Test your Hiphop fitness. Are you in shape?
Quiz by DJ Bobby Drake
1) Which MC rocked LL Cool J’s bells with the rhymes:
“Now LL stands for
Lower Level, Lack Luster,
Last Least, Limp Lover,
Lousy Lame, Latent Lethargic,
Lazy Lemon, Little Logic,
Lucky Leech, Liver Lipped,
Laborious Louse on a Loser's Lips,
Live in Limbo, Lyrical Lapse,
Low Life with the loud raps.”
a) Ice Cube
b) Kool Moe Dee
c) Canibus
d) MC Shan
2) Which DJ is known for his Pee Wee Herman scratch melody, which uses the beginning of LL Cool J’s “Rock the Bells”?
a) DJ Steve
b) DJ Q-bert
c) Grandmaster Flash
d) DJ Cash Money
3) What MC said that BDP (Boogie Down Productions) stands for Broken Down Punks in the song “Have a Nice Day”?
a) MC Lyte
b) MC Shan
c) Roxanne Shante
d) Ms. Melody
4) Which DJ Crew won the Disco Mixing Club (DMC) World Championship three times in a row and was asked by the DMC to stop competing because they were too much of an intimidation for opponents?
a) X-Men
b) The Allies
c) Neptunes
d) Invisibl Skratch Piklz
5) Who founded Rock Steady Crew Japan in 1992 with the help of Crazy Legs?
a) Harajuku
b) Crazy-A
c) Yakuza
d) Ken Swift
6) What was Nas’ response to Jay-Z’s “Takeover”?
a) “Ether"
b) “Stillmatic”
c) “Last Real Ni**a Alive”
d) “Destroy & Rebuild”
7) “Most cats in my area be lovin’ the hysteria/
Synthesized surface conceals the interior/
America, land of opportunity, mirages and camoflauges/
More than usually—speakin loudly, sayin nothing/
You confusin me, you losin me/
Your game is twisted, want me enlisted—in your usury/
Foolishly, most men join the ranks cluelessly/
Buffoonishly accept the deception, believe the perception.”
Identify the MC who wrote these rhymes:
a) Talib Kweli
b) Mos Def
c) Common
d) Guru
8) Of the following MCs, which one did Dr. Dre and Snoop Doggy not directly diss in “F*** Wit Dre Day”?
a) Luke
b) Kurupt
c) Eazy-E
d) Tim Dog
9) Which aspect of B-boying/B-girling consists traditionally of sudden body movements called “jerks” and hand gestures called “burns”?
a) Uprock
b) Downrock
c) Flares
d) Freezes
10) Which Breaking crew does not appear in the film Beat Street?
a) Magnificent Force
b) Rock Steady Crew
c) NYC Breakers
d) Style Elements
Bonus Question:
Michael Tracy was a legendary graffiti artist from the
Bronx. What was his graf name?
a) Tracy 182
b) Tracy 168
c) Dondee 36
d) Tracer One
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Answers: 1-b; 2-d; 3-c; 4-d; 5-b; 6-a; 7-b; 8-b; 9-a; 10-d; bonus-b