The Birmingham hip hop scene began to develop in Birmingham, England as early as 1980. This article is about the city in England. ... 1980 is a leap year starting on Tuesday. ...

Some people had been inspired by Ska and Reggae music, however, the fast evolving American hip hop, electro, breakdance and graffiti art culture struck a chord with many young Brummies of all backgrounds. People formed different 'crews', influenced by their love of a particular way of life which included street art, music and, in some case, recreational drugs. This page is about ska, the musical style. ... Reggae is a style of music developed in Jamaica and is closely linked to the Rastafari movement, though not universally popular among Rastafarians. ... Hip hop is a cultural movement that began amongst urban African American youth in New York and has since spread around the world. ... Electro is either a) a prefix used to indicate a relationship to electricity, as in electro-mechanical, or electro-magnet, or b) a stand-alone word. ... This USPS stamp depicts an 80s breakdancer and a boombox. ... Graffiti is a type of deliberately inscribed marking made by humans on surfaces, both private and public. ... Wikibooks Wikiversity has more about this subject: School of Music Look up Music in Wiktionary, the free dictionary Wikisource, as part of the 1911 Encyclopedia Wikiproject, has original text related to this article: Music Wikicities has a wiki about Music: Music Music City : a collaborative music database All Music Guide... Recreational drug use is the use of psychoactive drugs for recreational rather than medical or spiritual purposes, although the distinction is not always clear. ...

Hip hop

In 1980 a Birmingham rapper named 'Sure Shot' rapped on a UK breakfast show. Later in 1985, a hip hop collective named Jump (which included Sure Shot) released two records;'We Come to Jam' and 'Feel It'. The crew formed 'The Audio Kings' and 'The Black Prophetz'.

'Fresh F.M.', a popular pirate radio station broadcast from Birmingham and played hip hop and breakdance records. Other broadcasts across the city included local stations BRMB and P.C.R.L. and national BBC Radio 1. Community radio is a type of radio service that caters to the interests of a certain area, broadcasting material that is popular to a local audience but is overlooked by more powerful broadcast groups. ... BRMB was Birminghams first commercial radio station and began broadcasting in the 1970s. ... PCRL 103. ... BBC Radio 1 is a British radio station, specialising in popular music aimed at a young audience (children, teenagers and young adults). ...

Breakdance parties occurred, with street dancers 'battling' on small strips of linoleum or cardboard, entertaining and sometimes inconveniencing passers-by in places like the Pallasades shopping centre and the subways of the old Bull Ring. 2003 Bull Ring _ St Martins church and Selfridges The Bull Ring market has been an important feature of Birmingham since the Middle Ages. ...

When hip hop performer Afrika Bambaata visited Britain he inspired new rappers and hip hop DJs including Moorish Delta 7 Elements, Roc1, Mad Flow, Creative Habits, Lord Laing and DJ Sparra (twice winner of the DMC mixing championships). Afrika Bambaataa (born April 10, 1960) is a DJ and community leader from the South Bronx, who in the late 1970s, was instrumental in the early development of hip hop. ... Alphanumeric List 1-9 1200 Techniques 2 Live Crew Fresh Kid Ice Luke Skyywalker Mr. ... Hip hop is a cultural movement that began amongst urban African American youth in New York and has since spread around the world. ... DJ or dj may stand for Disc jockey, dinner jacket The DeadJournal website, or Djibouti. ... Moorish Delta 7 are a Hip Hop/Garage crew from Birmingham, England. ... DMC has several meanings: Disco Mix Club, an organization known for its yearly world DJ championships. ...

Brothers and Sisters took place in the 'Coast to Coast' club in the old ATV television studios on Broad Street in the early 1990s. Then came Fungle Junk, held for many years beneath House music club 'Fun'., and bringing The Psychonaughts, Andy Weatherall and the Scratch Perverts to the city. Brothers and Sisters is a 1929 novel by Ivy Compton-Burnett. ... The acronym ATV can refer to: all-terrain vehicle - the land equivalent of a personal watercraft or jet ski amateur television - a broadcast-quality television service for amateur radio operators analog television América Televisión - a Peruvian television network Atlantic Television - a CTV-affiliated regional television service for the... Broad Street is one of two places in the United Kingdom, either: Broad Street, Birmingham Broad Street station, a closed station in London Broad Street is a 15-mile long road through Richmond, Virginia. ... House music refers to a collection of styles of electronic dance music, the earliest forms beginning in the early- to mid- 1980s. ... Tigers playing in the water Girl playing on tyre swing Recreation is the employment of time in a non-profitable way, in many ways also a therapeutic refreshment of ones body or mind. ... The Scratch Perverts are a collective of turntablist DJs from the UK, formed in 1996 by Tony Vegas, Prime Cuts and DJ Plus One. ...

