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70 Cards in this Set
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year hip hop was born
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1973
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4 fiends of discovery in 70's
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-disc jockeys (turntablists)
-rappers -street dancers - b-boys/breakers -graffitist |
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Kool Herc
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first turntablist/dee jay.
jamaican that came to bronx. drove around playing his own album with massive sound system speakers in back seat. godfather of hip hop. |
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Sugarhill Gang
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"rapper's delight." first national release.
needs more MC's than before [lyrics] "3 MC's" |
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Mellie Mel
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Grand Master Flash's recording "the message"
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Rum DMC
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first to have full length album, not singles.
breaks rap barrier in 1984. "walk this way" - with aerosmith - 1986. ^ first song on mtv that combined rap and rock, crosses racial fence. |
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NWA
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new community from west coast.
"straight outta compton" |
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Grammy Awards
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rap music become so big gets its own category.
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MC Hammer
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"can't touch this"
sold 30 million copies |
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ACDC
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"highway to hell" released in 1981 as video, originally released in July 1979.
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Bon Jovi
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pretty boy band. themes of romance and love in their music.
"livin' on a prayer" white metal |
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Poison
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worst of heavy metal bands.
"unskinny bop" |
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White Metal
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light heavy metal.
birthplace: los angeles |
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Metallica
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saves heavy metal by bringing it to top of list and bringing it close to winning a grammy - 1989
"master of puppets" |
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PMRC
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founding members - wives of politicians: Tipper Gore, Pam Howar, Susan Baker, Sally Nevius.
Coors Beer, Mike Love from Beach Boys, and national association of PTA were supporters. created a rating system called the Tipper Sticker. Parents Music Resources Center |
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Tipper Sticker
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sticker that appeared on music that was too vulgar for broadcasting.
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5 deadly sins PMRC chose
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- any recording that discusses abuse of drugs/alcohol.
- anything that advocates suicide - video that shows graphic violence - any recording that mentions or has visions of black ops - sexual rapid or material (the bible have every one of those themes in it) |
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2 Live Crew
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"dirty nursery rhymes"
"as nasty as they wanna be" album. went to jail for playing this piece in a club for adults. |
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Obscenity Law
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concerned with prohibiting lewd, filthy, or disgusting words or pictures, and there are major disagreements as to what is or isn't obscene and what role the government should play in enforcing social or cultural morals.
all fifty states have laws to control obscenity. |
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MC Hammer
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1990: biggest selling CD - 30 million copies, making hip hop largest selling music by 90's.
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country music
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rise in 1990.
1989 - 3% of music sold was country music. just 1 year later had a 50% rise from 480 million to 750 million. by 1991 - 1 billion dollars. |
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Garth Brooks
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top of pop & country artists in 1990's.
reason for increase in market. "the thunder rolls" - banned by national network for violence. |
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Nashville, Tennessee
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#1 and largest recording center by 1992. 1.8 billion dollar market - because of Garth Brooks.
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Shania Twain
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second country artist to rise to top of charts.
from Canada, rise in America in 1993-98 without a single performance in front of american audience. "come on over." |
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Seattle, Washington
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birthplace of alternative and alternative punk artists.
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Kurt Cobain
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lead singer of Nirvana.
commits suicide, increases his fame. |
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Mariah Carey
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largest selling act of 1990's.
columbia records supported her as major superstar. sold 105 million records - feat not achieved by anyone else. |
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female artists in 90's
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before were not on charts, now women are taking over charts.
Mariah Carey, Spice Girls, Alannis Morrisette (Canada), Jewel, Shania Twain (Canada), Leanne Rimes, Lauren Hill and the Fuji's, Celine Dion (Canada), Sarah McLachlan, Laurel Hill. festival for women. last year of festival in 1998 until it was revived in 2000's. |
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Woodstock 99
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rage rockers - Limp Bizkit and bands like it.
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NSYNC
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produced 95 million their first year - of that band members made 1 million.
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1999 new style of artists
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rises to top of charts:
teen queens - made money boy bands - got screwed by producers. backstreet boys, britney spears, christina aguliera - produced by Jive Records (Lou Pearlman). |
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Lou Pearlman
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made all profit from swag (merchandise), more than records and concert profits.
fled to Israel, Israelis turned him in. Jive Records |
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Mickey Mouse Club
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90's show. start for artists such as Britney Spears, Justin Timberlake, Christina Aguliera, JC Chasez, and others started young.
