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Four contenders as usual tonight, the difference is,

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they all have the same thing in common.

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They all claim to be experts in the same field.

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This is Hip Hop Mastermind.

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First in the spotlight tonight is Lethal Bizzle.

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He is answering questions on Wu Tang Clan.

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Next, DJ Target on UK grime.

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A.Dot will be answering questions on Jay-Z.

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And Semtex, and his specialist subject,

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Kanye West and G.O.O.D. music.

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APPLAUSE

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Good evening. I am John Humphrys.

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You have never seen a Mastermind quite like this before.

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The rules are exactly the same

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but the twist is that all the contenders, as you will have

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spotted by now, are big names in the world of urban music. Very big names.

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They all know their hip hop from their grime. Or so they hope.

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We'll find out. Let's have our first contender, please.

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And your name is?

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Your occupation?

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And your chosen subject?

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Wu Tang Clan. In 90 seconds, starting now.

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Which label did Wu Tang Clan sign with in 1993 after turning down more

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lucrative offers because it gave them more freedom as individual artists?

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Loud Records.

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In 200o Wu Tang released a single which reached number

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six in the UK charts.

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It features the lyrics, "Elbow grease and elbow room, baby play me,

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"baby fall down, go boom." What is the track's title?

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Gravel pit.

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Jason Hunter, also known as Rebel INS or Rollie Fingers

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is better known by what name as a Wu Tang Clan member?

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Inspectah Deck.

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He is. What is the name of Wu Tang Clan's first single?

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It was self released and quickly became an underground hit.

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Pass.

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A long-term Wu-Tang clan DJ and producer

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is said to have created their original logo. What is his name?

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RZA.

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No. Allah Mathematics.

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ODB's solo debut, which features the tracks Brooklyn Zoo,

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and Shimmy Shimmy Ya was released in 95.

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What is its title?

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Pass.

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Which Wu Tang Clan single

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that peaked at number 46 in the UK charts features the lyrics,

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"Olympic torch flaming, we burned so sweet, the thrill of victory,

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"the agony of defeat"?

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Triumph.

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The debut album Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)

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features a track that is named after and performed solo

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by a member of Wu Tang Clan, which one?

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Sorry, can you repeat the question?

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Their debut album, Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)

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features a track that is named after

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and performed solo by a member of Wu-Tang Clan. Which one?

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Inspectah Deck?

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Method man.

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In '96, Ghost Faced Killa released his first solo album...

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BUZZER

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I have started so I'll finish. ..on his fellow Wu Tang Clan member

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RZA's label. What was his label called?

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Go on. Take a guess.

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Um...

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Out of shadowboxing?

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No, it was Razor Sharp Records.

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You had to passes.

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The solo debut which featured the tracks Brooklyn Zoo

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and Shimmy Shimmy Ya,

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was Return to the 36 Chambers.

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And the name of Wu Tang Clan's

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first single, self released, Protect Ya Neck.

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You've scored, Biz, four points.

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APPLAUSE

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And our next contender please.

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And your name is?

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Your occupation?

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And your specialist subject?

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UK grime, in 90 seconds. Here we go.

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Which grime artist born Dylan Mills in 1985 won the 2003 Mercury

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music prize for his debut album, Boy In Da Corner?

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Dizzee Rascal.

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With which grime crew did Tinchy Stryder Perform?

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He appeared on both volumes of their Guns and Roses

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album before he established himself as a solo artist with

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the 2007 album, Star In The Hood.

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Ruff Sqwad.

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What is the title of the first full-length studio album

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by Lady sovereign, released in 2006?

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Pass.

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Who released his third mix tape, League Of My Own,

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on Always recordings in 2007, prior to winning the best UK newcomer

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MOBO award and signing to Sony Columbia?

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Chipmunk.

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The grime crew, SLK, are known for the track, Hype, Hype.

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What do the initials SLK stand for?

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Pass.

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On what label did the Ruff Sqwad producers Rapid and Dirty Danger

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release the grime retrospective White Label Classics in 2012?

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Ruff Sqawd Recordings.

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No Hats No Hoods.

