0:00:00 > 0:00:03Four contenders as usual tonight, the difference is,
0:00:03 > 0:00:06they all have the same thing in common.
0:00:06 > 0:00:09They all claim to be experts in the same field.
0:00:09 > 0:00:13This is Hip Hop Mastermind.
0:00:39 > 0:00:41First in the spotlight tonight is Lethal Bizzle.
0:00:41 > 0:00:45He is answering questions on Wu Tang Clan.
0:00:45 > 0:00:47Next, DJ Target on UK grime.
0:00:47 > 0:00:52A.Dot will be answering questions on Jay-Z.
0:00:52 > 0:00:55And Semtex, and his specialist subject,
0:00:55 > 0:00:57Kanye West and G.O.O.D. music.
0:00:57 > 0:01:01APPLAUSE
0:01:12 > 0:01:15Good evening. I am John Humphrys.
0:01:15 > 0:01:19You have never seen a Mastermind quite like this before.
0:01:19 > 0:01:21The rules are exactly the same
0:01:21 > 0:01:24but the twist is that all the contenders, as you will have
0:01:24 > 0:01:29spotted by now, are big names in the world of urban music. Very big names.
0:01:29 > 0:01:34They all know their hip hop from their grime. Or so they hope.
0:01:34 > 0:01:37We'll find out. Let's have our first contender, please.
0:01:46 > 0:01:49And your name is?
0:01:49 > 0:01:51Your occupation?
0:01:51 > 0:01:54And your chosen subject?
0:01:54 > 0:01:57Wu Tang Clan. In 90 seconds, starting now.
0:01:57 > 0:02:01Which label did Wu Tang Clan sign with in 1993 after turning down more
0:02:01 > 0:02:05lucrative offers because it gave them more freedom as individual artists?
0:02:05 > 0:02:06Loud Records.
0:02:06 > 0:02:08In 200o Wu Tang released a single which reached number
0:02:08 > 0:02:10six in the UK charts.
0:02:10 > 0:02:13It features the lyrics, "Elbow grease and elbow room, baby play me,
0:02:13 > 0:02:17"baby fall down, go boom." What is the track's title?
0:02:17 > 0:02:18Gravel pit.
0:02:18 > 0:02:21Jason Hunter, also known as Rebel INS or Rollie Fingers
0:02:21 > 0:02:24is better known by what name as a Wu Tang Clan member?
0:02:24 > 0:02:25Inspectah Deck.
0:02:25 > 0:02:27He is. What is the name of Wu Tang Clan's first single?
0:02:27 > 0:02:29It was self released and quickly became an underground hit.
0:02:29 > 0:02:31Pass.
0:02:31 > 0:02:33A long-term Wu-Tang clan DJ and producer
0:02:33 > 0:02:36is said to have created their original logo. What is his name?
0:02:36 > 0:02:37RZA.
0:02:37 > 0:02:39No. Allah Mathematics.
0:02:39 > 0:02:41ODB's solo debut, which features the tracks Brooklyn Zoo,
0:02:41 > 0:02:44and Shimmy Shimmy Ya was released in 95.
0:02:44 > 0:02:46What is its title?
0:02:47 > 0:02:48Pass.
0:02:48 > 0:02:50Which Wu Tang Clan single
0:02:50 > 0:02:53that peaked at number 46 in the UK charts features the lyrics,
0:02:53 > 0:02:56"Olympic torch flaming, we burned so sweet, the thrill of victory,
0:02:56 > 0:02:58"the agony of defeat"?
0:02:58 > 0:03:00Triumph.
0:03:00 > 0:03:02The debut album Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
0:03:02 > 0:03:05features a track that is named after and performed solo
0:03:05 > 0:03:07by a member of Wu Tang Clan, which one?
0:03:09 > 0:03:11Sorry, can you repeat the question?
0:03:11 > 0:03:13Their debut album, Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)
0:03:13 > 0:03:15features a track that is named after
0:03:15 > 0:03:18and performed solo by a member of Wu-Tang Clan. Which one?
0:03:23 > 0:03:25Inspectah Deck?
0:03:25 > 0:03:26Method man.
0:03:26 > 0:03:29In '96, Ghost Faced Killa released his first solo album...
0:03:29 > 0:03:30BUZZER
0:03:30 > 0:03:33I have started so I'll finish. ..on his fellow Wu Tang Clan member
0:03:33 > 0:03:35RZA's label. What was his label called?
0:03:39 > 0:03:42Go on. Take a guess.
0:03:43 > 0:03:45Um...
0:03:46 > 0:03:49Out of shadowboxing?
0:03:49 > 0:03:52No, it was Razor Sharp Records.
0:03:52 > 0:03:54You had to passes.
0:03:54 > 0:03:56The solo debut which featured the tracks Brooklyn Zoo
0:03:56 > 0:03:58and Shimmy Shimmy Ya,
0:03:58 > 0:04:01was Return to the 36 Chambers.
0:04:01 > 0:04:03And the name of Wu Tang Clan's
0:04:03 > 0:04:06first single, self released, Protect Ya Neck.
0:04:06 > 0:04:08You've scored, Biz, four points.
0:04:08 > 0:04:14APPLAUSE
0:04:21 > 0:04:23And our next contender please.
0:04:29 > 0:04:31And your name is?
0:04:31 > 0:04:34Your occupation?
0:04:34 > 0:04:38And your specialist subject?
0:04:38 > 0:04:40UK grime, in 90 seconds. Here we go.
0:04:40 > 0:04:44Which grime artist born Dylan Mills in 1985 won the 2003 Mercury
0:04:44 > 0:04:47music prize for his debut album, Boy In Da Corner?
0:04:47 > 0:04:48Dizzee Rascal.
0:04:48 > 0:04:50With which grime crew did Tinchy Stryder Perform?
