V103 Atlanta goes Baltimore Club Music & Electro-Hip Hop

[Wildstyle K]

I don't even know what to say at the moment - I have to finish this later..

 

[CHRles]

Shouldn't this be on the Urban board seeing as how WVEE is the ATL's heritage Urban, not to mention that market's perennial ratings winner.
The likelihood of V-103 going Dance anytime soon is as likely as Bill O'reiley becoming a successful Freestyle artist ;D

 

[Wildstyle K]

No. The overall theme & thrust of this thread is the fact they played DANCE and ELECTRO versions of their material in the mix! Not about the urban, r&b, or hip hop hits & formatting.

This shows that even urban stations are "being forced" to show that times are changing and adopt a new way of thinking to some degree. The fact that electro has become a part of hip hop cannot forever be ignored and we can't continue to sit here and try to "pretend like it's mid 2000's", when hip hop consisted to be (almost) nothing but downtempo, slower beats. In the past, dance & uptempo bass was part of urban music, and you could hear both together. Then, the 00's hit (a period where many urbans seem to want to stay stuck in), where "everything became slow" in urban music. NOW, things are once again changing, and it's to the point where EVERYONE must recognize that "the mid 00's time is over and we must change with the times".

This is not about V103 becoming dance. This is about the fact that V103 is opening up and finally... you know, CHANGING WITH THE TIMES!! Thery are once again opening up to SOME uptempo / urban dance sounds, which is better than NO uptempo hits at all (or just Usher all by himself with "OMG".

Thank goodness that Far East Movement has blown up and forced many stations that wouldn't otherwise play uptempo hits to have to do so. It's even more beneficial in a mix, or a radio station live broadcast from a club because it encourages dj's to have to find other tracks that match the tempo or that they could conveniently slip into that probably wouldn't have worked by if played by itself. I noticed V103 kicked off an uptempo electro hip hop or house set TWICE last night alone with "Like a G6", and the second time (which occurred AFTER I originally posted this thread) they even played "i gotta feeling" by Black Eyed Peas!

So... bottom line? Things are changing, even to the point that urban formats must adjust... and I'll say more at a later time.

 

[Wildstyle K]

Actually, they didn't use "Like a G6" the second time around. They just went uptempo without using it. For some reason, the "series of events" that took place the second time around on V103's mix have mysteriously disappeared from yes dot com and other sources, but luckily I saved a copy of what happened- and here it is:


Ying Yang Twins - Shake (w/ Pitbull)
05.12.2010 1:41am
Buy from: iTunes | Amazon.com

Usher - OMG (w/ Will.I.Am)
05.12.2010 1:43am
Buy from: iTunes | Amazon.com

Black Eyed Peas - I Gotta Feeling
05.12.2010 1:46am
Buy from: iTunes | Amazon.com

DJ Class - I'm The Ish (w/ Jermaine Dupri & Trey Songz)
05.12.2010 1:48am
Buy from: iTunes | Amazon.com

Snoop Dogg - Sensual Seduction
05.12.2010 1:50am
Buy from: iTunes | Amazon.com

Diddy - Last Night (w/ Keyshia Cole)
05.12.2010 1:52am
Buy from: iTunes | Amazon.com

Waka Flocka Flame - O Let's Do It (w/ Cap)
05.12.2010 1:55a


Based on the short spaces in times here, it seems like all songs were recorded, but the first time around, many of the remixes and stuff they threw in during the "new generation" uptempo set didn't record (and unfortunately, I only caught the last few minutes of it).

It's nice to see NEW electro/urban dance music - in BOTH sets, rather than "Afrika Bambaataa - Planet Rock" for the 4,968th time. Now, I just wish one of their dj's would use Ciara's "Gimmie dat" in a mix - since they do already have it in regular rotation.

 

[CHRles]

But the title of this thread is misleading...

 

[Wildstyle K]

I thought about it - after my excitement and disbelief wore off... but then even so, I thought the misleading side of it would be too outrageous to be completely believable anyway.

If they did that format 24/7, they would definitely be the first... not only the first urban, or the first urban that has remained #1 in ratings for multiple decades to do so, but possibly even the first station ever to do it.

Oh, and I wouldn't post this in the urban section because most urban folks don't care or get the same thrill about dance being played on an urban station, as most dance folks get the thrill of urban folks giving attention to dance. It's the same thing like an oldies song getting played on a current pop station. The oldies fans will be the ones all hyped up about "their sound" getting attention on a "big", popular station. The pop fans wont care because - they like pop, and they hear pop on the pop station all day.

