www.wheretheyatnola.comWe've suffered near financial ruin and near arrest in Juvenile's studio to present to you an evolving, online archive of 20 years of New Orleans Bounce and Hip Hop in Words & Pictures (and video, and ephemera, and lps...).
For over 18 months, my project partner Alison Fensterstock and I, have dedicated our waking hours to creating the only archive of its kind; tracking down folks from a master list of nearly 80 artists/djs/label owners who played an architectural role in creating a very unique and specific sound of hip hop that was born in New Orleans.
Please enjoy the site; it's there for you to explore, to learn, and to listen to the narrative that defines a genre in the words of the people who created it. Feedback in our community forum is encouraged. This project is ongoing. There are many folks we have yet to find, and many amazing cassettes we have yet to upload to the archives. I hope you enjoy this as much as I do.
The show is presently on display at the Smithsonian-affiliated Ogden Museum of Southern Art in New Orleans until August 1st. If you're interested in a 32 page color exhibition catalog, do contact.
Opening night covered here:
http://www.intheknowla.com/bloggism-local-commentary-infomation-and-culture/103-local/923-where-they-at-a-lesson-in-bounce- All my best-
Aubrey
