RYEBREAD | DIBS IS OVER (Change Request WNUA Steppers Delight)
Dibs - The practice of holding a shoveled-out parking space after a heavy snowfall by putting chairs, laundry baskets, or other items in the street to mark the claimed space. This is a time honored tradition in The City of Chicago for over a century. A practice supported and endorsed by many politicians and a majority of residents alike, the practice is not without its dissenters.
Love it or hate it, it's a Chicago tradition.
The Chicago MC—RYEBREAD—comes correct with his take on the practice, the vernacular and implications for the assertion of it. His original mix is a low slung hip-hop soundscape, featuring his internal dialogue as the narrator to the enduring dibs saga. RYEBREAD proclaims a contentious view—shared by many—with his seminal track “DIBS IS OVER”.
Having loved this track from the first time I heard it—mainly, for the controversial nature—I knew that I needed to do a mix of it to shed a different conceptual musical light on this indigenous tradition. For this Change Request mix, I took to creating a homage to the late, great WNUA radio station. An FM station that saw the likes of Ramsey Lewis—among others—find a home for contemporary jazz musicians from 1987 to 2009. No longer active, this station steadily broadcasted dusties, steppers, and modern smooth jazz for the sophisticated—Grown Folks—crowd for over two decades.
RIP | WNUA 95.5FM Chicago
Change Request WNUA Steppers Delight - https://goo.gl/Jm5rPt
Change Request WNUA Stepstrumental - https://goo.gl/p7d4jm
RYEBREAD | DIBS IS OVER (Original Mix)
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