Chicanx and Ethno M116: Chicanx and Latinx Music in the U.S.

Final Exam Study Guide, Winter Quarter 2017

Structure:
100 Questions
Multiple Choice

Scantrons will be provided for you

Bring a #2 Pencil
Pens are not acceptable

Listening section:
12-15 songs will be selected with 2-5 questions each.
Every song will be played from the very beginning up to one minute or more.

The exam is scheduled during finals week on Thursday, March 23, 2016 from 11:30am
2:30pm

Significance of wording: identities/ethnicities/gender/sexualities:

Afro-Cubans
Boricua
Cubana/o
Dominican Americans
Dominicana/o
Latinx
Nuyorican
Puerto Rican, Boricua or
puertorriquea/o

Instruments:
Barriles
Bat
Bong
Clave
Congas
Gaitas
Gaitero/Palenquero drums
Guitarra de son/requinto
jarocho
Jarana
Maracas
MPC
Requinto (guitar): tro and
bachata context
Tarima
Timbales
Tres

Concepts:
Polyculturalism
Afro-mestizaje
Feminism
Patriarchy
White Privilege
Male Privilege
Pan-Latino consciousness
Pan-African consciousness

Genres/practices:
Bachata
Bomba
Bugal
Comparsas
Cuban son
Cumbia
Hip-Hop
LatinAlternative
Latin Jazz
Latin Pop
Latin Rock
Mambo
Plena
Reggaetn
Rumba
Salsa
Santera
Son Jarocho
Son Huasteco

Artists, Groups and Bands

Aparato!
Aridia Ventura
Arsenio Rodrguez
Aventura
Becky G
Bomberas de la Baha
Brown Sabbath
Brownout
Buscabulla
Calle 13
Carlos Santana
Celia Cruz
Cold Crush Brothers
Cypress Hill
Daddy Yankee
DJ Charlie Chase
DJ Disco Wiz
DJ Dus
DJ Kook Herc
El Conjunto Nueva Ola
El General
Fania All-Stars
Fort Apache Band
Francisco Aguabella
Girlz Talk
Grandwizard Theodore and The Fantastic 5
Grupo Fantasma
Hector Lavoe
Hector Lus Rivera
Helado Negro
Jennifer Lpez
Joe Bataan
Johnny Pacheco
Jorge Santana
Juan Lus Guerra
Krudas Cubensi
Kumbia Kingz
La Lupe
Los Abandoned
Los Gaiteros de San Jacinto
Los Pleneros de la 21
Malo
Melida Rodrguez
Menudo
Monchy & Alexandra
Money Chicha
N.O.R.E.
Prince Royce
Prince Whipper Whip
Puya
Ricky Martn
Robi Draco Rosa
Romeo Santos
Ruby Dee
Santana Band
Shabba Ranks
Shakira
Si*S
Th Beatnuts
The Ghetto Brothers
Third Root
Tito Puente
Tito Rodrguez
Viento de Agua
Wake Self
Willie Bobo
Xenia Rubinos

Readings, lectures and documentaries

Afro-Cuban musico-spirituality
Steven Lozas three phases of traditional Afro-cuban music/forms
Yoruba
Lucum
Regla de ocha
Orishas
Synchornicity
Cantos
Toques
Rumba (three forms)
Conga (rhythm or conga de comparsa).
Cabildos de nacin
Epiphany and carnaval in Santiago de Cuba
Transfer of conga/comparsa rhythm into U.S. popular music
Son conjunto
Roots mambo
Mambo craze
The Palladium (NYC)
Fania
From Mambo to Hip-Hop
The South Bronx
The Four Elements of Hip-Hop + 2
The Zulu Nation
Watch Out Now
Enoch Light Hijack
Break beats
B-Boys and B-Girls
The Rocksteady Crew
Sound systems
Jamaican toasting
Black radical poetry as proto-rapping
MC Cyphers and Battles

Wild Style
Lee Quiones

West Coast hip-hop

Chicano-Latino rap roots
La tercera raz, or third root
Gangsta rap influence on Los Angeles Chicano-Latino rap

Reggaetn
Jamaican and Panamanian roots
Musical elements of reggaetn
The male gaze and reggaetn

