Key Artists in Urban History

Narrative Method:

storytelling of DJing.

DJs: why? (Importance of DJs)
working DJs depict current music scenes, they are the ones connect music to masses, they are the ultimate sources who deliver the material / control what we hear / interact with the audience

music they provide gives snippets of music scene - tells a story by sound.

music triggers nostalgia, time machine.


Three Major Urban sections:

Portishead, Daft Punk, Aphex Twins, Buddha Bar, Prodigy
Does It Offend You, Yeah?, Ratatat

Dre,
Roots, Common, Erykah, OutKast
DJ Premier, Rakim, Biggie, Nas, Mobb Deep
(New York, Ten Crack Commandment, Nas Is Like, ..)
Shady-Aftermath-G-Unit, Neptunes, Rise of South
Roc-A-Fella, Jay-Z, Kanye
(Stronger, blend to daft punk)


Rise of Alternative Hip Hop, Danger Mouse, Grey Album, Cee-Lo Green, Gnarls Barkley, Danger Doom


90's Radiohead, U2, Limp Bizkit, Slipknot
00's Coldplay, Maroon 5, Does It Offend You, Yeah?, Ratatat
Rise of Emo

Different music styles gives birth to branches of different lifestyles
Show different Lifestyles forming

Eventually, youth grows and grows

Shows Birth of Youtube generation, google, file sharing

In front of computers sending / receiving files and

crash of music industry / collapsing.