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WorksheetsHistory of Hip Hop
Total questions: 25
Worksheet time: 13mins
Where was Hip Hop developed?
Manhattan
South Bronx
Queens
Boston
When did Hip Hop get its start?
1960's
1970's
1980's
1990's
What were the effects of the Cross Bronx Expressway?
5,000 families were displaced
Property Value Plummeted
Blamed for Worsening the conditions of the Bronx
All of the Above
Which of these is not an element of hip hop?
DJ-ing
MC-ing
Break Dancing
Fashion Design
What style of music didn't have a major influence on Hip Hop?
Disco
Jamaican Dancehall
European Classical
Funk
Hip Hop got it's start at
Shows at Clubs and Discos
Concerts at a local University
Community Block Parties and Community Centers
Under the Cross Bronx Expressway
Why is 1520 Sedgwick Avenue so important?
It was where DJ's bought their records
It was where Grandmaster Flash lived
It was where Kool Herc hosted a party in the rec room
It was an important recording studio
What style of music did Kool Herc Like to play?
Disco
Funk, specifically James Brown
Jazz, usually using Miles Davis
Rock, he used a lot of Chuck Berry records
Kool Herc's "Merry-Go-Round" technique focuses on what part of the song?
The vocals
The intro
The bridge
The break
What is the "break" in a song?
The instrumental part that is mostly drums
The loudest part of the song
When the vocalist is shouting
When there is silence in the song
Where was Kool Herc from?
Cuba
Trinidad and Tobago
Puerto Rico
Jamaica
Grandmaster Flash's "Quick-Mix Theory" relied on him having what?
Two of the same record
A really good ear
The records playing very fast
Another DJ
Grandmaster Flash would create music by doing what?
Playing one record right after another
Playing two different records at the same time
Mixing and playing the same "break" over and over
Switching back and forth between two different songs
How did Grand Wizard Theodore discover the "scratch"?
His slipped and his hand landed on the record player
He sneezed and moved when he was moving the needle
He stopped the record with his hand when his mom told him to turn the music down
He wanted to see how fast he could get the record to move
How old was Theodore when he invented the scratch?
12
14
16
18
What is the main focus in Graffiti Art?
The writer's style
The cartoons they draw
The writer's name
The colors they use
Graffiti writer's really like the paint on what?
School Busses
Subway Cars
Taxi Cabs
Sidewalks
Where did breakdancing originate?
Bronx
Manhattan
Queens
Boston
Where did b-boys/b-girls get their inspiration from?
Bronx Rocking
Salsa/Mambo
Kung Fu movies
All of the above
What does "biting" mean for hip hop?
To get inspiration from the music
To steal someone's original work
To perform poorly when dancing or rapping
To beat an opponent in a dance battle
Coke La Rock is credited as:
The person who recorded the history of hip hop
The first b-boy
The first MC
The person who made the break-beat albums
Early MC's were inspired by:
James Brown
Disco Rockers
Black Activist Musicians
All of the above
The first commercially successful Rap Song was:
My Adidas
Rapper's Delight
The Breaks
The Message
Why was Rapper's Delight controversial?
There were some allegedly stolen lyrics
The didn't creator of the song the used
None of the artists were well known in the Bronx scene
All of the above
Why is Sylvia Robinson considered the "Mother of Hip Hop"?
She taught many early DJ's how to spin records
She produced Rapper's Delight and then signed more hip hop artists
She promoted many early DJ's to play in clubs
She wrote a lot of lyrics for early hip hop songs
