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West Coast hip-hop - Quiz
West Coast hip hop
  • 1. Which region competed with the West Coast in the late 1990s and 2000s alongside the East Coast?
A) The East and the Atlantic
B) The Northwest and the Midwest
C) The North and the Southwest
D) The South and the Midwest
  • 2. Which of these was a Dr. Dre album released in the 2000s?
A) 2001
B) The Chronic
C) The Documentary
D) Restless
  • 3. What is the primary characteristic of the Bay Area's hyphy scene?
A) Focus on jazz-influenced political rap
B) Strictly underground conscious hip-hop
C) Designed for nightclubs with flamboyant raps
D) Slow, atmospheric G-funk beats
  • 4. Who are cited as pioneers of the hyphy scene?
A) Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg
B) The Game and Xzibit
C) Mac Dre and E-40
D) Too Short and Tupac Shakur
  • 5. In what year did E-40 find success with the song 'Tell Me When to Go'?
A) 1995
B) 2001
C) 2006
D) 2010
  • 6. Which Oakland rapper was featured on E-40's song 'Tell Me When to Go'?
A) Mac Dre
B) Keak da Sneak
C) The Game
D) Too Short
  • 7. What was the title of Too Short's 16th studio album released in 2006?
A) Restless
B) In a Major Way
C) The Documentary
D) Blow the Whistle
  • 8. Which album helped bring attention back to the West Coast and was double platinum?
A) Man vs. Machine
B) The Documentary
C) Restless
D) No Limit Top Dogg
  • 9. Which producer pioneered the 'ratchet' music movement?
A) DJ Mustard
B) The Game
C) E-40
D) Dr. Dre
  • 10. What was the name of DJ Mustard's 2013 debut mixtape?
A) Mustard
B) Ratchet
C) West Coast
D) Ketchup
  • 11. Which Kendrick Lamar album was nominated for Album of the Year at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards?
A) The Documentary
B) Restless
C) My Krazy Life
D) Good Kid, M.A.A.D City
  • 12. Who debuted at number 1 on the Billboard 200 in 2014?
A) Schoolboy Q
B) Too Short
C) YG
D) Kendrick Lamar
  • 13. What event did Kendrick Lamar host on June 19, 2024?
A) The Grammy Awards
B) Hyphy Revival Concert
C) The West Coast Summit
D) The Pop Out: Ken & Friends
  • 14. Which social media platforms did Lil B use to build his fan base?
A) Facebook and Instagram
B) TikTok and SoundCloud
C) Twitter, YouTube, and MySpace
D) Twitter and LinkedIn
  • 15. What style of music followed G-funk and hyphy as a predecessor?
A) Gangsta rap
B) Jazz rap
C) Pop rap
D) Ratchet
  • 16. Which artist is considered a pioneer of West Coast hip-hop and gangsta rap with the 1986 song "6 in the Mornin"?
A) Snoop Doggy Dogg
B) Ice-T
C) Ice Cube
D) Dr. Dre
  • 17. Which album by Tone Loc reached number one on the Billboard 200 charts?
A) The Chronic
B) Straight Outta Compton
C) Lōc-ed After Dark
D) Life is... Too Short
  • 18. Which record label released N.W.A's debut album "Straight Outta Compton"?
A) Aftermath Entertainment
B) Death Row Records
C) Ruthless Records
D) G-Funk Entertainment
  • 19. Which N.W.A song attracted substantial media coverage due to controversy and censorship?
A) Nuthin' but a 'G' Thang
B) Straight Outta Compton
C) California Love
D) Fuck tha Police
  • 20. Which 1991 film featured Ice Cube?
A) Juice
B) Friday
C) Menace II Society
D) Boyz n the Hood
  • 21. What was the title of Tupac Shakur's 1991 debut album?
A) All Eyez on Me
B) Me Against the World
C) Strictly 4 My N.I.G.G.A.Z.
