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