User:AchuynhGWSS241/sandbox

Overview of edits:

Andy Huynh - Adding communities section and Seattle communities (Massive Monkees and 206 Zulu Nation).

Tim Welsh - Adding photos and more discussion of graffiti as well as more indepth analysis of THEESatisfaction

Jared Robinson - add information about Ryan Lewish (Macklemore's partner and producer) and UW hip hop community. I can look for more detailed info.

Kim Johnson - I'll do a bit on the MOHAI exhibit (including pictures) and on Freshtracks (the West Coast's first all rap radio show that started in Seattle).

Adding to the section that already talks about Nasty Nes and Fresh Tracks:

Fresh Tracks was a 30-minute show that played on Sunday nights on KKFX 1250 (“KFOX” and formerly KKDZ), and consisted of a mix of new songs and a mastermix created by Nasty Nes (Stranger article). These mixes were made up of songs by The World’s Famous Supreme Team, Malcolm McLaren, Run-D.M.C. and others (Stranger article). Due to the show’s popularity, the station's producer allowed Nes to expand it to a Monday through Friday, 9pm to midnight show called NightBeat that featured prominent R&B songs as well as intermixed rap songs (Stranger article).

Communities

Massive Monkees Studio: The Beacon

Hip-hop dance crew, Massive Monkees, opened a community-based center for learning and positive change. Based in the International District in Seattle, the Beacon offers various arts programs in dance and music, as well as a free after-school program for youths as an alternative to street life. The Beacon strives to create fun, promote creative expression and a safe place for the community.

206 Zulu Nation

206 Zulu is a Hip-hop heritage project that strives to preserve, document and advocate the hiphop’s artistic practices. The goal of 206 Zulu is to “ document and preserve the History/Herstory of Hip Hop in its full scope within the last 20+ years of existence in Seattle and the Northwest.” This project strives to create authentic representation of the historical significance of hip-hop. 206 Zulu also promotes local events, including weekly community gatherings for each element of hip-hop: breaking, mc, dj, graffiti.

Citations to be edited:

http://www.massivemonkees.com/thebeacon/

http://www.206zulu.com/ourstory.html

The Legacy of Seattle Hip-Hop at MOHAI

Seattle’s Museum of History and Industry (MOHAI) curated and showcased an exhibit called The Legacy of Seattle Hip-Hop from September 19, 2015 through May 1, 2016 (MOHAI sourced article). This exhibit was curated by Jazmyn Scott of The Town Entertainment and Aaron Walker-Loud of Big World Breaks.

Items on display included Macklemore’s fur jacket and scooter from his and Ryan Lewis' iconic “Thrift Shop” music video as well as Nasty Nes’ NASTYMIX bomber jacket (Seattle Times article). There were several different sections of the exhibit focusing on different elements of hip hop culture. One section was devoted to music production. It featured two mixing stations that played tracks by Vitamin D and Jake One, as well as letting visitors interact with the tracks by using the mixing boards (Seattle Times article).

Another section was dedicated to breakdancing, highlighting some of the early b-boys and b-girls in the Seattle scene as well as well-known groups like the Massive Monkees (Seattle Met article). In the middle of the floor was a raised dancing platform (Seattle Met article) and on the walls were items like a Boom Squad jersey from the group that used to perform during halftime at Seattle SuperSonics games.