70s Hip-Hop

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Across
  1. 2. The percussion-heavy instrumental section of a funk or disco record that DJs looped so people could dance.
  2. 4. A DJing technique using two record players and a mixer to blend and loop beats seamlessly.
  3. 5. A neighborhood gathering in the Bronx where early DJs plugged their sound systems into streetlight power grids to play music for the community.
  4. 7. How many core "pillars" or elements make up Hip-Hop culture (DJing, MCing, Breakdancing, and Visual Art)?
  5. 8. The 1979 song by the Sugarhill Gang that became the first mainstream commercial hip-hop hit record.
  6. 9. Short for "Master of Ceremonies"—the person on the microphone who hyped up the crowd and eventually began rhyming
Down
  1. 1. Colorful, stylized spray-paint visual art on city walls and subway cars that became one of the key elements of 70s hip-hop culture.
  2. 2. The outer borough of New York City where Hip-Hop was born in the 1970s.
  3. 3. Taking a snippet or portion of an older record's sound to create a brand new beat.
  4. 6. DJ Grandmaster Flash, Afrika Bambaataa, and DJ ______ ______ are known as the "Holy Trinity" who birthed Hip-Hop.