0:04:50 > 0:04:52He appeared on both volumes of their Guns and Roses
0:04:52 > 0:04:55album before he established himself as a solo artist with
0:04:55 > 0:04:57the 2007 album, Star In The Hood.
0:04:57 > 0:04:59Ruff Sqwad.
0:04:59 > 0:05:02What is the title of the first full-length studio album
0:05:02 > 0:05:04by Lady sovereign, released in 2006?
0:05:04 > 0:05:05Pass.
0:05:05 > 0:05:08Who released his third mix tape, League Of My Own,
0:05:08 > 0:05:11on Always recordings in 2007, prior to winning the best UK newcomer
0:05:11 > 0:05:14MOBO award and signing to Sony Columbia?
0:05:14 > 0:05:15Chipmunk.
0:05:15 > 0:05:17The grime crew, SLK, are known for the track, Hype, Hype.
0:05:17 > 0:05:19What do the initials SLK stand for?
0:05:21 > 0:05:22Pass.
0:05:22 > 0:05:25On what label did the Ruff Sqwad producers Rapid and Dirty Danger
0:05:25 > 0:05:29release the grime retrospective White Label Classics in 2012?
0:05:29 > 0:05:31Ruff Sqawd Recordings.
0:05:31 > 0:05:32No Hats No Hoods.
0:05:32 > 0:05:36Which grime artist whose tracks include Pow and Fire wrote
0:05:36 > 0:05:39an article for the Guardian with the title, "David Cameron is a doughnut?"
0:05:41 > 0:05:42Lethal Bizzl!
0:05:42 > 0:05:46On which estate in the London district of Bow, the heartland
0:05:46 > 0:05:50of the grime scene did Tinchy Stryder and Dizzee Rascal both grow up?
0:05:50 > 0:05:52- Devons Road. - Yes, or Crossways.
0:05:52 > 0:05:54What is the title of the first mix tape
0:05:54 > 0:05:58released by the MC Justin Clark, under the name, Ghetto?
0:05:58 > 0:06:01Erm... Top Three Selected?
0:06:01 > 0:06:032000 and life.
0:06:03 > 0:06:08What 2002 musical mob track on the Inspired Sounds label produced by
0:06:08 > 0:06:13Youngstar is widely acknowledged as being one of the first grime tracks?
0:06:13 > 0:06:15Pulse X.
0:06:15 > 0:06:17Is correct. You had two passes.
0:06:17 > 0:06:20That grime crew known for the track Hype, Hype,
0:06:20 > 0:06:24the initials SLK stand for Street Life Kings.
0:06:24 > 0:06:26Never even knew that, actually.
0:06:26 > 0:06:27There you go, you do now.
0:06:27 > 0:06:30And the other pass, the title of the first full-length studio
0:06:30 > 0:06:34album by Lady Sovereign, was Public Warning.
0:06:34 > 0:06:36Those two passes, you have got six points.
0:06:46 > 0:06:48And our next contender please.
0:06:54 > 0:06:57And your name is?
0:06:57 > 0:06:59Your occupation?
0:06:59 > 0:07:02And your chosen subject?
0:07:02 > 0:07:04Jay-Z, in 90 seconds. Here we go.
0:07:04 > 0:07:07Jay-Z Set up a record company with Damon Dash and Kareem Biggs Burke
0:07:07 > 0:07:10after he was turned down by large record companies such as Atlantic.
0:07:10 > 0:07:11What is his company called?
0:07:11 > 0:07:13Rockefeller records.
0:07:13 > 0:07:15What is the name of Jay-Z's first album, released in 96?
0:07:15 > 0:07:16Reasonable Doubt.
0:07:16 > 0:07:18Yes. Which R&B singer collaborated with Jay-Z
0:07:18 > 0:07:20on the track Guilty Until Proven Innocent
0:07:20 > 0:07:24from the album The Dynasty: Roc La Familia in 2000?
0:07:24 > 0:07:26It referred to police interest in both artists.
0:07:26 > 0:07:28Oh... Pass.
0:07:28 > 0:07:29Before they married, Jay-Z and Beyonce
0:07:29 > 0:07:31collaborated on a single on the Blueprint II album
0:07:31 > 0:07:34that reached number four in the Billboard charts. Which track?
0:07:34 > 0:07:35Bonnie and Clyde.
0:07:35 > 0:07:38Who recorded the 2006 album Hip Hop Is Dead which features
0:07:38 > 0:07:40Jay-Z on the track Black Republican,
0:07:40 > 0:07:43a collaboration that's surprising as the pair had
0:07:43 > 0:07:45a history of taking swipes at each other through their lyrics?
0:07:45 > 0:07:47Nas.
0:07:47 > 0:07:49What does DOA stand for in the title of Jay-Z's
0:07:49 > 0:07:53Grammy-winning single which was also the MTV song of the year for 2009?
0:07:53 > 0:07:54Death of Auto-Tune.
0:07:54 > 0:07:55Yes. In November 2003 Jay-Z
0:07:55 > 0:07:58announced his retirement from music and performed one last concert,
0:07:58 > 0:08:00he later reversed his decision and described it
0:08:00 > 0:08:02as the worst retirement in history.
0:08:02 > 0:08:04At one venue was the concert held?
0:08:04 > 0:08:07Madison Square Garden.
0:08:07 > 0:08:10Who co-wrote the song Empire State of Mind, the track was
0:08:10 > 0:08:14a collaboration between Alicia Keys and Jay-Z, which was an instant hit?
0:08:14 > 0:08:15Alicia Keys?
0:08:15 > 0:08:18Angela Hunt. On which 2003 Beyonce single is Jay-Z
0:08:18 > 0:08:19featured in one of the verses?
0:08:19 > 0:08:22The song topped the Billboard chart and received two Grammy awards.
0:08:22 > 0:08:24Crazy in love.
