Backspin: Milwaukee's First Hip-Hop Song

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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.

Episodes

  1. Episode 1: Setting the Stage

    07/15/2019

    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.

    29 min
  2. Episode 2: Milwaukee was Crackin'

    07/15/2019

    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.

    27 min
  3. Episode 3: The Majestics Meet Marvell

    07/15/2019

    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.

    26 min
  4. Episode 4: Scratch the Record

    07/15/2019

    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.

    28 min
  5. Episode 5: Arrested Development

    07/15/2019

    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.

    29 min
  6. Episode 6: The Friends We Made Along the Way

    07/15/2019

    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.

    38 min
  7. New podcast 'Backspin: The Search for Milwaukee’s First Hip-Hop Song' launches July 15

    07/04/2019

    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

    1 min
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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.

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