Answers To The Riddle For The Week Of
September 9-19 1996
- For 200 pts... What two rap artist did a hip hop remake of Barry Manilow's classic tune 'We Write The Songs'...
Answer=Biz Markie & Heavy D
- For 100 pts...Name the original crew Busta Rhymes was down with... For an additional 100 pts..name that crews members..
Answer=Busta Rhymes was with Leaders Of The New School.. His fello group members were Dinco D, Charlie Brown and Milo
- For 50 pts each...Name all the former members of X-Clan and their Black Watch affiliates..
Answers=Professor X, Brother J, Sugar Shaft, Paradise, Isis, Queen Mother Rage, YZ
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- For 200 pts.. What is the all time ultimate rap song?
The ultimate rap song of all time was voted to be Rapper's Delight by The Sugar Hill Gang
- For 200 pts... Imagine if the original Public Enemy and NWA were back together..If they were to have a rhyme battle... who would win?
NWA was voted to beat Public Enemy with 51% of the total votes casted
Answer to the Riddle For The Week Of
August 11-AUGUST 18 1996
- For 100 pts... What group did the original hip hop song New York New York ?
ANSWER=Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five
- For 100 pts...What emcee was originally known as the Holy Ghost Boy?
ANSWER=
MC Hammer was known as the Holy Ghost Boy.. He had an early song that floar=ted around town as a demo called 'The Word' .. His first release 'Ring 'Em' had the name 'MC Hammer The Holy Ghost Boy' on the cover.
- For 20 pts each...Lots of rap artists like to take on fancy or lofty titles.. Name as many rappers or rap groups as you can who refer to themselves as 'Lord'.
Answers:... Lords Of the Underground, Lord Jamar, Lord Finesse, Lord Have Mercy
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- For 200 pts What rap artist puts on the best show...?
1-KRS-One
2-Run DMC
3-Doug E Fresh
4..Write In your favorite...
This was a close one the following were the top five vote getters:
KRS-ONE=30%
RUN DMC=17%
FUGEES=15%
ROOTS=10%
WU-TANG=10%
- For 200 pts If Schoolly D and Ice T were to square off in a rhyme battle... who would win.. Remember these two are credited with creating 'gangsta rap...
According to our online poll...:
the winner between Scholly D and Ice T would be:
SCHOOLLY D= 56%
ICE T=44 %
- For 400 pts Who do you think is wackest rapper of all time...?
This was a runaway category..heres the breakdown:
VANILLA ICE=35%
HAMMER=15%
TIM DOG=8%
E-40=8%
SHY D=8%
2PAC=8%
Answer To The Riddle For The Week Of
July 15-July 24 1996
- For 100 pts...Name two songs in which Chuck D and KRS-One appeared together....
ANSWER: Chuck D & KRS-One appeared on the hip hop compilation song 'Self Destruction. They appeared on Kool Moe Dee's joint 'Rise N Shine and on X-Clan's compilation song 'Close The Crack House.
- For 100 pts
What artist had his album release delayed and later censored because he depicted himself standing behind a tree ready to assassinate then President Bush?
ANSWER: Paris the Black Panther Of Hip Hop ran into problems when he tried to release his lp 'Sleepin' With The Enemy'.
- For 200 pts You may take a gamble.
If there was a rap battle between Souls Of Mischief and The Pharcyde who would win?
ANSWER: PHARCYDE
According to the online poll
PHARCYDEE =230 votes vs
SOULS OF MISCHIEF =190 votes
- For 200 pts... You may take another gamble..
If Naughty By Nature was to square up and battle Mobb Deep who would be going out for the count?
ANSWER: MOBB DEEP
According to our online poll
Mobb Deep=270 votes vs
Naughty By Nature=150 votes
Riddle For The Week Of
June 29-July 7 1996
- For 100 pts...What group did the song Product Of The Environment?
ANSWER=3rd Bass
- For 100 pts...Name two rappers who did songs with Michael Jackson?
ANSWER=SHAQUILLE O'NEAL, KRIS KROSS, HEAVY D, NOTORIOUS BIG
- For 100 pts...What was the name of Kool Moe Dee's original group?
ANSWER=TREACHEROUS 3..
- For50 pts each..... Name rap artists who've done jail time while signed to a label as a recording artist...
answer=2Pac, Dr Dre, Notorious BIG, Slick Rick, X-Raided, C-Bo, Celly Cel, Capadonna, Rappin' 4Tay, Pooh-Man, Coughnut, The Deliquents, Seagram, Mac Dre
Answers To The Riddles For The Week Of
June 4-11 1996
- For 100 pts... On LL Cool's big record 'Doing It', who is the female artist rapping with him in the song..?
