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Music Appreciation
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1. 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.
country pop
Patsy Cline
rap
Beastie Boys
2. 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
James Brown
Snoop Doggy Dogg (Calvin Broadus)
Snoop Doggy Dogg (Calvin Broadus)
alternative music
3. A style of soft rock - lightly tinged with country music influences: John Denver - Olivia Newton-John - Kenny Rogers.
Prince
country pop
art rock
Queen Latifah
4. 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.
gangsta rap
Nirvana
Carlos Santana
Dolly Parton
5. A style of soft rock - lightly tinged with country music influences: John Denver - Olivia Newton-John - Kenny Rogers.
Grateful Dead
techno
country pop
Def Jam
6. '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.
heavy metal
breakdancing
bluegrass
Aretha Franklin
7. Acrobatic solo dancing improvised by the young 'B-boys' who attended hip-hop dances.
MIDI
psychedelic rock
breakdancing
Peter Gabriel
8. Known as the 'Genius of Soul'; songwriter - arranger - keyboard player - and vocalist fluent in R&B - jazz - and mainstream pop.
hip-hop
Donna Summer
Ray Charles
rap
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.
Prince
synthesizer
Bruce Springsteen
James Brown
10. 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
Clear channel
heavy metal
bluegrass
world music
11. 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
alternative music
progressive country
Vanilla Ice
Peter Gabriel
12. 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.
Michael Jackson
Kurt Cobain
synthesizer
Tupac Shakur
13. Sophisticated approach to the vocal presentation and instrumental arrangement of country music; a fusion of 'country' and 'cosmopolitan.'
countrypolitan
Janis Joplin
Tupac Shakur
techno
14. 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.
Led Zeppelin
MIDI
pop rock
Carlos Santana
15. 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
The Sex Pistols
gangsta rap
Kurt Cobain
Lauryn Hill
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.
rap
Kenny Rogers
The Sex Pistols
pop rock
17. 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.
Grandmaster Flash
sequencer
Sean 'Puffy' Combs
Prince
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.
Jimi Hendrix
grunge rock
Kenny Rogers
grunge rock
19. 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.
grunge rock
Willie Nelson
Michael Jackson
The Sex Pistols
20. African American musical style rooted in R&B and gospel that became popular during the 1960s.
Lauryn Hill
disco
soul music
alternative music
21. 'Glam rock' pioneer who established the character of Ziggy Stardust.
Def Jam
synthesizer
David Bowie
hip-hop
22. 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
Public Enemy
breakdancing
N.W.A.
23. Variant of MPEG; MP3 enables sound files to be compressed to as little as one-twelfth of their original size.
Bob Marley
MP3
Carole King
Sonic Youth
24. Acrobatic solo dancing improvised by the young 'B-boys' who attended hip-hop dances.
alternative music
Bruce Springsteen
breakdancing
rave
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
rave
Napster
Andre (Dr. Dre) Young
26. 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
rap
grunge rock
house music
27. 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
Kurt Cobain
Carlos Santana
M.C. Hammer
28. Variant of MPEG; MP3 enables sound files to be compressed to as little as one-twelfth of their original size.
Snoop Doggy Dogg (Calvin Broadus)
Bob Marley
MP3
psychedelic rock
29. 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
Kenny Rogers
Napster
pop rock
Snoop Doggy Dogg (Calvin Broadus)
30. One of the main venues for techno. Semipublic event modeled partly on the be-ins of the 1960s counterculture.
The Sex Pistols
Willie Nelson
rave
Def Jam
31. 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.
techno
Kurt Cobain
Vanilla Ice
N.W.A.
32. 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
M.C. Hammer
Public Enemy
funk music
33. One of the main venues for techno. Semipublic event modeled partly on the be-ins of the 1960s counterculture.
alternative rock
rave
MP3
Kurt Cobain
34. 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
breakdancing
Paul Simon
Led Zeppelin
Snoop Doggy Dogg (Calvin Broadus)
35. 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.
punk rock
Led Zeppelin
Aretha Franklin
Jimi Hendrix
36. 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).
Tupac Shakur
Madonna
Donna Summer
Michael Jackson
37. Heterogeneous category that includes artists from Africa - the Near East - and Asia—the ultimate margins of the American music industry.
Run-D.M.C.
Bob Marley
world music
Beastie Boys
38. 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
Kurt Cobain
Willie Nelson
Ray Charles
39. 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.
sequencer
house music
Jimi Hendrix
40. 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.
alternative rock
grunge rock
Snoop Doggy Dogg (Calvin Broadus)
alternative music
41. 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.
techno
world music
Queen Latifah
sequencer
42. Style modeled on that of the early acoustic string bands; probably the original 'alternative country' music.
soft soul
grunge rock
bluegrass
Janis Joplin
43. 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
Run-D.M.C.
Peter Gabriel
Lauryn Hill
Queen Latifah
44. 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).
punk rock
Janis Joplin
Madonna
nashville sound
45. 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.
alternative rock
breakdancing
Queen Latifah
Donna Summer
46. Kurt KObain's band - Nevermind album
Napster
Nirvana
reggae
alternative rock
47. 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.
Donna Summer
art rock
Andre (Dr. Dre) Young
sampling
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
heavy metal
hardcore
Jimi Hendrix
49. 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
Peter Gabriel
sequencer
Grateful Dead
house music
50. Country vocalist who scored crossover hits with songs such as 'I Fall to Pieces -' and 'Crazy -' both recorded in 1961.
Patsy Cline
alternative music
gangsta rap
soft soul
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