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Which grime artist whose tracks include Pow and Fire wrote

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an article for the Guardian with the title, "David Cameron is a doughnut?"

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Lethal Bizzl!

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On which estate in the London district of Bow, the heartland

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of the grime scene did Tinchy Stryder and Dizzee Rascal both grow up?

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- Devons Road. - Yes, or Crossways.

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What is the title of the first mix tape

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released by the MC Justin Clark, under the name, Ghetto?

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Erm... Top Three Selected?

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2000 and life.

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What 2002 musical mob track on the Inspired Sounds label produced by

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Youngstar is widely acknowledged as being one of the first grime tracks?

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Pulse X.

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Is correct. You had two passes.

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That grime crew known for the track Hype, Hype,

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the initials SLK stand for Street Life Kings.

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Never even knew that, actually.

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There you go, you do now.

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And the other pass, the title of the first full-length studio

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album by Lady Sovereign, was Public Warning.

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Those two passes, you have got six points.

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And our next contender please.

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And your name is?

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Your occupation?

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And your chosen subject?

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Jay-Z, in 90 seconds. Here we go.

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Jay-Z Set up a record company with Damon Dash and Kareem Biggs Burke

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after he was turned down by large record companies such as Atlantic.

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What is his company called?

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Rockefeller records.

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What is the name of Jay-Z's first album, released in 96?

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Reasonable Doubt.

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Yes. Which R&B singer collaborated with Jay-Z

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on the track Guilty Until Proven Innocent

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from the album The Dynasty: Roc La Familia in 2000?

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It referred to police interest in both artists.

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Oh... Pass.

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Before they married, Jay-Z and Beyonce

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collaborated on a single on the Blueprint II album

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that reached number four in the Billboard charts. Which track?

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Bonnie and Clyde.

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Who recorded the 2006 album Hip Hop Is Dead which features

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Jay-Z on the track Black Republican,

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a collaboration that's surprising as the pair had

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a history of taking swipes at each other through their lyrics?

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Nas.

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What does DOA stand for in the title of Jay-Z's

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Grammy-winning single which was also the MTV song of the year for 2009?

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Death of Auto-Tune.

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Yes. In November 2003 Jay-Z

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announced his retirement from music and performed one last concert,

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he later reversed his decision and described it

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as the worst retirement in history.

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At one venue was the concert held?

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Madison Square Garden.

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Who co-wrote the song Empire State of Mind, the track was

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a collaboration between Alicia Keys and Jay-Z, which was an instant hit?

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Alicia Keys?

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Angela Hunt. On which 2003 Beyonce single is Jay-Z

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featured in one of the verses?

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The song topped the Billboard chart and received two Grammy awards.

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Crazy in love.

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Jay-Z came out of musical retirement in 2006 with the album Kingdom Come.

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Which single was the first to be released from the album

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and has a video of Jay-Z recreating James Bond stunts?

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Show Me What You Got.

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The songs Beach Chair and Lost One both refer to Jay-Z's

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nephew who died in a car crash. What was his name?

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Pass.

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I can tell you because you are out of time, it was Colleek

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Colleek Luckie.

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And your other pass, the singer who collaborated with Jay-Z

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on Guilty Until Proven Innocent was R Kelly.

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But I tell you what, you have got 8 points.

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APPLAUSE

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And our final contender please.

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And your name is?

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And your occupation?

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And your chosen subject?

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Kanye West and G.O.O.D. Music in 90 seconds. Here we go.

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Kanye West was inspired to write

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and subsequently record his debut single

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while his jaw was wired shot after a car accident in October 2002.

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What is the song called?

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Through The Wire.

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Which collaboration between West and Jay-Z hit the top of the

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Billboard album chart in the first week of its release in August 2011?

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Watch The Throne.

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West's first official production credits came in '96 when

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he produced eight tracks on an album called Down To Earth by which rapper?

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Grav.

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West founded the G.O.O.D record label as part of Sony BMG and it has signed

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such acts as Consequence, GLC, and Fonzworth Bentley.

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What do the letters G.O.O.D stand for? Getting Out Our Dreams.

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For which track did West sample Shirley Bassey's voice

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from the theme song from the 1971 James Bond film?

