Quiz #4
Dream Hampton (author)
- "D'Angelo: Soul Man" (film critic) - 2000
Marcus Reeves (author)
- "Somebody Scream" writer (Biggie, Diddy, DMX, Jay Z, Mary J Blige) - Born to Use Mics - Writes about Hip-Hop
Illmatic (album)
- 1994 Nas album
ATLiens (album)
- 1996 album - Second studio album by American hip hop duo Outkast - Produced by LaFace Records
Supa Dupa Fly (album)
- 1997 Missy Elliot debut album - Released on The Goldmind and Elektra Records
Aquemini (album)
- 1998 album - 3rd OutKast album
Midnight Marauders (album)
- 3rd studio album by A Tribe Called Quest - Native Tongues Movement/Neo-Soul - Nov 9, 1993
Neo-Soul
- A marketing term used to promote soul music created by the second generation of soul singers
Jodeci
- American R&B quartet with members DeVante Swing, Mr. Dalvin, K-Ci, and JoJo - Produced by Devante Swing
Whitney Houston
- An American singer and actress. - She was cited as the most awarded female artist of all time by Guinness World Records and remains one of the best-selling music artists of all time with 200 million records sold worldwide - "I Will Always Love You" (1992)
Roni Sarig (author)
- Author of "Third Coast: Outkast, Timbaland, and How HipHop Became a Southern Thing" - Wrote about Cee Lo, Neptunes, Missy Elliott as well
Biggie/Notorious B.I.G.
- Biggie Smalls - Ready to Die (1994 debut album)
D'Angelo
- Born Michael Eugene Archer - Richmond, VA singer - After briefly being a member of a hip-hop group called I.D.U., his first major success came in 1994 as the co-writer and co-producer of "U Will Know". - Brown Sugar (1995 debut album) - Voodoo (2000) - "Untitled (How Does it Feel)" (2000 song) - Black Messiah (2014)
Timbaland
- Born Timothy Zachery Mosley in Norfolk, VA - He produced many of Justin Timberlake's works Shock Value
LA Reid
- Cofounded LaFace w/ Babyface
Babyface
- Cofounded LaFace w/ LA Reid
Bad Boy Records
- Created by P. Diddy, Puff Daddy, Diddy, Sean Combs - Founded in 1993 - Signed Notorious B.I.G.
Lauryn Hill
- Debut album w/ the Fugees in 1994 - The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill (1998 album) - 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 Queen Latifah, but Hill raps and sings in her own distinctive voice
Ready to Die (album)
- Debut studio album by The Notorious B.I.G. - Released on September 13, 1994, by Bad Boy and Arista Records.
Guy
- Formed in Harlem, New York in 1987 by R&B singer-songwriters Teddy Riley, Aaron Hall, and Timmy Gatling - An American hip hop, R&B and soul band - The creators of the new Jack Swing style of the late 1980s and early 1990s - "Groove Me" (1988)
Devante of Jodeci
- Founder of Jodeci - Known for discovering Timbaland, Missy Elliot, Ginuwine, Stevie J, and Static Major
New Jack Swing
- Fusion genre spearheaded by Teddy Riley and Bernard Belle - Became popular from the mid 1980s into the early 1990s. - R&B-style vocals sung over hip hop and dance/pop-influenced instrumentation
TLC
- Girl group formed in Atlanta - "No Scrubs" (1992) - "Waterfalls" (1994)
4 Elements of Hip-Hop
- Graffiti - B-boying/B-girling - DJing - MCing
Teddy Riley
- Harlem, NY native - Originated New Jack Swing
OutKast
- Hip-hop duo of Big Boi and Andre 3000 formed in 1991 - ATliens (1996 album) - Aquemini (1998 album) - Stankonia (2000 album) - Speakerboxxx/The Love Below (2003 album)
Missy Elliot
- Missy (Misdemeanor) Elliott - From Portsmouth VA - Worked with Timbaland as a producer before becoming a popular solo artist - Performed in music videos in outfits that were not particularly feminine so dispelled sexy female rap stereotypes - One of the first solo female rap artists to express notions of sexuality and be proud of it. - "Get Your Freak On" - "One Minute Man" - "Work It"
"The Rain"
- Missy Elliot 1997 song sampling old song
"Hit Em Wit Da Hee"
- Missy Elliott - On the album Supa Dupa Fly (1997)
Toni Braxton
- Part of the Braxtons in the late 1980s, who were signed to Arista Records - Signed to LaFace Records - "Un-Break My Heart" (1995)
Chad Hugo
- Part of the Neptunes
Neptunes
- Pharrell Williams & Chad Hugo - "Shake Your Ass" - Produced music for Usher, Britany, Jay-Z, etc.
Jay-Z
- Rapper and entrepreneur - I Just Wanna Love U (2000) (produced by Neptunes) - Reasonable Doubt (1996 album)
LaFace Records
- Record label founded by Babyface & LA Reid in 1989 based in Atlanta - Signed Outkast - Produced for Michael Jackson, Whitney, Bobby Brown, Mariah Carey, Usher . . . - One of the greatest producers of all time - Came about in 1989 - Sold to Artista Records in 2004
Atlanta
- The Black Mecca, space of opportunity for black people in 1990s'
Tim(othy) Mosley
- Timbaland
Pharrell Williams
- Virginia Beach, VA singer - He and Chad Hugo make up the record production duo the Neptunes - He is also the lead vocalist and drummer of the rock-funk-hip hop band NER*D - In My Mind - Girl - "Happy" - "Frontin'"
Mary J. Blige
- Was a hip hop musician first and then incorporated R&B into that (rare) - She carried herself like hip hop but sang soul - "Queen of hip hop soul" - Not afraid to be emotional (blues impulse) - Incorporated her personal narrative and real demons into her songs and how she escaped them
Aaliyah
- Was an American singer, actress, and model - Died at 22 in a plane crash - Married to R-Kelly at 15. - "One in a Million" (1996), written & produced by Missy Elliott & Timbaland
Kiese Laymon (author)
- Writer. - "Da Art of StoryTellin'' - Talked about Outkast, "wash this stank off", ATLiens, Aquemini
"One Minute Man"
- Written & produced by Missy Elliot & Timbaland - On her 3rd studio album, Miss E...So Addictive (2001) - Features guest vocals by rapper Ludacris
Nas
Illmatic (1994 album)
