Hip Hop Evolution Quiz S1E1

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