Remember the Time: The Hyphy Movement

Remember the Time: The Hyphy Movement

In the mid-2000’s a sound emerged out of the Bay Area that would overtake the sonic landscape of hip-hop for a brief but impactful period showcasing not only the music, but also the overall culture of the Bay Area. A culture that changed the way the hip-hop nation danced, dressed, spoke, and even drove their cars. The Lil Jon produced, E-40 helmed smash “Tell Me When to Go” accurately summed up the surface of the Hyphy movement as a music and culture, but the origin is much deeper. Without the independent nature of the Bay Area, Hyphy could have never existed. In Remember the Time: The Hyphy Movement, we take a deep dive into a subgenre, a movement, a culture that though short lived, still permeates across the globe to this very day, influencing some of today’s top performers.Join host, Branden J. Peters—veteran creative and California native— who has documented music, sports, and pop culture for over two decades, as he speaks with artists, executives, dancers and journalists about the impact of the Hyphy Movement.

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December 20, 2023 27 mins
Today, hyphy music has been out of the spotlight for about a decade, but it’s still inspiring the audio and visual culture in the songs we hear today and the TV we watch. This episode of Remember the Time: The Hyphy Movement explores other aspects of hyphy—from its car and cycling cultures to how its depicted in today's films—how the Hyphy babies continue to champion the sound and perhaps why other regions are able to capitalize on...
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The fiercely independent nature of the Bay Area music scene has proven to have both positive and adverse effects on the creativity and overall commercial success of the Hyphy Movement. In episode 5 of Remember the Time, titled, Is Hyphy Dead?, host Branden LSK speaks with artists and label executives about why the movement was somewhat short-lived—from the politics of competing radio stations to other regions capitalizing on the hy...
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Although E-40 is the mainstream face of the Hyphy Movement, Northern California residents view another rapper as the anchor of Hyphy. He went by Mac Dre. This episode of Remember the Time breaks down the larger-than-life persona of the late rapper—from his pre-and-post incarceration sound to his Thizz Entertainment empire.Host Branden LSK speaks with rapper LaRussell about Mac Dre’s cultural impact and speaks with Steph Curry about...
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November 29, 2023 30 mins
The Bay Area dances a little different. More than music, Hyphy is described as a movement for a reason: it involved one’s mind, body and soul. Episode 3: Taking Up Room on the Floor explores the dance culture of the bay area that helped visualize the Hyphy Movement. Born from the 1960s and 1970s funk scene in Oakland, the free-flowing and hard-hitting dance style known as Boogaloo has evolved into styles like pop and locking and T....
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November 21, 2023 32 mins
The word hyphy—short for hyperactive—was first uttered on a song by Oakland rapper Keak Da Sneak. Initially, the slang term didn't mean what it came to represent: that the party was over the top or someone was being extra. As it happens with most slang words, it took on a meaning of its own once the masses got ahold of it. This episode of Remember the Time breaks down the sound and culture that preceded hyphy, from the New Bay soun...
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November 14, 2023 21 mins
Episode 1 of Remember the Time examines the independent nature of Bay Area hip-hop and how it eventually reached the mainstream despite having a different sound, delivery and cadence from mainstream rap of the time.  A big part of that sound, aptly called Mobb Music, was popularized by artists like E-40 and Mac Mall. The slow plodding bass heavy sound was instrumental in Bay Area hip-hop. It took a kid from Fairfield by way of Mont...
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Introducing Remember the Time: The Hyphy Movement.In the mid-2000’s a sound emerged out of the Bay Area that would overtake the sonic landscape of hip-hop for a brief but impactful period showcasing not only the music, but also the overall culture of the Bay Area. A culture that changed the way the hip-hop nation danced, dressed, spoke, and even drove their cars. The Lil Jon produced, E-40 helmed smash “Tell Me When to Go” accurate...
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