Hip Hop Trivia Thread

[mdinire]

Of course I've heard of those artist but did those artists make an impact on the main charts? h34r:

And I only know of a rapper who was on Unsolved Mysterys

 

[A_SN]

Of course I've heard of those artist but did those artists make an impact on the main charts? h34r:

Haven't you ever heard of Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five's The Message? Or the aforementioned Rapper's Delight? I believe each of these sold more than Walk This Way, and if not, close enough.

 

[mdinire]

Really?

'"Rapper's Delight" hit #36 on the U.S. pop charts, #4 on the U.S. R&B charts, and #3 on the UK singles chart.'

Walk This Way [1986]
* #4 (US Billboard Hot 100)
* #8 (US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks)
* #6 (US Hot Dance Club Play)
* #13 (US Hot Dance Singles Sales)
* #8 (UK Singles Chart)

As for the Message I can't find any info on chart positions but Walk this Way looks like the bigger commercial hit to me, I wasn't born then though :lol:

 

[A_SN]

Really?

'"Rapper's Delight" hit #36 on the U.S. pop charts, #4 on the U.S. R&B charts, and #3 on the UK singles chart.'

Walk This Way [1986]
* #4 (US Billboard Hot 100)
* #8 (US Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Singles & Tracks)
* #6 (US Hot Dance Club Play)
* #13 (US Hot Dance Singles Sales)
* #8 (UK Singles Chart)

As for the Message I can't find any info on chart positions but Walk this Way looks like the bigger commercial hit to me, I wasn't born then though :lol:



It could be the best selling rap song of the 80's, it won't make it the song that got rap into the mainstream

 

[virusx]

This rapper was once thought to be the "hardest" in the industry....

<_< That could be anyone... Even me :lol:

 

[OMars]

Has everybody lost their damn minds? Read the rules - only me and DCGM can ask questions. And if you want to rant on about stuff not relating to the questions, leave this thread go to the discussion cube or something. These conversations only make the thread bigger and harder to search through for people who are actually interested in answering the questions. <_<

This rapper was once thought to be the "hardest" in the industry....

Man, there's lots of artists who've been jailed or caught with drugs and weapons. This one will be tough, but is it DMX?

I really need to stop talking about him, but he did talk about him being the "hardest" in many of his songs.

 

[daclassicgamingmaster]

It's ok Omars, as long as it's hip hop talk, who cares? We should be happy there are people on this forum who enjoy talking about it.

Anyway, no, not DMX. Here's a hint: People say he's gone soft...

 

[mdinire]

erm.. Ice Cube :unsure:

 

[daclassicgamingmaster]

erm.. Ice Cube :unsure:

Yes!

Score: 24/50

DCGM - 7
OMars - 4
virusx - 3
mdinire - 3
Nova - 2
peelie - 2
triksR4rabits - 2
blah - 1

 

[OMars]

What rap artist has the names of the 5 new york boroughs tattooed on his fingers?

 

[mdinire]

Is it Papoose

 

[daclassicgamingmaster]

Is it Papoose

That has to be it. How many time have I heard Touch It remix

 

[mdinire]

Which one is the trigger finger?

 

[Nova]

Papoose must have the softest rap name, I mean seriously, papoose?


From WikiP:

QUOTE

• A papoose (from the Algonquian papoos, meaning "child") is also an English loanword whose present meaning is "an American Indian child" (regardless of tribe). The word came originally from the Narragansett.

• Cradle boards and other child carriers were used by Native American Indians and went by many names, but in the United States and the United Kingdom, the term papoose is used to a child carrier, many of which are similar to those used by Indians. Some are simple slings and others are similar to a rucksack; unlike rucksacks, papooses can be worn on either the front or the back.

• The Papoose was a fuel tanker built in 1921 by the Southwestern Shipping Company in San Pedro, California. It was originally known as the Silvanus and was under Dutch ownership when in 1926 it collided with the tanker Thomas H. Wheeler in the Mississippi River resulting in the death of 26 seamen. The Silvanus was declared a total loss and rebuilt in Beaumont, Texas. It started operating as the Papoose for the Petroleum Navigation Company in Houston, Texas in March 1927. In March 1942, it was attacked by a German U-boat, the U-124 off the coast of Cape Lookout, North Carolina. It drifted for several days and eventually sunk in 200 feet of water off Oregon Inlet, North Carolina.

• Papoose is also the name of a small guitar, which has a sound comparable to the mandolin. Its tuning is different from that of a regular guitar - "ADGCEA" compared to a guitar's "EADGBE".

• Papoose is also the Greek word for grandfather, παππούς.

Which one's he then?

 

[daclassicgamingmaster]

The first one. He's said that the nickname was derived from his grandmother (iirc), who would call him that when he was little.

 

[Nova]

Well that showed me...

The answer's not Fiddy Cent is it?

 

[virusx]

Is it Papoose

http://www.realestniggas.com/board/archive...p/t-408711.html

What he said! <_<

 

[OMars]

Is it Papoose

You got it!

Score: 25/50

DCGM - 7
mdinire - 4
OMars - 4
virusx - 3
Nova - 2
peelie - 2
triksR4rabits - 2
blah - 1

DCGM, whachyu got?

 

[daclassicgamingmaster]

Nas seems to look up to and respect this rapper most. He even made a song about him.

Edit: extra point if you can name the song as well.

Edit 2: I have disambiguated the question. I did this not only to remove its ambiguity, but to use the word "disambiguate".

 

[OMars]

Nas seems to look up to and respect this rapper most. He even made a song about him.

Edit: extra point if you can name the song as well.

Edit 2: I have disambiguated the question. I did this not only to remove its ambiguity, but to use the word "disambiguate".

Didn't he make a song called "the message", and the artist who made that song was Grandmaster flash. But I don't remember the lyrics, so I'm not sure if it's about him or not. :unsure: