History of American Popular Music Unit 14 Quiz

Who were the three original DJ's who threw the block parties that launched Hip-Hop? SELECT THREE

DJ Kool Herc Afrika Bambaataa Grandmaster Flash

What was the name of the independent record label that released the first platinum-selling full-length hip-hop albums?

Def-Jam Records

Which of the following is NOT a true statement about the origins of Gangsta-rap?

Gangsta-Rap music originated in predominantly African-American and Latin-American community of the Bronx, New York.

The first Gold-selling rap singles that helped launch the national craze for Hip-Hop in the early 1980s included all of the following EXCEPT for what?

M.C. Hammer, Please Hammer Don't Hurt 'Em

What are the "Four Pillars of Hip-Hop"? SELECT FOUR

Rapping / MC'ing D.J.'ing B-Boy / B-Girl dancing Graffiti writing

Which of the following was NOT a factor that helped rap music gain mainstream national popularity in the 1980s?

a musician's union strike against major-label record companies

Early digital samplers such as the Emu SP-1200 allowed hip-hop producers to do what? SELECT TWO

isolate a breakbeat and play it in a loop to create a backing track for rapping use multiple overlapping samples to create dense, polyrhythmic textures

Which of the following is NOT an example of the African American folk tradition known as "Signifyin(g)" according to our class discussion?

military brass band marches

The Electronic Dance Music genre got its start in the 1980s with three early sub-genres: [1] was a style that developed in New York alongside hip-hop; [2] developed in dance clubs like Chicago's Warehouse where DJ's began remixing records using inexpensive synthesizers and drum machines; and [3] was created by DJ's in the Detroit area who were influenced by European synth-pop, funk Afrofuturism, and cyborg philosophy.

The Electronic Dance Music genre got its start in the 1980s with three early sub-genres: ELECTRO was a style that developed in New York alongside hip-hop; TECHNO developed in dance clubs like Chicago's Warehouse where DJ's began remixing records using inexpensive synthesizers and drum machines; and HOUSE was created by DJ's in the Detroit area who were influenced by European synth-pop, funk Afrofuturism, and cyborg philosophy.

In class, we discussed three early forms of Electronic Dance Music: Electro, Techno, and House. Which of the following is NOT something that those three styles had in common?

They were all "back-to-basics" styles of guitar music that were inspired by the 1980s indy-rock movement.

In Detroit, middle-class African-American teenagers danced to disco, funk, and European Synthpop music at exclusive social-club dance parties, which contributed to the development of Techno music.

True

After the so-called "death of disco," 1980s dance-club DJ's began running out of new records to spin, which led the Chicago DJ Frankie Knuckles to do what?

begin remixing records using inexpensive digital drum machine and synthesizer technology, leading to the creation of House music

Early Hip-Hop DJ's would isolate the ___________ in old soul, funk, or disco songs, and then use two copies of that same record on two different turntables in order to create new music.

breaks