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Diamonds.

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Which performer won a Grammy for best R&B album for Get Lifted,

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one of the first major successes for West's G.O.O.D label?

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John Legend.

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What is the title of West's third studio album which continues

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the theme of education from his first two albums, College Dropout

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and Late Registration?

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Graduation.

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According to his mothers work, Raising Kanye, What is the name of

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the song that West recorded at the age of 12,

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the first record he made?

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Green Eggs and Ham.

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West won his first three Grammy awards at the 2005 ceremony.

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Which track, from the album College Dropout won

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the award for Best Rap Song?

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Jesus Walks.

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What is the name of the figure that appears on the cover of West's

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first three studio albums and used to appear on his website?

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The Dropout Bear.

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Which song from the album Late Registration did

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West perform the 2008 Grammy ceremony as a tribute to his mother,

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who died the previous year from complications after cosmetic surgery?

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Hey Mama.

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In which Chinese city did West spent a year of his childhood

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whilst his mother was there lecturing at the University?

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Nanjing.

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Yes! CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

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No passes, Semtex.

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I don't often say this on this programme, perfect round, 12 points.

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Thank you.

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CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

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Those scores kept getting bigger and bigger and bigger.

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Let's have a look at all of them in the right order.

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In fourth place, four points, Lethal Bizzle,

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third place, six points, DJ Target,

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eecond plase, eight points, A.Dot,

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first place, with a whacking 12 points, Semtex.

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So, it is the general knowledge round, in a sense, I mean,

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fairly specific general knowledge, if you see what I mean.

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But still general knowledge

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and if there is a tie at the end of it then the number of passes

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gets taken into account and the person with the fewest is the winner.

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Let's get on with it and ask Biz to join us again please.

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Obviously I have been doing my research on all of this,

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and what you have done most recently is, and I don't know

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whether you would accept this, some slightly silly stuff.

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I mean, silly in the sense of silly dance movements and things like that.

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- Oh! - Yeah, exactly. That's what I mean.

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No, my latest record, it is called Rari Workout...

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Yes, and you do it in the car?

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That is where it started.

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Show me what you do?

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Only if you do it with me!

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CHEERING

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All right! But so long as I have not got to stand up.

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No, it is fine. Pretend you are driving. So, hand up.

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And it is just literally, you just got to go, "Pump, pump, pump."

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- I can do that, yeah. - You have got to say, "Pump, pump."

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Oh, I have got to say, "Pump, pump, pump"? Pump, pump, pump.

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That's it, yeah. Then switch arms and then...

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Oh, you did not tell me it was two arms.

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Do you ever get to do both at the same time?

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When we are out of the car. Safety first!

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I have got it, you are holding on to the wheel with one hand, and...

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Yeah, and then pumping when you are enjoying yourself.

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- And it is called Rari? - It is called the Rari Workout.

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- Rari, after Ferrari? - Yeah.

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And the idea is that you make

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so much money out of it that you be able to buy a Ferrari, is that it?

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Yeah!

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I was only guessing!

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But you're going to start getting serious again, right?

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Yeah, my next record is getting more serious,

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a lot more intense, like this!

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This isn't serious, this is fun!

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Anyway we now get to the serious bit of it,

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cos this is the sort of general knowledge round.

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Here we go, two minutes of this, let's see how you get on it.

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Starting now.

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Which rap artist knocked Atomic Kitten off the top spot in the UK

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singles chart in August 2001 with the song, 21 seconds?

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So Solid.

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Which song by LL Cool J begins, "Don't call it a comeback

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"I have been here for years, rocking my peers, putting suckers in fear"?

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Mama Said Knock You Out.

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Who topped the UK singles chart for the first time over 2002 with

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Kelly Rowland, on Dilemma?

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Nelly.

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Which hip-hop technique when vinyl records were cued was

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pioneered by the DJ, Grand Wizard Theodore?

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Pass.

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What is the name of the rapper released the album Restless in 2000?

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He hosted MTV's Pimp My Ride for a number of years.

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Xzibit.

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Which female rapper featured on Melanie B's UK number one single

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I Want You Back in 1998?

