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126 Cards in this Set
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Common instrument in jazz
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Ride symbol
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Miles Davis played this instrument
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Trumpet
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Miles Davis incorporated this into his music
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Electric instruments
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Miles Davis' album that was #35 on the pop album charts
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Bitches Brew
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Members of Miles Davis' band that played on Bitches Brew but when on to form other bands
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John McLaughlin
Chick Corea Joe Zawinul |
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This person was thrown into the orchestra pit at one of his concerts by a crazy fan
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Frank Zappa
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John McLaughlin founded this band
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Mahavishnu Orchestra
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Weird counts in a song
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Polyrhythms
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This instrument was used in Celestial Terrestrial Commuters by this band
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Synth - Mahavishnu Orchestra
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This man played piano for Miles Davis in the 60s
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Herbie Hancock
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Herbie Hancock's album that reached #13 on the pop charts
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Head Hunters
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Dry staccato notes are from this instrument
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Synthesizer
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People think this instrument sounds like a guitar and is used by Herbie Hancock
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Clavinet - keyboard type instrument
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This man always played guitar and was never a singer
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Jeff Beck
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Jeff Beck used this technique to sustain notes longer
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Guitar distortion
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Drummer of Brand X
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Phil Collins
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Band member of Return to Forever
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Chick Corea
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Band formed by Joe Zawinul
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Weather Report
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This man claimed to be the world's best bass behavior
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Jaco Pastorius
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This man turned bass from a backup instrument to a lead instrument
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Jaco Pastorius
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Members of Weather Report
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Joe Zawinul
Wayne Shorter (also played with Miles Davis) Jaco Pastorius |
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How Jaco Pastorius died
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A bouncer at a club beat him to death
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President of Motown
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Berry Gordy Jr
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Marvin Gaye's hit son that Gordy didn't like
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What's Goin On
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How Marvin Gaye died
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His father shot him through the heart
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These two men were blind
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Stevie Wonder and Ray Charles
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This man signed his contract as a minor
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Stevie Wonder
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Stevie Wonder also used this instrument
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Clavinet
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This man did the theme song from the movie Shaft
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Isaac Hayes
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Isaac Hayes' song that became number one on the pop charts
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Theme song from Shaft
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Record label where Isaac Hayes began his career
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StaX
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Shaft was this type of film
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Blaxploitation
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This man started with the band The Impressions
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Curtis Mayfield
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Curtis Mayfield's songs were featured in this movie
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Superfly (KNOW DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SHAFT!)
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This man was parapalegic
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Curtis Mayfield
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Studio used by Gamble & Huff - Philadelphia International Records for Curtis Mayfield
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Sigma Sound
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This record label had 10 hit singles
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Curtis Mayfield's - Gamble & Huff - Philadelphia International Records
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What MFSB Stands for
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Mother father sister brother
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TSOP (song by MFSB) stands for this
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The Sound of Philadelphia
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Members of The OJays
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Eddie Levert
Walter Williams William Powell |
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Members of Harold Melvin & The Blue Notes
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Teddy Pendergrass
Thom Bell |
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This man made the best selling album until the Eagles came out
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Michael Jackson - Thriller
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This producer made 11 hit singles
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Thom Bell
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This man made the "hard 1" famous
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James Brown
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One the One
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When James Brown added the hard one note
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James Brown's bass player
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Bootsy Collins
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This group often didn't show up for their shows
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Sly & The Family Stome
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Godfather of Funk
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George Clinton
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Member of Funkadelic
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George Clinton
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George Clinton had these two bands running at the same time
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Funkadelic and Parliament
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This man had numerous bands running with the same members
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Bootsy Collins & George Clinton
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Member of Kool & The Gang
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Robert "Kool" Bell
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Member of Earth, Wind, & Fire
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Maurice White
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Member of the Commodores
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Lionel Ritchie
Chuck Brown |
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Go Go Headquarters
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Washington DC
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King of GoGo
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Chuck Brown
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Donna Summer's producer
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Giorgio Moroder
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4 on the floor
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Technique used by Donna Summers where you use the kickdrum on all 4 beats of the measure
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Producer of The Village People
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Jacques Morali
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This person created the Zulu Nation
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Afrika Bombaataa
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The group created for people to do productive things and keep them off of the streets
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Zulu Nation
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Influence for Afrika Bombaataa
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Kraftwerk
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First ones to introduce scratching
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Herbie Hancock
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Original name of New Order
