Shout out to Nick Has a Problem... over in the Lesson who mentioned it in the other post about trimming albums to 10 songs. Thought I'd do an official post here.

https://www.okayplayer.com/culture/if-youre-a-hip-hop-super-nerd-this-new-trivia-card-game-is-for-you.html

The Questions Hip-Hop Trivia is definitely the by-product of the years (YEARS!) I spent on these here message boards. When I first started writing/hosting this as a live event in LA in 2018, I envisioned it as "The Lesson, but IRL."

Package design by our very own fwmj. 300 cards of hip-hop trivia written by yours truly, aimed to challenge and stimulate casual fans and Lessonheads alike.

Pre-order here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/697193/the-questions-hip-hop-trivia-by-sean-kantrowitz/

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Created by Sean Kantrowitz, interactive card game The Questions Hip-Hop Trivia will release via Penguin Random House in January 2023.

The celebration of #HipHop50 will arrive early with The Questions Hip-Hop Trivia. Created by Grammy-nominated music and film/TV producer and self-proclaimed “hip-hop brainiac” Sean Kantrowitz, players can test their hip-hop knowledge with categories including “Liner Note Life,” “Check the Rhyme,” and “Diggin’ In the Crates.” Hip-hop purists and occasional listeners alike can prove their trivia mastery with questions referencing rap artists, TV shows, pop culture moments and more.

The Questions Hip-Hop began as an in-person trivia night hosted in Los Angeles in 2018. Gaining popularity from national music organizations like Dre Day LA and the J Dilla Foundation, The Questions Hip-Hop collaborated on events and customized games for their respective audiences. Although The Questions Hip-Hop planned to take the trivia game on the road in 2020, organizers were halted by the pandemic, pivoting to a livestream game show that hosted the likes of Questlove, Bun B, Just Blaze, Warren G, Phonte and more across 100+ episodes.

In 2022, the trivia game became a podcast, airing on Open Mike Eagle’s Stony Island Audio network. Kantrowitz exclusively spoke to Okayplayer about bringing the trivia game to handheld form.

“It was important to not only add new content for this project, but also use this major opportunity to bring to the traditional publishing world a fresh way of covering the full spectrum of hip-hop — offering book lovers and gamers who love hip-hop unique ways to celebrate,” Kantrowitz said.

Kantrowitz also partnered with designer FWMJ for the game’s packaging and design, along with artists TooFly, Edgar Garcia, and Jamar Cav who helped with other The Questions categories.

“Because this is a visual game in a way that we had never done before, I knew it had to look spectacular. I’ve been a huge fan of FWMJ since the Okayplayer days, where we both came up on those legendary, life-shaping message boards. Having him design the packaging as well as two of the category designs was a dream come true,” Kantrowitz said.

Celebrating the milestone anniversary of fifty years of hip-hop, Kantrowitz is “honored” to contribute to and celebrate the genre’s history.

“This is ultimately a collection of questions designed to serve both the seasoned hip-hop super-nerd as well as people who have a more casual relationship to hip-hop,” Kantrowitz added. “My hope is that after playing The Questions, everybody can walk away with a new piece of knowledge or perspective that they didn’t have before.”

The Questions Hip-Hop Trivia releases on January 24, 2023 via Penguin Random House.

serious question though, fam...I wanna make sure you get the most credit possible. Does it matter which of those platforms I order off of?

Appreciate it!

$12.94 on Amazon.

$12.96 at Walmart.

the first link was $25...cool, no prob. I'm a Prime Head, lol...so, I obviously checked Amazon. The fact that it was so much cheaper there, threw me off.

I figured it would be the same price everywhere. Oh well.

thank you!

Yes

Let me know if I can help with anything.

..my order is currently being shipped.



*skatin' the rings of saturn*


..and miles to go before i sleep...

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I may be wrong but that should be when these all arrive, but you all will have to let me know!

..my bad about the confusion regarding actual shipping dates.


*skatin' the rings of saturn*


..and miles to go before i sleep...

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He killed the package design on this.

I Pre-ordered it, good luck.

Can't wait.

www.engadgethd.com - the other stuff i'm looking at

Got it!

www.engadgethd.com - the other stuff i'm looking at

Love the size too, easy to bring to any party haha. Excited to open it and take a peek, have yet to do so.

I was curious to see some of the questions and didn't know how technical and obscure they would be. I think it's a good balance so far. I can see maybe young kids would be mad that there isn't more newer ones but there is at least some questions about newer artists.

It was well done. Now I gotta find more Hip Hop geeks in person lol

>It was well done. Now I gotta find more Hip Hop geeks in
>person lol

gonna see if some homies wanna have a trivia night at see who really knows their shit.

Looking forward to hearing about everybody's game night experiences.

I'm interviewed on this week's episode of the homies Dad Bod Rap Pod, talking a little bit more about the process of developing this, if you're interested:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dad-bod-rap-pod/id1369624840?i=1000596687978

Copped

hip hop meets the silver screen category. She just knew she was gonna get busy, lol. Bombed, terribly. This is gonna be a TON of fun when I actually get some hip hop heads together to play with. Funny enough, my 21 year old son got more of those right than she did.

Also checked out your podcast. It's a lot of fun. Will be copping the book.

“The Culture: Hip Hop and Contemporary Art in the 21st Century” here at Saint Louis Art Museum.

Shout out to Trackstar the DJ, who I am 90% sure is who you (directly or indirectly) bought that from lol. There were talks about me coming out to St. Louis for this event to do a live game but we couldn't make it happen. Definitely want to make it out there in the future...

Also I’m a little jelly. Been trying to get my game show off the ground but no go.