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Repeat the question.

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Which female rapper featured on Melanie B's UK number one single...

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- Missy Elliott. - Yes, Missy Elliott is correct.

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Which DJ whose real name is Clive Campbell was known for playing

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hard funk records at house parties in the Bronx

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and is credited with creating the hip-hop genre?

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Pass.

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What genre of the Southern hip-hop music scene was made

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popular by acts such as Li'l Jon and the Ying Yang Twins?

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Crunk.

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Which American rap artist was born Kimberly Denise Jones

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in Brooklyn in 1975?

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Li'l Kim.

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Which genre of hip-hop music which originated in the late '90s

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in Atlanta is characterised by finger clicking?

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Early artists include Dem Franchize Boyz.

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Pass.

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Under what name did the Florida-born rapper Armando Perez release

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his debut album, Miami, in 2004?

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Repeat the question.

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Under what question did the Florida born rapper Armando Perez

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release his debut album, Miami, in 2004?

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- Flo-Rida? - Pitbull.

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After leaving NWA, Dr Dre released an album in '92 that went to

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number three in the Billboard 200, what was its title?

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Chronic.

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Which influential MC and DJ duo released the albums

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Step In The Arena in 1991 and Daily Operation the following year?

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BUZZER

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Take a guess because we are out of time.

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Will Smith, Jazzy Jeff?

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It was Gang Starr.

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Oh. Sorry!

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Listen, you have done...

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I will give you the other passes before I give you the score.

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- Snap music is that one. - Oh.

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Well, nor me, but there you go, I wasn't expected to know!

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The DJ whose real name is Clive Campbell, Kool Herc.

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He was the guy who is credited with inventing the hip-hop genre.

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And that technique when vinyl records were cued,

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pioneered by the DJ Grand Wizard Theodore, scratching.

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Oh.

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Look, the good news is your score has shot up,

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you are in double figures, you have got 12 points.

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APPLAUSE

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And now Dj Target please, again.

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And your sort of job description says you are a DJ and taste maker.

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Yes, I guess you could say that.

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What does taste maker mean?

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I guess I am one of those DJs, I play a lot of music first,

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I am ahead of a lot of DJs, and I think a lot of people

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look to my shows and what I do

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as somewhere where they can make their taste.

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So you are telling people what they ought to like.

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I'm giving them a choice out of some really good stuff, basically.

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I just know what I like, and I feel like I play good

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music on the radio so people gravitate towards that.

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Are you one of those who, if you say that this is going to be big,

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or good, or whatever, it will be? Do you...?

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I would say I have got a pretty good strike rate of calling out

0:17:320:17:36

things ahead of time, so yeah, I would say that.

0:17:360:17:40

The reason I play very strong...

0:17:400:17:42

Literally from acoustic music all the way

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through to stuff that would only scare you out of the studio

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if I played it to you but, yeah, lots of great UK...

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Just give me an idea, a quick example of the stuff that'd scare me

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out of this studio.

0:17:530:17:54

I can't really do an impression of it.

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Heavy, hard, basslines, thumping drums, synths,

0:17:560:18:02

stuff that you might not...

0:18:020:18:03

Sounds like everything I have ever heard on Radio 1Xtra, really.

0:18:030:18:06

There you go, I didn't know you were an avid listener like that.

0:18:060:18:09

Well, you mustn't make assumptions, you see?

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Right, OK, you got six points, this is the general knowledge round now.

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Two minutes. Here's your chance to prove yourself again. Here we go.

0:18:180:18:24

Under what name did the Southern rapper Tramar Dillard

0:18:240:18:26

topped the UK singles chart in 2009 with Right Round?

0:18:260:18:30

Flo Rida.

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Eminem won the Best Original Song Oscar in 2002 for Lose Yourself

0:18:320:18:36

which featured on the soundtrack to a film he also starred in.

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What's its title?

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Eight mile.

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Which Tupac Shakur a double album features the hit singles

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California Love and How Do You Want it?

0:18:430:18:45

I know this but...it's gone. Pass.

