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The Bass That Ate Miami: The Foundation

201310.0 / 10150 min
Documentary, Music

Overview

A documentary feature about the hip hop music sub genre Miami Bass. Weighing out the music's cultural impact, its influence on pop music, and being that it's one of the only music genres South Florida has a legitimate claim of origin to, it's extremely surprising that more people don't know this story. Bass music was never exclusive to the Miami region, but these musicians were the ones who put Miami's name on it and cultivated the exploitative image and party lifestyle that would become forever synonymous with the up-tempo Roland 808 synth boom. And while 2 Live Crew were the obvious champions, there was a stable of talented MCs, DJs, producers, label heads, and studio engineers whose pioneering contributions to the Miami sound have gone virtually undocumented until now.

Cast

Lon Alonzo

Lon Alonzo

DJ Ace

Afrika Bambaataa

Afrika Bambaataa

Self

Willie Andrews

Willie Andrews

M.C. Gemini

Claudio Barrella

Claudio Barrella

Debonaire

Darren Bohler

Darren Bohler

M.C. Zeus

Helio Branco

Helio Branco

Self

Michele Broom-Young

Michele Broom-Young

Missy Mist

Si Brown

Si Brown

Dexorcist

Neil Case

Neil Case

Beat Dominator (archive footage)

Sean Chavis

Sean Chavis

Kidd Money

Bo Crane

Bo Crane

Self

Frank De La

Frank De La

DJ Dela aka Soundchasers

Kenny German

Kenny German

Ken-E-G

Crew

Alex J. Weir

Alex J. Weir

Director