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P.Diddy
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made most money.
started at b-boy. sean "puffy" combs. company turned into empire. "i'll be missing you" for Biggie Smalles. piece by sting turned into rap song in memorial for the Notorious B.I.G. |
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Master P
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"make 'em say UGH"
created soldier gear. |
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Riza
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lead of Wu Tang Clan. put out video game and comic book
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Dr. Dre
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from NWA. brought gangster rap back to top of charts.
"ain't nothin' but a g thang" |
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Eminem
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2000 Up in Smoke tour with Dre & others.
new elvis presley - playing black music as a white man, entertaining black and white audiences. helps bring gangster rap back to top of charts. |
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Iced Tea
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loses his record contract for wanting to shoot a cop.
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latino music
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1999
Enrique Iglesias, Ricky Martin. shut down flow to latin academy. Latin Grammy Awards - created in 2000. |
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Lollapalooza
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first alternative music festival
groups like Nine Inch Nails, Siouxsie, and the Banshees, Jane's Addiction, Ice-T created and organized by Perry Farrell - lead singer of Jane's Addiction. |
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3 laws in 90's that changed music forever
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- telecommunications act of 1996 - first telecommunications act was 1934. (revisions)
- home taping act law - digital millennium copyright act |
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Home Taping Act Law
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recording anything for any material in any form makes everyone pirates.
consequences: quarter of a million dollars for downloading even just one song illegally and 5 years in prison. not one person has paid full fine or done full time for it. |
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Digital Millenium Copyright Act
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sunny bono - october 27th, 1998.
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Walt Disney
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image of Mickey Mouse protected until 2038, then will need to be renewed.
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shrunken list of recording companies
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UMG (europe), german company, Warner Communications (US).
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Warner Communications
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changed its name to AOL TIme Warner, had to change it back to prevent from losing all its customers.
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internet
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everyone is downloading music on the computer, not buying hard copies.
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MP3
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motion picture experts group.
company that created all MP3 formats - Fraunhofer Institute (1992) MP1, MP2, MP3, MP4. MP3 & MP4 are what's used today. |
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AIF
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10 mg for wave and AIF
visual read out format - created so artists/producers could actually see wave and work with it. MP3 is only 1 mg big. |
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intranet
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first intranet created for mass population.
internal service by large corps so they could communicate with each other. AOL allows its intranet users to get on internet. |
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RIAA
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copyright infringement.
decides to turn its case of legislation and litigation with a subpoenaed stating that college campuses to give them names of people downloading music illegally on campus. |
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Shawn Fanning
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Napster creator - freshman in college.
september of 1999 first month of access - 64K people downloaded 1.3 billion mp3's. charged 1 million dollars. |
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Marilyn Hall Patel
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judge who resided on Napster case (Shawn Fanning).
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Kaza, Morpheus, Limewire
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sign ndividual contracts so you are not responsible for music and cannot be charged.
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Stephen Wilson
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in favor of file-swapping sites.
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iTunes
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new service born in 2003.
tried to come up with new format: AAC format - total dismal failure. |
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Snowcap
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online service for musicians to directly sell their music on MP3.
created by Shawn Fanning (Napster creator). |
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Press Play
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tried to sell music through media player.
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Music Net
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connected to real player one.
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911 & affects on industry
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- dr. dre gives a million dollars of his own money to NY fire department.
- all star - America, a Tribute to Heroes. made new rendition of what's going on by Lyonell Richie. - michael jackson tries version of "we are the world" failed. - madonna "american life" - greenday, neil young, pink, pearl jam, dixie chicks. - green day "american idiot" - won grammy. -plubic enemy - "son of a bush" |
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"we are the world" - michael jackson & others artists
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michael jackson's version that failed terribly.
he was currently in court for child molestation. made no profit, wasn't even found until 2005. |
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"american life" - madonna
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banned because in video there was a bush lookalike that gets hand grenade thrown at him.
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legislation & litigation
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tried to ban music that included obscenities; swearing, violence, drug use, etc.
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1999 music industry's value
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worth $14.6 billion
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Jive Records
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produced boy bands and teen queens such as:
Britney Spears, NSYNC, Backstreet Boys, Christina Aguliera. |
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Perry Farrell
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- lead singer of Jane's Addiction.
- creator and organizing of Lollapalooza. |
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breakbeat
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term used to describe a collection of sub-genres of electronic music, usually characterized by the use of a non-straightened 4/4 drum pattern.
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censorship
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the suppression of speech or other public communication which may be considered objectionable, harmful, sensitive, or inconvenient to the general body of people as determined by a government, media outlet, or other controlling body.
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clear channel
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biggest channel.
After 9/11/2001 - had removed over 200 songs from list of songs to play on radio. |