0:18:470:18:49

What is the next line in Naughty By Nature's '93 UK

0:18:490:18:53

top 40 hit, "I live and die for hip-hop,

0:18:530:18:55

"this is hip-hop for today, I give props to hip-hop, so..."?

0:18:550:18:58

Hip-hop hooray.

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Which female rapper who is also known for her film roles had a UK

0:19:000:19:03

top 20 hit in 1990 with Mama Gave Birth to the Soul children?

0:19:030:19:06

Queen Latifah.

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The sixth studio album by Rick Ross was released in 2014

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and features Li'l Wayne and Kanye West. What is its title?

0:19:110:19:15

Mastermind.

0:19:150:19:16

Which record label was founded in 1993 by Sean Diddy Combs?

0:19:160:19:21

Bad Boy.

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What's My Name was a song on a '93 debut album

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that entered the American album charts at number one.

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Which artist recorded it?

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Snoop Doggy Dogg.

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Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five single, The Message,

0:19:320:19:34

features the lyrics, "It is like a jungle sometimes, it makes me

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"wonder how I keep from going..."?

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Under.

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Which song released by Q-Tip reached number 12 on the UK charts in 2000?

0:19:400:19:45

Breath And Stop.

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The influential Public Enemy song Fight the Power

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featured in which Spike Lee film?

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Pass.

0:19:520:19:54

What term was coined to describe people who waited for the break

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section of songs to get up and dance in a frenetic manner?

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It is attributed to DJ Kool Herc.

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Sorry, repeat that.

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What term was coined to describe people who waited for the break

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section of songs to get up and dance...?

0:20:060:20:08

Breakdancers.

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- Yes. Or B-Boys. - OK.

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In the 1970s Lee Quinones

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And Fred Brathwaite became members of which Brooklyn-based graffiti

0:20:120:20:16

group known for painting the entire side of New York subway cars?

0:20:160:20:19

Erm... Pass.

0:20:210:20:24

BUZZER

0:20:240:20:25

I was going to give you another one

0:20:250:20:27

but I did not start so I can't finish.

0:20:270:20:29

That last one you passed on was the Fabulous Five.

0:20:290:20:32

The Spike Lee film that had Fight the Power

0:20:320:20:35

and all that was Do The Right Thing.

0:20:350:20:39

And that Tupac Shakur double album was All Eyez On <e.

0:20:390:20:44

- Of course, yes. - You now have a total of 16 points.

0:20:440:20:49

And now A.Dot again please.

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You are very new to the station, are you?

0:21:020:21:07

- Brand-new. - Brand-new?

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- And you're a woman. - Yeah!

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Now, I say that, because this is an industry, a genre,

0:21:120:21:17

if you prefer, dominated by men.

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It is, very male dominated.

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But there are a few female DJs, especially on 1Xtra,

0:21:220:21:26

they are coming through.

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But the music is pretty much dominated by men,

0:21:270:21:30

and the people who listen?

0:21:300:21:31

I think it is becoming more accessible and enjoyable to everyone.

0:21:310:21:37

I think hip-hop and R&B

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and all the genres that we play on the station have a broad audience.

0:21:400:21:44

I think hip-hop in particular is growing, more appealing to women.

0:21:440:21:49

You are seeing that with women doing more hip-hop,

0:21:490:21:51

especially in the UK with people like Ms Dynamite, there is

0:21:510:21:55

a big scope for more people to come through as well.

0:21:550:21:58

So what is the difference, if there is a difference,

0:21:580:22:00

between what women do with hip-hop and what men have done traditionally?

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I don't think there is a huge difference in terms of what is

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delivered. I think there is just more of a history with men in hip-hop.

0:22:070:22:12

I think men have been doing it since the '70s.

0:22:120:22:16

Not until soft of MC Lyte in the late '80s were women really doing it.

0:22:160:22:20

So there is a big gap that we had to catch up on, but we will do that.

0:22:200:22:25

Right, that is clear. Now, you have got eight points.

0:22:250:22:29

There is a way to go yet,

0:22:290:22:31

because there is a fair bit of competition over there. Absolutely.

0:22:310:22:34

Let's see if you can do it now with your general knowledge. Here we go.

