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Miami bass (also known as booty bass or bass music) is a form of music known for deep, throbbing beats, hyperkinetic rhythms and, often, sexually explicit lyrics. It arose in the southern United States, centered on Miami and Orlando, and elsewhere in Florida, as well as Atlanta and Alabama. Miami bass has achieved little mainstream chart success, though it has won acceptance among US southerners and some northern hip hop listeners, a form to which it is closely related.
Musically, its roots can be found in electro. The music came into existence as part of Miami's stereo wars, when people tried to out-stereo each other, claiming that they had the loudest, most bass-heavy stereo system in their car.
Miami was a hotbed for soul music, which evolve into disco music, but when Henry Stone's TK Records empire folded, it left a void in Miami's music scene. At first, electro became the sound, but as it began running out of steam nationally, Stone found a talent in Amos Larkins, who began recording drum-machine based, mid-tempo rap songs. By 1985, Larkins accidentally sustained the kick drum of the 808 drum machine on a song, and a test copy was given out, causing a reaction. Amos followed this path for a while, causing the industry to follow suit, and forming a new genre in the process - Miami bass. MC ADE's "Bass Rock Express" (1985), which is sometimes seen as the first Miami bass track per se, was co-produced by Larkins
Breakbeat/Breaks Sub-Genres:
Big Beat
Brokenbeat
Cut & Paste
Electro
Florida breaks
Grime
Miami bass
Nu skool Breaks
Progressive breaks
Turntablism
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