Episode #005: So Definitely Rowdy

Headland & Delowe

This episode we’re into the early- mid 1990’s in Atlanta Hip Hop. So-So-Def, Rowdy and LaFace records begin to take shape alongside the Bass music scene and the underground. Gang activities and curfews have had an impact on Atlanta Hip Hop and the Break-dancing scene has ground nearly to a halt. Graffiti writers, MCs, DJs and producers are still active. Again, this episode concentrates on the early energy surrounding the underground with ciphers featuring Killer Mike aka Mike Bigga as well as Jermaine Dupri’s So-So-Def and Dallas Austin’s Rowdy records. We begin with a look at one segment of the Atlanta underground as it pertains to the growth of what becomes strong National-impacting labels. As we continue this journey, we’ll delve into the Bass scene, the strip club/neighborhood and college scenes. Voices heard: Shannon McCollum, H20 of Mass Influence and Yall So Stupid, Top Cat of Mass Comm who worked at So-so-Def and with Atlanta’s Elemental Magazine before it left the city, Divinity Roxx and DJ Nabs. This is part of a series that aired on BrooklynRadio.net in late 2010 and early 2011 as a lead up to the Film and full version of this documentary. As promised, the entire audio series is being podcasted for free. The film is in production. We're brainstorming and raising money. All music featured is from the city of Atlanta: DJ Variable (of the Audubon Society) - Stalk Kriss Kross - Jump TLC - Hat 2 Da back Lyrical Giants (Bonecrusher’s old group) - Country Cousins Yall So Stupid - Van Full of Pakistanis FKi ft Travis Porter - Koo Koo T.I. - Top Back (instrumental) Divinity Roxx - Rebel (Live) Big Boi ft. Andre 3000 & Sleepy Brown - Looking for Ya. Live on Arrival ft DJ Kurt - The Gift Headland & Delowe: Atlanta Hip Hop from ‘79- ‘til by Dominick R. Brady is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License.Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available at www.dominickbrady.com.