0:22:340:22:39

Which rapper was featured along with Li'l Jon

0:22:390:22:42

On Usher's 2004 UK number one single, Yeah?

0:22:420:22:44

Ludacris.

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Which Run DMC track, a top five single in America in 1986,

0:22:480:22:51

starts with the lyrics, "There is a back seat lover that is always

0:22:510:22:54

"undercover and we talked till daddy say..."?

0:22:540:22:56

Pass.

0:22:590:23:01

Roman Zolanski is the alter ego of which Trinidad-born rap singer?

0:23:010:23:05

Nicki Minaj.

0:23:050:23:07

Yes, under what name did the influential east coast hip-hop

0:23:070:23:09

superstar Christopher Wallis release albums such as Ready to Die

0:23:090:23:11

and Life After Death?

0:23:110:23:12

Notiorious B.I.G.

0:23:120:23:13

Cornbread and Cool Earl were amongst the most prolific graffiti

0:23:130:23:16

artist in which American city?

0:23:160:23:18

- New York. - Philadelphia.

0:23:180:23:20

What is the real name of Fift Cent, who topped the UK album

0:23:200:23:22

charts in 2005 with The Massacre?

0:23:220:23:24

Curtis... Curtis, Curtis, Curtis...

0:23:240:23:32

I will take that as a pass!

0:23:320:23:34

Curtis pass!

0:23:340:23:36

I will give you half a point maybe!

0:23:360:23:37

What is the title of Lauryn Hill's '98 UK top three single which has

0:23:370:23:41

the lyrics, "Girlfriend let me break it down for you again, you know

0:23:410:23:44

"I only say because I'm truly genuine"?

0:23:440:23:46

Doo-wop That Thing.

0:23:460:23:47

Which Latino DJ created the first mixed plate in '77

0:23:470:23:50

combining sound bites, special effects and paused beats?

0:23:500:23:53

Pass.

0:23:550:23:57

Which NWA album released in '88 is widely regarded as the pioneering

0:23:570:24:00

record of gangster rap?

0:24:000:24:02

Straight Outta Compton.

0:24:020:24:03

In '87 which Beastie Boys record became the first rap album to top

0:24:030:24:06

the Billboard 200 charts?

0:24:060:24:08

License To Ill.

0:24:080:24:09

Jump Around became a massive crossover hit in 1992

0:24:090:24:11

for a then unknown hip-hop group, what was their name?

0:24:110:24:14

House of Pain.

0:24:140:24:15

Which record label was founded in '99 by Eminem

0:24:150:24:17

and his manager Paul Rosenberg?

0:24:170:24:19

Shady Records.

0:24:190:24:20

Which member of Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five

0:24:200:24:22

is often credited with coining the term hip-hop to

0:24:220:24:24

describe the music that can out of disco rap?

0:24:240:24:27

Keith Cowboy.

0:24:270:24:28

What is the name of the Philadelphia-based MC whose single

0:24:280:24:30

To The Beat, Y'All was one of the first releases

0:24:300:24:33

by a solo female hip-hop artist?

0:24:330:24:34

- MC Lyte. - Lady B.

0:24:340:24:36

The hip-hop dance style known as the Kick Step

0:24:360:24:37

or the Funky Charleston, was made popular by which rapping duo

0:24:370:24:40

and first seen in the video for the song Getting Funky?

0:24:400:24:44

- Kid And Play? - Yes.

0:24:440:24:46

- Oh! - Always worth a guess.

0:24:460:24:49

Right, your other passes, well, your passes, that Latino

0:24:490:24:52

DJ with the first mixed plate and all that, Disco Wiz.

0:24:520:24:55

- Curtis, the surname, Jackson. - Oh!

0:24:570:25:01

- Yes! - It is the chair!

0:25:010:25:03

It is, it is and the lights and all that stuff, I know!

0:25:030:25:06

And the other one, that Run DMC track was Walk This Way.

0:25:060:25:11

- Which you also knew, didn't you? - Of course.

0:25:110:25:14

Here is the good news,

0:25:140:25:16

you've scored a very respectable total of 18 points.

0:25:160:25:19

And finally, Semtex, please.

