Hip Hop Music Appreciation

What is conscious rap?

• sub-genre of hip-hop that focuses on creating awareness and imparting knowledge

• a type of rap that forces you to stay awake

• a type of rap that implores listeners to have morals

• a type of rap that encourages thinking about hip hop often

Grandmaster Flash is one of the pioneers of hip hop.

• True 

• False

During Sunday's 59th Grammy Awards (February 11, 2017), _____________ became the first artist to win a Grammy without selling physical copies of his music—or selling much of his music at all, for that matter.

• Migos

• 21 Savage

• Big Sean

• Chance the Rapper

Which of the following is NOT one of the four elements of hip hop?

• Emcee

• B-Boys & Girls

• Block Parties

• DJ

Now an extremely broad musical category, this genre evolved out of a cultural explosion in the United States. Featuring vinyl records mixed on turntables and incorporating the rap genre along with heavy bass-lines and samples, it has now become extremely significant in terms of music’s cultural influence in modern times.

• country

• metal

• hip hop

• jazz

Being happy is good, but greatness is my mission

• Shakespeare

• Childish Gambino

• Lil Wayne

• Miley Cyrus

This rapper was the biggest star in Hip Hop after winning an Oscar for Lose Yourself in the film 8 Mile

• Jay Z

• 50 Cent

• Eminem

• Snoop Dogg

How could it be through the misery that came to pass

The hard times make a true friend afraid to ask

• Shakespeare

• Tupac

Who is the originator of hip hop?

• DJ Kool Herc

• DJ Jazzy Jeff 

• Nas

• Notorious B.I.G.

Hip hop began in the ____________.

• 1970s

• 1960s

• 1980s

• 1990s