Hip Hop

Question 1

What happens to black neighbourhoods in the 70s

Answer 1

Urban decay. Successful black families had moved to the suburbs. Causes disrepair and local economies to collapse

Question 2

What construction project led to the collapse of the bronx

Answer 2

Cross Bronx Expressway - 1972

Question 3

What approach did young people take in the Bronx during the 70s

Answer 3

DIY approach to culture. Do it yourself.

Question 4

What cultural styles flourish in the bronx

Answer 4

rap (music)
break dancing (dancing)
graffiti (art)

Question 5

What is signifying / the dozens

Answer 5

african based poetic storying telling / ritualized insulting. Uses improvisation, rhyming and creativity

Question 6

What are Sound System Men?

Answer 6

Jamacain DJs, with their own sound systems who would throw Yard Parties

Question 7

how did SSM become popular

Answer 7

would acquire American music and play them at their parties

Question 8

how would SSMs try to differentiate themselves?

Answer 8

started making their own songs

Question 9

What innovation did SSMs make with their recordings

Answer 9

Put the song on one side, and the instrumental track on the other sidee

Question 10

What is toasting?

Answer 10

SSMs would talk over the blank side of the record, talking up how great they were compared to their competitors

Question 11

When do Jamaicans begin moving to america?

Answer 11

1960s and early 70s.

Question 12

Where do Jamaicans settle in the US

Answer 12

New York (The Bronx)

Question 13

Who is Clive Campbell

Answer 13

Kool Herc

Question 14

What innovation did Kool Herc bring to america

Answer 14

Uses two turntables, engages in toasting

Question 15

Why does Kool Herc have two turntables

Answer 15

used to extend “The break” the part of the song that people liked dancing to

Question 16

When does Kool Herc first bring his Yard parties to America

Answer 16

1973

Question 17

Who innovates on Kool Herc’s technique?

Answer 17

Grand Master Flash

Question 18

What does grand master flash invent?

Answer 18

Back spinning

Question 19

When does Grand Master Flash invent backspinning

Answer 19

1976

Question 20

What is beat matching

Answer 20

Ability to switch between two records using back spinning to keep the beat going between records

Question 21

What practice is formed from back spinning and beat matching

Answer 21

quick mix

Question 22

Who toasted over Grand Master Flash’s beats?

Answer 22

Grand Master Melle Mel - beat matching took too much work.

Question 23

What innovation does Grand Master Melle Mel bring

Answer 23

first to call him self a MC (Master of Ceremonies), first to write down his verses and perform them consistently

Question 24

Who is the first songwriter in Hip Hop

Answer 24

Grand Master Melle Mel - 1976

Question 25

Who invents scratching

Answer 25

Grand Wizard Theodore

Question 26

When does Grand Wizard Theodore invent scratching

Answer 26

1978

Question 27

What does scratching do

Answer 27

Turns the turntable from a technology of consumption of one to production

Question 28

Who was the owner of Sugar Hill Records?

Answer 28

Sylvia Robinson

Question 29

What song does Sylvia Robinson produce?

Answer 29

Rappers Delight

Question 30

What beat does Rappers Delight Sample

Answer 30

Good Times by Chic

Question 31

When is Rapper's Delight released?

Answer 31

October 1979

Question 32

how does rappers delight chart?

Answer 32

#4 RnB, #36 Pop

Question 33

What is the first 24 hour music video station

Answer 33

MTV

Question 34

When did MTV start broadcasting

Answer 34

1981

Question 35

How does MTV select its music

Answer 35

excludes rap. only plays white rock and pop.

Question 36

What was the first rap song featured on MTV

Answer 36

Walk this Way - Run DMC/ Aerosmith (1986)

Question 37

Why were record companies reluctant to invest in music videos

Answer 37

Weren't convinced they would result in more sales. Cable wasn't widely available in the early 80s

Question 38

Who is MTV catering to?

Answer 38

The audience in the Midwest - white teens who can afford cable

Question 39

What was the contreversy with MTV and Michael Jackson

Answer 39

MTV refused to play Michael Jackson's Billie Jean because he was black

Question 40

When was Jackson's first video on MTV

Answer 40

March 1983

Question 41

How did MTV change the music industry

Answer 41

More important on aesthetics of performer. MTV became a second radio - make or break for a single

Question 42

What surfaces were especially valued by grafitti artists

Answer 42

subways

Question 43

Who was Kool Herc's MC

Answer 43

Coke La Rock

Question 44

What is punch phrasing

Answer 44

play a short phrase from one record while the other is holding the beat

Question 45

Who founded the Zulu Nation

Answer 45

Afrika Bambaataa