0:25:290:25:31

You have already scored 12 points, but anyway,

0:25:320:25:39

you were the first hip-hop DJ on 1Xtra, right?

0:25:390:25:44

Yes.

0:25:440:25:45

I asked around about how I should regard you in this world

0:25:450:25:49

and they said, "Well, he is the sort of John Peel of the hip-hop world."

0:25:490:25:53

- Wow. - But that is the flattering bit.

0:25:530:25:59

Slightly less flattering part of the question is,

0:25:590:26:01

isn't this really a very young person's business?

0:26:010:26:04

Are you not getting on a bit now?

0:26:040:26:06

- Ask Eminem, who is 44... - That's true.

0:26:060:26:09

- And you are how old? - 40.

0:26:090:26:12

Ask Jay-Z, who is 46, you can ask Chuck D,

0:26:120:26:14

who is still touring the world with Public Enemy in his 60s,

0:26:140:26:18

DJ Red Alert, beyond that, if you like the music music, that's it.

0:26:180:26:22

- So it is mainstream now? - Parts of it is mainstream.

0:26:220:26:25

- Doesn't it then lose its edge? - Not at all.

0:26:250:26:28

Because some of the most exciting music is coming out of the mix tapes.

0:26:280:26:31

Some of the hottest artists, say for example, Little BB dropped

0:26:310:26:34

a mix tape last week, you might be familiar with them...

0:26:340:26:36

Most mornings, yeah(!)

0:26:360:26:38

He is the most anticipated,

0:26:380:26:42

uncompromising artist around at the moment.

0:26:420:26:45

He is not going mainstream any time soon.

0:26:450:26:47

There is an artist from Manchester called

0:26:470:26:49

Shotty Horroh, does his thing the freestyling,

0:26:490:26:52

again he has taken it to another level and taken it somewhere else.

0:26:520:26:55

He is not mainstream.

0:26:550:26:57

He might be one day, but right now, he is perfecting the art.

0:26:570:27:00

So what you are saying is there is new blood coming in all the time?

0:27:000:27:03

- It is always reinventing itself. - Great.

0:27:030:27:07

You have certainly done that yourself over the years.

0:27:070:27:10

And in this programme you are racing away with 12 points already.

0:27:100:27:13

Let's see how you do with your two minutes of general knowledge,

0:27:130:27:15

starting now.

0:27:150:27:16

A track on Ice-T's Home Invasion

0:27:160:27:17

and on Jay-Z's the Black Album both have the title "99..." what?

0:27:170:27:21

99 problems.

0:27:210:27:23

Which record label was founded by Dr Dre and Suge Knight in the early

0:27:230:27:26

'90s and made them influential players in the rap industry?

0:27:260:27:28

Death Row Records.

0:27:280:27:30

Which rap artist one Trevor Smith featured on his first UK number one

0:27:300:27:33

single Don't Cha with the Pussycat Dolls?

0:27:330:27:35

Busta Rhymes.

0:27:350:27:36

A Greek teenager called Demetrios

0:27:360:27:38

was one of the first to popularise street graffiti in New York.

0:27:380:27:41

What tag did he use?

0:27:410:27:42

Pass.

0:27:420:27:43

Which American R&B singer has had hit singles with George Benson,

0:27:430:27:46

George Michael, and Sting?

0:27:460:27:47

Pass.

0:27:490:27:50

Vanilla Ice's UK number one single, Ice, Ice, Baby,

0:27:500:27:54

begins, "All right, stop, collaborate and..."?

0:27:540:27:57

Listen.

0:27:570:27:58

Tone Loc's 1989 hit single Wild Thing

0:27:580:28:00

was taken from his US number one album.

0:28:000:28:03

What is its title?

0:28:030:28:04

Pass.

0:28:040:28:06

Which trio founded in Los Angeles in '88 by B-Real, Sen Dog, and DJ Muggs

0:28:060:28:10

became the first Latino American hip hop superstars?

0:28:100:28:13

- Cypress Hill. - Cypress Hill the correct answer.

0:28:130:28:15

What group did Cheryl James and Sandra Denton form in New York

0:28:150:28:18

that later had UK hit singles

0:28:180:28:19

such as Push It and Do You Want Me?

