Which album became the first hip hop record to reach number one on the Billboard 200?
Answer
Licensed to Ill
95 Hip Hop Legends Trivia Questions with Answers
95 public questions with answers, drawn from the well. How many can you answer?
Which Nas album was released in 1994 as his debut studio album?
Answer
Illmatic
Which group released “Rapper’s Delight,” hip hop’s first commercially successful single, in 1979?
Answer
The Sugarhill Gang
Which hip hop duo released the 1986 album Raising Hell?
Answer
Run-DMC
Which hip hop group released “The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash on the Wheels of Steel” in 1981?
Answer
Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five
Which Public Enemy album includes the 1989 single “Fight the Power”?
Answer
Fear of a Black Planet
What was De La Soul’s 1989 debut album, famous for its psychedelic humor and eclectic samples?
Answer
3 Feet High and Rising
Which 1998 album was DMX’s debut studio release and topped the Billboard 200?
Answer
It's Dark and Hell Is Hot
Which 2004 debut album introduced Kanye West as a solo artist and included “Jesus Walks”?
Answer
The College Dropout
What was the title of 2 Live Crew’s 1989 album ruled legally obscene in Florida?
Answer
As Nasty as They Wanna Be
Which hip hop group released the 1984 album Run-D.M.C.?
Answer
Run-D.M.C.
Which Nicki Minaj album was her 2010 debut studio release?
Answer
Pink Friday
Which rapper’s 1988 debut album was titled Lyte as a Rock?
Answer
MC Lyte
What was the title of The Roots’ 1993 debut studio album?
Answer
Organix
Which 1988 album was Big Daddy Kane’s debut studio release?
Answer
Long Live the Kane
What was Salt-N-Pepa’s 1986 debut studio album, featuring “Push It”?
Answer
Hot, Cool & Vicious
Which Outkast album became the first hip hop album to win the Grammy Award for Album of the Year?
Answer
Speakerboxxx/The Love Below
Which hip hop group released the 1988 album Straight Out the Jungle?
Answer
Jungle Brothers
Which organization did Afrika Bambaataa establish in the Bronx in 1973?
Answer
Universal Zulu Nation
What was Lauryn Hill’s 1998 debut solo album, which won the Grammy for Album of the Year?
Answer
The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill
Which film featured Coolio’s 1995 hit song “Gangsta’s Paradise” on its soundtrack?
Answer
Dangerous Minds
Which Eric B. & Rakim album contains the influential title track “Paid in Full”?
Answer
Paid in Full
Which 1988 N.W.A album included the songs “Straight Outta Compton” and “Fuck tha Police”?
Answer
Straight Outta Compton
Which Wu-Tang Clan album was released in 1993 as the group’s debut studio album?
Answer
Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
Which hip hop group released the influential 1987 debut album Criminal Minded?
Answer
Boogie Down Productions
Which 1991 album by A Tribe Called Quest is known for its influential jazz-rap sound?
Answer
The Low End Theory
Which rapper released the 1994 album Ready to Die?
Answer
The Notorious B.I.G.
Which group released the 1995 album The Infamous?
Answer
Mobb Deep
Which rapper played B-Rabbit in the 2002 film 8 Mile?
Answer
Eminem
Which hip hop group released the 1991 single “Scenario”?
Answer
A Tribe Called Quest
What is Missy Elliott’s full birth name?
Answer
Melissa Arnette Elliott