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Music Appreciation
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1. 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)
Lauryn Hill
James Brown
Madonna
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.
Aretha Franklin
sequencer
Nirvana
alternative music
3. Kurt KObain's band - Nevermind album
Queen Latifah
Snoop Doggy Dogg (Calvin Broadus)
Nirvana
funk music
4. The most original - inventive - and influential guitarist of the rock era - and the most prominent African American rock musician of the late 1960s.
Kurt Cobain
Jimi Hendrix
rave
heavy metal
5. 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.
Peter Gabriel
James Brown
Bruce Springsteen
urban folk
6. 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.
Led Zeppelin
psychedelic rock
Sean 'Puffy' Combs
Donna Summer
7. 'Glam rock' pioneer who established the character of Ziggy Stardust.
David Bowie
psychedelic rock
Prince
art rock
8. 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.
art rock
disco
alternative music
Bruce Springsteen
9. 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.
Donna Summer
rave
Bruce Springsteen
Dolly Parton
10. 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
pop rock
Paul Simon
Carlos Santana
progressive country
11. 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.
Ray Charles
Tupac Shakur
RIAA
Bob Marley
12. DJ and leader of the furious five - he developed many of the turntable techniques that characterized early hip-hop music.
alternative rock
Grandmaster Flash
Carlos Santana
heavy metal
13. 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.
Madonna
rave
Carole King
house music
14. 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.
Tupac Shakur
house music
Carole King
Led Zeppelin
15. Known as the 'Genius of Soul'; songwriter - arranger - keyboard player - and vocalist fluent in R&B - jazz - and mainstream pop.
James Brown
Ray Charles
Patsy Cline
Dolly Parton
16. 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.
Jimi Hendrix
Janis Joplin
progressive country
The Ramones
17. 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.
Donna Summer
Led Zeppelin
Peter Gabriel
funk music
18. Slick variety of rhythm & blues - often with lush orchestral accompaniment: the O'Jays - the Spinners - Al Green - Barry White.
soft soul
progressive country
sequencer
pop rock
19. 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.
soul music
Lauryn Hill
gangsta rap
soft soul
20. Slick variety of rhythm & blues - often with lush orchestral accompaniment: the O'Jays - the Spinners - Al Green - Barry White.
Nirvana
soft soul
alternative rock
pop rock
21. 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
Carlos Santana
Jimi Hendrix
breakdancing
22. 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.
Sonic Youth
Beastie Boys
Carole King
Lauryn Hill
23. 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.
Kenny Rogers
grunge rock
Sean 'Puffy' Combs
psychedelic rock
24. 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
Tupac Shakur
rap
Paul Simon
Madonna
25. 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.
rap
sampling
Kurt Cobain
Prince
26. 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.
MIDI
grunge rock
Janis Joplin
27. 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.
alternative rock
Snoop Doggy Dogg (Calvin Broadus)
Jimi Hendrix
nashville sound
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
Tupac Shakur
pop rock
rap
29. A style of soft rock - lightly tinged with country music influences: John Denver - Olivia Newton-John - Kenny Rogers.
art rock
country pop
James Brown
nashville sound
30. Upbeat variety of rock music represented by artists such as Elton John - Paul McCartney - Rod Stewart - Chicago - and Peter Frampton.
analog recording
Beastie Boys
pop rock
Peter Gabriel
31. -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
bluegrass
Andre (Dr. Dre) Young
techno
32. 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
art rock
punk rock
Queen Latifah
33. 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.
Carlos Santana
sequencer
The Sex Pistols
Kenny Rogers
34. 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.
psychedelic rock
alternative music
Led Zeppelin
Aretha Franklin
35. '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.
Aretha Franklin
sampling
techno
Grateful Dead
36. 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.
country pop
Napster
heavy metal
Def Jam
37. 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.
Carole King
nashville sound
Janis Joplin
progressive country
38. 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
synthesizer
hip-hop
rave
sampling
39. Acrobatic solo dancing improvised by the young 'B-boys' who attended hip-hop dances.
breakdancing
Bob Marley
pop rock
Tupac Shakur
40. African American musical style rooted in R&B and gospel that became popular during the 1960s.
hardcore
rap
soul music
countrypolitan
41. 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
M.C. Hammer
N.W.A.
country pop
Carole King
42. 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.
sampling
Nirvana
Prince
rap
43. 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.
countrypolitan
Peter Gabriel
art rock
gangsta rap
44. 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
Andre (Dr. Dre) Young
country pop
house music
gangsta rap
45. 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
punk rock
Madonna
Run-D.M.C.
pop rock
46. Acrobatic solo dancing improvised by the young 'B-boys' who attended hip-hop dances.
Sonic Youth
breakdancing
synthesizer
heavy metal
47. 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.
RIAA
Napster
heavy metal
Dolly Parton
48. 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).
countrypolitan
Willie Nelson
hardcore
Sean 'Puffy' Combs
49. 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
David Bowie
Sonic Youth
N.W.A.
Bob Marley
50. 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.
alternative rock
Kenny Rogers
James Brown
hip-hop
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