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New Orleans. Southern hip hop, also known as Southern rap, South Coast hip hop, or dirty south, is a blanket term for a regional genre of American hip hop music that emerged in the Southern United States, especially in Atlanta, New Orleans, Houston, Memphis, and Miami —five cities which constitute the "Southern Network" in rap music.
Aug 15, 2023 · Some critics attribute the ascension of Southern hip-hop to the fatigue of the East vs. West Coast rivalry. Others say hip-hop was in need of a new start after the early passings of the Notorious B.I.G. and Tupac Shakur. Whether both claims are true or false, the Dirty South was the future. Notable Southern Hip-Hop Artists & Labels
Aug 3, 2020 · In the '90s and early 2000s, when the Source was held as the bible for all things hip-hop, only two Southern artists ever received the coveted 5 Mic rating — OutKast, for Aquemini, and Scarface ...
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Mar 17, 2024 · Photo by aiden marples on Unsplash Miami Bass and Southern Party Rap: Setting the Stage. Miami Bass music emerged in the 1980s as a genre that would redefine the Southern hip-hop scene.
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Aug 10, 2023 · SUMMERS: For A.R. Shaw, another Atlanta hip-hop journalist and author of the book "Trap History," the trap was a consequence of urban planning. A R SHAW: Atlanta has a lot of one-way streets, a ...
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The up-tempo style and party-oriented lyrics made Crunk hip hop ideal club music. The popularity of southern party music continued throughout much of the 2000s, albeit in slightly varied forms. Snap hip hop came about in Atlanta as a spin-off of Crunk. This new genre maintained all of the same qualities as Crunk, but often with slower beats.
During the decade of 1997–2007, rap music produced in cities such as Atlanta, New Orleans, Memphis, Miami, and Houston transformed the margins into the rap mainstream. These years saw southern artists rise to national prominence, with a related surge in major label interest and investment in southern rap, a process encapsulated and expressed by the idea of the Dirty South. Through an ...
