dolly Parton
The Sex Pistols
28. 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
funk music
Kurt Cobain
alternative rock
29. Heterogeneous category that includes artists from Africa - the Near East - and Asia—the ultimate margins of the American music industry.
Michael Jackson
world music
funk music
Sonic Youth
30. CEO of the New York independent label Bad Boy Records.
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31. 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.'
Grandmaster Flash
Kurt Cobain
Sonic Youth
Willie Nelson
32. The most original - inventive - and influential guitarist of the rock era - and the most prominent African American rock musician of the late 1960s.
Jimi Hendrix
Prince
countrypolitan
Madonna
33. 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.
world music
grunge rock
Michael Jackson
art rock
34. 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.
Def Jam
James Brown
urban folk
Nirvana
35. Band that originated in the 1960s San Francisco rock scene. Their career spanned more than three decades.
Carole King
Grateful Dead
reggae
N.W.A.
36. 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
Snoop Doggy Dogg (Calvin Broadus)
Vanilla Ice
Bruce Springsteen
MP3
37. 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
nashville sound
breakdancing
Sonic Youth
Vanilla Ice
38. 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
synthesizer
RIAA
Bob Marley
Vanilla Ice
39. 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.
RIAA
Willie Nelson
M.C. Hammer
Napster
40. The first punk rock band. Formed in 1974 in New York City - the Ramones' high-speed - energetic - and extremely loud sound influenced English punk groups such as the Sex Pistols and the Clash and also became a blueprint for 1980s L.A. hardcore bands.
The Ramones
Michael Jackson
Michael Jackson
gangsta rap
41. CEO of the New York independent label Bad Boy Records.
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42. 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.
MIDI
grunge rock
Nirvana
techno
43. 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
Paul Simon
art rock
sequencer
psychedelic rock
44. 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
soft soul
Snoop Doggy Dogg (Calvin Broadus)
Def Jam
grunge rock
45. Sophisticated approach to the vocal presentation and instrumental arrangement of country music; a fusion of 'country' and 'cosmopolitan.'
Patsy Cline
countrypolitan
sampling
Snoop Doggy Dogg (Calvin Broadus)
46. 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
Donna Summer
Lauryn Hill
Def Jam
Peter Gabriel
47. Slick variety of rhythm & blues - often with lush orchestral accompaniment: the O'Jays - the Spinners - Al Green - Barry White.
Donna Summer
breakdancing
soft soul
Madonna
48. 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
Prince
sequencer
Paul Simon
James Brown
49. 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.
Sonic Youth
M.C. Hammer
Carlos Santana
Patsy Cline
50. 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
MP3
country pop
Aretha Franklin
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