A.   To connect the present to a time in the future where equality reigns.

B.   It was a mistake but they though it sounded cool so they left in on

C.   To tie the realities that GZA is referring to in the song to an imaginary world of honour.

D.   To lengthen the song to collect more royalties

A.   Loose arrangements.

B.   Wobbly, lo-fi samples

C.   Roughly cut edits

D.   All of the above

A.   The Bomb Squad pioneered party raps and here we hear something very different

B.   The Bomb Squad used very sparse production but RZA favoured the super dense.

C.   The Bomb Squad used hyper-dense textures but here RZA is using a simple and bare production.

D.   The Bomb Squad wanted to keep people dancing for hours but this is a short song

A.   The 1st DJ who espoused religious ideas

B.   The founder of the Nations of Gods and Earths

C.   The first rapper who espoused religious ideas

D.   The agent who discovered Rakim

A.   They used His Hop instead of Gospel music at their church services

B.   They funded their international outreach programs with Hip Hop records.

C.   They held Hip Hop parties at a time when other groups could not due to fear of gang conflict

D.   They were present on street corners in low-income largely Black neighbourhoods encouraging a kind of literacy that revolves around rhyming and the mystical meanings of words.

A.   Hello, Gangsta

B.   Hello Gun

C.   Hello George

D.   Hello, God

A.   It would broaden the subject matter of Hip Hop beyond both party and "reality" raps.

B.   It wouldn't - as early as "The Breaks" both were prominent

C.   It would de-emphasize issues relating to African Americans

D.   It would encourage the use of languages other than English

A.   Be Allah, God

B.   The Pan - African Flag

C.   The oppressed races according to the 5%rs

D.   Blood, African-Americans, and the money to be made in rapping

A.   Making it with a DJ instead of a live band

B.   Imagining it in a European museum

C.   Learning how to copy it to sell.

D.   Imagining it from a cultural perspective that excludes European influence and oppression.

A.   A positive and communitarian one.

B.   One that seems more like a setting from a Kung Fu movie

C.   A dark and violent one

D.   A hyper realistic one

A.   Because they wouldn't have to pay royalties

B.   Because jazz represented an idealized version of African American achievement.

C.   Because the samplers came-pre-loaded with jazz samples

D.   Because old jazz records could be retuned easily to be in any key.

A.   Death Row Records

B.   Wu Tang Clan

C.   The Universal Zulu Nation

D.   The Bloods