The Bass That Ate Miami: The Foundation (2013)
150 min
A documentary feature about the hip hop music sub genre Miami Bass. Weighing out the music's cultural impact, its influence on pop music, and being that it's one of the only music genres South Florida has a legitimate claim of origin to, it's extremely surprising that more people don't know this story. Bass music was never exclusive to the Miami region, but these musicians were the ones who put Miami's name on it and cultivated the exploitative image and party lifestyle that would become forever synonymous with the up-tempo Roland 808 synth boom. And while 2 Live Crew were the obvious champions, there was a stable of talented MCs, DJs, producers, label heads, and studio engineers whose pioneering contributions to the Miami sound have gone virtually undocumented until now.
- Release date
- August 8, 2013
- Country of origin
- United States
- Music
- Mr. Mixx, Richie Rich, Chris Walton
Trailer
Cast
- Lon Alonzo as DJ Ace
- Willie Andrews as M.C. Gemini
- Afrika Bambaataa as Self
- Claudio Barrella as Debonaire
- Darren Bohler as M.C. Zeus
- Helio Branco as Self
- Michele Broom-Young as Missy Mist
- Dana Brown as Danny B
- Si Brown as Dexorcist
- Tony Butler as Pretty Tony
Crew
- Alex J. Weir · Director
- Mr. Mixx · Composer
- Richie Rich · Composer
- Chris Walton · Composer
- Tim Mahlbacker · Cinematographer
- Alex J. Weir · Cinematographer
- Alex J. Weir · Editor