Miami bass
Miami bass (booty bass, bass music)was first pioneered and created single handedly by Amos LarkinsII also known as Leon Green, MCB ,Aonzo Lewis among other names.Amos LarkinsII Relesed the first Miami Bass music and produced the first hits for Luke Sky Walker getto jump Disco Rick and the DogsGucci Bass, Clay D.just to name a few, there are many others.Miami bass is a form of music known for deep, throbbing beats, hyperkinetic rhythms and, often, sexually explicit lyrics. It initially started in Miami,Fla. and and within weeks spreaded up the state to Orlando, and elsewhere in Florida, as well as Atlanta and Alabama by way of the sales and distrabution of the music. Miami bass has achieved little mainstream chart success, though it has won acceptance among the US in every part with hip hop listeners underground, a form to which it is closely related.
Musically, its roots can be found in electro. The music came into existence as part of Miami's stereo wars, when people tried to out-stereo each other, claiming that they had the loudest, most bass-heavy stereo system in their car.Amos would attened these functions and while trying to compliment the bass heavy sound systems in his mixes in the studio accedently left the 808 drum machine release to long that's how it all started, the dj's and the people liked it and Amos kept using it. Amos first ensamble was the Roland 808 drum machine,the Roland 303&606,the korg poly800 and the Emulator sampler.
The most famous Miami bass group is 2 Live Crew, known for the censorship efforts surrounding their As Nasty As They Wanna Be album. Though 2 Live Crew was based out of Miami, they actually formed in Los Angeles. Their debut single, "The Revelation" (1985, 1985 in music), was a socially aware examination of poverty and [[crime]. Their first LP, ...Is What We Are, included raunchy lyrics (such as "We Want Some Pussy").
While 2 Live Crew popularized Miami bass for many listeners internationaly,it is a known fact by hard core hip hop enthuist that Amos LarkinsII is the sole creator and pioneer of Miami Bass. Amos LarkinsII is literaly miami's best kept secret because during those days he wasn't concern about promoting himself and in the south no one was giving the pioneers any aclaim like they were doing Dr. dre in the west coast and dj flash and kool herc in the north. Amos LarkinsII style of production has paved the way for the 2 Live Crew, DJ Magic Mike established a significant underground following during the late 1980s. During the 1990s, Disco Rick, Uncle Al, Get Funky Crew, 69 Boyz, 95 South and Quad City DJ's established Miami bass as a commercial and social force in the south, though northern and international success in firmly inbeded in the underground.
Miami bass has had a lasting influence on other musical styles, particularly Chicago's ghetto house and Detroit's ghettotech and, and crunktoday.
External links
- Yahoo Group devoted to chronicling the evolution & formation of Miami bass
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