Answer 4 of questions about hip-hop music related history.
1. Lil’ Kim’s claim to being a feminist figure is fraught because:
a. it does not challenge shame-infested ideologies, reclaim women’s power/agency or fortify sisterhood
b. her vision of a feminist politics fits easily within the male sexual imaginary
c. it is sometimes unclear whether she authored the lyrics
d. a and b
e. b and c
2. Tricia Rose does NOT hold which of the following positions:
a. hip hop supporters usually attacks the issue of sexism through a small number of pro-black women songs, which centre male public figures
b. hip hop supporters are, at best, ambivalent about profiting from black suffering
c. both hip hop fans and critics have been unable to properly address the standards for creativity in the genre
d. ip hop critics underplay the amount to which the depiction of sexual deviance and violence is rooted in white fantasies about the racialized other
e. hip hop critics attribute the genre’s ills to the invasion of a corporate agenda
3. New Orleans “Bounce” is not only closely related to hip-hop, it also draws influence from _____________.
a. electronic dance music
b. cumbia
c. country blues
d. indie
e. gangsta rap
4. With the performance of male chauvinism become standard in hip-hop, feminist voices were annexed to which movement:
a. pop
b. neo-soul
c. reggae
d. conscious rap
e. none of the above
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