Motown Quiz
Toni Braxton
"Un-Break My Heart"
Midnight Marauders
1993 Tribe called Quest album
Illmatic
1994- new era in Hip Hop- brought it back to NY- went gold in 10 years
Jay-Z
1996 helped produce music by Pharrell/ Neptunes "I just wanna love U"
Whitney Houston
200 worldwide hits- 7 consecutive billboard hot 100. her Album "Whitney Houston" 1985- sold 13 million copies. "Saving all my love" "Bodyguard"- featured I will always love you
Neo Soul
A marketing term used to promote soul and contemporary R&B music created by the second generation of soul singers
Bad Boy Records
A record label founded in 1993 by producer/rapper/entrepreneur Sean Combs (Puff Daddy)- signed Biggie
ATLiens/Aquemini
ATLiens 1996 futuristic sounding album, slightly rejected early on. two of Outkast first popular albums followed by Stankonia
Jodeci
American R&B Quartet- began as two duos of brothers before joining together. Founded in Charlotte North Carolina
OutKast
Andre 3000 and Big Boi- Challenged New York being center of music with production in Atlanta
DREAM HAMPTON
Author- wrote Soul Man about D'Angelo
Guy
Band formed by Teddy Riley and Aaron Hall- creators of New Jack Swing style
Ready to Die
Biggie 1994 album
Biggie/Notorious BIG
Born 1972 Christopher Wallace from Brooklyn. Known as one of the Best Rappers of all time. died in 1997
Devante Swing of Jodeci
Devante Swing- Producer- produced Jodeci music along with Usher and other artists
LA Reid/ Baby Face
Founders of LaFace Records
Lauryn Hill
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. started in group called Fugees
Atlanta
Infiltration into rap game through OutKast. known as "Black Mecca" largely due to HBCU movement of the time
LaFace
La Reid Baby Face- Super producers based out of Atlanta- signs OutKast
4 elements of hip hop
MCing, DJing, graffiti, break dancing
Supa Dupa Fly
Missy Elliot Album, brought her to the light
Nas
Nassir Jones- Rapped about graphic portraits of black life. brought imagination and lyrcism- rapped like a poet.
Aaliyah
One in a million 1996 album, produced by Timbaland and Missy Elliott
Missy Elliot
Portsmouth, VA- Experimental, grotesque, revolutionary.. first solo female rap artists to express notions of sexuality and be proud of it?
New Jack Swing
R&B-style vocals sung over hip hop and dance/pop-influenced instrumentation.- made famous by Teddy Riley in Virginia Beach
Marcus Reeves
Somebody Scream, Black music and the Sociopolitical impact on Black Americans
TLC
T-Boz, Chilli, Left Eye- Hip Hop/ soul with R&B textures. Best selling girl group in history
Neptunes
This production team duo from Virgina Beach, VA is composed of Chad Hugo and Pharrell Williams and at one point both men were part of a collaborative group with producer Timbabland and rapper Magoo.
Timbaland
Tim Mosley from Norfolk, VA; he produced many of Missy Elliot andJustin Timberlake's works
Tim Mosley
Timbaland
Pharrell Williams
Virginia Beach, VA singer; He and Chad Hugo make up the record production duo the Neptunes.
Kiese Laymon
Wrote Da Art of Storytelling- Writes about OutKast southern flare that related to him personally in Mississippi
Roni Sarig
Wrote Third Coast- which talks about Virginia Beach area and how Timbaland, Missy and Pharrell helped revolutionize a new style of music also the social impacts of Teddy Riley recording there
D'Angelo
born Michael Archer; Richmond, VA singer first major success came in 1994 as the co-writer and co-producer of "U Will Know". albums: *Brown Sugar* *Voodoo* "Untitled (How Does it Feel)"
Teddy Riley
producer/songwriter originated the New Jack Swing. Revolutionized black social scene in Virginia beach
"Hit'em wit da hee" "One minute man" "The Rain"
songs from Supa Dupa Fly by Missy Elliot
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, not afraid to be emotional (blues impulse), incorporated her personal narrative and real demons into her songs and how she escaped them
Chad Hugo
worked with Pharrell williams and timbaland as an artist and producer