0:08:24 > 0:08:27Jay-Z came out of musical retirement in 2006 with the album Kingdom Come.
0:08:27 > 0:08:30Which single was the first to be released from the album
0:08:30 > 0:08:33and has a video of Jay-Z recreating James Bond stunts?
0:08:33 > 0:08:35Show Me What You Got.
0:08:35 > 0:08:37The songs Beach Chair and Lost One both refer to Jay-Z's
0:08:37 > 0:08:40nephew who died in a car crash. What was his name?
0:08:40 > 0:08:41Pass.
0:08:41 > 0:08:45I can tell you because you are out of time, it was Colleek
0:08:45 > 0:08:46Colleek Luckie.
0:08:46 > 0:08:50And your other pass, the singer who collaborated with Jay-Z
0:08:50 > 0:08:54on Guilty Until Proven Innocent was R Kelly.
0:08:54 > 0:08:56But I tell you what, you have got 8 points.
0:08:56 > 0:09:01APPLAUSE
0:09:07 > 0:09:09And our final contender please.
0:09:14 > 0:09:16And your name is?
0:09:16 > 0:09:18And your occupation?
0:09:18 > 0:09:20And your chosen subject?
0:09:22 > 0:09:23Kanye West and G.O.O.D. Music in 90 seconds. Here we go.
0:09:23 > 0:09:25Kanye West was inspired to write
0:09:25 > 0:09:27and subsequently record his debut single
0:09:27 > 0:09:30while his jaw was wired shot after a car accident in October 2002.
0:09:30 > 0:09:32What is the song called?
0:09:32 > 0:09:33Through The Wire.
0:09:33 > 0:09:35Which collaboration between West and Jay-Z hit the top of the
0:09:35 > 0:09:38Billboard album chart in the first week of its release in August 2011?
0:09:38 > 0:09:40Watch The Throne.
0:09:40 > 0:09:44West's first official production credits came in '96 when
0:09:44 > 0:09:48he produced eight tracks on an album called Down To Earth by which rapper?
0:09:48 > 0:09:49Grav.
0:09:49 > 0:09:52West founded the G.O.O.D record label as part of Sony BMG and it has signed
0:09:52 > 0:09:55such acts as Consequence, GLC, and Fonzworth Bentley.
0:09:55 > 0:09:58What do the letters G.O.O.D stand for? Getting Out Our Dreams.
0:09:58 > 0:10:00For which track did West sample Shirley Bassey's voice
0:10:00 > 0:10:03from the theme song from the 1971 James Bond film?
0:10:03 > 0:10:05Diamonds.
0:10:05 > 0:10:08Which performer won a Grammy for best R&B album for Get Lifted,
0:10:08 > 0:10:10one of the first major successes for West's G.O.O.D label?
0:10:10 > 0:10:12John Legend.
0:10:12 > 0:10:14What is the title of West's third studio album which continues
0:10:14 > 0:10:17the theme of education from his first two albums, College Dropout
0:10:17 > 0:10:18and Late Registration?
0:10:18 > 0:10:19Graduation.
0:10:19 > 0:10:22According to his mothers work, Raising Kanye, What is the name of
0:10:22 > 0:10:24the song that West recorded at the age of 12,
0:10:24 > 0:10:26the first record he made?
0:10:26 > 0:10:27Green Eggs and Ham.
0:10:27 > 0:10:31West won his first three Grammy awards at the 2005 ceremony.
0:10:31 > 0:10:33Which track, from the album College Dropout won
0:10:33 > 0:10:34the award for Best Rap Song?
0:10:34 > 0:10:36Jesus Walks.
0:10:36 > 0:10:38What is the name of the figure that appears on the cover of West's
0:10:38 > 0:10:41first three studio albums and used to appear on his website?
0:10:41 > 0:10:42The Dropout Bear.
0:10:42 > 0:10:45Which song from the album Late Registration did
0:10:45 > 0:10:48West perform the 2008 Grammy ceremony as a tribute to his mother,
0:10:48 > 0:10:51who died the previous year from complications after cosmetic surgery?
0:10:51 > 0:10:53Hey Mama.
0:10:53 > 0:10:56In which Chinese city did West spent a year of his childhood
0:10:56 > 0:10:58whilst his mother was there lecturing at the University?
0:10:58 > 0:11:00Nanjing.
0:11:00 > 0:11:03Yes! CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:11:06 > 0:11:08No passes, Semtex.
0:11:08 > 0:11:12I don't often say this on this programme, perfect round, 12 points.
0:11:12 > 0:11:14Thank you.
0:11:14 > 0:11:20CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:11:22 > 0:11:25Those scores kept getting bigger and bigger and bigger.
0:11:25 > 0:11:27Let's have a look at all of them in the right order.
0:11:27 > 0:11:30In fourth place, four points, Lethal Bizzle,
0:11:30 > 0:11:32third place, six points, DJ Target,
0:11:32 > 0:11:35eecond plase, eight points, A.Dot,
0:11:35 > 0:11:39first place, with a whacking 12 points, Semtex.
0:11:46 > 0:11:49So, it is the general knowledge round, in a sense, I mean,
0:11:49 > 0:11:52fairly specific general knowledge, if you see what I mean.
0:11:52 > 0:11:53But still general knowledge
0:11:53 > 0:11:56and if there is a tie at the end of it then the number of passes
0:11:56 > 0:12:00gets taken into account and the person with the fewest is the winner.
0:12:00 > 0:12:04Let's get on with it and ask Biz to join us again please.
0:12:07 > 0:12:10Obviously I have been doing my research on all of this,
0:12:10 > 0:12:14and what you have done most recently is, and I don't know
0:12:14 > 0:12:18whether you would accept this, some slightly silly stuff.
0:12:18 > 0:12:23I mean, silly in the sense of silly dance movements and things like that.
