regional hip hop tastes

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i was reading this interview with this dj mark ronson in some old issue of the source where he said "its crazy how different everywhere is. in la all they bump is east coast shit, like the record i got with ghostface and nate dogg. then you go to oakland and they never heard the shit. and in new york that record isnt happening at all." and it made me think, what determines taste, for hip hop, on a regional level? perhaps there is really no explanation, but these trends have always been fascinating to me.

― juiceboxxx (juiceboxxx), Monday, 1 March 2004 03:56 (twenty-one years ago)

DJs.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Monday, 1 March 2004 04:08 (twenty-one years ago)

so it has nothing to do with the audience? all dj politics?

― juiceboxxx (juiceboxxx), Monday, 1 March 2004 04:19 (twenty-one years ago)

All I know, is singaporeans don't 'get' crunk at all, but they like dancehall. Scottish people don't like hip hop, period, and in London anything with a big bassline will hit the spot.

Outside of the US, it's totally the audience.

― Jacob (Jacob), Monday, 1 March 2004 04:22 (twenty-one years ago)

I wouldn't call it DJ politics, but I think DJ tastes (and probably some payola/label promotion based stuff) are the reason why certain records blow up in certain places. I don't think the audience plays too much of a part though.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Monday, 1 March 2004 04:25 (twenty-one years ago)

i guess jacob's answer is kinda what i was looking for. what sounds go over in what regions and why? i have a hard time believing that its just all djs personal tastes, i mean the heads have to have some pull, right? if not, this is a pretty dumb question and i am sorry for wasting the 5 people who clicked on this thread's time.

― juiceboxxx (juiceboxxx), Monday, 1 March 2004 12:53 (twenty-one years ago)

Scottish people don't like hip hop, period

That's news to me!!!!!!!!!!

― Old Fart!!! (oldfart_sd), Monday, 1 March 2004 21:30 (twenty-one years ago)

Jesus, well when I was growing up in Edinburgh there was literally NOWHERE that played it.

― Jacob (Jacob), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 02:33 (twenty-one years ago)

I thought you were asking why a CERTAIN record blew up (or got a lot of play) in a certain place and not why entire regions become fascinated by a certain sound. I have no idea why certain sounds/sub-genres appeal to certain places and not others. It's almost too big a question to ponder.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 02:41 (twenty-one years ago)

when were you growing up in Edinburgh, Jacob? even if it was quite recent, i'd hardly judge Scottish tastes on Edinburgh alone because it always seems like a very culturally Americosceptic place ... Glasgow would be far more open to hip-hop, I'm sure.

― robin carmody (robin carmody), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 04:53 (twenty-one years ago)

I was born there and left when I was 18. Thus the key years of 12-17 were 1989-1994. I can guarantee that there was no hip hop in the radio or in the clubs. Scratch opened there in '96, I think...

― Jacob (Jacob), Tuesday, 2 March 2004 06:32 (twenty-one years ago)

well, "in the radio" (sic) is quite true - blame Johnny Beerling ...

― robin carmody (robin carmody), Thursday, 4 March 2004 03:35 (twenty-one years ago)

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