Jazz Artist and Music Businessman Bill McGee stops by to talk about the early days of Sugar Hill Records. He pieces together the process that went into how rap music went from live performance to breaking through on radio and on records. Shares early figures on the scene when The Sugar Hill Gang assembled and others that ushered a new era of music as the mainstream music scene was evolving out of the Disco Era. Parts 2 and 3 are in the attached links below:

Bill McGee Part 2- Crack Epidemic's Impact on Rap Music & More:
Bill McGee lays out the timeline of the influence of the crack epidemic on rap music and how the widespread devastation began in the mid 1980's extended well into the 1990's in terms of how sex, violence and drugs infiltrated the culture of hip-hop. He discusses the precursors to the deaths of BDP's Scott Larock, 2Pac, and Notorious B.I.G.. https://archive.org/details/TheExperiment52417BillMcGeeII

Bill McGee Part 3- The Evolution of the Music Industry; Future Projects:

Bill McGee concludes our conversation discussing shifts in how talent is discovered and marketed in the Record Industry; experiences with unscrupulous dealings with labels; and wraps up in what current and future projects are on the horizon.
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