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{{Infobox television | image = | caption = | genre = [[Drama (film and television)|Drama]] | writer = [[Noel S. Baker]]<br />[[Vance Chapman]] | director = [[Paul Fox (Canadian director)|Paul Fox]]<br />[[Daniel Grou]] | starring = [[Mark Taylor (Canadian actor)|Mark Taylor]]<br />[[Merwin Mondesir]]<br />[[Ingrid Veninger]]<br />[[Michie Mee]] | country = Canada | language = English | num_seasons = 2 | num_episodes = 26 | list_episodes = | executive_producer = Janis Lundman<br />Adrienne Mitchell<br />Suzanne Chapman | producer = Susan Alexander | editor = | location = | cinematography = [[Jérôme Sabourin]] | camera = | runtime = 30 minutes | company = [[Back Alley Film Productions]] | channel = [[CBC Television]] | first_aired = {{start date|2000|2|7}} | last_aired = {{end date|2001|4|9}} | related = }} '''''Drop the Beat''''' is a Canadian television series produced by [[Back Alley Film Productions]] that aired on [[CBC Television]] in 2000 and 2001.<ref name=spotlight>"TV show puts spotlight on hip-hop". ''[[Sudbury Star]]'', February 9, 2000.</ref> A short-run dramatic series, the show was one of the first television series in the world centred around [[hip hop music]] and culture.<ref name=spotlight/> A spinoff of the earlier CBC teen drama series ''[[Straight Up (TV series)|Straight Up]]'',<ref>"CBC finds a home for good and bad of the hip-hop scene". ''[[Ottawa Citizen]]'', February 7, 2000.</ref> the show starred [[Mark Taylor (Canadian actor)|Mark Taylor]] as Jeff and [[Merwin Mondesir]] as Dennis, the hosts of a hip hop show on CIBJ-FM, a fictional [[campus radio]] station in [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]].<ref>"Yo, big up -- CBC goes hip-hop urban". ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'', February 7, 2000.</ref> [[Michie Mee]] also starred as Divine, a rapper who was part of Jeff and Dennis' crew, and [[Ingrid Veninger]] played the station manager. The supporting cast also included [[Arlene Duncan]], Vanessa Ford, [[Jennifer Baxter]], [[Kardinal Offishall|Jason Harrow]], Shamann Williams and Omari Forrester. The use of a campus radio station was a deliberate reflection of Canadian reality — until Toronto's [[CFXJ-FM|Flow 93.5]] hit the airwaves in early 2001, Canada did not have any radio stations dedicated specifically to [[urban music]]. ==Production== As a tie-in to help promote emerging hip hop musicians, the series released a soundtrack album in conjunction with the first season, featuring artists such as [[Maestro Fresh Wes]], [[Infinite (rapper)|Infinite]], [[Frankenstein (rapper)|Frankie Ano]], [[Bahamadia]], [[Ja Rule]], [[Black Child]], [[Choclair]], [[Rahzel]], [[Jully Black]] and [[Erykah Badu]].<ref>"Drop the Beat becomes a CD: Canada's first hip hop TV show releases soundtrack". ''[[National Post]]'', March 7, 2000.</ref> The show was also released as one of the first "interactive" dramatic television series on [[WebTV]].<ref name=interactive>"Interactive TV arrives, a decade late, and turns out to be another sales job". ''[[National Post]]'', February 10, 2000.</ref> Viewers on that platform could call up character biographies, post messages on an interactive user forum, or buy the soundtrack album through embedded sales links.<ref name=interactive/> Episode directors included [[John Greyson]], Paul Fox, [[Daniel Grou]], Eleanore Lindo, [[T. W. Peacocke]], [[Frances-Anne Solomon]] and [[Sudz Sutherland]]. ==Awards== The series received two [[Gemini Award]] nominations for [[Canadian Screen Award for Best Dramatic Series|Best Dramatic Series]], at the [[15th Gemini Awards]] in 2000<ref name=gemini2000>"Complete list of Gemini nominees". ''[[Toronto Star]]'', September 20, 2000.</ref> and at the [[16th Gemini Awards]] in 2001.<ref>"Gemini show sinks to new levels". ''[[Ottawa Citizen]]'', October 30, 2001.</ref> Sutherland received a nomination for Best Writing in a Drama Series in 2000 for the episode "Battle Royale",<ref name=gemini2000/> and Taylor received a nomination for [[Canadian Screen Award for Best Actor in a Continuing Leading Dramatic Role|Best Actor in a Drama Series]] in 2001.<ref>"LaFlamme among nominated eyeing a Gemini tonight". ''[[Waterloo Region Record]]'', October 29, 2001.</ref> ==Episodes== ===Season 1=== {{Episode table |background=#3198FF |overall= |title= |director= |writer= |airdate= |episodes= {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 1 |Title = Public Nuisance |DirectedBy = |WrittenBy = |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|2|7}} |ShortSummary = |LineColor = 3198FF }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 2 |Title = Life Sentence |DirectedBy = |WrittenBy = |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|2|14}} |ShortSummary = |LineColor = 3198FF }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 3 |Title = Battle Royale |DirectedBy = |WrittenBy = [[Sudz Sutherland]] |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|2|21}} |ShortSummary = |LineColor = 3198FF }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 4 |Title = Superstar |DirectedBy = |WrittenBy = |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|2|28}} |ShortSummary = |LineColor = 3198FF }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 5 |Title = Image Is Nothing |DirectedBy = |WrittenBy = |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|3|13}} |ShortSummary = |LineColor = 3198FF }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 6 |Title = Rapped Out |DirectedBy = |WrittenBy = |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|3|20}} |ShortSummary = |LineColor = 3198FF }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 7 |Title = Caught |DirectedBy = |WrittenBy = |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|3|27}} |ShortSummary = |LineColor = 3198FF }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 8 |Title = 1 Night Stand |DirectedBy = |WrittenBy = |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|4|3}} |ShortSummary = |LineColor = 3198FF }} }} ===Season 2=== {{Episode table |background=#3198FF |overall= |title= |director= |writer= |airdate= |episodes= {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 1 |Title = Roti Boy |DirectedBy = |WrittenBy = |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|10|2}} |ShortSummary = |LineColor = 3198FF }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 2 |Title = Belly |DirectedBy = |WrittenBy = |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|10|9}} |ShortSummary = |LineColor = 3198FF }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 3 |Title = Palya Position |DirectedBy = |WrittenBy = |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|10|16}} |ShortSummary = |LineColor = 3198FF }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 4 |Title = Payback |DirectedBy = |WrittenBy = |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|10|23}} |ShortSummary = |LineColor = 3198FF }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 5 |Title = Break 'n Enter |DirectedBy = |WrittenBy = |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|11|6}} |ShortSummary = |LineColor = 3198FF }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 6 |Title = Deja You |DirectedBy = |WrittenBy = |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|11|13}} |ShortSummary = |LineColor = 3198FF }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 7 |Title = Girlz Night Out |DirectedBy = |WrittenBy = |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|11|20}} |ShortSummary = |LineColor = 3198FF }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 8 |Title = Fallen Hero |DirectedBy = |WrittenBy = |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2000|12|4}} |ShortSummary = |LineColor = 3198FF }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 9 |Title = Trigger Man |DirectedBy = |WrittenBy = |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2001|2|5}} |ShortSummary = |LineColor = 3198FF }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 10 |Title = Connections |DirectedBy = |WrittenBy = |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2001|2|12}} |ShortSummary = |LineColor = 3198FF }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 11 |Title = Shaka |DirectedBy = |WrittenBy = |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2001|2|19}} |ShortSummary = |LineColor = 3198FF }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 12 |Title = Katalyst |DirectedBy = |WrittenBy = |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2001|2|26}} |ShortSummary = |LineColor = 3198FF }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 13 |Title = One of the Boys |DirectedBy = |WrittenBy = |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2001|3|5}} |ShortSummary = |LineColor = 3198FF }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 14 |Title = Trippin |DirectedBy = |WrittenBy = |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2001|3|12}} |ShortSummary = |LineColor = 3198FF }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 15 |Title = Doing Good With Evil |DirectedBy = |WrittenBy = |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2001|3|19}} |ShortSummary = |LineColor = 3198FF }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 16 |Title = Sabotage |DirectedBy = |WrittenBy = |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2001|3|26}} |ShortSummary = |LineColor = 3198FF }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 17 |Title = Rage |DirectedBy = |WrittenBy = |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2001|4|2}} |ShortSummary = |LineColor = 3198FF }} {{Episode list |EpisodeNumber = 18 |Title = Choices |DirectedBy = |WrittenBy = |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2001|4|9}} |ShortSummary = |LineColor = 3198FF }} }} ==Soundtrack album== #[[Saukrates]], "Drop the Beat" (4:06) #[[Kardinal Offishall]], "Husslin'" (3:43) #[[Ja Rule]], [[Black Child]] and [[Caddillac Tah]], "4 Life" (4:24) #[[Rahzel]], [[Jully Black]] and [[Choclair]], "What You Do to Me" (4:19) #[[Erykah Badu]] and [[Rahzel]], "Southern Gul" (3:07) #Marvel, "Red Light District" (3:57) #[[Infinite (rapper)|Infinite]], "Addicted" (3:36) #[[Common (rapper)|Common]], "Dooinit" (4:12) #[[Rascalz]], "C-IV" (3:18) #[[Bahamadia]] and [[Frankenstein (rapper)|Frankie Ano]], "Droppin' Gems" (4:14) #Mathematik feat. Dub-Ill, "Illmath (Weapons)" (3:19) #[[Canibus]], "100 Bars" (4:58) #[[Kardinal Offishall]] and [[Thrust (rapper)|Thrust]], "The Chosen Are Few" (3:22) #[[Maestro Fresh Wes|Maestro]] and [[Infinite (rapper)|Infinite]], "We Came Wid It" (3:24) #[[Ivana Santilli]] and Natcha, "New World" (4:21) #[[Lil' Troy]] feat. [[Fat Pat (rapper)|Fat Pat]], Yungstar, [[Lil' Wil]], Big T and [[H.A.W.K. (rapper)|H.A.W.K.]], "[[Wanna Be a Baller]]" (5:55) ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== {{Portal|Television|Canada}} * {{IMDb title|0220223}} [[Category:CBC Television original programming]] [[Category:2000s Canadian drama television series]] [[Category:2000 Canadian television series debuts]] [[Category:2001 Canadian television series endings]] [[Category:Canadian television spinoffs]] [[Category:Black Canadian culture in Toronto]] [[Category:Television series by Alliance Atlantis]] [[Category:Television shows filmed in Toronto]] [[Category:Television series about radio]] [[Category:Television shows set in Toronto]] [[Category:Hip-hop television]] [[Category:2000s Black Canadian television series]] [[Category:2000s college television series]]
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