 

[DJ_Perry]

those titles are very common. why wouldn't these songs play on an Urban station???

Ying Yang Twins - Shake (w/ Pitbull)

Usher - OMG (w/ Will.I.Am)

Black Eyed Peas - I Gotta Feeling

DJ Class - I'm The Ish (w/ Jermaine Dupri & Trey Songz)

Snoop Dogg - Sensual Seduction

Diddy - Last Night (w/ Keyshia Cole)

Waka Flocka Flame - O Let's Do It (w/ Cap)

 

[Wildstyle K]

those titles are very common.  why wouldn't these songs play on an Urban station???

Ying Yang Twins - Shake (w/ Pitbull)

Usher - OMG (w/ Will.I.Am)

Black Eyed Peas - I Gotta Feeling

DJ Class - I'm The Ish (w/ Jermaine Dupri & Trey Songz)

Snoop Dogg - Sensual Seduction

Diddy - Last Night (w/ Keyshia Cole)

Waka Flocka Flame - O Let's Do It (w/ Cap)

Believe it or not, the ONLY ones that are normal on an urban are the ones from Waka Flocka Flame, Diddy, Usher, and even Snoop Dogg's track (which surprised me as much as the Usher one did when it crossed over to urban). None of Black Eyed Peas's latest material, except for MAYBE "my humps" (lil jon remix) or "i'mma be" - which seem to be only sometimes & optional.

If V103 were rhythmic like Hot 97 New York, I'm sure they'd surely be playing "Like a G6" by FM and "No love" by Eminem & Lil Wayne in REGULAR rotation.

 

[Wildstyle K]

To be 100% honest, I did spend an entire day listening to a certain urban station in Atlanta, and I know I may be the odd one out here, but I must admit that I find that format, today, to be mind-numbingly boring (and the Christmas music isn't helping).

Also, there's really no point in me continuing to talk about ATL. and the state of top 40 and how it affects dance because it's pointless. Over the last 20 years, a lot, but not much, has changed, and it's apparent that a good rhythmic or rhythmic lean top 40 has no place in Atl. (which does also affect dance to a large degree- since urbans obviously wont play it).

After a while, there comes a point in which you must shut up, give up, and accept that things are the way they are and that's that.  Me sitting here getting excited about 44 minutes a week of uptempo hits on an urban station is rather absurd. Maybe I should just wait and see if the new rhythmic they have with two weak signals ever "gets things together" musically and how they compete with the "22 other urbans" on full power signals. Pretty much from what I've heard, as long as I don't drive or walk too far, I should be able to pick it up on the radio.

Being the smart person that I am, I've deleted everything else that I had originally written here.

 

[Wildstyle K]

Well, I must admit that WWVA has some pretty good weekend mixshows. It's a bit odd because... "everyone" knows the regular playlist is peculiar, and sometimes it makes you wonder if people are really serious about and believe in this station for the long run. However, they are doing other things like upgrading logo's, adding more live club broadcasts... etc. So, it's rather difficult to determine what really is going on. They chose to put the station on two weak signals instead of a full one, but most of the employees there are from the former WBTS station, which lasted about 10 years (and if they weren't serious about the station, then they would've never lasted that long the first time around).

So.. I really don't know what to think!

I post this in the dance section because the station gets very electro/dance friendly when they mix, and my whole purpose of strongly wanting a rhythmic or rhythmic lean top 40 is mainly for the weekend mixshow content that is available. I'd never go as far as to go completely crazy and suggest a dance station and "get myself killed". Anyway, let me just be thankful for what I have to look forward to once I get there. Maybe this new station is just another WBTS - but on a much weaker signal, BUT at least it seems like they are adding mixes, rather than TAKING AWAY ALL the mixes.

Why do I want mixes? So I can hear all the hits that remain underground to Atlanta rhythmic radio, like "we no speak americano" by Yolanda Be Cool, "Yeah 3x" by Chris Brown, "Stereo love" by Edward Maya, "Hey baby (drop it on the floor)" - Pitbull ft T-PAIN and.... well, you get the point.

 

[Wildstyle K]

PLEASE DELETE THIS THREAD.

 

[DJ_Perry]

where ya referring to this one? hahahaha

 

[Wildstyle K]

where ya referring to this one? hahahaha

I knew eventually someone might figure it out and do it!