Hip-Hop, R&B & Soul Trivia
A trivia pack spanning the entire arc of Black popular music — the Motown and Stax soul era, the funk explosion, the founding fathers of hip-hop, the 90s golden age, the 2000s bling era, the conscious / Kanye / Kendrick wave, and the modern streaming hitmakers.
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Soul and R&B: Motown (Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, The Supremes, The Temptations, Smokey Robinson), Stax (Otis Redding, Sam & Dave, Isaac Hayes), Atlantic (Aretha Franklin, Wilson Pickett), the 70s funk explosion (James Brown, Parliament-Funkadelic, Earth Wind & Fire), the 80s-90s R&B (Whitney, Mariah, Boyz II Men, TLC, Destiny's Child) and the modern era (Beyoncé, Frank Ocean, SZA, the Weeknd, H.E.R., Anderson .Paak).
Hip-hop: the founding era (Grandmaster Flash, Run-DMC, Public Enemy), the golden age (Nas, Biggie, 2Pac, Wu-Tang, OutKast, A Tribe Called Quest), the late-90s / 2000s commercial peak (Jay-Z, Eminem, 50 Cent, Lil Wayne), and the modern Kendrick / Drake / Travis Scott / J. Cole / Future / Tyler era.
A pack with deep canon
Hip-hop and soul both have famously deep canon — sample sources, producer credits, beef histories. The pack stays above the deep-cuts line: famous singles, famous albums, famous collabs, headline beefs.
Modern questions get refreshed as the streaming-era charts move.
Frequently asked questions
How heavy is it on hip-hop vs R&B?
Roughly even — soul/R&B founders, golden-age and modern hip-hop, and modern R&B each carry a chunk.
Are producer credits in?
Famous ones (Quincy Jones, Dr Dre, Pharrell, Kanye, Metro Boomin) appear. Deep crate-digging credits don't.
Do I need to know lyrics?
No — the questions are factual. No singing required.
How many players?
Up to six per room.