This is only a 10 minute mini
documentary, but it begins to spotlight the importance of UK pirate radio in the early 80’s and how it brought black music to the masses.
Anyone who grew up
in a major city during these
times is likely to
know the importance of pirate
radio. It was the only way most of us could hear hip
hop music in its early days and right up until the shift towards internet radio, it remained a key method of
keeping up to date with the true underground
scene.
As someone who
was raised listening to these stations, and was then later a
part of them, it would be great for me to see something like this expanded into a full
length documentary. These early innovators who set up the masts, funded the
equipment and took the risks are as critical to our hip hop history as the original
DJ’s and emcees. For the UK, pirate radio was the
equivalent of a Bronx DJ throwing a party in their local parks.
the mastermind roadshow,if ya never heard em' and steve devonne,then ya need to!
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