Episode #001: Welcome to the A, an introduction.

Headland & Delowe

The city of Atlanta has a complex and long history with Hip Hop going back into the late 1970’s. Much of this history pre-LaFace records, pre-Outkast and GooDie MoB isn’t known. Headland & Delowe is a documentary series attempting to weave together the story lines of the artists, managers, promoters and journalists of Atlanta Hip Hop over the past three decades to get an understanding of where Atlanta Hip Hop has been and where it might be going. In this episode I speak with pioneers like B-Boy Zapper of ATL’s HBO crew, MC Shy D and DJ Jelly, current stars like Cee-lo, Pill and DJ Mars and underground stalwarts like Senor Kaos and H20. Welcome to Headland and Delowe. This Internet radio series initially aired on BrooklynRadio.net in late 2010 and 2011. A film version of this audio documentary is in production. As promised, I'm offering the entire series for free. The series theme music changes with each episode. The instrumental is produced by ATL’s DJ Variable of the Audubon Society DJ tandem. All of the music beds and bumpers featured in this series is Rap & Hip Hop from the City of Atlanta. In order of appearance: Lil Will ft Cool Breeze - “Looking for Nikki” MC Shy D - Shake it Mojo - “Jump Stomp & Twist” Crime Mob - “Knuck if you Buck” (Instrumental) Cee-Lo ft GooDie MoB - “Night Train” Grip plyaz - “You already Know” (Live) Shawty Lo - “Dey Know” (Instrumental) Outkast - “Crumblin’ Erb” Success ‘N Effect - “Freeze” Mass Influence - “Rhyme Placement” Sammy Sam - “The Hitman” Kilo ft. Big Boi - “Love in your Mouth” Pill - “Hear Somebody Coming” DJ Spinna ft Senor Kaos - “Just call me Senor” Ghetto Mafia - “Trap Be Jumping” (Instrumental) Donnis - “More Fiya” DG Yola live with the XO Band - “I aint gon’ let up”