Tag: Southern Hip Hop
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Outkast ‘ATLiens’ (1996)
When Outkast released ATLiens in 1996 hip-hop was locked in a coastal war. You had New York’s materialistic swagger on one side and Los Angeles’ gangsta theatrics on the other. André 3000 and Big Boi broke the binary almost immediately, expanding Southern rap beyond Cadillac anthems into something cosmic and weird AF (especially for the…
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Big K.R.I.T. ‘4eva Is a Mighty Long Time’ (2017)
From soulful Southern anthems to hi-tempo party bangers to introspective spiritual ballads Big K.R.I.T. covers a metric ton of ground on 4eva Is A Mighty Long Time. It’s actually an interesting approach he takes to deliver that message, adopting two personas- the bombastic Big K.R.I.T. and the vulnerable Justin Scott (his real name). The double-disc…
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Geto Boys ‘We Can’t Be Stopped’ (1991)
In terms of memorable album covers We Can’t Be Stopped is a memorable entry. The cover features a real-life photo of Bushwick Bill in the hospital, flanked by his bandmates Scarface and Willie D, as he recovered from emergency surgery after getting shot in the eye following an argument with his then-girlfriend. The provocative nature…
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JUVENILE ‘400 Degreez’ (1998)
When I was in middle school our local community center held dances once every few months. These were exciting days for a handful of reasons– the onset of puberty was in full overdrive, hormones raging, and there was an electricity in the air about meeting and dancing with girls at these mixers. And it was…
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