Music Exam 4
outsider status; authenticity; anti-commercialism
Alternative music sometimes linked to ______________________, claims to ___________________, ______________________________
records
DJs began to manipulate _______________ in live performances
2010s
DNA decade
personal and historical identity
DNA explores issues of ________________________________
bass and drums (808s); vocal samples
DNA featured heavy __________________________________
lyric motive
DNA uses verses as ____________________
not intended as a single
DNA was ________________________
Beyonce; her father
Destiny's Child featured ___________________ and was managed by ________________________
internal conflict
Destiny's Child had _________________________ but was extremely successful
Michael Jackson, Madonna, Prince, Bruce Springsteen, Whitney Houston, Phil Collins
Examples of superstars
70s punk rock
Grunge rock continued some traditions of ____________________________
She found immediate success - B'Day (2006) - "Irreplaceable"
How did Beyonce's solo career start out?
he committed suicide in 1994 at age 27
How did Kurt Cobain die?
the lead singer of the Jackson 5 (1960s)
How did Michael Jackson start out?
it was written and recorded in 1975 by Aerosmith, a popular hard rock group of the 1970s
How did Walk This Way originate?
initially on the fringe - not mainstream
How did gangsta rap start out?
with DJs playing recorded music at dances, parties, etc in the Bronx
How did hip hop music begin?
it's a subversive version of a high school pep rally
How does the Smells Like Teen Spirit video reflect an alternative vision?
3
How many MCs did Rapper's Delight have?
only 3 full-length albums from 1987-1994 but they were influential on other bands
How many albums did Nirvana release?
32 million copies
How many copies did Thriller sell in a year?
2
How many no. 1 hits did Thriller have?
7 million
How many records did Licensed to Ill sell?
3 million
How many records did Raising Hell sell?
7
How many top 10 hits did Thriller have?
by Roland TR-808 and keyboard synthesizer
How was the beat of The Message produced?
acting career
In addition to her solo music career, Beyonce began a successful _____________________________
local culture
In hip hop music, rhymes were rooted in ________________________________
mainstream rock bands like The Eagles
In the 1970s, _____________________________________ dominated the radio, however punk rock emerged
rock; rap
In the mid 1980s, younger audiences traditionally drawn to _____________ begin listening to _________________.
self interrogation - insecurity, depression: not usual hip hop subjects
To Pimp a Butterfly has themes of __________________________________________
experimental; jazz, funk, soul, rap, spoken word poetry
To Pimp a Butterfly is stylistically ____________________; it has aspects of __________________________________________________
Beastie Boys and Run D.M.C.
Two pivotal groups in the popularizing of hip hop
MC Melle Mel - gritty and frustrated; complex rhythms and rhyme scheme
Vocal style of The Message
atomic dog
What George Clinton song is sampled in What's My Name?
gangsta rap
What becomes the most profitable sub-genre of hip hop by the mid-1990s?
the pulitzer eprize for music and a grammy for best rap album
What did Damn win?
depression, heroin addiction
What did Kurt Cobain struggle with?
they began provoking fans, trying to shock new followers
What did Nirvana do in response to their popular success?
broke into mainstream, drew national attention to grunge
What did Nirvana's second album, Nevermind, do?
intensity and timbres of hardcore punk with elements of conventional pop songwriting
What did Smells Like Teen Spirit blend?
it led to public arguments at a time of rising racial tensions in the U.S.
What did gangsta rap do?
use of electric guitar with timbre altered through heavy distortion
What did grunge rock involve?
New Orleans, natural disasters, urban decay
What did the Formation music video have references to?
sense of unease, helplessness, dissatisfaction ("I felt stupid and contagious/Here we are now, entertain us")
What do the lyrics of Smells Like Teen Spirit represent?
1970s funk musician George Clinton (P-Funk)
What does G-Funk often sample?
Chic's Good Times
What does Rapper's Delight sample?
based in political or social issues including race
What does conscious hip hop entail?
music (eventually called rap), visual art (grafitti), and dancing (breakdancing)
What does hip hop include?
it expanded the reach of hip hop beyond NYC
What effect did the success of Rapper's Delight and The Message have?
by the mid 1980s, their popularity was fading
What happened to Aerosmith?
it splintered off into different styles (like rock in the 1970s)
What happened to hip hop as its popularity grew?
it "crosses over," draws a wider base of listeners, including young white males
What happens to hip hop in the mid 1980s?
a style of gangsta rap developed by Dr. Dre (earlier in group N.W.A.)
