Question
A work named for this genre anthologized in the Norton Introduction to Literature states that this genre “will simply amaze you / Praise you, pay you / Do whatever you say do, but Black, it can’t save you.” For 10 points each:
[10e] Name this popular music genre whose wordplay is accentuated by poetic techniques like rhyme scheme and rhythm that make up its flow.
ANSWER: hip hop music [accept rap music] (The Norton anthology features “Hip Hop” by Mos Def.)
[10m] This “inventor of flow” pioneered complex internal rhyme schemes and multisyllabic rhymes in his wordplay on tracks like “Paid in Full” and “I Ain’t No Joke” as part of an influential golden age duo with DJ Eric B.
ANSWER: Rakim (“rah-KIM”) [or William Michael Griffin Jr.; accept Eric B. & Rakim]
[10h] The foreword to the Anthology of Rap defines rap as this type of wordplay “in a postmodern way.” Imani Perry’s Prophets of the Hood discusses this use of coded language, like ritualized humorous insults, to convey meaning.
ANSWER: signifying [or signifyin’; or word forms of signify]
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Summary
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ Berkeley | 01/27/2024 | Y | 3 | 20.00 | 100% | 67% | 33% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ JMU | 01/27/2024 | Y | 9 | 15.56 | 100% | 44% | 11% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ Minnesota | 01/27/2024 | Y | 2 | 10.00 | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ Nebraska | 01/27/2024 | Y | 6 | 11.67 | 100% | 17% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ Ohio State | 01/27/2024 | Y | 3 | 13.33 | 100% | 33% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ Rutgers | 01/27/2024 | Y | 5 | 12.00 | 100% | 20% | 0% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ Imperial | 01/27/2024 | Y | 8 | 17.50 | 100% | 63% | 13% |
| 2024 ACF Regionals @ Vanderbilt | 01/27/2024 | Y | 5 | 12.00 | 100% | 20% | 0% |
Data
| Texas A | Claremont A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Iowa B | Iowa A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Rice A | UW A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Sorbonne | Appalachian State | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Texas A&M A | UBC A | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| Michigan State A | Texas A&M B | 10 | 0 | 0 | 10 |