0:28:190:28:21

Salt-N-Pepa.

0:28:210:28:22

With which single did Will Smith and Jeff Townes performing as the

0:28:220:28:24

duo Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince top the UK singles chart in 1993?

0:28:240:28:30

Parents Just Don't Understand.

0:28:300:28:31

No, Boom, Shake The Room.

0:28:310:28:32

Which group's self titled '92 debut album originally featured

0:28:320:28:35

the controversial track, Cop Killer?

0:28:350:28:37

Body count.

0:28:370:28:39

What is the title of the 2011 UK top 10 hit by Drake that

0:28:390:28:42

features Rihanna and includes the lyrics, "I know you've been

0:28:420:28:44

"hurt by someone else, I can tell by the way you carry yourself"?

0:28:440:28:47

Pass.

0:28:490:28:50

Which group had a UK top three single with Rapper's Delight in '79.

0:28:500:28:55

Can you repeat the question?

0:28:550:28:56

Which group had a UK top three single with Rapper's Delight in '79?

0:28:560:29:00

Sugar Hill Gang.

0:29:000:29:02

Which hip-hop dance craze loosely based on a Martin Lawrence

0:29:020:29:05

female character from his '90s sitcom, Martin,

0:29:050:29:07

was developed by the team quintet, We Are Toonz?

0:29:070:29:10

Pass.

0:29:100:29:11

Which group reached number 15 in the UK charts in 1991 with the track,

0:29:110:29:14

Can I Kick It?

0:29:140:29:15

A Tribe Called Quest.

0:29:150:29:17

An American... BUZZER

0:29:170:29:18

Just started so I'll finish.

0:29:180:29:19

An American hip-hop record label known for signing both Mos Def

0:29:190:29:21

and Talib Kweli early in their careers was founded in 1996

0:29:210:29:24

by Brian Bater and Jarret Myer, what is the label name?

0:29:240:29:27

- Rawkus Records. - Is correct.

0:29:270:29:29

Let's have a look at your passes.

0:29:290:29:31

That hip-hop dance craze, that was the Nay Nay.

0:29:310:29:34

Didn't know that.

0:29:340:29:36

The title of that 2011 UK top 10 hit, Drake and Rihanna, Take Care.

0:29:360:29:41

That Tone Loc album was Loc-ed After Dark.

0:29:410:29:45

- I had forgotten. - Well, we do.

0:29:450:29:48

I should have got the Drake one.

0:29:480:29:50

That American R&B singer, Mary J Blige, or "MJ", whichever you prefer.

0:29:500:29:55

I'm a hip-hop guy, not an R&B guy.

0:29:550:29:58

You're not? Well I didn't write these questions!

0:29:580:30:02

The final pass, that Greek teenager, the tag used was TAKI 183.

0:30:020:30:09

So, here's the thing, Semtex, you have a grand total of 22 points.

0:30:090:30:17

APPLAUSE

0:30:170:30:19

Well, he held on to that lead, so no doubt about the winner,

0:30:300:30:33

in fourth place, with 12 points, Lethal Bizzle,

0:30:330:30:35

third-place, 16 points, DJ Target,

0:30:350:30:38

second-place, 18 points, A.Dot,

0:30:380:30:41

first place, with 22 points, Semtex.

0:30:410:30:43

CHEERING AND APPLAUSE

0:30:430:30:48

Congratulations. Tell me how much it means to you, Mastermind?

0:31:020:31:06

It means a lot,

0:31:060:31:08

but I think it means even more to win this in my hometown, Manchester.

0:31:080:31:12

CHEERING

0:31:120:31:15

And I want to send a big up, or a shout out, to my colleagues,

0:31:170:31:21

Lethal Bizzle, Target, A.Dot,

0:31:210:31:23

they have been brilliant today, and A.Dot had me on my toes.

0:31:230:31:26

Didn't she just? It was touch and go.

0:31:260:31:28

Brilliant of you to take part, thanks a lot, congratulations,

0:31:280:31:32

and thank you for watching, Hip Hop Mastermind. Goodbye.

0:31:320:31:37

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