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Miami bass

January 01, 1970

"Booty music" redirects here. For songs and albums named "Booty", see Booty (disambiguation).

Miami bass (also known as booty music or booty bass) is a subgenre of hip hop music that became popular in the 1980s and 1990s. The use of drums from the Roland TR-808, sustained kick drum, heavy bass, raised dance tempos, and frequently sexually explicit lyrical content differentiate it from other hip hop subgenres. Music author Richie Unterberger has characterized Miami bass as using rhythms with a "stop-start flavor" and "hissy" cymbals with lyrics that "reflected the language of the streets, particularly Miami's historically black neighborhoods such as Liberty City, Goulds, and Overtown".[1]

Miami bass
Stylistic origins
Cultural originsMid-1980s, Miami, Florida, United States
Derivative forms
Subgenres
Regional scenes
Music of Florida
Local scenes
Music of Miami
Other topics
Dirty rap

Despite Miami bass never having consistent mainstream acceptance, early national media attention in the 1980s resulted in a profound impact on the development of hip hop, dance music, and pop.[2]

History edit

1980s (origins) edit

External audio
Origin of Miami Bass
  Bass Rock Express by MC A.D.E. credited as the first hit of the genre, YouTube video
  Throw the D by 2 Live Crew credited with international exposure and shaping the genre, YouTube video

During the 1980s, the focus of Miami bass tended to be on DJs and record producers, rather than individual performers. Record labels such as Pandisc, HOT Records, 4-Sight Records and Skyywalker Records released much material of the genre. Unterberger has referred to James (Maggotron) McCauley (also known as DXJ, Maggozulu 2, Planet Detroit and Bass Master Khan) as the "father of Miami bass", a distinction McCauley himself denies, choosing rather to confer that status on producer Amos Larkins.[3][2] DJ Kurtis Mantronik (Mantronix) was a key influence on Miami bass. In particular, Mantronik's single "Bass Machine" (1986), featuring rap vocals by T La Rock, was pivotal to the development of Miami bass.[4]

MC ADE's "Bass Rock Express" (with music and beats produced by Amos Larkins) is often credited as being the first Miami bass record to gain underground popularity on an international scale.[2]

The single "Throw The D" by the group 2 Live Crew in January 1986 gave a permanent blueprint to how future Miami bass songs were written and produced.[2]

Popularity edit

Luther "Luke Skyywalker" Campbell along with David "Mr. Mixx" Hobbs of 2 Live Crew played a key role in popularizing Miami bass in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The group's 1986 release, The 2 Live Crew Is What We Are, became controversial for its sexually explicit lyrics. 1989's As Nasty As They Wanna Be, along with its hit single "Me So Horny", proved more controversial still, leading to legal troubles for both 2 Live Crew and retailers selling the album (all charges were eventually overturned on appeal).[2]

For the better part of the mid-'80s and early '90s, DJs such as Luke Skyywalker's Ghetto Style DJs, Norberto Morales' Triple M DJs, Super JD's MHF DJs, Space Funk DJs, Mohamed Moretta, DJ Nice & Nasty, Felix Sama, DJ Spin, Ramon Hernandez, Bass Master DJs, DJ Laz, Earl "The Pearl" Little, Uncle Al, Ser MC, Raylo & Dem Damn Dogs, DJ Slice, K-Bass, Jam Pony Express and others were heavily involved in playing Miami bass at local outdoor events to large audiences at area beaches, parks, and fairs.

Clubs in South Florida, including Pac-Jam, Superstars Rollertheque, Bass Station, Studio 183, Randolphs, Nepenthe, Video Powerhouse, Skylight Express, Beat Club and Club Boca, were hosting bass nights on a regular basis. Miami radio airplay and programming support was strong in the now defunct Rhythm 98, as well as WEDR and WPOW (Power 96).

Contribution and promotion of Miami bass also came out of Orlando. 102 Jamz (WJHM), a prominent Orlando radio station in the late '80s, featured Miami bass and helped its popularity rise in and around Central Florida.

Florida breaks was heavily influenced by Miami bass in addition to elements of house, and deep bass that eventually created "The Orlando Sound". Thus, Miami bass quickly became a Florida staple.

