Guess the Rap Song: Hip Hop Music Quiz
From 90s boom bap to trap and French rap. Can you name the sample and the guest verse first?
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Rap at a glance
- Origins
- 1970s · the Bronx · block parties
- Characteristics
- Flow, beat, samples, punchlines, storytelling
- Subgenres
- Boom bap, trap, drill, French rap, conscious rap
- Adjacent genres
- R&B, funk, soul, reggae
- Essential artists to quiz on
- Tupac, Eminem, Jay-Z, Drake, Kendrick Lamar, IAM
- Best-known songs to guess
- Lose Yourself, Nuthin' but a G Thang, Alright, Hotline Bling, Sicko Mode
- Iconic producers
- Dr. Dre, DJ Premier, Timbaland, Metro Boomin
- Why it works in quiz
- Voices, flows and samples create instant signatures
- Ideal to start with
- 90s US rap, 2010s trap, classic French rap
- Tricky for quiz
- Shared samples, remixes, features, similar voices
- Quiz difficulty
- Easy on the anthems, hard on the trap era and the features
Top Rap Artists to Quiz On
Kendrick Lamar, Drake, Eminem and Booba mark out the territory this rap quiz covers, US scene and French scene alike. Learn their flows and their features and the hard rounds get a lot friendlier.
The Notorious B.I.G.
On 'Gimme the Loot,' Biggie raps both robbers himself, pitching his voice up for one. Guess the Notorious B.I.G. song, then tell his story tracks from the radio hits.Snoop Dogg
'California Gurls' is really Katy Perry's record, with Snoop only guesting. Guess the Snoop Dogg song, then tell his hits from his features.Eminem
'Rap God' packs a stretch rapped at roughly six words a second. Guess the Eminem song, then tell Slim Shady from Marshall Mathers.Kanye West
'Stronger' rides a Daft Punk robot loop, but 'Heartless' is frozen Auto-Tune. Guess the Kanye West song, then place which era the beat belongs to.50 Cent
'In da Club' sounds like a party anthem, but its maker survived nine gunshots. Guess the 50 Cent song, then tell the hits from the street cuts.T.I.
'What You Know' is raw Atlanta trap, but 'Whatever You Like' hit number one on pop radio. Guess the T.I. song, then tell the two apart.OutKast
'Hey Ya!' has no rapping and is really an André 3000 solo record. Guess the OutKast song, then tell whether André or Big Boi drives it.Lil Wayne
Fans rate the free mixtape Da Drought 3 above Lil Wayne's actual albums. Guess the Lil Wayne song, then tell the radio hits from the mixtape cuts.Drake
'Hotline Bling' is sung, not rapped, so a melodic clip is often just Drake. Guess the Drake song, then tell his sung hits from his hard bars.Rap Trivia: Facts Most Fans Miss
Rap trivia is built on the details heads catch and casuals miss, the loop hiding under the beat, who took the guest verse, which era or feud a track belongs to. Put your ear to the test.
- A sample can give a rap track away before the rapper even arrives. Spotting the loop under the beat is a classic rap-quiz skill.
- Eminem's 'Lose Yourself' was the first rap song to win the Academy Award for Best Original Song, in 2003, a favourite rap-quiz trivia question.
- Guest verses are the great rap-quiz trap: when several voices arrive fast, naming who took the feature separates casual fans from heads, so challenge your friends on it.
- French rap builds some of the best lyric quizzes. Its refrains are so heavily memorised that a single line gives the song away.
- Trap productions are deliberately similar, so the 2010s trap era is one of the harder ones to place in a blind test, as any quiz on music by decade will confirm.
Rap: the full story
A rap quiz rewards the ear that catches the sample and the guest verse before the hook even lands. Name who took the feature, spot the loop under the beat, place the track in its era. The range is huge: 90s boom bap, 2010s trap, drill and French rap all sit in one game, and half the biggest songs are team-ups. Guess the song across US and French scenes alike, tell a feature from the lead, and see whether the deep cuts push your score past the radio hits. Press play and find out how much you can name, then switch to another music genre quiz or guess the artist from the first verse.
Rap Quiz FAQ
How does the rap music quiz work?
Songtrivia plays a short clip of a rap track and you name it before the clip ends. Guess the song and answer trivia across US rap, French rap and today's scenes.
Which rap artists come up the most?
Drake, Kendrick Lamar, Eminem, Tupac, Jay-Z, Nicki Minaj, Travis Scott, Booba, IAM and PNL are among the most played on Songtrivia.
Is French rap included?
Yes. The rap quiz covers US rap, French rap and current scenes, so a blind test of French rap works here too.
How hard is the rap quiz?
The anthems are easy points, but the traps are the guest verses, the shared samples and the 2010s trap era where productions sound alike.
Is the rap quiz free?
Yes. Every rap quiz is free to play, with no signup and no Spotify account needed.
Is hip-hop the same as rap here?
Yes. Songtrivia treats hip-hop and rap as one family, so the rap quiz is the home for hip-hop too, solo or when you guess the song with friends in multiplayer.
Sources & methodology
Sources consulted
Wikipedia · AllMusic · Pitchfork · Billboard · Songtrivia editorial team.
Our methodology
Each topic is curated by a Quiz Master with category expertise. Selection crosses cultural impact, chart performance, recognition potential and era variety.