As of 2005 The Medicine Bar (situated in the old Bird's Custard Factory) continues the city's hip hop connection and is home to two of the longest running Funk and hip hop nights in the UK: Substance and Leftfoot, both featured on BBC Radio 1. They fuse Acid Jazz, hip hop and funk artists from across the Globe. 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Medicine Bar in Birmingham, England started as a collaboration in the 1990s between the London Medicine bar and local Hip Hop DJ Simon Fat Head, who began his career at the legendary Brothers and Sisters at the Coast to Coast club on Broad Street. ... The Custard Factory is an arts and media centre located in Birmingham, England. ... Leftfoot is a musical event. ... Acid jazz (sometimes groove jazz) is a musical genre that combines jazz influences with elements of soul music, funk, disco and hip hop. ...

Munchbreak, a live hip hop collective, host a regular session in the old Rainbow pub in Digbeth which is part owned by Fuzz Townswend, a former member of Bently Rythm Ace and Pop will eat itself. Digbeth is an area of Birmingham, England. ...

The city has been supplied with UK and US import Hip Hop and Rap music since the 1980's with Tempest records, Don Christies, Swordfish and the Plastic Factory. Baileys record stall, Samebeat record shack and Summit records existed for many years in the old Birmingham Bullring but no longer exist accept for Summit records which now mainly sells Ragga and Reggae. Today Hip Hop is catered for by long running independent record shops; Punch records (Newtown), Massive Records (city centre), Jibbering records (Moseley), Old Skool Daze (Selly Oak), Plastic Factory (city centre), Tempest (city centre), Three Shades Records (city centre), Swordfish (city centre), Dance Music Finder (city centre) and Hard To Find Records (Lea Bank). 2003 Bull Ring _ St Martins church and Selfridges The Bull Ring market has been an important feature of Birmingham since the Middle Ages. ... Newtown is the name of several places in the United Kingdom: Newtown, Hampshire Newtown, Isle of Wight Newtown, Powys Newtown Ho Newtown Linford Newtown is the name of several places in the United States of America: Newtown, Connecticut Newtown, Indiana Newtown, Missouri Newtown, New York Newtown, Ohio Newtown, Bucks County... Jibbering Records is a record label and record shop based in the Moseley area of Birmingham, England. ... This article does not describe the scientist Henry Moseley. ... Hard To Find Records first bagan in Birmingham, England in 1991. ...

Graffiti

In the early 1980s a community graffiti "battle" took place next to the Bull Ring shopping centre in Birmingham. The organisers invited a selection of the UK's graffiti arists including Goldie, Bristol's 3D (who went on to form Massive Attack), and London's Mode from the Chrome Angels. Bronx Man Brim and his New York alter-ego Bio also attended. Boards were erected with scaffolding in place to enable free movement of the artists. Graffiti is a type of deliberately inscribed marking made by humans on surfaces, both private and public. ... Goldie at a rave in Springfield, Massachusetts (taken in 2003) Clifford Price, better known as Goldie (born December 28, 1965 in Wolverhampton) is a British electronic music artist, disc jockey, and actor. ... Bristol is an English city and county and one of the two administrative centres of South West England (the other being Plymouth). ... Above, Massive Attack. ... The Bronx is one of the five boroughs of United States. ... State nickname: Empire State Other U.S. States Capital Albany Largest city New York Governor George Pataki (R) Official languages None (English is de facto) Area 141,205 km² (27th)  - Land 122,409 km²  - Water 18,795 km² (13. ...

The Channel 4 documentary 'Bombing' featured Wolverhampton and Birmingham, with Cash Da Master givin an impromptu rap to Bronx Graffiti artist Brim and the cameras. Clips from the Battle can also be seen in the documentary. Channel 4 is a television broadcaster in the United Kingdom (see British television). ...

More recently, Chu is a Walsall born Graffiti artist who has grown up in and around Birmingham. He is one of the best known local Graffiti artists. He claims to be one of the first 3D graffiti artists in the world. He turned his wall art into digital graffiti and now earns a living by creating flyers for many hip hop nights in London and Birmingham. One of his recent commissions was for Selfridges in the Birmingham Bullring. Map sources for Walsall at grid reference SP0198 Walsall Art Gallery Walsall is an industrial town in the West Midlands of England, it is located northwest of Birmingham and east of Wolverhampton. ... An early hand-drawn flyer advertising a Goa trance party from Israel. ... St. ... Selfridges is a chain of department stores in the United Kingdom. ... Bullring is the place where the bullfighting blood sport is performed. ...

Sources

• an independent Graffiti art site featuring some of Chu's "pieces" (art)
• A commission for Selfridges in the Birmingham Bullring
• Jump rap crew

External Links

• Different Drummer record label
• Moorish Delta 7
• Birmingham Rap
• Independent review of Medicine bar
• Munchbreak website
• Chu Graffiti art website