What is G-Funk?
he has a fast rise to fame and critical acclaim as new voice in hip hop
What is Kendrick Lamar's career like?
popular recognition and critical reception during the height of one's career
What is Kendrick's legacy like?
lyrics tied to criminal lifestyle
What is gangsta rap like?
a style of alternative rock from the pacific NW, especially Seattle
What is grunge rock?
a reaction against the commercialism and popularity of mainstream culture
What is punk rock?
a slower speed, often with a laid-back feel
What is the sound of G-Funk like?
1970s popular styles, especially disco funk
What largely shaped early rap?
neighborhood life, friends, streets, places, people, etc
What references did early rap music often include?
an extremely popular cable tv network featuring music videos
What was MTV?
the king of pop
What was Michael Jackson called?
grunge band from Washington state
What was Nirvana?
humorous descriptions of neighborhood life
What was Rapper's Delight written about?
a concept album about personal transformation + growth
What was To Pimp a Butterfly (2015) like?
often funny, often serious
What was rap/early hip hop like?
a rap-rock remake
What was the 1975 version of Walk This Way fit for?
the Roland TR-808
What was the most important drum machine?
stadium performances, marching bands
What was the music of Formation aimed at?
it provoked some controversy
What was the reaction to the Formation halftime performance?
mainstream hip hop, conscious hip hop, and gangsta rap
What were the different styles of hip hop?
honest depiction of heard life in NY urban ghettos
What were the lyrics of The Message like?
bleak lyrics: anxiety, apathy, depression, cynicism about the future
What were the lyrics of grunge rock like?
middle-class and college educated
What were the members of the Beastie Boys like?
in the late 70s as a hardcore punk rock band
When and how did the Beastie Boys form?
African American/Latin American areas of NYC, especially the Bronx
Where did hip hop culture originate?
the 2016 Superbowl Halftime show
Where was Formation promoted the day after its release?
Los Angeles
Where was G-Funk based?
Motown
Where were Michael Jackson's beginnings?
1990s
Who Am I (What's My Name) decade
pop, disco, and rock fans
Who did Beat It appeal to?
Beyonce
Who had lead vocals in Say My Name
small vocal groups top the pop-charts - boy bands and girl groups
Who is popular with 90s pop music?
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five
Who performed The Message?
Mike Will Made It
Who produced DNA?
Mike Will Made It and Beyonce
Who produced Formation?
Dr. Dre
Who produced Who Am I (What's My Name)?
Dr. Dre, Snoop's mentor
Who produced Who Am I (What's My Name)?
Rick Rubin
Who produced by Raising Hell and Licensed to Ill?
Michael Jackson
Who recorded Beat It?
Run-D.M.C. with Aerosmith
Who recorded the new version of Walk This Way?
Sugar Hill Gang
Who sang Rapper's Delight?
Kendrick Lamar
Who sings DNA?
Beyonce
Who sings Formation?
Snoop Doggy Dogg
Who sings Who Am I (What's My Name)?
a girl group from Houston
Who were Destiny's Child
DJs Kool Herc and Grandmaster Flash
Who were pioneers of manipulating records in live performances?
Michael Jackson
Who wrote Beat It?
Kendrick Lamar
Who wrote DNA?
Beyonce (and others)
Who wrote Formation?
Nirvana
Who wrote Smells Like Teen Spirit?
Sylvia Robinson, Ed Fletcher, and Melle Mel
Who wrote The Message?
Joe Perry and Steven Tyler
Who wrote Walk This Way?
George Clinton, Gary Shider, Snoop Doggy Dogg, and David Spradley
Who wrote Who Am I (What's My Name)?
it wasn't authentic enough
Why did mainstream hip hop receive backlash?
it upset their identity of themselves as outsiders
Why didn't Nirvana like their popular success?
MCs
_______________________ eventually were the main feature of hip hop music
alternative; indie
____________________________ (and ________________) became most common word to describe countermovements
countermovements
_______________________________ like earlier punk rock and progressive country continued to grow in the 1980s and 1990s
1980s
decade of The Message
1980s
decade of Walk This Way (Run-D.M.C. version)
1970s
decade of Walk This Way (original version)
Rapper's Delight
one of the first hip hop songs
(You Gotta) Fight For Your Right (To Party)
popular Beastie Boys song
Say My Name
popular Destiny's Child song
recorded vocals (recorded a cappella)
the beat of DNA is produced around the _____________________________________
artistically exploratory and ambitious
what are Kendrick Lamar's albums like?
