Hip Hop Midterm

Who is the godfather of soul and the most sampled artist of all time?

James Brown

What are the 5 elements of hip hop?

Dance, spoken word, music, graffiti, and knowledge

What are the 3 laws of hip hop?

Innovation, Creativity, and Individuality

Name the three godfathers of hip hop and why they were considered the godfathers.

DJ Kool Herc, Afrika Bambaataa, and Grandmaster Flash. They all laid the foundation for hip hop’s music, movement, and the message behind it.

What is the birthplace of Hip Hop culture?

The Bronx

In what year was hip hop born?

1973

Name 5 different styles of is of street dance

Voguing, popping, locking, krumping, and house

Who invented popping and what was the name of his associated group?

Sam Solomon (or boogaloo sam) and his associated group was the Electric Boogaloos

Who invented campbell locking?

Don Campbell

What style of street dance is associated with New Jack Swing?

Hip hop proper

Where geographically does Campbell Locking come from?

Los Angeles, California

What is the difference between hip hop proper and hip hop freestyle?

Hip hop proper has more structured elements of hip hop culture while hip hop freestyle is more spontaneous and improvised.

What city is considered the birthplace of House?

Chicago and NYC

Name two legendary breaking crews

Rock Steady Crew and Dynamic Breakers

Larry Levan and Frankie Knuckles are considered the godfathers of what Street Dance style?

House

B-girl Rockafella and b-boy Kwikstep are ambassadors or what street dance style?

Breaking

What club in Chicago was considered the birthplace of House dance? Who was DJing there?

The Warehouse and Frankie Knuckles was DJing

Name two Voguing pioneers

Willi Ninja and Archi Burnett

Name two Waacking pioneers

Tyrone Proctor and Lamount Peterson

Name two old school Hip Hop dance groups

Rock Steady Crew and the Crazy Commanders

Choose two street dance styles and identify their similarities and differences.

Waacking and voguing while different also share some commonalities. Both originated from the LGBTQ+ community and use dramatic posing and arm movements. Waacking has fast circular arm movements while voguing is more about straight arms and angling.