GRUDGE AfricanAmerican Music Edition Name one develop of

GRUDGE African-American Music Edition

Name one develop of rap in the 1940 s

Earl “Snake Hips” Tucker sets the foundations for dance in hip hop and breakdancing. Thomas “Tom the Great” Wong incorporates a booming sound system into his act.

What does melismatically mean?

Melismatically – words stretched across lots of notes.

Reggae is a blend of what three music influences?

African, African-American, and Jamaican influences

What type or genre of music is the single most important contributing factor to today’s music?

Blues

Name one development of rap in the 1950 s

DJ Battling was born in 1950. African-Americans began to flood into the Bronx in 1959.

Whooping is when you change from speech to what?

Chant

Name one topic that reggae music talks about (you get to steal two points for all three!)

Faith, hope, and love

The blues is most about the what?

Lyrics

Name one influence of rap in the 1960 s.

Muhammed Ali recites one of the earliest rhymes. James Brown recorded two songs that influenced rap drumming significantly.

True or false: African-American vocal music is closer to speaking than singing.

True

What subgenre of music came from reggae?

Ska

The blues started in the 1890 s in African American ______ communities (fill in the blank).

Sharecropping

Name one influence of rap in the 1970 s

DJ Cool Herc DJs at his first block party, inspiring dozens of other DJs. The Rock Steady Crew forms as the most respected b-boy crew in history. They would go to rule the world of breakdance. Music industry uses the term “rap music”. “Rapper’s Delight” by the Sugar Hill Gang becomes the first rap song to make it on the Billboard 100.

What religion is a key influence to reggae?

Rastafarianism

Most blues songs were about what (there are two possible answers)?

Husbands and wives, boyfriends and girlfriends, etc. Mistreatment

Name two influences of rap in the 1980 s

The Funky 4 + 1 More performs on SNL as the first nationally broadcasted rap group. The Beastie Boys formed. Ice T pioneers gangsta rap. Run DMC releases “It’s Like That” Def Jam Records was founded. Michael Jackson moonwalks at the Grammy’s. Public Enemy pioneers politically-driven rap.

African-American music is used for what three purposes?

Work, worship, and play

Name one of the four things reggae is best known for (name all four to steal two points).

Emphasis on beats 2 and 4, slow speed/tempo, subjects, and instruments.

True or false: The blues discouraged people on walking out on their partners if mistreatment is happening.

False

Name two influences of rap in the 1990 s

2 Live Crew comes under fire for producing their album As Nasty As They Want to Be, which starts a censorship battle. 2 Pac signs a deal with Death Row records for $1. 4 million. Jay Z drops his first record. Tupac was shot dead in Las Vegas. Notorious BIG was shot and killed. Both his and Tupac’s murder remain mysteries. Highest selling female producer and rapper Missy “Misdemeanor” Elliot releases her first album. Eminem sells 4 million copies of his debut album Slim Shady LP

What is one purpose behind work songs?

To help workers carry on with work Takes their mind off of monotonous tasks as well as tiring physical labor. It also helps pace the work and helps with teamwork and coordination.

Who is the best known reggae artist of all time?

Bob Marley

The blues lyrics reflect the life of whom?

Name two influences of rap in the 2000 s

Dr. Dre sues Napster Lisa “Left-Eye” Lopez from TLC was killed in South America in a car crash. Eminem gets in A LOT of trouble. P. Diddy launches his Vote or Die campaign. Kanye West drops his first album “College Dropout The Mixtape”

African-American work songs come from which work song tradition?

African

True or False: Bob Marley’s Lifetime Achievement Grammy was the only Grammy he ever won.

True

True or false: Most musicians learn their instruments by listening to other musicians on recordings or listening to their neighbors.

True

Name two influences of rap today.

DMX doesn’t like Drake. Nicki Minaj ups her beef with Li’l Kim with the song “Stupid Hoe” Suge Knight claims that 2 Pac is still alive somewhere. A host of rappers immortalize the slain police violence victim Trayvon Martin. P. Diddy changed his name back to Puff Daddy Eminem is the first rapper to headline Wembley Stadium

Improvisation (making it up as you go) highlights the importance of what with African-American music?

Creativity

True or false: Before WWII, black and white singers could record blues songs.

False

Listening: This song is an example of what?

African-American work song

Listening: This song is an example of what?

Reggae

Listening: This song is an example of what?

The blues

Listening: This song is an example of what?

WORTH FIVE POINTS: Name two facts about Rastafarianism.