For rapper Killer Mike, the ’80s was essentially the most impactful decade of sound. Sitting down with SPIN and Bose as a part of our Many years of Sound collaboration, Killer Mike shares his ideas on the eclectic and rule-breaking period.
“For my part, the ’80s gave you all the things,” Killer Mike says, “from new wave, heavy hardcore redefined by Metallica, the musings of NWA and a couple of Stay Crew, and, man, the aptitude my mother beloved from George Michael.”
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Hip hop was developing as a scene and style through the tail finish of the last decade, and Killer Mike explains that it was when hip hop “didn’t have guidelines.” If he’d been an artist through the ’80s, Killer Mike says being a part of laying down hip hop’s roots would’ve been what he’d beloved most.
Killer Mike additionally shares, with a giggle, what he wouldn’t have appreciated about being a musician through the ’80s — the hair.
Be a part of us by means of the Many years of Sound, listening to from impactful artists about their favourite eras of music in celebration of Bose’s sixtieth anniversary.
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