Atlanta Gets A New Hip-Hop Outlet With 'The Beat' On 92.3 And 96.7 (Smyrna: school, station)

[gold15]

Originally Posted by fieldm

107.9 ratchet
94.5 super ratchet
103.3 hip hop and r&b
97.9 old school hip hop
87.7 old school r&b
102.9 old school hip hop
89.3 community radio
97.5 old school r&b
104.1 old school r&b
92.3/96.7

LOL. My car/dash entertainment system allows me to name the stations for the display. I have 94.5 programmed as 'ratchet' (then there's urban, jazz, crossover, old school, talk, etc., etc.) One is labeled Hood/Trap (don't remember which one).

[0nyxStation]

Originally Posted by demonta4

How many Hip Hop stations do we have now? I love rap but it seems like the market in Atlanta is already saturated.

Its the Black Mecca..........



But yea you have a point. RAP RAP RAP....

[0nyxStation]

Originally Posted by glovenyc

way over-saturated

Well at least all those 30-40 year old rappers at the mall and on marta will have a place to peddle their wares.

[Big L]

As someone that grew up on Rap/Hip-Hop, I never thought that I would say this:


There are way too many "Hip-Hop" stations in Atlanta!


I listen mainly to 87.7 for what is considered to be "Old School" these days and either 107.5 or 104.1 for a mixture of old and new. V-103 lost me because they talk too much. I outgrew 107.9 about 10 years ago. 94.5 is way too ratchet even for when I feel like hearing some newer stuff. I listen to the other "Old School Hip-Hop" station at times, but their signal is too weak for me to listen to it in some parts of town.


On an unrelated-yet-still-related note, I love Tribe's new album!

[Big L]

Originally Posted by 0nyxStation

Well at least all those 30-40 year old rappers at the mall and on marta will have a place to peddle their wares.

There is a time to give it up. I just turned 40 and there are a few people that I went to high school with that are still trying to make it in the hip-hop game. The one that actually made legit albums a few years back has since stopped recording. You don't have to stop loving the music, but there is a time to just get a regular job if you haven't "made it".

[glovenyc]

For someone who also grew up in the hip-hop culture, its sad that Atlanta has 50 "rap" stations and they all play sub-par music. The old school stations only play the same radio singles from the past, they never dig into the great album cuts and b-sides. The stations playing the current stuff, just play the undecipherable mumble-emo rap crap.

[fieldm]

87.7 is the best station out of that list imo

Then 102.9 and 97.9

[fieldm]

And the new station aint about ish. Playing the same ratchet songs that 94.5 and 107.9 play 24/7

[ATLondoner]

Originally Posted by fieldm

87.7 is the best station out of that list imo

Then 102.9 and 97.9

Old School 87.7 is brilliant, feel like they have freshened up the rotation of tunes recently too.

[fieldm]

Originally Posted by ATLondoner

Old School 87.7 is brilliant, feel like they have freshened up the rotation of tunes recently too.

Yeah. Its a mom and pop station and not a corporate station and you can tell by the playlist. I can listen to it for hours straight. They really be rocking on Friday and Saturday night