D) 2Pacalypse Now
  • 22. Which record label did Suge Knight found in 1991?
A) G-Funk Entertainment
B) Interscope Records
C) Death Row Records
D) Ruthless Records
  • 23. Which album marked the birth of the G-funk sound in 1992?
A) Doggystyle
B) All Eyez on Me
C) The Chronic
D) Regulate... G Funk Era
  • 24. Which artist released "Regulate... G Funk Era" in 1994?
A) Snoop Doggy Dogg
B) Ice-T
C) Dr. Dre
D) Warren G
  • 25. Which group is known for the album "93 'til Infinity"?
A) The Pharcyde
B) Tha Dogg Pound
C) Souls of Mischief
D) Cypress Hill
  • 26. What was the lead single from Dr. Dre's album "The Chronic"?
A) Nuthin' but a 'G' Thang
B) I'm Your Pusher
C) California Love
D) Wild Thing
  • 27. Which city is associated with artists like Snoop Doggy Dogg and Warren G?
A) Los Angeles
B) Oakland
C) Long Beach
D) Compton
  • 28. Which artist released the album "At the Speed of Life"?
A) Xzibit
B) Ice Cube
C) Ahmad
D) Ras Kass
  • 29. Tupac Shakur sold over how many records in his career?
A) 100 million
B) 50 million
C) 25 million
D) 75 million
  • 30. Which album by The Pharcyde is mentioned in the text?
A) Dogg Food
B) Soul on Ice
C) Bizarre Ride II the Pharcyde
D) Black Sunday
  • 31. When did West Coast hip-hop begin to dominate in terms of radio play and sales?
A) Early 1980s
B) Late 1990s
C) Early to-mid 1990s
D) Late 1970s
  • 32. Which state is West Coast hip-hop primarily associated with?
A) Oregon
B) Nevada
C) California
D) Washington
  • 33. What creative space was founded by Budd Schulberg in 1967?
A) West Coast Writers Guild
B) Watts Writers Workshop
C) Compton Arts Center
D) Oakland Hip-Hop Lab
  • 34. Which political organization helped energize social movements in the Bay Area?
A) Black Panther Party
B) Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
C) Civil Rights Congress
D) Nation of Islam
  • 35. What was the name of the group Alonzo Williams started?
A) World Class Wreckin' Cru
B) Uncle Jamm's Army
C) The West Coast Pioneers
D) The Watts Prophets
  • 36. Who created the mobile DJ crew Uncle Jamm's Army?
A) Eazy-E
B) Dr. Dre
C) Rodger Clayton
D) Alonzo Williams
  • 37. What motion picture highlighted the localized dance sub-culture of the West Coast?
A) Wild Style
B) Style Wars
C) Breakin'
D) Beat Street
  • 38. Which 1983 song by Captain Rapp was a politically conscious response to 'The Message'?
A) The Gigolo Rapp
B) Egypt Egypt
C) Dial-a-Freak
D) Bad Times (I Can't Stand It)
  • 39. Which radio station was the first in the world to play hip-hop 24 hours a day?
A) 1580 KDAY AM
B) Hot 97
C) KJLH
D) Power 106
  • 40. Who was the radio personality credited with making 1580 KDAY a 24-hour hip-hop station?
A) Greg 'Mack Attack' Mack
B) Duffy Hooks
C) Syd Caesar
D) Alonzo Williams
  • 41. Which subgenre of hip-hop did Bay Area artists popularize in the 1980s and 90s?
A) Pimp rap
B) Trap
C) Conscious rap
D) Gangsta rap
  • 42. What 2000s movement was the Bay Area's 'pimp rap' a predecessor to?
A) G-funk
B) Golden age
C) Hyphy
D) Crunk
  • 43. Which legendary production duo helped arrange Captain Rapp's 'Bad Times'?
A) The Bomb Squad
B) Organized Noize
C) Dr. Dre & Ice Cube
D) Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis
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