Take a look at some of the songs breathing new life into your 90s favorites below. [10][20], Many popular Bay Area and national media personalities either got their start or spent time working at KMEL, including Alex Bennett, Howard Hoffman (aka Howard "The Refrigerator" Hoffman), Rick Chase, the Baka Boyz, Renel Brooks-Moon and J. Paul Emerson.[20]. 20 on the Hot 100. In the first six minutes of the first mix alone, we get a rowdy g-funk makeover of Kool G Rap & DJ Polo's "Money in the Bank", a tweak of Brand Nubian's "Slow Down" that adds some severe low-end boost to the track's Edie Brickell-derived beat, and a sharply-cut, scratch-filled rendition of De La Soul's "Afro Connections at a Hi 5 (In the Eyes of the Hoodlum)" that subtly ups the pitch and tempo and transforms the track from a plodding spoof of mean-mug hardness into a lively hands-up anthem. Am I out of my mind?" Blackmon noted that while large corporations have invested in, and profited from, African American artists, black music audiences are "still not valued . From 1973 to 1979, he was on KFRC, where he followed morning star Dr. Use of this site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement and Privacy Policy and Cookie Statement and Your California Privacy Rights. Work with an award-winning songwriter from Gemtracks to brew up something poetic and meaningful. [16] The success of "The All New, All Hit 106 KMEL" eventually helped push main CHR rival KITS toward a modern rock format as "Live 105", while AM rival KFRC abandoned its CHR format in August 1986 for adult standards as "Magic 61". Im down to hours. [1], In January 1993, the Federal Communications Commission upheld a $25,000 fine levied against Century Broadcasting for material presented on Chase's "The Rick Chase Show." KMEL finally dropped the album rock format at Noon on August 25, 1984. Use Gemtracks to find a mastering engineer to put the final touches on your song. KMEL (Clear Channel) throughout the years has slowly killed off any thing resembling what they were in the 80's & 90's that made them one of the nations hottest Hip Hop & R&B station in the . San Francisco & The Bay Area's #1 for Hip Hop and R&B - 106 KMEL. R.I.P. [citation needed]. Oakenfold closed the decade by producing more titles in 1997 and the non-album singles"Not Over Yet 1999" and "Bullet in the Gun." 's "A Musical Sample"; Downtown Science's "Radioactive"), a superb mixing job and the restless, unpredictable creativity of a DJ who was just beginning to pull out all the stops to define his own persona. I'm very satisfied! Before then, he had participated in the International Dance Music Awards and won the DJ of the Year awards for the years 1994 and 1995. Paul made a name for himself in the 80s and 90s in the Bay Area, mixing songs at clubs like Studio West in San Francisco. Chase replied to the fine, saying "It seems the right of free speech doesn't apply to radio." ", We can all thank Tory Lanez for bringing back everyone's middle school dance anthem. In his January 2017 Facebook message about his prognosis, he wrote, Just did music list for my memorial service. "dsf" what a wonderful name for a(n) rap song! A classic confrontation between DJ Ruthless and D-Styles at City Nights in San Francisco. He scored gold records with remixes of Push It and I Want Your Sex. On KMEL, DJ Big Von said, Anybody growing up in the Bay listening to KMEL, you know that Cameron Paul is one of the greatest legendary DJs to ever do it., Taxed: Sandy Stec of Star 101.3 tweets: Its embarrassing doing your taxes and seeing all the fatty dinners that WERENT a business expense.. Paul was in demand as a remixer. Fastball starts off "Was I out of my head or was I out of my mind?" There is new, original, and amazing music being created everyday by your favorite artists. Sasha released the "Global Underworld 009: San Francisco" while John Digweed released the "Global Underworld 006: Sidney." (The other 5% mostly consisted of the Hammerman cartoon and PSAs where ciphers in five-years-dated Run-DMC outfits crossed their arms and rapped "I'm so-and-so and I'm here to say that buckling up is A-OK".) There's also some valuable stuff in the other two volumes-- one dedicated to non-radio megamixes and a few unreleased remixes, the other comprised of some of Shadow's earliest work, and all of it previously unreleased aside from one track that came out on a difficult-to-find NME freebie cassette. Starting her radio career while attending UC Berkeley, the CAL graduate can now be heard LIVE on KMEL every Monday to Friday evenings 6p-11p and Sunday evenings 5p-8p! Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Pitchfork may earn a portion of sales from products that are purchased through our site as part of our Affiliate Partnerships with retailers. Wham Bam: On March 23, the day before the Bammies Reunion Concert, Sammy Hagar and the retired KSAN DJ Steven Seaweed were inducted into the Bammies Walk of Fame with plaques outside the Bill Graham Civic Auditorium. Steve Rivers left KMEL to work at KIIS-FM in Los Angeles, so Lee Michaels was hired as program director. On July 2, 1977, after Century Broadcasting purchased the FM station, KFRC-FM changed call letters to KMEL, and flipped to album-oriented rock ("AOR"). In an interview Paul explained his style. Employers can change that. [12] Bazoo left KMEL for Los Angeles in June 1985, and Steve Rivers was hired from Tampa to take his place as program director. "Once he did come out it opened