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Aug 3, 2020 · "Back That Azz Up," from New Orleans rapper Juvenile's debut album 400 Degreez, is the Pavlovian song of Southern hip-hop. (Crime Mob's "Knuck if You Buck" clocks in at a distant second.)
Aug 3, 2020 · Our list of the best songs, albums and mixtapes by Southern rappers is a celebration that recenters the South as a creative center of hip-hop and honors the region for all that it has...
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Some of the earliest Southern rap leaned heavily on outside influences — Atlanta's MC Shy D sounded like Run DMC on Miami Bass beats; P.A., the first Dungeon Family group to release an album,...
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.
Jan 5, 2017 · Each album on this list corresponds with a moment in which a Southern rap act ruled rap's greater dialogue and provided profound context for what it meant to be Southern in the genre.
Aug 21, 2017 · We’re also ranking the best Southern rap albums, imagining the André 3000 mixtape we all deserve, and arguing about what even constitutes the South anymore.
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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. [7] By the mid-1990s, Atlanta had become a center in Southern hip hop music.
