The Bass That Ate Miami: The Foundation

The story

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.

Cast & crew

Lon Alonzo

Lon AlonzoDJ Ace

Afrika BambaataaSelf

Willie Andrews

Willie AndrewsM.C. Gemini

Claudio Barrella

Claudio BarrellaDebonaire

Darren Bohler

Darren BohlerM.C. Zeus

Helio Branco

Helio BrancoSelf

Michele Broom-Young

Michele Broom-YoungMissy Mist

Si Brown

Si BrownDexorcist

Neil Case

Neil CaseBeat Dominator (archive footage)

Sean Chavis

Sean ChavisKidd Money

Bo Crane

Bo CraneSelf

Frank De La

Frank De LaDJ Dela aka Soundchasers