Rap & Rock Culture Phenomena

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Rock music sounds exactly the same as it did in the 1950s

False

The Auto-tune software was created so artists like T-Pain could achieve that signature soung

False

Which are associated with East Coast hip-hop?

The Notorious B.I.G and Bad Boys Records

What is known to be the first "conscious rap" song?

"The Message" by Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five

Which are associated with West Coast Hip-hop?

2Pac, Death Row Records, and Dr. Dre

About what percentage of music sales are now digital?

50%

Where was rock music organized?

African-American communities in the southern USA

2Pac

All Eyez on Me

What is a prominent feature of "alternative" music?

An anti-stream attitude

Punk

Anti-establishment

What is a feature of alternative music?

Anti-mainstream attitude

AC/DC

Back in Black

The Moody Blues- Nights in White Satin

Baroque Pop

Meat Loaf

Bat Out of Hell

What was the first video on MTV to feature rapping?

Blonde- Rapture

Which is known as a protest song?

Bob Dylan- Blowin' in the Wind

Which is the most accurate statement?

Both rap and rock have subgenres

What is significant of Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit"?

Brought grunge to mainstream

__________the idea of borrowing aspects of another culture and adopting it as if it were your own

Culture appropriation

Pink Floyd

Dark Side of the Moon

What were two of the original sub-genres of rock 'n' roll

Doo-Wop and Rockabilly

Who discovered Eminem and helped start his career?

Dr. Dre

Who is the most-streamed artist on Spotify?

Drake

Which was not one of Afrika Bambaataa's four elements of hip hop?

Drug Use

Who was 2018's "Artist of the Year"?

Ed Sheeran

What is the most-streamed song on Spotify?

Ed Sheeran- Shape of You

Which is the best-selling single-disc hip-hop album?

Eminem- The Marshall Mathers LP

Metal

Esoteric and deep

Artists do not get paid when someone streams their music via Spotify?

False

Classic rock is called that because it sample Classical music

False

Elvis Presley wrote all of his own material

False

N.W.A is an old school rap group

False

The first hip-hop music was all about "rags-to-riches"?

False

Woodstock was a violent music festival, with riots and fights?

False

During the 1970s, which album was the best selling?

Fleetwood Mac- Rumors

What is a feature of grunge music?

Graveling singing and sludgy guitars

Which album is still the best selling debut album of all time?

Guns N' Roses- Appetite for Destruction

What's the best reason why physical music sales went down during this time period?

Illegal downloads

Which artists formed their own charity?

Kanye West, Jay-Z, and Linkin Park

Notorious B.I.G

Life After Death

What is the best-selling album of all time?

Michael Jackson- Thriller

Which is a feature of punk rock?

Mohawks and leather jackets

Which band best defines the "grunge" label?

Pearl Jam

Which music video has won the most MTV awards?

Peter Gabriel- Sledgehammer

Hard rock

Poppy and accessible

Which genre is known for its long songs with experimental structures and sounds?

Progressive rock

Jefferson Airplane- White Rabbit

Psychedelia

Which is not an advent of 1950s rock 'n' roll?

Psychedelia

What's a possible distinction between hip hop and rap?

Rap is a vocal style, while hip hop is a culture

Who is known as the "Godmother of Rock 'N' Roll?

Sister Rosetta Tharpe

Alternative music is best described as:

Rock that is not commercialized

Which is not a normal feature of progressive rock?

Simple, repetitive music

Which is a feature of punk rock?

Simplicity and repetition

Who is considered the "Godmother of Rock 'n' Roll?

Sister Rosette Tharpe

Who is an Old School rap artist?

Sugarhill Gang

The Ventures- Walk, Don't Run

Surf Rock

Which best describes the concept of "The British Invasion"

The American obsession with British culture and music

Who is the best-selling musical artist of all time?

The Beatles

Which rapper with whom Michael Jackson has worked?

The Notorious B.I.G

What song popularized hip-hop around the world?

The Sugarhill Gang- Rapper's Delight

Which are features of 1950s rock 'n' roll?

The four-chord loop, teenage rebellion, simple song structure

Both rap and rock music have origins in urban environments

True

MTV's original intention was to play nearly non-stop music videos

True

The term rock 'n' roll is now best used to describe a sub-genre of rock

True

What was not one of the Beatles "first"?

Use saxophone in their music

What is the best reason why MTV no longer plays music videos all day?

YouTube is more convenient for the public


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