0:12:23 > 0:12:27- Oh! - Yeah, exactly. That's what I mean.
0:12:27 > 0:12:31No, my latest record, it is called Rari Workout...
0:12:31 > 0:12:33Yes, and you do it in the car?
0:12:33 > 0:12:35That is where it started.
0:12:35 > 0:12:37Show me what you do?
0:12:37 > 0:12:39Only if you do it with me!
0:12:39 > 0:12:41CHEERING
0:12:41 > 0:12:43All right! But so long as I have not got to stand up.
0:12:43 > 0:12:47No, it is fine. Pretend you are driving. So, hand up.
0:12:47 > 0:12:51And it is just literally, you just got to go, "Pump, pump, pump."
0:12:51 > 0:12:54- I can do that, yeah. - You have got to say, "Pump, pump."
0:12:54 > 0:12:57Oh, I have got to say, "Pump, pump, pump"? Pump, pump, pump.
0:12:59 > 0:13:02That's it, yeah. Then switch arms and then...
0:13:02 > 0:13:05Oh, you did not tell me it was two arms.
0:13:05 > 0:13:07Do you ever get to do both at the same time?
0:13:07 > 0:13:09When we are out of the car. Safety first!
0:13:09 > 0:13:13I have got it, you are holding on to the wheel with one hand, and...
0:13:13 > 0:13:16Yeah, and then pumping when you are enjoying yourself.
0:13:16 > 0:13:19- And it is called Rari? - It is called the Rari Workout.
0:13:19 > 0:13:21- Rari, after Ferrari? - Yeah.
0:13:21 > 0:13:23And the idea is that you make
0:13:23 > 0:13:25so much money out of it that you be able to buy a Ferrari, is that it?
0:13:25 > 0:13:27Yeah!
0:13:27 > 0:13:29I was only guessing!
0:13:29 > 0:13:32But you're going to start getting serious again, right?
0:13:32 > 0:13:35Yeah, my next record is getting more serious,
0:13:35 > 0:13:37a lot more intense, like this!
0:13:37 > 0:13:39This isn't serious, this is fun!
0:13:39 > 0:13:41Anyway we now get to the serious bit of it,
0:13:41 > 0:13:44cos this is the sort of general knowledge round.
0:13:44 > 0:13:47Here we go, two minutes of this, let's see how you get on it.
0:13:47 > 0:13:49Starting now.
0:13:49 > 0:13:52Which rap artist knocked Atomic Kitten off the top spot in the UK
0:13:52 > 0:13:56singles chart in August 2001 with the song, 21 seconds?
0:13:56 > 0:13:57So Solid.
0:13:57 > 0:14:00Which song by LL Cool J begins, "Don't call it a comeback
0:14:00 > 0:14:05"I have been here for years, rocking my peers, putting suckers in fear"?
0:14:05 > 0:14:07Mama Said Knock You Out.
0:14:07 > 0:14:10Who topped the UK singles chart for the first time over 2002 with
0:14:10 > 0:14:12Kelly Rowland, on Dilemma?
0:14:12 > 0:14:13Nelly.
0:14:13 > 0:14:15Which hip-hop technique when vinyl records were cued was
0:14:15 > 0:14:18pioneered by the DJ, Grand Wizard Theodore?
0:14:18 > 0:14:19Pass.
0:14:19 > 0:14:22What is the name of the rapper released the album Restless in 2000?
0:14:22 > 0:14:25He hosted MTV's Pimp My Ride for a number of years.
0:14:25 > 0:14:26Xzibit.
0:14:26 > 0:14:29Which female rapper featured on Melanie B's UK number one single
0:14:29 > 0:14:31I Want You Back in 1998?
0:14:31 > 0:14:32Repeat the question.
0:14:32 > 0:14:36Which female rapper featured on Melanie B's UK number one single...
0:14:36 > 0:14:39- Missy Elliott. - Yes, Missy Elliott is correct.
0:14:39 > 0:14:41Which DJ whose real name is Clive Campbell was known for playing
0:14:41 > 0:14:44hard funk records at house parties in the Bronx
0:14:44 > 0:14:46and is credited with creating the hip-hop genre?
0:14:49 > 0:14:51Pass.
0:14:51 > 0:14:53What genre of the Southern hip-hop music scene was made
0:14:53 > 0:14:56popular by acts such as Li'l Jon and the Ying Yang Twins?
0:14:56 > 0:14:57Crunk.
0:14:57 > 0:15:00Which American rap artist was born Kimberly Denise Jones
0:15:00 > 0:15:02in Brooklyn in 1975?
0:15:02 > 0:15:03Li'l Kim.
0:15:03 > 0:15:06Which genre of hip-hop music which originated in the late '90s
0:15:06 > 0:15:08in Atlanta is characterised by finger clicking?
0:15:08 > 0:15:10Early artists include Dem Franchize Boyz.
0:15:14 > 0:15:16Pass.
0:15:16 > 0:15:19Under what name did the Florida-born rapper Armando Perez release
0:15:19 > 0:15:22his debut album, Miami, in 2004?
0:15:22 > 0:15:25Repeat the question.
0:15:25 > 0:15:28Under what question did the Florida born rapper Armando Perez
0:15:28 > 0:15:32release his debut album, Miami, in 2004?
0:15:32 > 0:15:34- Flo-Rida? - Pitbull.
0:15:34 > 0:15:37After leaving NWA, Dr Dre released an album in '92 that went to
0:15:37 > 0:15:40number three in the Billboard 200, what was its title?
0:15:40 > 0:15:42Chronic.
0:15:42 > 0:15:44Which influential MC and DJ duo released the albums
0:15:44 > 0:15:48Step In The Arena in 1991 and Daily Operation the following year?
0:15:49 > 0:15:51BUZZER
0:15:51 > 0:15:53Take a guess because we are out of time.