1990s edit

By the mid-1990s, the influence of Miami bass had spread outside South and Central Florida to all areas of Florida and the Southern United States. In the mid-1990s, it saw a commercial and mainstream resurgence, with Miami bass influenced artists such as L'Trimm, 95 South, Tag Team, 69 Boyz, Quad City DJ's and Freak Nasty all scoring big Miami bass hits. Examples of these songs are "Whoomp! (There It Is)" by Tag Team in 1993,[5] "Tootsee Roll" by 69 Boyz in 1994,[6] "C'mon N' Ride It (The Train)" by the Quad City DJ's in 1996[7] and "Whoot, There It Is" by 95 South in 1993.[5]

These songs all reached the top 20 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and exposed Miami bass nationally. These artists generally used a Miami bass sound and production but did it in a far less explicit and far more accessible way than had been previously done by Campbell and the 2 Live Crew.[8]

Miami bass is closely related to the electronic dance music genres of ghettotech and booty house, genres which combine Detroit techno and Chicago house with the Miami bass sound. Ghettotech follows the same sexually oriented lyrics, hip-hop bass lines and streetwise attitude, but with harder, uptempo Roland TR-909 techno-style kick beats. In 2007, contemporary hip-hop and R&B songs became more dance oriented, showing influences of Miami bass and techno, and are typically sped up to a "chipmunk" sound for faster tempos for dances such as juking, wu-tanging and bopping (usually only done in Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach Counties in south Florida).[citation needed]

Subgenres edit

Miami bass has been influenced by the cultural history of its wide-ranging community with the evolution of Cuban, Dominican, and Afro-Brazilian-fused sub-genres that include Baltimore club and funk carioca.[9][10]

Another subgenre of Miami bass is "car audio bass", which features an even more stripped down bass-heavy sound, tending to focus on either extremely hard 909 kicks combined with sine waves or the classic 808 kick, or sometimes simply the sine wave by itself.[citation needed] Some artist examples would be DJ Laz, DJ Magic Mike, Afro-Rican (as Power Supply), Techmaster P.E.B., DJ Billy E, Bass 305 and Bass Patrol.

Notes edit

  • Pappawheelie. "Miami Bass: The Primer" Stylus Magazine 2007-11-06 at the Wayback Machine
  • Unterberger, Richie (1999). Music USA: The Rough Guide. The Rough Guides. pp. 144–145. ISBN 1-85828-421-X.

References edit

  1. ^ Unterberger, pgs. 144 - 145
  2. ^ a b c d e Bein, Kat (November 3, 2014). "Tootsie Rolls, 'Hoochie Mamas,' and Cars That Go Boom: The Story of Miami Bass". thump.vice.com. VICE. Retrieved February 27, 2017. Miami Bass, Booty Bass, Booty Music, or whatever you want to call it, changed the scenes of hip hop, dance music, and pop forever...The story of music's dirtiest genre reaches back to the '80s with roots set firmly in Afrika Bambaataa's elektro-funk...foundational artists Amos Larkins and Maggotron, both of whom have been credited as kicking the regional sound into motion. According to Stylus Magazine, Larkins and the Miami Bass conception can be traced back to the movie Knights of the City...Inspired by the humid and vice-ridden melting pot of cultures, ...MC A.D.E.'s "Bass Rock Express" gets the title for first hit of the genre, but it was 2 Live Crew who became the poster boys of movement. Record store owners who sold the album were arrested and charged with crimes of obscenity, and 2 Live Crew members were arrested just for playing shows...US Appeals Court system ruled rap was protected by First Amendment rights...2 Live Crew made it safe for hip-hop as we know it to exist. The influence of the genre is far-reaching...Miami Bass remains not only one of the most ridiculous and enjoyable genres of music in recent memory but also one of the most important.
  3. ^ Maggotron.com
  4. ^ "Check It Deeply: Did Kurtis Mantronik Pioneer The Trap Beat?". LargeUp. September 6, 2013.
  5. ^ a b Billboard - Google Boeken. 1993-08-14. Retrieved 2014-04-27.
  6. ^ Billboard - Google Boeken. 29 October 1994. Retrieved 2014-04-27.
  7. ^ Billboard - Google Boeken. 20 July 1996. Retrieved 2014-04-27.
  8. ^ https://www.allmusic.com/explore/style/d2936
  9. ^ Garber, David (September 16, 2016). "Traditional Drums, Miami Bass, and Abrasive Techno Intersect on Alpha 606's 'Afro-Cuban Electronics' Album". thump.vice.com. VICE. Retrieved February 27, 2017.
  10. ^ Bein, Kat (September 12, 2014). "Happy Colors is at the Bleeding Edge of Miami's Booming EDM Culture". thump.vice.com. VICE. Retrieved February 27, 2017.

