Q 01/05

J Dilla's final album, Donuts, was released how long before his death?

A) Three weeks

B) Three months

C) One year

D) Three days

Answer · why

D) Three days

He died at 32 from complications of TTP and lupus, having emerged from Detroit's Slum Village.

Q 02/05

J Dilla and Madlib recorded the album Champion Sound under what duo name?

A) Madvillain

B) Quasimoto

C) Yesterdays New Quintet

D) Jaylib

Answer · why

D) Jaylib

Madlib's other famous pairing, with MF Doom, was Madvillain.

Q 03/05

DJ Premier formed which duo with Royce da 5'9" in 2014?

A) Gang Starr Foundation

B) Slaughterhouse

C) PRhyme

D) Bad Meets Evil

Answer · why

C) PRhyme

Premier had already produced every Gang Starr release with Guru.

Q 04/05

Producer Pete Rock rose to fame in the early 1990s alongside which rapper, as a duo?

A) Guru

B) CL Smooth

C) Parrish Smith

D) A.G.

Answer · why

B) CL Smooth

He is also cited alongside Premier, RZA and Q-Tip as a pillar of 90s East Coast production.

Q 05/05

Madlib recorded The Unseen (2000) under which alter ego?

A) Lootpack

B) Quasimoto

C) Beat Konducta

D) DJ Rels

Answer · why

B) Quasimoto

Raised in Oxnard, California, he first surfaced as a member of Lootpack.