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A quiz dealing with rappers who have sampled the work of the late Prince Rogers Nelson.

A multiple-choice quiz by Deadwood003. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
Deadwood003

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
381,147

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

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Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

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Question 1 of 10

1. Prince's song "Darling Nikki" was a track found on his "Purple Rain" album that sold over 1.5 million copies in its first week alone. Do you know what Strange Music co-founder sampled "Darling Nikki" for his song "Freaky"? Hint

Brotha Lynch Hung

Tech N9ne

Pit Bull

Flo Rida

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Question 2 of 10

2. Originally released in 1979, Prince's song "It's Gonna Be Lonely" found new life in 2007 when this mic-snatching problematic artist at awards shows sampled it for his song "Big Brother". Hint

OutKast

Snoop Dog

Kanye West

Sean Combs

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Question 3 of 10

3. This Compton-born rapper whose name is David Marvin Blake sampled "I Wanna Be your Lover" from Prince's Warner Bros album "Prince" for his 1995 album "Safe & Sound". Hint

The D.O.C

The Game

MC Eiht

DJ Quik

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Question 4 of 10

4. In 2009 we saw this ultra-fast Chicago rapper release his song "I Can Make You Say" which he sampled from Prince's 1981 song "Do Me Baby" that is found on Prince's "Controversy" album. Hint

Do or Die

Da Brat

Crucial Conflict

Twista

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Question 5 of 10

5. This rap pioneer whom many call "The Godfather of Gangsta Rap" sampled Prince's "Let's Go Crazy" from his mega hit album "Purple Rain". This rapper was also one of the earliest gangsta rappers to incorporate Prince's music into his music. Hint

Ice Cube

MC Ren

Eazy-E

Yella

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Question 6 of 10

6. After becoming the first female rap artist to release a full length album in 1988, this female rapper from Brooklyn, New York integrated Prince's "17 Days" track into her melody "Paper Thin". Hint

MC Lyte

Yo-Yo

Queen Latifah

Trina

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Question 7 of 10

7. This rap group that was discovered by rapping great Eazy-E, and hails from Cleveland Ohio. They released a tune in 2000 with collaboration from UGK member Bun B titled "Change the World". "Change the World" incorporated Prince's song "Little Red Corvette". Hint

The Dogg Pound

N.W.A

Bone-Thugs-N-Harmony

Compton's Most Wanted

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Question 8 of 10

8. This rap group which has a member who wears a giant clock around his neck published a song in 1990 titled "Brothers Gonna Work It Out" that also sampled Prince's "Let's Go Crazy" track. Featured on their album "Fear of a Black Planet" released thru Def Jam in 1990, this group has been active since 1982. Hint

Run DMC

Sugar Hill Gang

Public Enemy

A Tribe called Quest

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Question 9 of 10

9. Best known for his mega hit "Baby Got Back" this Seattle, Washington rapper tried to capitalize on Prince's successful song "Bat Dance" from the soundtrack of the motion picture movie "Batman" when he released "Beepers" the same year. Hint

Seal

Sir Mix-a-lot

Magic Mike

Timbaland

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Question 10 of 10

10. This rapper by some accounts is now more known today for his lavish lifestyle and blowing through his money causing him to file for bankruptcy. However in the early 90s he had much success including his biggest hit "U Can't Touch This". We can find his Prince-sampled song "She's Soft and Wet" on the same album as "U Can't Touch This". Hint

Vanilla Ice

MC Hammer

Will Smith

Marky Mark

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

Answer: Tech N9ne

Tech N9ne sampled "Darling Nikki" for his 2004 album "Vintage Tech". As recently as 2010 "Darling Nikki" was still being sampled in rap music when Nicki Minaj used it in her 2010 song "Blow Ya Mind".

2. Originally released in 1979, Prince's song "It's Gonna Be Lonely" found new life in 2007 when this mic-snatching problematic artist at awards shows sampled it for his song "Big Brother".

Answer: Kanye West

"Big Brother" was a title track for Kanye West's album "Graduation" which was released through Jay Z's Roc-A-Fella music in 2007. Both Jay Z and Kayne West sampled together another 1979 song from the late Prince Rogers Nelson, when in 2011 they released "Welcome to the Jungle" which sampled "When We're Dancing Close and Slow".

3. This Compton-born rapper whose name is David Marvin Blake sampled "I Wanna Be your Lover" from Prince's Warner Bros album "Prince" for his 1995 album "Safe & Sound".

Answer: DJ Quik

Active in the music business since 1987, DJ Quik has gone on to become more than just a rapper. He is known for producing music and also as an actor starring in "Entourage" and "Everybody Hates Chris". In 2012 David would be nominated and go on to win the "Biggest Celebrity DJ" award.

4. In 2009 we saw this ultra-fast Chicago rapper release his song "I Can Make You Say" which he sampled from Prince's 1981 song "Do Me Baby" that is found on Prince's "Controversy" album.

Answer: Twista

Originally known as "Tung Twista" Carl Terrell Mitchell goes by just "Twista" today and is known for his ability to rap super-fast. All of the other artists that are listed are some of my favorite rappers that hail from Chicago.

Answer: Eazy-E

Eric Lynn Wright, known in the rap world as Eazy-E, incorporated "Let's Go Crazy" on his first solo album "Eazy-Duz-It" in 1988 after N.W.A disbanded. Eazy-E was widely known in gangsta rap for his feud with Death Row Records co-founder and ex N.W.A member Dr.Dre and his protege Snoop Dog. Sadly Eric would pass away on March 26, 1995 shortly after disclosing to the world he had AIDS.

6. After becoming the first female rap artist to release a full length album in 1988, this female rapper from Brooklyn, New York integrated Prince's "17 Days" track into her melody "Paper Thin".

Answer: MC Lyte

Born Lana Michelle Moorer, October 11, 1970, MC Lyte is considered amongst many as the rap pioneer for female rappers. Along with other female rapping greats of the 1980s like Queen Latifah and Salt N Pepa, Lana Moorer showed the rap world that females can control the mic just as well as their male counterparts could.

Answer: Bone-Thugs-N-Harmony

Bone Thugs-N-Harmony was both a huge success and a huge find for Eric Wright, Their debut album from Eric's record company Ruthless records titled "Creepin on ah Come Up" would go on to produce two top five singles on the Billboard charts for the group, "Thuggish Ruggish Bone" and "Foe tha Love of $".

Answer: Public Enemy

Public Enemy is a hip-hop group that has its roots in Long Island, New York. They were one of the first in rap and in the African American community to write and rap songs about the social injustices that plague their communities. Two of the more well-known members of the group are Chuck D and Flavor Flav who wears a giant clock around his neck.

Answer: Sir Mix-a-lot

"Beepers" would fail in comparison to his song "Baby Got Back" that he would released three years later, but Anthony Ray a.k.a. Sir Mix-a-lot did have a commercial hit in 1987 with his song "Posse on Broadway".

Answer: MC Hammer

MC Hammer sampled Prince's song of the same name "Soft and Wet" that had early success for Prince in 1978. MC Hammer would go on to sell more than 50 million copies of his music world wide. Known for a lot of things including his baggy pants, Stanley Kirk Burrell goes by just Hammer nowadays and is still recording music. Albeit without as much commercial success as he once had.

Source: Author Deadwood003

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