External links edit

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Booty music redirects here For songs and albums named Booty see Booty disambiguation Miami bass also known as booty music or booty bass is a subgenre of hip hop music that became popular in the 1980s and 1990s The use of drums from the Roland TR 808 sustained kick drum heavy bass raised dance tempos and frequently sexually explicit lyrical content differentiate it from other hip hop subgenres Music author Richie Unterberger has characterized Miami bass as using rhythms with a stop start flavor and hissy cymbals with lyrics that reflected the language of the streets particularly Miami s historically black neighborhoods such as Liberty City Goulds and Overtown 1 Miami bassStylistic originsHip hopelectrobreakbeatCultural originsMid 1980s Miami Florida United StatesDerivative formsFunk cariocafreestyleSouthern hip hopSubgenresAudio bassbounceRegional scenesMusic of FloridaLocal scenesMusic of MiamiOther topicsDirty rap Despite Miami bass never having consistent mainstream acceptance early national media attention in the 1980s resulted in a profound impact on the development of hip hop dance music and pop 2 Contents 1 History 1 1 1980s origins 1 2 Popularity 1 3 1990s 1 4 Subgenres 2 Notes 3 References 4 External linksHistory edit1980s origins edit External audioOrigin of Miami Bass nbsp Bass Rock Express by MC A D E credited as the first hit of the genre YouTube video nbsp Throw the D by 2 Live Crew credited with international exposure and shaping the genre YouTube video During the 1980s the focus of Miami bass tended to be on DJs and record producers rather than individual performers Record labels such as Pandisc HOT Records 4 Sight Records and Skyywalker Records released much material of the genre Unterberger has referred to James Maggotron McCauley also known as DXJ Maggozulu 2 Planet Detroit and Bass Master Khan as the father of Miami bass a distinction McCauley himself denies choosing rather to confer that status on producer Amos Larkins 3 2 DJ Kurtis Mantronik Mantronix was a key influence on Miami bass In particular Mantronik s single Bass Machine 1986 featuring rap vocals by T La Rock was pivotal to the development of Miami bass 4 MC ADE s Bass Rock Express with music and beats produced by Amos Larkins is often credited as being the first Miami bass record to gain underground popularity on an international scale 2 The single Throw The D by the group 2 Live Crew in January 1986 gave a permanent blueprint to how future Miami bass songs were written and produced 2 Popularity edit Luther Luke Skyywalker Campbell along with David Mr Mixx Hobbs of 2 Live Crew played a key role in popularizing Miami bass in the late 1980s and early 1990s The group s 1986 release The 2 Live Crew Is What We Are became controversial for its sexually explicit lyrics 1989 s As Nasty As They Wanna Be along with its hit single Me So Horny proved more controversial still leading to legal troubles for both 2 Live Crew and retailers selling the album all charges were eventually overturned on appeal 2 For the better part of the mid 80s and early 90s DJs such as Luke Skyywalker s Ghetto Style DJs Norberto Morales Triple M DJs Super JD s MHF DJs Space Funk DJs Mohamed Moretta DJ Nice amp Nasty Felix Sama DJ Spin Ramon Hernandez Bass Master DJs DJ Laz Earl The Pearl Little Uncle Al Ser MC Raylo amp Dem Damn Dogs DJ Slice K Bass Jam Pony Express and others were heavily involved in playing Miami bass at local outdoor events to large audiences at area beaches parks and fairs Clubs in South Florida including Pac Jam Superstars Rollertheque Bass Station Studio 183 Randolphs Nepenthe Video Powerhouse Skylight Express Beat Club and Club Boca were hosting bass nights on a regular basis Miami radio airplay and programming support was strong in the now defunct Rhythm 98 as well as WEDR and WPOW Power 96 Contribution and promotion of Miami bass also came out of Orlando 102 Jamz WJHM a prominent Orlando radio station in the late 80s featured Miami bass and helped its popularity rise in and around Central Florida Florida breaks was heavily influenced by Miami bass in addition to elements of house and deep bass that eventually created The Orlando Sound Thus Miami bass quickly became a Florida staple 1990s edit By the mid 1990s the influence of Miami bass had spread outside South and Central Florida to all areas of Florida and the Southern United States In the mid 1990s it saw a commercial and mainstream resurgence with Miami bass influenced artists