17. what is the significance of "the message" by grandmaster flash and the furious five?

1. What is "The Dozens"?

a) A type of dance
b) Competitive trading of insults, often rhymed
c) A style of graffiti
d) A jazz improvisation technique
Answer: b) Competitive trading of insults, often rhymed

2. Who was Jelly Roll Morton?

a) A reggae artist
b) A DJ from the Bronx
c) A jazz composer who moved from ragtime to jazz
d) An MC from the 1980s
Answer: c) A jazz composer who moved from ragtime to jazz

3. What was unique about Bo Diddley's "Say Man"?

4. What are "toasts"?

5. What was the "Signifying Monkey"?

6. Which of the following performers appeared on the "Laugh In" show?

7. What is the "Black Arts Movement"?

a) A hip hop subgenre
b) A political and artistic movement addressing race issues
c) A graffiti collective
d) A DJ technique
Answer: b) A political and artistic movement addressing race issues

8. Who were the "Last Poets"?

a) Early graffiti artists
b) A radical performance poetry group
c) Reggae producers
d) Hip hop DJs
Answer: b) A radical performance poetry group

9. What was the significance of James Brown’s style for hip hop?

10. What is a "break" in DJing?

11. Who pioneered the technique of "beat-juggling"?

12. What is "talkover"?

13. Which song was built around Kraftwerk's "Trans Europe Express"?

a) "Rapper’s Delight"
b) "Planet Rock"
c) "The Message"
d) "Paid in Full"
Answer: b) "Planet Rock"

14. What is "sampling" in hip hop?

a) Recording new instrumentals
b) Reusing parts of existing recordings
c) A form of graffiti tagging
d) A dance style
Answer: b) Reusing parts of existing recordings

15. Which record label produced "Rapper’s Delight"?

16. Who was Slick Rick's beatbox partner on "La Di Da Di"?

17. What is the significance of "The Message" by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five?

18. Which movie documented early hip hop culture?

19. What is the Native Tongues collective known for?

a) Graffiti art
b) Afrocentric themes and jazz influences
c) Hardcore gangsta rap
d) Early breakdance battles
Answer: b) Afrocentric themes and jazz influences

20. What did Marley Marl innovate in hip hop production?

a) Graffiti tagging
b) Sampling and drum machine use
c) DJ scratching
d) Toast storytelling
Answer: b) Sampling and drum machine use

21. What was the social impact of the South Bronx in the 1970s?

22. What is "Arson" in the context of the 1970s in New York?

23. How did gangs influence the development of hip hop in the 1970s?

24. What role did DJ’s play in hip hop parties in the 1970s?

25. What were "The Breaks" in DJing?

a) A form of rapping
b) When DJs extended the instrumental section of a song
c) The period of time when hip hop was not popular
d) A specific type of graffiti
Answer: b) When DJs extended the instrumental section of a song

26. Who were the "Herculoids"?

a) A famous graffiti crew
b) A breakdancing crew
c) Kool Herc’s group of followers
d) A rock band from the Bronx
Answer: c) Kool Herc’s group of followers

27. Which technique did Grandmaster Flash introduce that changed hip hop DJing?

28. What was the main function of early MCs?

29. What is the importance of graffiti in hip hop culture?

30. What was the first commercial success of hip hop as a single?

31. Which DJ helped create the “Def Jam” sound?

a) Marley Marl
b) Rick Rubin
c) Kool Herc
d) Grandmaster Flash
Answer: b) Rick Rubin

32. What was "Roxanne's Revenge"?

a) An early hip hop record produced by DJ Hollywood
b) A freestyle rap by 14-year-old Roxanne Shanté
c) A famous battle between MCs
d) A new DJ technique
Answer: b) A freestyle rap by 14-year-old Roxanne Shanté

33. What year was "Roxanne's Revenge" released?

34. Who produced "Roxanne’s Revenge"?

35. What makes Run-D.M.C.'s "It’s Like That" significant?

36. What genre did Run-D.M.C. integrate into hip hop with "Rock Box"?

37. What song by LL Cool J was produced by Rick Rubin?

a) "Paid in Full"
b) "Rock the Bells"
c) "Can't Live Without My Radio"
d) "Funky 4 +1"
Answer: c) "Can't Live Without My Radio"

38. What was notable about Slick Rick's style in "La Di Da Di"?

a) He was the first rapper to use sampling
b) He used storytelling with different accents and voices
c) He was the first to use rap battles
d) He created the breakdancing culture
Answer: b) He used storytelling with different accents and voices

39. What is the significance of Eric B. and Rakim’s "Paid in Full"?

40. Which group made "Talking All That Jazz" as a response to criticisms about sampling?

41. Which artist was known for using "conscious" themes in their rap?

42. What was unique about the music video for De La Soul’s "Me, Myself and I"?

43. What was the primary influence of A Tribe Called Quest's music?

a) Jazz
b) Reggae
c) Funk
d) Rock
Answer: a) Jazz

44. Who was a member of the Native Tongues collective?

a) Grandmaster Flash
b) Rakim
c) De La Soul
d) DJ Kool Herc
Answer: c) De La Soul

45. What was the theme of The Jungle Brothers' "Straight Out the Jungle"?

46. Which artist was part of the group UTFO?

47. What is "sampling" in the context of hip hop production?

48. Which rap battle is considered a turning point for the party rap style?

49. What is significant about "Planet Rock" by Afrika Bambaataa?

a) It was the first rap song
b) It was built around Kraftwerk's "Trans Europe Express"
c) It featured live performance by Grandmaster Flash
d) It was the first song to feature DJ scratching
Answer: b) It was built around Kraftwerk's "Trans Europe Express"

50. Which of the following was a famous early hip hop group?

a) The Sugarhill Gang
b) The Rolling Stones
c) The Clash
d) The Beatles
Answer: a) The Sugarhill Gang

51. Who was known for the phrase "P Funk"?

52. Who was the first hip hop artist to use a drum machine extensively?

53. What was the "Chitlin' Circuit"?