0:15:56 > 0:16:00Will Smith, Jazzy Jeff?
0:16:00 > 0:16:01It was Gang Starr.
0:16:01 > 0:16:03Oh. Sorry!
0:16:03 > 0:16:05Listen, you have done...
0:16:05 > 0:16:08I will give you the other passes before I give you the score.
0:16:08 > 0:16:11- Snap music is that one. - Oh.
0:16:11 > 0:16:14Well, nor me, but there you go, I wasn't expected to know!
0:16:14 > 0:16:17The DJ whose real name is Clive Campbell, Kool Herc.
0:16:17 > 0:16:20He was the guy who is credited with inventing the hip-hop genre.
0:16:20 > 0:16:23And that technique when vinyl records were cued,
0:16:23 > 0:16:27pioneered by the DJ Grand Wizard Theodore, scratching.
0:16:27 > 0:16:29Oh.
0:16:29 > 0:16:31Look, the good news is your score has shot up,
0:16:31 > 0:16:34you are in double figures, you have got 12 points.
0:16:34 > 0:16:39APPLAUSE
0:16:43 > 0:16:46And now Dj Target please, again.
0:16:46 > 0:16:52And your sort of job description says you are a DJ and taste maker.
0:16:55 > 0:16:57Yes, I guess you could say that.
0:16:57 > 0:16:58What does taste maker mean?
0:16:58 > 0:17:02I guess I am one of those DJs, I play a lot of music first,
0:17:02 > 0:17:05I am ahead of a lot of DJs, and I think a lot of people
0:17:05 > 0:17:06look to my shows and what I do
0:17:06 > 0:17:09as somewhere where they can make their taste.
0:17:09 > 0:17:12So you are telling people what they ought to like.
0:17:12 > 0:17:16I'm giving them a choice out of some really good stuff, basically.
0:17:16 > 0:17:20I just know what I like, and I feel like I play good
0:17:20 > 0:17:23music on the radio so people gravitate towards that.
0:17:23 > 0:17:28Are you one of those who, if you say that this is going to be big,
0:17:28 > 0:17:32or good, or whatever, it will be? Do you...?
0:17:32 > 0:17:36I would say I have got a pretty good strike rate of calling out
0:17:36 > 0:17:40things ahead of time, so yeah, I would say that.
0:17:40 > 0:17:42The reason I play very strong...
0:17:42 > 0:17:44Literally from acoustic music all the way
0:17:44 > 0:17:47through to stuff that would only scare you out of the studio
0:17:47 > 0:17:50if I played it to you but, yeah, lots of great UK...
0:17:50 > 0:17:53Just give me an idea, a quick example of the stuff that'd scare me
0:17:53 > 0:17:54out of this studio.
0:17:54 > 0:17:56I can't really do an impression of it.
0:17:56 > 0:18:02Heavy, hard, basslines, thumping drums, synths,
0:18:02 > 0:18:03stuff that you might not...
0:18:03 > 0:18:06Sounds like everything I have ever heard on Radio 1Xtra, really.
0:18:06 > 0:18:09There you go, I didn't know you were an avid listener like that.
0:18:09 > 0:18:13Well, you mustn't make assumptions, you see?
0:18:13 > 0:18:18Right, OK, you got six points, this is the general knowledge round now.
0:18:18 > 0:18:24Two minutes. Here's your chance to prove yourself again. Here we go.
0:18:24 > 0:18:26Under what name did the Southern rapper Tramar Dillard
0:18:26 > 0:18:30topped the UK singles chart in 2009 with Right Round?
0:18:30 > 0:18:32Flo Rida.
0:18:32 > 0:18:36Eminem won the Best Original Song Oscar in 2002 for Lose Yourself
0:18:36 > 0:18:39which featured on the soundtrack to a film he also starred in.
0:18:39 > 0:18:40What's its title?
0:18:40 > 0:18:41Eight mile.
0:18:41 > 0:18:43Which Tupac Shakur a double album features the hit singles
0:18:43 > 0:18:45California Love and How Do You Want it?
0:18:47 > 0:18:49I know this but...it's gone. Pass.
0:18:49 > 0:18:53What is the next line in Naughty By Nature's '93 UK
0:18:53 > 0:18:55top 40 hit, "I live and die for hip-hop,
0:18:55 > 0:18:58"this is hip-hop for today, I give props to hip-hop, so..."?
0:18:58 > 0:19:00Hip-hop hooray.
0:19:00 > 0:19:03Which female rapper who is also known for her film roles had a UK
0:19:03 > 0:19:06top 20 hit in 1990 with Mama Gave Birth to the Soul children?
0:19:06 > 0:19:08Queen Latifah.
0:19:08 > 0:19:11The sixth studio album by Rick Ross was released in 2014
0:19:11 > 0:19:15and features Li'l Wayne and Kanye West. What is its title?
0:19:15 > 0:19:16Mastermind.
0:19:16 > 0:19:21Which record label was founded in 1993 by Sean Diddy Combs?
0:19:21 > 0:19:22Bad Boy.
0:19:22 > 0:19:24What's My Name was a song on a '93 debut album
0:19:24 > 0:19:26that entered the American album charts at number one.
0:19:26 > 0:19:28Which artist recorded it?
0:19:30 > 0:19:32Snoop Doggy Dogg.
0:19:32 > 0:19:34Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five single, The Message,
0:19:34 > 0:19:37features the lyrics, "It is like a jungle sometimes, it makes me
0:19:37 > 0:19:39"wonder how I keep from going..."?
0:19:39 > 0:19:40Under.
0:19:40 > 0:19:45Which song released by Q-Tip reached number 12 on the UK charts in 2000?
0:19:45 > 0:19:47Breath And Stop.
0:19:47 > 0:19:49The influential Public Enemy song Fight the Power
0:19:49 > 0:19:52featured in which Spike Lee film?