Ans=Leshaun
- For 100 pts...On Positive K's old song 'I Got A Man'...who is the female artist rapping with him??
Ans=Positive K raps the female part himself
- For 50 pts each..... Name Hip Hop's Asian rappers..Not djs but emcees
Ans=The Mountain Brothers, Kool Key, Rono from Black China and Disposable Heroes..., Chris Wong of The 2Live Crew, Asian Disciples, Asia Born... are a few of Asian emcess...
Answers to the Riddle For The Week Of
May 10-MAY 19 1996
For 100 pts... What rap artist is nick named 'The Green Eyed Bandit?
Ans=ERICK SERMON
For 100 pts...What old school artist was nick named The Master Of Records?
ans=AFRIKA BAMBAATAA..he was got this name for his large and hard to find collection of breakbeats..
For 100 pts...What do rap artist Nonchalant, DJ Kool and Doug Lazy all have in common?
ans=They are all from Washington DC
- For 150 BONUS PTS.....For all you record heads out there what song was considered the B-Boy Anthem or the Bronx Anthem? Hint this groove paved the way for Freestyle Music
ans=Everyone thought it was South Bronx by BDP.. It was infact the song Apache by The Incredible Bongo Band or The Arawk Allstars..
This song was the one everyone break danced to...back in the late 70s..
Riddle For The Week Of
May 1-May 10 1996
- For 100 pts Who did the song 'Court Is Now In Session'?
ANSWER=CHILL ROB G
- For 100 pts Who did the song 'Funky Dividends'?
ANSWER=3XDOPE
- For 10 pts each Match the city that each artist comes from?
(If the artist is from New York City or Southern Cali..I need to know either what buroough or what city)
Queen Latifah=EAST ORANGE NEW JERSEY
KRS-One=BRONX NEW YORK
Sir Mix A Lot=SEATTLE WASHINGTON
MC Lyte=BROOKLYN NEW YORK
Scarface=HOUSTON TEXAS
Common Sense=CHICAGO, ILL
E-40=VALLEJO/BAY AREA CALIFORNIA
Madd Skillz=RICHMOND, VA
Luke=MIAMI, FLORIDA
The Roots=PHILADELPHIA PENN
Rivalries have long existed within hip hop. Many artists have brought these legendary rivalries to life by dissin' their opponents in a song..For 50 pts each .... Identify the artist or artists that was being dissed in the following songs...
- KRS-ONE..'The Bridge Is Over'..=MC SHAN, ROXANNE SHANTE, MARLEY MARL
- ICE T...'Pusherman'...=LL COOL J
- 3RD BASS.. 'The Gas Face'..=VANILLA ICE, MC HAMMER
- LL COOL J... 'Jack The Ripper'...=KOOL MOE DEE
- DR DRE...'Dre Day'...=TIM DOG, EAZY E, LUKE
- THE LUNIZ...'Playa Hate'...TOO SHORT
150 BONUS PTS.....
Who was hip hop's only artist to shoot a video on location at The Great Pyramids Of Egypt?
ANSWER =LAKIM SHABAZZ
Riddle For The Week Of
APRIL 20-APRIL 30 1996
- For 50 pts each Name as many rap artists or groups as you can who use the word 'Dog' in their stage name.
ANS= Here are a few of hip hop's many dogs..
Sen Dogg, Phife Dog, Dre Dog, Dogg Pound, Dog Pound Posse, Tim Dog, Ray Dog, Two Hyped Brothers And A Dog, P-Dog (Paris), Snoop Dogg, Short Dog (Too Short), Nate Dog, Overweight Pooch, Nate Dog, E-Dawg, Ed OG And The Bulldogs, The Puppies....
- For 50 pts What rap artist did a video where he took on Iron Mike Tyson?
Ans= Jazzy Jeff And The Fresh Prince
- For 10 pts eachName each member of the Wu-Tang Clan?
Ans=Shyhiem The Rugged Child
Raekwon The Chef
Olš Dirty Bastard
Method Man
The RZA
The GZA
Inspektah Deck
U-God
Ghost Faced Killa
Killah Priest
Cappachino
- For 100 pts.... Before Suge Knight became a CEO for Death Row..what did he do?
For an extra 50 pts what did Suge Knight do for a living prior to that job?
Ans=Suge Knight was a body guard and a former player for the LA Rams... His real name is Marion Knight.
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