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I can't speak for now (haven't listened to the radio besides for sports since like ~2002) but the Bay Area was always pretty consistent in playing local artists. I would be surprised if that has changed, given the Bay's self sufficient underground culture/history.
I saw that Radio One changed their Old School Hip Hop radio in Houston from Old School Hip Hop to Top 40. Wonder why that happened? Im sure the playlist was probably more East Coast music than Houston music. Can't have people in DC or NYC giving Houston a playlist that isn't at least 70% DJ Screw, Scarface, UGK, Paul Wall, Chamillionaire, etc, etc, etc. I wish these program directors would figure out play the same Old School songs on all the Boom stations. They have to change it up depending on the city
Do they even have pirate radio stations left? Pirate stations are where real Hip-hop heads listened to.
Or college or community radio that may have some good shows. This community station from Rochester has a good show on Friday evenings: http://www.1009wxir.com
I saw that Radio One changed their Old School Hip Hop radio in Houston from Old School Hip Hop to Top 40. Wonder why that happened? Im sure the playlist was probably more East Coast music than Houston music. Can't have people in DC or NYC giving Houston a playlist that isn't at least 70% DJ Screw, Scarface, UGK, Paul Wall, Chamillionaire, etc, etc, etc. I wish these program directors would figure out play the same Old School songs on all the Boom stations. They have to change it up depending on the city
First, "Old School" hip-hop stations are running into a problem of not having enough material to draw from to have a varied playlist while sticking to songs that everyone knows and not going too obscure. Classic rock stations have four decades of material to draw from that is much more varied than the two or so decades that hip-hop has been mainstream. My area doesn't have a mainstream hip-hop station but there is an old school station and they have recently added stuff from the late 2000s to their playlist. To me, that makes it seem like they are grasping for straws.
Second, I am not sure how it is today as much with the homogenization of FM radio nationwide, but in the mid 2000s, a hip-hop station in San Francisco would sound nothing like one in Dallas which wouldn't sound anything like one in Miami. There was distinct regional differences in hip-hop.
Second, I am not sure how it is today as much with the homogenization of FM radio nationwide, but in the mid 2000s, a hip-hop station in San Francisco would sound nothing like one in Dallas which wouldn't sound anything like one in Miami. There was distinct regional differences in hip-hop.
I agree. There has been some major whitewashing and homogenization of hip hop nationally. It used to be that the major hip hop songs had an rnb or pop hook, whereas now the hip hop or pop hop is the hook in most songs today. There were distinct cultural differences, sounds, etc., but now we have these little runtz running around not even pronouncing their words making no sense and having no message.
First, "Old School" hip-hop stations are running into a problem of not having enough material to draw from to have a varied playlist while sticking to songs that everyone knows and not going too obscure. Classic rock stations have four decades of material to draw from that is much more varied than the two or so decades that hip-hop has been mainstream. My area doesn't have a mainstream hip-hop station but there is an old school station and they have recently added stuff from the late 2000s to their playlist. To me, that makes it seem like they are grasping for straws.
Second, I am not sure how it is today as much with the homogenization of FM radio nationwide, but in the mid 2000s, a hip-hop station in San Francisco would sound nothing like one in Dallas which wouldn't sound anything like one in Miami. There was distinct regional differences in hip-hop.
Its still much more old school hip hop that they can play. Instead they play the same stuff. How about digging in the crates sometime? Master P has way more hits than "Make'em Say Huh" but they still continue to play it like its the only hit he has. If they would pick the playlist by gathering some local djs/etc from Houston to choose those songs that they do not know about at their HQ's in DC but are hits in Houston im sure that station would have continued to have high ratings. Because the ratings were good initially and then they started decreasing and im sure that happened because they played the same generic east coast shyt all-day
^ radio-1's pitbulls used to shuffle around their jugglers (funkmaster flex, roy barboza, khalid, touchtone,...) among their national affiliates during their memorial/veterans/labor day mix marathons. each city had a different flavor that would be introduced to another market.
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