0:19:52 > 0:19:54Pass.
0:19:54 > 0:19:56What term was coined to describe people who waited for the break
0:19:56 > 0:19:59section of songs to get up and dance in a frenetic manner?
0:19:59 > 0:20:02It is attributed to DJ Kool Herc.
0:20:02 > 0:20:04Sorry, repeat that.
0:20:04 > 0:20:06What term was coined to describe people who waited for the break
0:20:06 > 0:20:08section of songs to get up and dance...?
0:20:08 > 0:20:09Breakdancers.
0:20:09 > 0:20:11- Yes. Or B-Boys. - OK.
0:20:11 > 0:20:12In the 1970s Lee Quinones
0:20:12 > 0:20:16And Fred Brathwaite became members of which Brooklyn-based graffiti
0:20:16 > 0:20:19group known for painting the entire side of New York subway cars?
0:20:21 > 0:20:24Erm... Pass.
0:20:24 > 0:20:25BUZZER
0:20:25 > 0:20:27I was going to give you another one
0:20:27 > 0:20:29but I did not start so I can't finish.
0:20:29 > 0:20:32That last one you passed on was the Fabulous Five.
0:20:32 > 0:20:35The Spike Lee film that had Fight the Power
0:20:35 > 0:20:39and all that was Do The Right Thing.
0:20:39 > 0:20:44And that Tupac Shakur double album was All Eyez On <e.
0:20:44 > 0:20:49- Of course, yes. - You now have a total of 16 points.
0:20:59 > 0:21:02And now A.Dot again please.
0:21:02 > 0:21:07You are very new to the station, are you?
0:21:07 > 0:21:09- Brand-new. - Brand-new?
0:21:09 > 0:21:12- And you're a woman. - Yeah!
0:21:12 > 0:21:17Now, I say that, because this is an industry, a genre,
0:21:17 > 0:21:19if you prefer, dominated by men.
0:21:19 > 0:21:22It is, very male dominated.
0:21:22 > 0:21:26But there are a few female DJs, especially on 1Xtra,
0:21:26 > 0:21:27they are coming through.
0:21:27 > 0:21:30But the music is pretty much dominated by men,
0:21:30 > 0:21:31and the people who listen?
0:21:31 > 0:21:37I think it is becoming more accessible and enjoyable to everyone.
0:21:37 > 0:21:40I think hip-hop and R&B
0:21:40 > 0:21:44and all the genres that we play on the station have a broad audience.
0:21:44 > 0:21:49I think hip-hop in particular is growing, more appealing to women.
0:21:49 > 0:21:51You are seeing that with women doing more hip-hop,
0:21:51 > 0:21:55especially in the UK with people like Ms Dynamite, there is
0:21:55 > 0:21:58a big scope for more people to come through as well.
0:21:58 > 0:22:00So what is the difference, if there is a difference,
0:22:00 > 0:22:04between what women do with hip-hop and what men have done traditionally?
0:22:04 > 0:22:07I don't think there is a huge difference in terms of what is
0:22:07 > 0:22:12delivered. I think there is just more of a history with men in hip-hop.
0:22:12 > 0:22:16I think men have been doing it since the '70s.
0:22:16 > 0:22:20Not until soft of MC Lyte in the late '80s were women really doing it.
0:22:20 > 0:22:25So there is a big gap that we had to catch up on, but we will do that.
0:22:25 > 0:22:29Right, that is clear. Now, you have got eight points.
0:22:29 > 0:22:31There is a way to go yet,
0:22:31 > 0:22:34because there is a fair bit of competition over there. Absolutely.
0:22:34 > 0:22:39Let's see if you can do it now with your general knowledge. Here we go.
0:22:39 > 0:22:42Which rapper was featured along with Li'l Jon
0:22:42 > 0:22:44On Usher's 2004 UK number one single, Yeah?
0:22:46 > 0:22:48Ludacris.
0:22:48 > 0:22:51Which Run DMC track, a top five single in America in 1986,
0:22:51 > 0:22:54starts with the lyrics, "There is a back seat lover that is always
0:22:54 > 0:22:56"undercover and we talked till daddy say..."?
0:22:59 > 0:23:01Pass.
0:23:01 > 0:23:05Roman Zolanski is the alter ego of which Trinidad-born rap singer?
0:23:05 > 0:23:07Nicki Minaj.
0:23:07 > 0:23:09Yes, under what name did the influential east coast hip-hop
0:23:09 > 0:23:11superstar Christopher Wallis release albums such as Ready to Die
0:23:11 > 0:23:12and Life After Death?
0:23:12 > 0:23:13Notiorious B.I.G.
0:23:13 > 0:23:16Cornbread and Cool Earl were amongst the most prolific graffiti
0:23:16 > 0:23:18artist in which American city?
0:23:18 > 0:23:20- New York. - Philadelphia.
0:23:20 > 0:23:22What is the real name of Fift Cent, who topped the UK album
0:23:22 > 0:23:24charts in 2005 with The Massacre?
0:23:24 > 0:23:32Curtis... Curtis, Curtis, Curtis...
0:23:32 > 0:23:34I will take that as a pass!
0:23:34 > 0:23:36Curtis pass!
0:23:36 > 0:23:37I will give you half a point maybe!
0:23:37 > 0:23:41What is the title of Lauryn Hill's '98 UK top three single which has
0:23:41 > 0:23:44the lyrics, "Girlfriend let me break it down for you again, you know
0:23:44 > 0:23:46"I only say because I'm truly genuine"?
0:23:46 > 0:23:47Doo-wop That Thing.
0:23:47 > 0:23:50Which Latino DJ created the first mixed plate in '77
0:23:50 > 0:23:53combining sound bites, special effects and paused beats?
0:23:55 > 0:23:57Pass.