him up to a whole new market and he started touring," says Sanchez. . The track became a No. Tahoe snow: Massive blizzard wreaks havoc on the Sierra, burying Bay Area faces another round of storms. That unmistakeable rhythm and iconic electric guitar riff is used all throughout "Wild Thoughts" as Rihanna and Bryson Tiller sing new lyrics. In 1993, he released the album "Universe of Love." After that, the station kept asking them back until they finally became the regular morning show. He replaces on-air personality Rosary, who started at the station in 1990 as an intern, became a traffic reporter and then a disc jockey with her own show. Gemtracks houses award-winning melody composers for you to work with. Paul's friends plan to hold a tribute for him. They later released the triple CD mix album "Renaissance: The Mix Collection" in 1994. The track (while still staying true to its memorable qualities like the melody and lyrics) got a complete makeover from Belgian producer/DJ Lost Frequencies "What Is Love 2016." It just raised the bar." . Post comment. 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And so, I was like, let me make sure I go through the proper protocol and everything, because you don't wanna be disrespectful. It was at that time the Mejia created The All Star-Djs The members were: Dj Franzen Wong, Dj Latin Prince, DJ Jose Melendez, Prince Ice, Glenn Aure, Dj Dave Meyer, Dj and Producer Fredrick Nassar, DJ Billy Vidal . He was a bassist and in an indie rock band called the Housemartins before that. As the 1980s gave way to the 1990s, KMEL became one of the first crossover pop stations in the nation to target young multiracial audiences with not-yet-main. Otis Roberts is popularly known as Dj EZ. After playing "Caribbean Queen" by Billy Ocean, followed by the National Anthem performed by Huey Lewis and the News, KMEL flipped to a mainstream CHR format designed by new program director Nick Bazoo, brought in for the purpose from WEZB in New Orleans. His other singles include "Two Paintings and A Drum," released in 1995 byEdel UK Records. [21], On October 1, 2001, radio personality and hip-hop activist David "Davey D" Cook was terminated, due to what the station said were consistently low ratings. Youll never know how much I miss radio, he told me in 2016. For their part, MGK and Camila sampled the song's melody, even using similar lyrics for the chorus. In 1998, he dropped a position which he maintained in the following year 1999. KMEL's mixshows have long contained exclusive hyphy music which can seldom be heard over the airwaves elsewhere in the country. [9][10][11] Bazoo took on the young Keith Naftaly as music coordinator. Roberts began his career playing house music on Dance 93FM. He was inducted into the Bay Area Radio Hall of Fame just last year, and in 2016 he was the first DJ inducted into the new National Radio DJ Hall of Fame. His record label Intec Digital was founded in 1999, but before that, he had already won several awards and accolades. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. of Brainfreeze by a good seven or eight years. As the 1980s gave way to the 1990s, KMEL became one of the first crossover pop stations in the nation to target young multiracial audiences with not-yet-mainstream hip-hop, dance, freestyle, house, and reggae music. [10] Meanwhile, a third competitor, KHQT out of San Jose, was also in competition with the two stations until 1995, when it changed formats under new ownership. The year 1982 saw many changes at Bay Area rock stations. The Jungle Brothers' "Jimbrowski" gains a stouter drum break, a catchy piano/organ hook and a full-fledged reggae interlude to back up the original's extended "dreadlock" conversation. The discography of Carl Cox in the 1990s consisted of two audio albums and nine singles. I. N . "The Warning" released in 1997, and "Rainbows Of Colour" / "Jack The Ripper" / "Mysteries of Funk" were released in 1998. The Luniz, Aaliyah, Lenny Kravitz, OutKast, Janet Jackson, P. Diddy, Missy Elliot, Scritti Polliti, KRS-One, Gang Starr, Rakim, Dj Premier, The Neptunes, Snoop Dogg, Raphael Saadiq, Tank, Ideal, Dj Quik, Diane Warren, Les Nubians, Nate Dogg, The Roots, Rodney Jerkins and Redman. He also got nominated for the Best Single and the Best Dance Recording "Gangster Tripping" in 1999. Danny Rampling was born in July 1961. "[10] Two on-air personalities hired in this era came from local college radio stations: Davey D from UC Berkeley's KALX and Kevvy Kev from Stanford's KZSU. Danny Rampling changed his DJing style diversity in the 1990s. The mixing engineer will apply autotune, special effects and all the industry-secret formulas to make your song sound like a major hit. Psychedelic poster artist Victor Moscoso created the station's mascot: a camel wearing headphones. And his reworking of 3rd Bass' "Wordz of Wisdom" has the original's Gary Wright break hyperextended, dropping out a few times so Shadow can push the drum track within inches of its life; the damn thing's eight minutes long, and it's amazing. The present-day format has made the station less synonymous with the previous short lived formats and became more recognized in the Bay Area's African American community all the while targeting a wider audience to date, thus giving it heritage status through the KMEL call letters. "He was the first person to really start doing quick mixing, power mixing.". With your demo track ready, it's time to hit the recording studio. And fans of what