90s Hip Hop Quiz
Questions: 16 · 10 minutes
1. A sample-identification exercise links Puff Daddy and Faith Evans’s “I’ll Be Missing You” to which earlier song?
With or Without You
Every Breath You Take
Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)
Don’t You (Forget About Me)
2. Which album marked Eminem’s major-label breakthrough in 1999?
The Marshall Mathers LP
Infinite
The Eminem Show
The Slim Shady LP
3. Which rapper released the 1994 album “Illmatic”?
AZ
Jeru the Damaja
Big L
Nas
4. A fan hears a 1990s track built around DJ Premier’s chopped samples and precise turntable work. Which group is most directly connected to him as a member?
Pete Rock & C.L. Smooth
Eric B. & Rakim
Gang Starr
Black Sheep
5. A track credit lists Wyclef Jean, Pras Michel, and one additional Fugees member. Who is missing?
Foxy Brown
MC Lyte
Da Brat
Lauryn Hill
6. A music-history class is discussing a 1993 solo hit whose title spells out a word meaning solidarity. Who recorded “U.N.I.T.Y.”?
Salt-N-Pepa
Queen Latifah
Yo-Yo
Lil’ Kim
7. If a radio host introduces the featured performer on 2Pac’s “California Love,” whose name should follow?
Snoop Doggy Dogg
Ice Cube
Dr. Dre
Nate Dogg
8. What was the title of The Notorious B.I.G.’s 1994 debut studio album?
Life After Death
Reasonable Doubt
Ready to Die
Hard to Earn
9. You are filing the 1999 album “Things Fall Apart” by artist. Under which group should it be placed?
The Roots
Goodie Mob
The Pharcyde
Jurassic 5
10. Which N.W.A member released the 1995 single “Just tah Let U Know”?
Eazy-E
Ice Cube
Dr. Dre
MC Ren
11. You are building a playlist around the early-1990s G-funk sound associated with Dr. Dre. Which album is the strongest match?
The Chronic
Black on Both Sides
The Low End Theory
Moment of Truth
12. Which Snoop Doggy Dogg single from “Doggystyle” centers its title on a cocktail made with gin?
Who Am I? (What’s My Name?)
Gin and Juice
Lodi Dodi
Murder Was the Case
13. A researcher is matching 1990s artists to labels. Which pairing is correct?
Outkast — Loud Records
Snoop Doggy Dogg — Def Jam Recordings
The Notorious B.I.G. — Bad Boy Records
Mobb Deep — Death Row Records
14. A listener wants to explore the rise of Southern hip hop through a duo from Atlanta. Which act best fits that description?
Black Star
Outkast
Tha Dogg Pound
Capone-N-Noreaga
15. Which group released the 1990 album “People’s Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm”?
Digable Planets
De La Soul
Gang Starr
A Tribe Called Quest
16. Which group made its album debut with “Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)” in 1993?
Wu-Tang Clan
Mobb Deep
Onyx
Bone Thugs-n-Harmony