0:23:57 > 0:24:00Which NWA album released in '88 is widely regarded as the pioneering
0:24:00 > 0:24:02record of gangster rap?
0:24:02 > 0:24:03Straight Outta Compton.
0:24:03 > 0:24:06In '87 which Beastie Boys record became the first rap album to top
0:24:06 > 0:24:08the Billboard 200 charts?
0:24:08 > 0:24:09License To Ill.
0:24:09 > 0:24:11Jump Around became a massive crossover hit in 1992
0:24:11 > 0:24:14for a then unknown hip-hop group, what was their name?
0:24:14 > 0:24:15House of Pain.
0:24:15 > 0:24:17Which record label was founded in '99 by Eminem
0:24:17 > 0:24:19and his manager Paul Rosenberg?
0:24:19 > 0:24:20Shady Records.
0:24:20 > 0:24:22Which member of Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five
0:24:22 > 0:24:24is often credited with coining the term hip-hop to
0:24:24 > 0:24:27describe the music that can out of disco rap?
0:24:27 > 0:24:28Keith Cowboy.
0:24:28 > 0:24:30What is the name of the Philadelphia-based MC whose single
0:24:30 > 0:24:33To The Beat, Y'All was one of the first releases
0:24:33 > 0:24:34by a solo female hip-hop artist?
0:24:34 > 0:24:36- MC Lyte. - Lady B.
0:24:36 > 0:24:37The hip-hop dance style known as the Kick Step
0:24:37 > 0:24:40or the Funky Charleston, was made popular by which rapping duo
0:24:40 > 0:24:44and first seen in the video for the song Getting Funky?
0:24:44 > 0:24:46- Kid And Play? - Yes.
0:24:46 > 0:24:49- Oh! - Always worth a guess.
0:24:49 > 0:24:52Right, your other passes, well, your passes, that Latino
0:24:52 > 0:24:55DJ with the first mixed plate and all that, Disco Wiz.
0:24:57 > 0:25:01- Curtis, the surname, Jackson. - Oh!
0:25:01 > 0:25:03- Yes! - It is the chair!
0:25:03 > 0:25:06It is, it is and the lights and all that stuff, I know!
0:25:06 > 0:25:11And the other one, that Run DMC track was Walk This Way.
0:25:11 > 0:25:14- Which you also knew, didn't you? - Of course.
0:25:14 > 0:25:16Here is the good news,
0:25:16 > 0:25:19you've scored a very respectable total of 18 points.
0:25:29 > 0:25:31And finally, Semtex, please.
0:25:32 > 0:25:39You have already scored 12 points, but anyway,
0:25:39 > 0:25:44you were the first hip-hop DJ on 1Xtra, right?
0:25:44 > 0:25:45Yes.
0:25:45 > 0:25:49I asked around about how I should regard you in this world
0:25:49 > 0:25:53and they said, "Well, he is the sort of John Peel of the hip-hop world."
0:25:53 > 0:25:59- Wow. - But that is the flattering bit.
0:25:59 > 0:26:01Slightly less flattering part of the question is,
0:26:01 > 0:26:04isn't this really a very young person's business?
0:26:04 > 0:26:06Are you not getting on a bit now?
0:26:06 > 0:26:09- Ask Eminem, who is 44... - That's true.
0:26:09 > 0:26:12- And you are how old? - 40.
0:26:12 > 0:26:14Ask Jay-Z, who is 46, you can ask Chuck D,
0:26:14 > 0:26:18who is still touring the world with Public Enemy in his 60s,
0:26:18 > 0:26:22DJ Red Alert, beyond that, if you like the music music, that's it.
0:26:22 > 0:26:25- So it is mainstream now? - Parts of it is mainstream.
0:26:25 > 0:26:28- Doesn't it then lose its edge? - Not at all.
0:26:28 > 0:26:31Because some of the most exciting music is coming out of the mix tapes.
0:26:31 > 0:26:34Some of the hottest artists, say for example, Little BB dropped
0:26:34 > 0:26:36a mix tape last week, you might be familiar with them...
0:26:36 > 0:26:38Most mornings, yeah(!)
0:26:38 > 0:26:42He is the most anticipated,
0:26:42 > 0:26:45uncompromising artist around at the moment.
0:26:45 > 0:26:47He is not going mainstream any time soon.
0:26:47 > 0:26:49There is an artist from Manchester called
0:26:49 > 0:26:52Shotty Horroh, does his thing the freestyling,
0:26:52 > 0:26:55again he has taken it to another level and taken it somewhere else.
0:26:55 > 0:26:57He is not mainstream.
0:26:57 > 0:27:00He might be one day, but right now, he is perfecting the art.
0:27:00 > 0:27:03So what you are saying is there is new blood coming in all the time?
0:27:03 > 0:27:07- It is always reinventing itself. - Great.
0:27:07 > 0:27:10You have certainly done that yourself over the years.
0:27:10 > 0:27:13And in this programme you are racing away with 12 points already.
0:27:13 > 0:27:15Let's see how you do with your two minutes of general knowledge,
0:27:15 > 0:27:16starting now.
0:27:16 > 0:27:17A track on Ice-T's Home Invasion
0:27:17 > 0:27:21and on Jay-Z's the Black Album both have the title "99..." what?
0:27:21 > 0:27:2399 problems.
0:27:23 > 0:27:26Which record label was founded by Dr Dre and Suge Knight in the early
0:27:26 > 0:27:28'90s and made them influential players in the rap industry?
0:27:28 > 0:27:30Death Row Records.
0:27:30 > 0:27:33Which rap artist one Trevor Smith featured on his first UK number one
0:27:33 > 0:27:35single Don't Cha with the Pussycat Dolls?
0:27:35 > 0:27:36Busta Rhymes.
