Is Chicago Too Different?!? with Kanye West, Chief Keef, Twista, Lil Durk, Da Brat, Common, Mr. Lee

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2 ай бұрын

On the new episode of 1st & 15th, #SorenBaker wonders if Chicago is too different for its own good. Soren Baker mentions & breaks down work from Kanye West, Chief Keef, Twista & others exclusively here on #UniqueAccessEnt. We look forward to your feedback.
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@Bugger22 Ай бұрын

Soren, your knowledge of Hip Hop and its various distinctions per region is amazing. This is a very good subject and question that you have presented. Growing up on the west side of Chicago in the seventies and eighties (I was born in ‘73), I’ve always leaned towards what a lot of people consider the foundation(s) of Hip Hop. Over the years, I’ve enjoyed some “gangsta” and some “street” centric Hip Hop (Ice Cube, King Tee, M.O.P., Mobb Deep, etc.), but you had to be an EMCEE.

@UniqueAccessEnt Ай бұрын

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@demetriusrousseau7919 Ай бұрын

Don't forget Kool Rock Steady (RIP)" Return Of The Superstar".

@UniqueAccessEnt Ай бұрын

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@TheMicklachey Ай бұрын

Da Criminal & Grav are 2 guys that need to be mentioned for the mid 90's era too

@demetriusrousseau7919 Ай бұрын

Also don't forget Kool Rock Steady (RIP)"Return Of The Superstar", Black AG and OCU.

@UniqueAccessEnt Ай бұрын

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@user-Tripleggggggg Ай бұрын

Chicago in the last ten years has been the most influential it’s ever been

@UniqueAccessEnt Ай бұрын

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@Abstract_FWTX Ай бұрын

Great breakdown, was just looking into Chicago gang culture and how it’s influenced the modern hip hop scene there. I agree with your take on the lack of regional access from major labels based in just New York and Cali, and the way Twista and Common defined two completely different sides of hip hop at the same time causing that split in style. However I don’t necessarily think this is a detriment to the cities culture. I think a good metaphor for it is kind of looking at it like this, Pizza (New Gangsta Hip Hop) been around since the 1700’s, but New York style pizza (Twista) has only been around since 1905, but a lot of other places adopted this style because of it’s success and more diverse flavors, however whenever Chicago came out with deep dish pizza (Chief Keef) in 1943, you recognize it’s a complete new thing and although everyone wants to cash in on it, it doesn’t really feel the same outside the Windy City. Idk if that’s an even remotely comparable way of looking at it, but it was fun connecting the dots.

@Abstract_FWTX Ай бұрын

Honestly Kanye, Common, and Twista’s styles were so unique to most stuff out, the flow mostly, but even production and album covers have played massive roles overall. I mean the “chopper” flow is technically a Chicago originated thing, but it grew so quick that it just became a part of midwestern hip hop.

@UniqueAccessEnt Ай бұрын

Great points, @Abstract_FWTX. Chicago artists are immensely talented. It's too bad more people don't appreciate them. Thanks for watching & supporting #UniqueAccessEnt.

@TheMicklachey Ай бұрын

Part of the reason is because Chicago is in the middle of the map. I grew up an hour from Chicago in Northwest Indiana and I grew up listening to everything from everywhere. East, west, south, midwest all of it

@jigga2183 Ай бұрын

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@TheMicklachey Ай бұрын

@@jigga2183 damn right bro!

@UniqueAccessEnt Ай бұрын

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@UniqueAccessEnt Ай бұрын

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@derrickmallory8877 Ай бұрын

Great Excellent Content 💯

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@jameshardy5578 Ай бұрын

Money getting paid under the table back then you already know

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@harveymcelroy9332 Ай бұрын

Chitown Westside 4 life!

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@taysmith9321 Ай бұрын

My city definitely different it has to do with us being in the middle of da map it has to do being a segregated city each side of the city is a different world

@UniqueAccessEnt Ай бұрын

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@LDoradoJonez Ай бұрын

Is Chicago’s Hip-Hop scene too diverse for its own good? Short answer- No…Hell No. The endless styles created by Chicago artists from the 80s til today is not and has never been a hindrance. Speaking as an artist from Chicagoland (Harvey World), that witnessed the movements from the Mid ‘90s thru through the mid 2010s to today, the only major hurdle for Chicago was label infrastructure-ie. marketing & distribution. A city can have all the talent in the world, which Chicago does, but unless there are labels (independent or major) to push the music the movement doesn’t move. The talent/creativity/music is like a tree and the business infrastructure is the soil. No matter how much potential that tree has, if there is no soil to facilitate growth that tree will become stagnant and die. Every region, every city that “blew up” had to create a thriving independent market. There’s no Texas movement without Southwest Distribution and other entrepreneurs. Same with LA, same with the Bay, same with New York and Atlanta. Incredible talent HAS to be matched with aggressive marketing and adequate distribution. In Chicago we always had the talent. We did not always have the access to infrastructure.

@UniqueAccessEnt Ай бұрын

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@jack1uptone963 Ай бұрын

It was supposed to be like that for Chicago. First New York, then Hip Hop/Rap went Westcoast, then South, then went up to northern Midwest (Chicago). Chi represents the final frontier of hip hop. The middle and heart of America that also represents more of the real world than New York, Los Angeles, and Atlanta. That's why hip hop labels always preferred to stay away from the realest world (Chicago) and post up everywhere else except for Chi, hence other regions always been more commercial and market ready. The real world (Chi) always been a little too real for mainstream hip hop.

@UniqueAccessEnt Ай бұрын

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