APM FINAL EXAM
Carole King - correct answer ✔- (b. 1942)- career illustrates the central
prominence of singer-songwriters in this period
Tapestry (1971)- album made King a major recording star
- "It's Too Late," written by Carole King and Toni Sterne, performed by Carole
King (released 1971)
Snoop Dog - correct answer ✔- also named snoop doggy dog
- helped write "What's My Name?" & performed
- this showed the progress of his career as a rapper
- "gansta" rapper
- member of N.W.A.
David Bowie - correct answer ✔- The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the
Spiders from Mars (1972)
David Bowie (1947-2016)- "glam rock" pioneer
N.W.A. - correct answer ✔- N*** with attitude
- Formed 1986 with O'Shea "Ice Cube Jackson, Andre "Dr. Dre" Young and
Eric "Easy-E" Wright
- Expressed gangsta lifestyle, images of sex and violence straight out of the
prison toast tradition
- Straight Outta Compton (1989)
- Breakup of group in 1989- members sold solo albums
- Dr. Dre- most successful member, founded independent label, Death
Row/Interscope
- Snoop Dogg
,Dolly Parton - correct answer ✔(b. 1946)
- country star built her career through regular appearances on country music
radio and TV programs, including the Grand Ole Opry; flexible soprano voice,
and carefully crafted image as a cheerful sex symbol gained her loyal
following among country fans
Queen Latifah - correct answer ✔(b. 1970)- most important woman in this
history of hip-hop, in terms of her commercial success and in establishing a
feminist beachhead on the male-dominated field of rap music
- An alternative to misogynist bragging of gangsta rappers like Snoop Doggy
Dogg
- Born in Newark, NJ, nickname Latifah (Arabic word for "gentle" or "pleasant")
- Began rapping in high school, and in college participated in Afrika
Bambaataa's Native Tongues collective- group dedicated to raising political
consciousness of hip-hop
- All Hail the Queen (1989)- debut album, song "Ladies First"
- R&B, reggae, house music influences
- U.N.I.T.Y.
- Latifah performs in Jamaican patois, interrupted by more aggressive
responses in an American dialect
Elton John - correct answer ✔- (b. 1947)- artist who illustrated the trend of
long-running "British occupation" of the American pop charts
- Wrote and performed "Crocodile Rock"
- Keyboard playing singer-songwriter
Kurt Cobain - correct answer ✔- (1967-1994)
- guitarist of Nirvana
, - 1994 - overdosed on champagne and tranquilizers- described as an
accident, a suicide note found later; entered detox program after coming out
of a coma; died of a self-inflicted shotgun wound
- wrote the lyrics to "Smells Like Teen Spirit"
Joni Mitchell - correct answer ✔- (b. 1943)- began career as songwriter,
started recording on her own in 1968
- Blue (1971)- best-known album; cycle of songs about complexity of love
k.d. lang - correct answer ✔- (b. 1961)- Canadian recording artist; early work
shows influence of Patsy Cline; later recorded successful pop material
- 1992- officially announced her homosexuality- New York Magazine
christened her an "icon of lesbian chic"
- 1990s- moved in the direction of adult contemporary pop music
- Wrote "Nowhere to Stand" and performed with the
Reclines in 1989
Merle Haggard - correct answer ✔- (b. 1937)
- associated with the "Bakersfield sound,":
a self-conscious attempt to return country "back to the basics" straightforward,
emotionally direct approach of postwar honky-tonk musicians
- "Okie from Muskogee" (1969)
- "If We Make It Through December"
George Strait - correct answer ✔(b. 1952)
- Along with Alan Jackson and Toby Keith:
1. All from working class backgrounds, established careers as performers
when in their 30s
Carole King - correct answer ✔- (b. 1942)- career illustrates the central
prominence of singer-songwriters in this period
Tapestry (1971)- album made King a major recording star
- "It's Too Late," written by Carole King and Toni Sterne, performed by Carole
King (released 1971)
Snoop Dog - correct answer ✔- also named snoop doggy dog
- helped write "What's My Name?" & performed
- this showed the progress of his career as a rapper
- "gansta" rapper
- member of N.W.A.
David Bowie - correct answer ✔- The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the
Spiders from Mars (1972)
David Bowie (1947-2016)- "glam rock" pioneer
N.W.A. - correct answer ✔- N*** with attitude
- Formed 1986 with O'Shea "Ice Cube Jackson, Andre "Dr. Dre" Young and
Eric "Easy-E" Wright
- Expressed gangsta lifestyle, images of sex and violence straight out of the
prison toast tradition
- Straight Outta Compton (1989)
- Breakup of group in 1989- members sold solo albums
- Dr. Dre- most successful member, founded independent label, Death
Row/Interscope
- Snoop Dogg
,Dolly Parton - correct answer ✔(b. 1946)
- country star built her career through regular appearances on country music
radio and TV programs, including the Grand Ole Opry; flexible soprano voice,
and carefully crafted image as a cheerful sex symbol gained her loyal
following among country fans
Queen Latifah - correct answer ✔(b. 1970)- most important woman in this
history of hip-hop, in terms of her commercial success and in establishing a
feminist beachhead on the male-dominated field of rap music
- An alternative to misogynist bragging of gangsta rappers like Snoop Doggy
Dogg
- Born in Newark, NJ, nickname Latifah (Arabic word for "gentle" or "pleasant")
- Began rapping in high school, and in college participated in Afrika
Bambaataa's Native Tongues collective- group dedicated to raising political
consciousness of hip-hop
- All Hail the Queen (1989)- debut album, song "Ladies First"
- R&B, reggae, house music influences
- U.N.I.T.Y.
- Latifah performs in Jamaican patois, interrupted by more aggressive
responses in an American dialect
Elton John - correct answer ✔- (b. 1947)- artist who illustrated the trend of
long-running "British occupation" of the American pop charts
- Wrote and performed "Crocodile Rock"
- Keyboard playing singer-songwriter
Kurt Cobain - correct answer ✔- (1967-1994)
- guitarist of Nirvana
, - 1994 - overdosed on champagne and tranquilizers- described as an
accident, a suicide note found later; entered detox program after coming out
of a coma; died of a self-inflicted shotgun wound
- wrote the lyrics to "Smells Like Teen Spirit"
Joni Mitchell - correct answer ✔- (b. 1943)- began career as songwriter,
started recording on her own in 1968
- Blue (1971)- best-known album; cycle of songs about complexity of love
k.d. lang - correct answer ✔- (b. 1961)- Canadian recording artist; early work
shows influence of Patsy Cline; later recorded successful pop material
- 1992- officially announced her homosexuality- New York Magazine
christened her an "icon of lesbian chic"
- 1990s- moved in the direction of adult contemporary pop music
- Wrote "Nowhere to Stand" and performed with the
Reclines in 1989
Merle Haggard - correct answer ✔- (b. 1937)
- associated with the "Bakersfield sound,":
a self-conscious attempt to return country "back to the basics" straightforward,
emotionally direct approach of postwar honky-tonk musicians
- "Okie from Muskogee" (1969)
- "If We Make It Through December"
George Strait - correct answer ✔(b. 1952)
- Along with Alan Jackson and Toby Keith:
1. All from working class backgrounds, established careers as performers
when in their 30s