0:27:36 > 0:27:38A Greek teenager called Demetrios
0:27:38 > 0:27:41was one of the first to popularise street graffiti in New York.
0:27:41 > 0:27:42What tag did he use?
0:27:42 > 0:27:43Pass.
0:27:43 > 0:27:46Which American R&B singer has had hit singles with George Benson,
0:27:46 > 0:27:47George Michael, and Sting?
0:27:49 > 0:27:50Pass.
0:27:50 > 0:27:54Vanilla Ice's UK number one single, Ice, Ice, Baby,
0:27:54 > 0:27:57begins, "All right, stop, collaborate and..."?
0:27:57 > 0:27:58Listen.
0:27:58 > 0:28:00Tone Loc's 1989 hit single Wild Thing
0:28:00 > 0:28:03was taken from his US number one album.
0:28:03 > 0:28:04What is its title?
0:28:04 > 0:28:06Pass.
0:28:06 > 0:28:10Which trio founded in Los Angeles in '88 by B-Real, Sen Dog, and DJ Muggs
0:28:10 > 0:28:13became the first Latino American hip hop superstars?
0:28:13 > 0:28:15- Cypress Hill. - Cypress Hill the correct answer.
0:28:15 > 0:28:18What group did Cheryl James and Sandra Denton form in New York
0:28:18 > 0:28:19that later had UK hit singles
0:28:19 > 0:28:21such as Push It and Do You Want Me?
0:28:21 > 0:28:22Salt-N-Pepa.
0:28:22 > 0:28:24With which single did Will Smith and Jeff Townes performing as the
0:28:24 > 0:28:30duo Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince top the UK singles chart in 1993?
0:28:30 > 0:28:31Parents Just Don't Understand.
0:28:31 > 0:28:32No, Boom, Shake The Room.
0:28:32 > 0:28:35Which group's self titled '92 debut album originally featured
0:28:35 > 0:28:37the controversial track, Cop Killer?
0:28:37 > 0:28:39Body count.
0:28:39 > 0:28:42What is the title of the 2011 UK top 10 hit by Drake that
0:28:42 > 0:28:44features Rihanna and includes the lyrics, "I know you've been
0:28:44 > 0:28:47"hurt by someone else, I can tell by the way you carry yourself"?
0:28:49 > 0:28:50Pass.
0:28:50 > 0:28:55Which group had a UK top three single with Rapper's Delight in '79.
0:28:55 > 0:28:56Can you repeat the question?
0:28:56 > 0:29:00Which group had a UK top three single with Rapper's Delight in '79?
0:29:00 > 0:29:02Sugar Hill Gang.
0:29:02 > 0:29:05Which hip-hop dance craze loosely based on a Martin Lawrence
0:29:05 > 0:29:07female character from his '90s sitcom, Martin,
0:29:07 > 0:29:10was developed by the team quintet, We Are Toonz?
0:29:10 > 0:29:11Pass.
0:29:11 > 0:29:14Which group reached number 15 in the UK charts in 1991 with the track,
0:29:14 > 0:29:15Can I Kick It?
0:29:15 > 0:29:17A Tribe Called Quest.
0:29:17 > 0:29:18An American... BUZZER
0:29:18 > 0:29:19Just started so I'll finish.
0:29:19 > 0:29:21An American hip-hop record label known for signing both Mos Def
0:29:21 > 0:29:24and Talib Kweli early in their careers was founded in 1996
0:29:24 > 0:29:27by Brian Bater and Jarret Myer, what is the label name?
0:29:27 > 0:29:29- Rawkus Records. - Is correct.
0:29:29 > 0:29:31Let's have a look at your passes.
0:29:31 > 0:29:34That hip-hop dance craze, that was the Nay Nay.
0:29:34 > 0:29:36Didn't know that.
0:29:36 > 0:29:41The title of that 2011 UK top 10 hit, Drake and Rihanna, Take Care.
0:29:41 > 0:29:45That Tone Loc album was Loc-ed After Dark.
0:29:45 > 0:29:48- I had forgotten. - Well, we do.
0:29:48 > 0:29:50I should have got the Drake one.
0:29:50 > 0:29:55That American R&B singer, Mary J Blige, or "MJ", whichever you prefer.
0:29:55 > 0:29:58I'm a hip-hop guy, not an R&B guy.
0:29:58 > 0:30:02You're not? Well I didn't write these questions!
0:30:02 > 0:30:09The final pass, that Greek teenager, the tag used was TAKI 183.
0:30:09 > 0:30:17So, here's the thing, Semtex, you have a grand total of 22 points.
0:30:17 > 0:30:19APPLAUSE
0:30:30 > 0:30:33Well, he held on to that lead, so no doubt about the winner,
0:30:33 > 0:30:35in fourth place, with 12 points, Lethal Bizzle,
0:30:35 > 0:30:38third-place, 16 points, DJ Target,
0:30:38 > 0:30:41second-place, 18 points, A.Dot,
0:30:41 > 0:30:43first place, with 22 points, Semtex.
0:30:43 > 0:30:48CHEERING AND APPLAUSE
0:31:02 > 0:31:06Congratulations. Tell me how much it means to you, Mastermind?
0:31:06 > 0:31:08It means a lot,
0:31:08 > 0:31:12but I think it means even more to win this in my hometown, Manchester.
0:31:12 > 0:31:15CHEERING
0:31:17 > 0:31:21And I want to send a big up, or a shout out, to my colleagues,
0:31:21 > 0:31:23Lethal Bizzle, Target, A.Dot,
0:31:23 > 0:31:26they have been brilliant today, and A.Dot had me on my toes.
0:31:26 > 0:31:28Didn't she just? It was touch and go.
0:31:28 > 0:31:32Brilliant of you to take part, thanks a lot, congratulations,
0:31:32 > 0:31:37and thank you for watching, Hip Hop Mastermind. Goodbye.