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20 Cards in this Set
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What/when is the first wave the second wave? |
Foundational Years 1973-1981 Early Commercial Years 1979-1983 |
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Define Jeli and Griot |
West african term for musician/storyteller/historian that teaches history/culture through long/complex stories Coined term of a Jeli |
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Define Trickster Who is the "hare"? |
Ability to manipulate people and outcomes to personal advantage. And brings to light what's hidden The person that tricks gods |
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What is toasting? Give a song as an example |
An enactment, re-telling, and exaggeration of an event performed through rhymed couplets or prose in celebration/homage of an outlaw Grandmaster Melle Mel "Jesse" |
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What is boasting? Give a song as an example |
Praising, bragging, and amplifying reality Sugarhill Gang "Rapper's Delight" |
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What is playing the dozens? Give song examples |
A ritual insult tradition involving competitive play as a form of verbal dual. It's roots lie in boasting and toasting Wuf Ticket "Ya Mama" The Furious Five Meets The Sugarhill Gang "Showdown" Hotstylz ft. Yung Joc "Lookin' Boy" Eminem "Rap God" |
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What is signifying? |
Form of verbal dueling employing subtle insults through deeper, hiden and obscure meanings that are meant to be understood by people within the sub-culture |
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What are MC Battles? Give example |
A verbal competition between MCs using lyrical strategies (praising dj, boasting about skills and engaging audience) in a battle (not typically insults) for supremecy |
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What is freestyling? |
An improvisatory approah to rapping with roots in poetry |
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What battle changed the general tradition? How did each person in the battle change the tradition? |
Busy Bee and Kool Moe Dee "Christmas 1981" Busy Bee -Shout outs and call and response Kool Moe Dee - Aggressive, faster and disrespectful Insults towards opponents |
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What was the Roxanne Wars? |
An answer rap phenomena resulting in 100 tracks by the end as a battle revolving around the original track by UTFO "Roxanna Roxanna" responded by Roxanne Shante |
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What is involved in African American Girl Culture? What tracks can this be seen? |
Handclapping games, ring games, and double dutch jump rope Missy Elliott "Gossip Folks" Lil Mama "Lip Gloss" Salt-n-Pepa "Push It" Frankie Smith "Double Dutch Bus" |
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Who are the Old School DJs? |
DJ Kool Herc Afrika Bambaata Grandmaster Flash |
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What are some of the techniques and terms where created during the Roots of Hip Hop DJ Culture? |
Backspinning Punch Phrase Clock Theory Mixtapes B-Beat Music Beatbox Needle Dropping |
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What 3 identifiable features of early Hip-Hop was DJ Kool Herc responsible for? |
Toasting Outdoor sound system Creation of b-beat Music |
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What songs was Afrika Bambaata known for? What did his parties do that was important? |
"Zulu Nation Throwdown" "Planet Rock" Helped integrate african american and Latino Gang members giving them an alternative to street gang culture |
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What was important about Grandmaster Flash? What song is he known for? |
- Influential for making socially conscious hip-hop music dealing with modern issues - Innovative DJ equipment - Worked with FUrious Five "The Message" |
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What moves did GrandMaster Flash use/create? |
Cutting: Moving between tracks exactly on the beat Backspinning (Quick mix theory): The process of creating a loop by alternating between two copies of one record on a specific spot Phasing (Punch phase and Clock theory): Playing two records at the same spot so that they create a partial phase cancellation |
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What is scratching, who created it? Why is it important? What is a mixer? What is a song example with it? |
When a vinyl record is pushed/pulled under a turntable stylus. It was created by GrandWizzard Theodore Scratching led to the turntable being used as an instrument which in turn led to DJ competition. A device controlling the volume of multiple turntables allowing for only the desired sounds to be audible "Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel" |
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What was important about the song "Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel" and what techniques were used in it? |
The DJ is introduced as an artist within the commercial mainstream - Beat-juggling (similar to Kool Herc's Merry-go-Round) - Backspinning (Quick Mix Theory) and Clock Theory - Punch Phasing |
