95 Hip Hop History Trivia Questions with Answers
95 public questions with answers, drawn from the well. How many can you answer?
Which 1989 album by De La Soul introduced the Native Tongues collective to a wide audience?
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3 Feet High and Rising
Which DJ created the turntable technique known as the Quick Mix Theory in early hip-hop?
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Grandmaster Flash
Which song by Three 6 Mafia became the first hip-hop song to win an Academy Award?
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It's Hard out Here for a Pimp
Which 2003 album was 50 Cent’s major-label debut?
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Get Rich or Die Tryin’
Which 1997 album was The Notorious B.I.G.’s second and final studio album?
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Life After Death
Which 1990 album was A Tribe Called Quest’s debut studio release?
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People’s Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm
Which 1989 album by the Jungle Brothers helped establish the Native Tongues hip-hop collective?
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Done by the Forces of Nature
Which hip-hop artist created the 1982 electro classic “Planet Rock” with the Soulsonic Force?
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Afrika Bambaataa
Which group released the 1984 debut album Run-D.M.C.?
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Run-D.M.C.
Which 1979 Fatback Band single is often credited as the first commercially released hip-hop record?
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King Tim III (Personality Jock)
Which rapper won the first Grammy Award for Best Rap Album in 1996?
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Naughty by Nature
Which group released the 1988 album By All Means Necessary, featuring “My Philosophy”?
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Boogie Down Productions
Which 1988 film made the hip-hop group N.W.A. the subject of the song “Straight Outta Compton”?
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There is no such film
Which 1993 Wu-Tang Clan debut album features the song “Protect Ya Neck”?
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Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
Which female rapper released the 1998 album The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill?
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Lauryn Hill
Which 2004 Kanye West debut album includes “Jesus Walks” and “Through the Wire”?
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The College Dropout
Which 1986 Run-D.M.C. album became the first hip-hop album certified platinum?
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Raising Hell
Which 1994 Warren G album included the hit single “Regulate”?
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Regulate... G Funk Era
Which 1999 Eminem album was his major-label debut and included the hit single "My Name Is"?
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The Slim Shady LP
Which 2003 Outkast double album contains the paired discs Speakerboxxx and The Love Below?
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Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
Which 1996 Jay-Z album was his debut studio album and included the song "Dead Presidents II"?
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Reasonable Doubt
Which rapper released the 1999 album Black on Both Sides?
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Mos Def
Which 2000 Outkast album includes the hit single “Ms. Jackson”?
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Stankonia
Which 1994 album by The Notorious B.I.G. was his studio debut?
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Ready to Die
What was the title of Jay-Z’s 1998 studio album featuring “Hard Knock Life (Ghetto Anthem)”?
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Vol. 2... Hard Knock Life
Which 1991 album by A Tribe Called Quest is widely regarded as an alternative hip-hop classic?
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The Low End Theory
What was the title of Slick Rick’s 1988 debut studio album?
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The Great Adventures
Which hip-hop group recorded “Rapper’s Delight,” released by Sugar Hill Records in 1979?
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The Sugarhill Gang