little vintage Shadow there was to hear before Mo Wax signed him should be geeked to find both an alternative mix of his manic 1991 Steinski homage "Lesson 4" and a long-lost, old school funk-heavy all-45 "Lesson 5" which predated the similar M.O. And you can't sample a song like that, or do your take on a song and not get the blessing if that person is here. Heres why California has seen so much active weather, The 'Dilbert' fiasco is embarrassing for news outlets. Prior to that, he was heard on KITS from 1983 to 1985, coming to the station as one of the original Hot Hits air personalities. : Cameron Paul, a modern-day pioneer DJ, died on March 26 in Tulsa, Okla., at age 60. No DJs mixed the way you hear on the radio," he said. Sasha and John Digweed's discography includes the triple CD mix collection that contained many dance hits, original productions, and remixes that they had made themselves. Ladies React To Michael B. Jordan New Calbin Klein Underwear Photos, California's Great America Open Year Round, Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. & Rakim's "Let the Rhythm Hit 'Em", where the beat changes what seems like every 20 seconds but never falters. Rick Chase (born George T. Fryer; June 12, 1957 in Salinas, California - December 12, 2002 in Stockton ), was a disc jockey known primarily for his thirteen years as a DJ on San Francisco radio station KMEL 106.1 FM . KMEL lost DJ Sana G, while KIOI (Star 101.3) pink-slipped the popular Sylvia Chacon, midday DJ there since 2004. Norman Cook adopted his stage name Fatboy Slim in 1996 and released the albums "Better Living Through Chemistry" in 1996 and "You've Come a Long Way, Baby" in 1998. KMEL was then known primarily as a dance station, but on Saturday nights Moss would put together incredible East Coast-style break beat/hip-hop mixes that are still talked about today. : Cameron Paul, a modern-day pioneer DJ, died on March 26 in Tulsa, Okla., at age 60. The two mixes still focus on what was hot in '91-- the second one prominently features the Geto Boys' "Mind Playing Tricks on Me", Cypress Hill's "How I Could Just Kill a Man", and Black Sheep's "Flavor of the Month"-- but the familiarity is tempered by a few period obscurities (J.V.C. The religious nature of the event was in violation of the U.S. Supreme Court's interpretation of the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, and as such the school superintendent said the group would not be permitted to return. Back in the late 1980s and early 90s, DJ Shadow put together a series of hip-hop mixes for Bay Area radio station KMEL, and the megamix that appears on The 4-Track Era Volume 1: Best of the KMEL Mixes opens, after a brief DJ intro, with one of those big booming slick laser-explosion-sound station IDs: "Bustin' oooout, another slammin' non-stop power mix on 106 point one, KME-L FM, San Francisco Oakland San Jose!" But Paul didn't just DJ and produce in San Francisco. Radio personality Theo, noted for his "bedroom voice," returned this week to San Francisco hip-hop/R&B radio station KMEL (106.1 FM), where he had worked in the early 1990s before . He became popular while working as a radio host for BBC Radio 1. A third of the US population is paying $120 a year on music streaming. KMEL was the first pop station in the U.S. to play \"Wild Thing\" by Tone-Loc and \"Bust a Move\" by Young MC and first of any radio station in the country to play \"U Can't Touch This\" by Oakland rapper MC Hammer and \"Ice Ice Baby\" by Vanilla Ice. WHAT IS LOVE? Danny Rampling was also nominated twice for the Best Radio DJ Award hosted by the DJ Awards.Rampling received these nominations in the years 1998 and 1999. Dj EZ (pronounced 'DJ EEE ZED') is one of the earliest proponents of garage music. could be eligible for a share of $104 million. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. "There was no such thing as blending beats together when I started. KMEL was the first pop station in the U.S. to play "Wild Thing" by Tone-Loc and "Bust a Move" by Young MC and first of any radio station in the country to play "U Can't Touch This" by Oakland rapper MC Hammer and "Ice Ice Baby" by Vanilla Ice. The station has played a significant role in the promotion of hyphy music in the San Francisco Bay Area by playing tunes from many of the local artists associated with hyphy. He was the first award recipient of the 'No 1 DJ in the World' Award by DJ Magazine. All we have to say is, if less is more, then this must be what love is. In the late 1980s, Grooverider began mixing music in raves and warehouse parties in the United Kingdom.if(typeof ez_ad_units != 'undefined'){ez_ad_units.push([[250,250],'gemtracks_com-mobile-leaderboard-2','ezslot_21',195,'0','0'])};__ez_fad_position('div-gpt-ad-gemtracks_com-mobile-leaderboard-2-0'); Check out this other related article on 15+ Best Laser Lights For Parties, Clubs And DJs as well. 8 on the Top 40 Mainstream chart, No. May 10, 2021. Subscribe Now To Listen Your Favorite Songs On Demand! Carlos Diaz is donating all sales of Paul's albums from his San Jose store to the American Cancer Society. Mejia was one of the architects of revolutionizing the mix show format in commercial radio in the Bay Area in the 90's at 106 KMEL. If you're finding this article interesting, you may want to consider reading about 17+ BEST 90s R&B Songs Ever Released too. FEATURED EXHIBITS: Click below to hear: THE PEOPLE'S STATION KMEL-S. 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