such as L Trimm 95 South Tag Team 69 Boyz Quad City DJ s and Freak Nasty all scoring big Miami bass hits Examples of these songs are Whoomp There It Is by Tag Team in 1993 5 Tootsee Roll by 69 Boyz in 1994 6 C mon N Ride It The Train by the Quad City DJ s in 1996 7 and Whoot There It Is by 95 South in 1993 5 These songs all reached the top 20 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and exposed Miami bass nationally These artists generally used a Miami bass sound and production but did it in a far less explicit and far more accessible way than had been previously done by Campbell and the 2 Live Crew 8 Miami bass is closely related to the electronic dance music genres of ghettotech and booty house genres which combine Detroit techno and Chicago house with the Miami bass sound Ghettotech follows the same sexually oriented lyrics hip hop bass lines and streetwise attitude but with harder uptempo Roland TR 909 techno style kick beats In 2007 contemporary hip hop and R amp B songs became more dance oriented showing influences of Miami bass and techno and are typically sped up to a chipmunk sound for faster tempos for dances such as juking wu tanging and bopping usually only done in Miami Dade Broward and Palm Beach Counties in south Florida citation needed Subgenres edit Miami bass has been influenced by the cultural history of its wide ranging community with the evolution of Cuban Dominican and Afro Brazilian fused sub genres that include Baltimore club and funk carioca 9 10 Another subgenre of Miami bass is car audio bass which features an even more stripped down bass heavy sound tending to focus on either extremely hard 909 kicks combined with sine waves or the classic 808 kick or sometimes simply the sine wave by itself citation needed Some artist examples would be DJ Laz DJ Magic Mike Afro Rican as Power Supply Techmaster P E B DJ Billy E Bass 305 and Bass Patrol Notes editPappawheelie Miami Bass The Primer Stylus Magazine Archived 2007 11 06 at the Wayback Machine Unterberger Richie 1999 Music USA The Rough Guide The Rough Guides pp 144 145 ISBN 1 85828 421 X References edit Unterberger pgs 144 145 a b c d e Bein Kat November 3 2014 Tootsie Rolls Hoochie Mamas and Cars That Go Boom The Story of Miami Bass thump vice com VICE Retrieved February 27 2017 Miami Bass Booty Bass Booty Music or whatever you want to call it changed the scenes of hip hop dance music and pop forever The story of music s dirtiest genre reaches back to the 80s with roots set firmly in Afrika Bambaataa s elektro funk foundational artists Amos Larkins and Maggotron both of whom have been credited as kicking the regional sound into motion According to Stylus Magazine Larkins and the Miami Bass conception can be traced back to the movie Knights of the City Inspired by the humid and vice ridden melting pot of cultures MC A D E s Bass Rock Express gets the title for first hit of the genre but it was 2 Live Crew who became the poster boys of movement Record store owners who sold the album were arrested and charged with crimes of obscenity and 2 Live Crew members were arrested just for playing shows US Appeals Court system ruled rap was protected by First Amendment rights 2 Live Crew made it safe for hip hop as we know it to exist The influence of the genre is far reaching Miami Bass remains not only one of the most ridiculous and enjoyable genres of music in recent memory but also one of the most important Maggotron com Check It Deeply Did Kurtis Mantronik Pioneer The Trap Beat LargeUp September 6 2013 a b Billboard Google Boeken 1993 08 14 Retrieved 2014 04 27 Billboard Google Boeken 29 October 1994 Retrieved 2014 04 27 Billboard Google Boeken 20 July 1996 Retrieved 2014 04 27 https www allmusic com explore style d2936 Garber David September 16 2016 Traditional Drums Miami Bass and Abrasive Techno Intersect on Alpha 606 s Afro Cuban Electronics Album thump vice com VICE Retrieved February 27 2017 Bein Kat September 12 2014 Happy Colors is at the Bleeding Edge of Miami s Booming EDM Culture thump vice com VICE Retrieved February 27 2017 External links editA primer Archived 2006 02 26 at the Wayback Machine on Miami bass from Stylus Magazine Rap associated with Miami Music South Florida Hip Hop Online Radio Listen Now Miami Bass Archived 2021 09 17 at the Wayback Machine from Ishkur s Guide to Electronic Music Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Miami bass amp oldid 1215843114, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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