Hip hop music in the Pacific Northwest
Hip hop music in the Pacific Northwest | |
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Stylistic origins |
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Cultural origins | Late 1980s, Pacific Northwest United States |
Regional scenes | |
Northwest hip hop is
Overview
During the late 1970s, high school kids from the
In the early 1980s, soldiers positioned at
History
1986–1992
In 1986, the first radio show in Spokane to play rap and hip hop on commercial radio was The Power Switch on POWER 104 FM (KXVO). Hosted by TJ Collins, Collins also featured local rappers and began airing mixes by GrandMixer GMS (who was a young teenager at the time).[6]
Nastymix Records, the Northwest's first hip-hop label was founded with the local release of Sir Mix-A-Lot's "Square Dance Rap".
1993–2002
Seattle
Funk Daddy,
2002–present
Macklemore is a hip hop artist from the Pacific Northwest who received much national and international attention. At the 56th Annual Grammy Awards, Macklemore received seven Grammy award nominations, and won four of those, including the awards for Best New Artist, Best Rap Album (The Heist), Best Rap Song and Best Rap Performance ("Thrift Shop").[9] However, Macklemore's success has been met with frustration from many local PNW hip hop artists who feel that Macklemore's status as a white, middle class male has led him to his popular position and feel disheartened that the underground artists are not better able to represent their city and region.[10]
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis went on to self-produce their first full-length album The Heist, released in October 2012, and earned a 2014 Grammy for Best Rap Song for their national hit, "Thrift Shop", and MTV Video Music Awards for Best Hip Hop Video, Best Video with a Social Message, and Best Cinematography for "Can't Hold Us", "Same Love", and "Can't Hold Us", respectively.[11]
In 2019, DJ Nasty Nes revived his classic radio show, KFOX Nightbeat, featuring songs he originally played on Fresh Tracks and Nightbeat, as well as exclusive new music (like he did on Fresh Tracks), and mastermixes by Spokane's GrandMixer GMS.[citation needed] The Beacon strives to create a safe place for the hip hop community.[12]
The Legacy of Seattle Hip-Hop at MOHAI
Seattle's
Items on display included Macklemore's fur jacket and scooter from his and Ryan Lewis' iconic "Thrift Shop" music video as well as Nasty Nes' NASTYMIX bomber jacket.[14] There were several different sections of the exhibit focusing on different elements of Hip Hop culture. One section was devoted to music production. It featured two mixing stations that played tracks by Vitamin D and Jake One, as well as letting visitors interact with the tracks by using the mixing boards.[14]
Another section was dedicated to breakdancing, highlighting some of the early b-boys and b-girls in the Seattle scene as well as well-known groups like the Massive Monkees.[15] In the middle of the floor was a raised dancing platform (Seattle Met article) and on the walls were items like a Boom Squad jersey from the group that used to perform during halftime at Seattle SuperSonics games.
See also
- Alaskan Hip Hop
- G funk
- Gangsta rap
- Funk
- Miami bass
References
- ^ "Sir Mix-a-Lot Biography". MTV. Retrieved 13 July 2015.
- ^ Abe, Daudi. "Going Way Back". The Stranger. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
- ^ Abe, Daudi. "Going Way Back". The Stranger. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
- ^ Abe, Daudi. "Going Way Back". The Stranger. Retrieved 2020-05-30.
- ^ Murray Forman (2000). ‘Represent’: race, space and place in rap music. Popular Music, 19, pp 65-90.
- ^ PROP$ Magazine article, Vol. 1, No. 2, p. 12, Dec. 1993.
- ^ Blecha, Peter. "Nastymix Records' party marks Gold Record awarded to Sir Mix-A-Lot's SWASS album on April 29, 1989". www.historylink.org. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
- ^ Funk Daddy Retrieved 17 May 2021
- ^ "And The GRAMMY Went To ... Macklemore & Ryan Lewis". 11 February 2014. Retrieved 7 March 2017.
- ^ "» the Blank Canvas: Hip-Hop's Struggle for Representation in Seattle".
- ^ "Platinum Grad | Columns Magazine, December 2013 | The University of Washington Alumni Magazine". www.washington.edu. Retrieved 2015-12-10.
- ^ "Massive Monkees Studio: The Beacon - Massive Monkees". www.massivemonkees.com. Retrieved 2015-12-10.
- ^ "MOHAI presents The Legacy of Seattle Hip-Hop, September 19, 2015 - May 1, 2016". www.mohai.org. Archived from the original on December 22, 2015. Retrieved 2015-12-10.
- ^ a b "MOHAI exhibit celebrates Seattle hip-hop". The Seattle Times. 2015-09-18. Retrieved 2015-12-10.
- ^ "'The Legacy of Seattle Hip-Hop' at MOHAI Offers Style Over Substance | Seattle Museums | Seattle Met". www.seattlemet.com. Retrieved 2015-12-10.