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Aug 3, 2020 · 1989-1994 | 1995-1999 | 2000-2004 | 2005-2009 | 2010-2014 | 2015-2019. Enlarge this image. Joelle Avelino for NPR. At the 1995 Source Awards, André 3000 issued a proclamation, or a prophecy: "The...
Dec 1, 2022 · December 1, 2022. Image by Callum Abbott, photos via Getty Images. In the early 1990s, as hip-hop mutated and expanded, most ears were focused on the East and West Coasts. After giving birth to...
Jun 10, 2008 · Introduced in a 1995 song by the Atlanta-based group Goodie Mob, the idea of the "Dirty South" spread quickly throughout the rap music subculture and industry, and by the early years of the twenty-first century moved into more general usage in a variety of contexts not directly related to rap.
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Aug 15, 2023 · The birth of Southern hip-hop begins at the 1995 Source Awards, where Atlanta based hip-hop duo OutKast won Best New Artist and Best New Rap of the Year for their debut album, Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik. As André 3000 and Big Boi walked on stage, they were put with a chorus of boos.
Southern hip hop's roots can be traced to the success of the group's Grip It! On That Other Level in 1989, the Rick Rubin-produced The Geto Boys in 1990, and We Can't Be Stopped in 1991. By the mid-1990s, Atlanta had become a center in Southern hip hop music.
Southern hip hop, also known as Dirty South, is a cool music genre that started in the Southern United States around the 1990s. It's a kind of hip hop that's got its own unique flavor. It's like a tasty gumbo of sounds including soulful singing, heavy bass beats, and quick, clever rap lyrics.