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Jay Division
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Member of Joy Division who killed himself prior to renaming of the band
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Ian Curtis
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This group used all samples of sounds strung together for their song on the list
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MARRS - Pump Up The Volume
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Madonna's song Vogue is this type of music
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House
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This man is credited with creating House music
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DJ Frankie Knuckles
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This is the club where house music was originated
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Warehouse
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Phuture plays this kind of music
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Acid house music
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Bassline generator used by Phuture
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ROland TB 303
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Belleville 3
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Juan Atkins
Kevin Saunderson Derrick May |
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Member of Cybotron
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Juan Atkins
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Member of Rhythm is Rhythm
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Derrik May
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The Orb is this type of music
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Ambient house
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Portishead is this type of music
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Trip hop
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Omni Trio is this type of music
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Drum n bass/Jungle
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First rap top 40 single
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Rapper's Delight (Sugarhill Gang)
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This man was a very influential DJ in the Bronx
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DJ Kool Herc
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This man was born in Jamaica and moved to the Bronx to become a DJ
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DJ Kool Herc
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Special way that DJ Kool Herc played songs
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Went straight to the best part of the song
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Record label for Sugarhill Gang
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Sugarhill Records
Sylvia Robinson |
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This is what we call the "best" part of the song (just rhythm)
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Break
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Grandmaster Flash's real name
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Joseph Sadler
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This person did the vocals for The Message
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Melle Mel - Grandmaster Flash
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Grandmaster Flash's important song that talked about social and political commentary
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The Message
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Members of Run DMC
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Joseph Simmons
Darryl McDaniels Jason Mizell |
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Jason Mizell's DJ name
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Jam Master Jay
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Run DMC's Sucker MC used this in the song
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Drum machine (Roland 808)
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Run DMC's producers
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Russell Simmons and Rick Rubin
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Star for Def Jam records
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LL Cool J
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Beastie Boys Def Jam record that hit number on on the pop charts
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License To Ill
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Public Enemy's record label
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Def Jam
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Member of Public Enemy
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Chuck D
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Member of Boogie Down Productions
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KRS-ONE
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Schoolly D produced this song, PSK, which stands for...
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Park Side Killers (gang in Philadelphia)
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Members of NWA
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Ice Cube
Easy E Dr Dre MC Ren Yella |
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This group received a letter of warning from the content of one of their songs
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NWA
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Members of The Wailers
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Bob Marley
Peter Macintosh (Tosh) Bunny Wailer (Neville Livingstone) |
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This type of music replaced SKA
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Rock steady
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Member of The Maytals
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Toots Hibbert
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Jamaican drummers use this technique
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One drop
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Toot's Prison number for possession of mairjuana
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54-46
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First Jamaican song to hit charts in America at number 12 poppa top
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Israelites - Desmond Dekker and the Aces
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This song was originally a movie
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Jimmy Cliff's "The Harder They Come"
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First Glimpse Americans had of Kingston Jamaica came from this song
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The Harder They Come Jimmy Cliff
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This song was originally a song by the group Bread
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Everything I Own - Ken Boothe
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The Wailers signed a record deal with this man
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Chris Blackwell of Island Records
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Members of Bob Marley and the Wailers
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When Tosh and Bunny leave, the I Threes take over backing vocals:
Rita Marley Judy Mowatt Marcia Griffiths |
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This man's song was later remade by the Clash
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Junior Murvin's Police and Thieves
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Producer of Junior Marvin
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Lee Scratch Perry
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Members of Black Uhuru
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Robbie Shakespear
Sly Dunbar |
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Scratch Perry's Group that created DUB music
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The Upsetters
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this kind of music is half singing, half rapping
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Dancehall (Yellowman)
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This man did extreme electronic work by creating music on just his Cassio Keyboard
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Wayne smith
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This type of music has emphasis on the off beats
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Ska
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This group was fired from opening up for Sly and the Family Stone because they were better than Sly
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The Wailers
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This man survived an assassination attempt
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Bob Marley
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This man died of cancer
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Bob Marley
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These two men came up with Rocker's Rhythm
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Dunbar & Shakespear
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Albino man
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Yellowman
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PMRC
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Parent's Music Resource Center
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PMRC was started by this woman
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Tipper Gore
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This group and song had lyrics that people objected to, so they began PMRC which required groups to put warning labels on their CDs
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2 Live Crew - Darling Nikki
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Three groups part of the Native Tongues movement
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De La Soul
Jungle Brothers A Tribe Called Quest |
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This group had a lawsuit filed against them for sampling from their song by Turtle
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De La Soul
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