Bachata
Social class and early bachata
Bolero connection to bachata
Repblica Dominicana to New York City
Bachata Rosa
Urban bachata

Son jarocho
Son huasteco

Bomba

Cumbia roots
Palenques
San Basilio de Palenque
Cumbia chicha and Amazonian cumbia

Nacional Records
Latin Alternative
La Cita
Remezcla
NPRs Alt.Latino
Latin Alternative Music Conference
Listening Notes:

1. Quimbara: Celia Cruz

Genre(s): Salsa with rumba guaguanc
Key instrumentation: congas, timbales and claves with horn section and piano
Place: New York City (NYC) by way of La Habana, Cuba

2. El carbonero: La Lupe
Genre: Salsa
Key instrumentation: congas, bong and timbales with horn section
Place: NYC by way of Santiago, Cuba

3. Ran Kan Kan: Tito Puente

Genre: Mambo
Key instrumentation: timbales, congas, cowbell, piano and horn section
Place: Nuyorican (New York Puerto Rican), NYC

4. Subway Joe: Joe Bataan

Genre: Bugal
Key instrumentation: piano, handclaps (commonly used in bugal), congas, cowbell and
timbales and horn section with trombone.
Place: El Barrio/Spanish Harlem in NYC

5. Evil Ways: Willie Bobo

Genre: Latin Jazz
Key instrumentation: congas, timbales, cowbell, horn section and jazz guitar.
Place: NYC to Los Angeles by way of Puerto Rico

6. I Aint Going Out Like That: Cypress Hill

Genre: Hip-hop
Key instrumentation: MPC (digital sampler of sounds/instruments) with a harmonica sample
of The Wizard by Black Sabbath.
Place: Southeast Los Angeles: South Gate

7. Mi cuerpo es mo: Krudas Cubensi

Genre/styles: LGBTQ Afro-Cuban hip-hop
Instruments: Digital beats and keyboards
Place: Austin, Texas by way of Cuba

8. Gasolina: Daddy Yankee

Genre: Reggaetn
Instruments: Digital beats
Place: San Juan, Puerto Rico
9. Mayel: Viento de Agua
Genre: Bomba
Instruments: Barrilles (subidor and buleador), maraca and cus
Place: San Juan, Puerto Rico

10. Obsesin: Aventura

Genre: Urban bachata
Place: Bronx, NYC

11. Stand by Me: Prince Royce

Genre: Urban bachata
Place: Bronx, NYC

12. Jenny from the Block: Jennifer Lpez

Genre(s): Latin pop with hip-hop
Place: Los Angeles, CA by way of Bronx, NYC

13. Hips Dont Lie: Shakira and Wyclef Jean

Genre: Latin pop with Afro-Caribbean beats
Place: Miami, Florida by way of Barranquilla, Colombia

14. Azcar: Kumbia Kingz

Genre(s): Tejano cumbia
Place: Corpus Christi, Texas

15. Quieren efectos: Money Chicha

Genre(s): Peruvian cumbia chicha
Key instruments: Congas, bong, timbales, organ and psychedelic style electric guitars
Place: Austin, Texas

16. This Love: Si*S

Genres(s): Latin Alternative-digital soul/down tempo
Instrumentation: Digital beats, electric guitars, keyboard and trumpet
Place: NYC

17. Trtaro: Buscabulla

Genre(s): Latin Alternative with elements of salsa erotica
Instrumentation: Digital beats with samples of congas, bong and timbales
Place: NYC by way of Puerto Rico

18. Hair Receding: Xenia Rubinos

Genre: Latin Alternative
Instrumentation: Keyboard and drum set
Place: NYC by way of Connecticut
 19. Aire: Aparato!
Genre: Latin Alternative
Key Instrumentation: Jarana huasteca (huapango rhythm), piano, organ, electric guitar,
bass guitar and drum set.
Place: Los Angeles and Anaheim, CA

20. Young, Latin and Proud: Helado Negro

Genre(s): Latin Alternative/Chill wave
Place: Brooklyn, NYC by way of Miami, Florida
Key instrumentation: Digital programming software and electric guitar