George Clinton
"What's My Name" based heavily in sampled music of ________________________ who gets co-author credit
N.W.A.
example of Gangsta rap
public enemy
example of controversial conscious hip hop singer
Blitzkrieg Bop by The Ramones
example of punk rock song
gimme some ganja
example of vamp
M.C. Hammer and Vanilla Ice
examples of mainstream hip hop
- power chords: distortion - clear melody (even if screamed) - verse-chorus form - professionally mixed and recorded
features of Smells Like Team Spirit
verse-chorus form
form of Smells Like Teen Spirit
Kurt Cobain
frontman of Nirvana
youth culture
hip hop refers to the entire realm of ______________________
electric guitars and bass; drums; aggressive vocals; fast tempos; distortion effects; power chords
musical style of punk rock music
"alt-" version
nearly every genre of popular music has had an _________________________________ since the 1990s
anti-commercial
punk rock music was __________________________
social message
punk rock sometimes had a __________________________________
participation
punk rock was aimed at ________________________
alright
song from To Pimp a Butterfly
mega stars who controlled the industry
the 1980s saw the rise of _________________________________________
Thriller
the best selling album of all time
verses and vamp
two main sections of DNA
Mike Will Made It and Kendrick
DNA is a collaboration between _____________________ and ______________________________
second
DNA is the _________ song on Damn (2017)
Duckworth; Compton CA (epicenter of West Coast rap of 1990s)
Kendrick Lamar was born Kendrick Lamar ______________________ and raised in _________________________________
conscious hip hop
Kendrick Lamar's music is overtly political, fitting him under the category of _______________________
white rock and pop performers
MTV almost exclusively featured ___________________________
a solo career; achieved unprecedented success
Michael Jackson began _________________________ in the 70s and __________________________________ in the 80s
Paul McCartney and Eddie Van Halen
Michael Jackson collaborated on Thriller with other huge stars including _______________________________
blended several popular genres
Most superstars ________________________________ to appeal to a wide range of fans
Who sings Smells Like Teen Spirit?
Nirvana
the drum machine
Other than the turntable, which what other important technology was used by early DJs?
beginners; small; community
Punk rock music could be played by _________________________. It was often played by ______________ bands and participation and ______________________ mattered.
simple, upbeat
Punk rock was ______________, __________________ music
rapper (and rap)
Rapper's Delight popularized the term ____________________
1979
Rapper's Delight year
commonplace
Rapping over rock/funk records was ____________________________
a message of empowerment aimed specifically at young women
Say My Name presented a _______________________________________________
1990s
Smells Like Teen Spirit decade
consumer culture, entertainment industry
Smells Like Teen Spirit represents a distrust of ________________________________________
realism
The Message pioneered _________________ in rap lyrics
originally been rapped over
The intro of Walk This Way had __________________________________
personal empowerment
The lyrics of Formation demonstrated __________________________
personal identity; high and low
The lyrics of Formation represent an embrace of _____________________________ and __________ and _________ culture
the 90s "girl power" idealism
The lyrics of Say My Name align with ___________________________
Geraldo Rivera Sample
The vamp in DNA is separated by ________________________ (Beat Switch)
Rick James; live recording of Mary Jane
The vamp of DNA uses a vocal sample of ______________________
close to rap
The verses of Walk This Way are _____________________________
Raising Hell by Run DMC and Licensed Ill by the Beastie Boys
Two extremely successful albums in 1986
they used it to promote their artists
What was the relationship between record companies and MTV?
intense, anguished style of singing/screaming
What was the singing of grunge rock like?
2006
When did Beyonce break with Destiny's Child to pursue a solo career?
1981
When did MTV launch?
early 90s
When did grunge rock explode in popularity?
the 1970s
When did hip hop culture originate?
2016
When was Formation released as a single?
turntables
Hip hop DJs used ____________________ as a music instrument
gangsta lifestyle; social reality
Arguments over gangsta rap debated whether it was a celebration of _________________________ or a reflection of ______________________________
synthesizers, drum machines, and electric guitar
Beat It by Michael Jackson features _________________________________
Dej Jam Records
Both Raising Hell and Licensed to Ill were on the new label, ___________________________
Def Jam Records; Madonna
Following the success of Run DMC, the Beastie Boys signed to ______________________ and toured with Madonna, giving them exposure
2010s
Formation decade
New Orleans (and Houston)
Formation has references to ________________________
bounce
Formation is a form of hiphop called ____________________
Russell Simmons and Rick Rubin
Founders of Def Jam Records
controversial
conscious hip hop is sometimes _________________________
1980s
decade of Beat It
