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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38 min
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.
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29 min
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.
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28 min
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 Mil…
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26 min
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 so…
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27 min
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 c…
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29 min
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…
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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 jou…