Backspin: Milwaukee's First Hip-Hop Song
Who made Milwaukee's first hip-hop song? We find the answer by interviewing national and local artists, including DMC and Speech, who witnessed the birth of the city's hop-hop scene firsthand.
Mon, July 15, 2019
Episode 1: Setting the Stage
We begin the search for Milwaukee's first hip-hop song. But first we have to understand the origins of hip-hop before it got to Milwaukee, and the fertile ground for the genre that Milwaukee provided in the early '80s.
Mon, July 15, 2019
Episode 2: Milwaukee was Crackin'
A fertile music culture in Milwaukee lays the groundwork for a new art form. In the early '80s there is an opportunity to make Milwaukee into the next Motown -- it just needs one charismatic entrepreneur to take advantage of it.
Mon, July 15, 2019
Episode 3: The Majestics Meet Marvell
A businessman with a business plan finds a group of energetic local kids who model themselves on James Brown and convinces them to record what might be Milwaukee's first hip-hop song.
Mon, July 15, 2019
Episode 4: Scratch the Record
Controversy swirls around Milwaukee's first hip-hop song. A group of MCs, DJs and musicians who were there weigh in on the scene, the time, and the true beginning of hip-hop in Milwaukee.
Mon, July 15, 2019
Episode 5: Arrested Development
The leader of one of hip-hop's greatest groups, Arrested Development's Speech talks about the impact that Milwaukee had on him, and the impact he had on the city and the world.
Mon, July 15, 2019
Episode 6: The Friends We Made Along the Way
Justin and Tyrone settle the debate. We hear Milwaukee's first hip-hop song in full and put an end to this journey for Milwaukee's first hip-hop song.
Thu, July 04, 2019
New podcast 'Backspin: The Search for Milwaukee’s First Hip-Hop Song' launches July 15
Who made Milwaukee's first hip hop song? Turns out this question is a tough one to Google. So, we're finding the answer. 88Nine DJ Tyrone Miller and Music Director Justin Barney journey back to the early 1980s in our new podcast -- Backspin: The Search for Milwaukee's First Hip-Hop Song. In the six-part series, the guys interview national and local artists, including DMC and Speech, plus an ensemble of local musicians, DJs and historians who witnessed the birth of Milwaukee hip-hop firsthand. Backspin premieres July 15
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