WorksheetsHip Hop Evolution Quiz S1E1
Total questions: 14
Worksheet time: 7mins
Where did Hip Hop largely originate?
New York
Los Angeles
London
Miami
What style of music preceded Hip Hop in popular culture in the 1970’s?
Disco
Metal
Reggae
Punk
What does “the Bronx was burning” mean?
Houses and apartments were literally on fire
The music made was “fire”
Chefs were using too much chilli
All of the above
Which is a good description for life in The Bronx in the 1970s?
Poor and crime filled
Poor but chill
Rich and prosperous
Rich but high crime rates
What music did DJ Kool Herc use for his parties?
Funk & Soul
Rock
Hip Hop
Emo
What was his “technique”?
Using 2 copies of the same record and dropping the needle to play the same break over and over again
Scratching
Winding the record back to where the break started
Using DJ Software
Where did the name Breakdancing or Breaking come from?
People dancing over the “break” played by DJs
People breaking legs with dance moves
People breaking glasses on the dance floor
People being exhausted and needing to take a break from dancing
What role did Coke La Rock play?
Spoke on the microphone to hype up the crowd
Swapped records
A1 B-Boy
Drank Coca-Cola
Afrika Bambaataa played a significant role in the social aspects of Hip Hop and The Bronx. What did he help to do?
Brought gangs together to be warriors for the community instead of destructors
Re-introduced a focus on the roots of African culture with Zulu Nation
Ran street parties in parks to make them accessible to everyone
All of these
What did Grandmaster Flash do to reinvent Hip Hop DJ techniques?
Touched the vinyl
Drew on records with crayon to mark the break
Wound the records backwards to the start of the break as a second version of record played
All of these
What are the three main originators become known as?
The Holy Trinity
The Rappers 3
The Originals
The Furious 5
Who is understood to be the first “rhythmic rapper” (excluding early gospel examples)?
DJ Hollywood
DJ New York
Afrika Bambaataa
Coke La Rock
Was DJ Hollywood known more in Hip Hop or Disco?
Disco
Hip Hop
Who are the Furious 5?
The rappers for Grandmaster Flash
They sang Rapper’s Delight
A famous disco group
Characters in a book series by Enid Blyton
