ATL: Atlanta's Rise in the Rap Game

[xxCivicxx]

the booty shake era was goat freaknik used to be off a chain. parties were fun thugs ass nigga dancin too lol. dont wanna be no freak no more by raheem and nasty dancer used to be my shit lol. I dont think they mentioned oomp camp

My brother & his crew use to hit up the freaknik every year in the 90s.

I remember that nigga said, he went to jail in Greenbrier Mall (I forgot why tho) then he went to jail again in Atlanta during the freaknik because he sold some weed to this nigga & the helicopter caught his ass selling lol. They had him on the news & shit. They took him to jail & the police let him flush the rest of his weed down the toliet & let him go

lol at least he got on a side note off freaks galore.... many a chick got raped tho.

That was one of the reasons why they stop the freaknik, was it?

Man when I was growing up the news stations used to shit on Freaknik while it was going on I remember that clearly.

I honestly think that the city of atl stopped allowing it because it was simply too many rowdy niggas in one place. It was like a freakier Mardi Gras, and that's hard as fuk to accomplish

 

[JDSTAYWITIT]

this was pretty neat... S/O to my country cousins ...

 

[The Lonious Monk]

It was good, and if ATL music was nothing but what was shown, it would be tight. However, for every Outkast from ATL, there's a Ying Yang Twins.

Still, the time when Dungeon Family was big was some good times for Southern Hip Hop in general.

Is it just me or is T.I. a real clown? Respect where it's due. He's a tight rapper, but every time he talks, I have to shake my head. Why does this dude always act like nobody was rapping about drugs before he came out? I guess you can say he popularized Trap Music. But his music was never controversial and he wasn't the first person in Hip Hop or even ATL to rap from the standpoint of being a drug dealer. He always says that shit. I have yet to see one interview from him where he doesn't spend half of it giggling like a school girl.

 

[aneed123]

It was good, and if ATL music was nothing but what was shown, it would be tight. However, for every Outkast from ATL, there's a Ying Yang Twins.

Still, the time when Dungeon Family was big was some good times for Southern Hip Hop in general.

Is it just me or is T.I. a real clown? Respect where it's due. He's a tight rapper, but every time he talks, I have to shake my head. Why does this dude always act like nobody was rapping about drugs before he came out? I guess you can say he popularized Trap Music. But his music was never controversial and he wasn't the first person in Hip Hop or even ATL to rap from the standpoint of being a drug dealer. He always says that shit. I have yet to see one interview from him where he doesn't spend half of it giggling like a school girl.

I agree with u on TI at times he comes off as forced/trying to hard to prove he hard. I fuck with his 1st 3 cds tho. Ying Yang Twins served their purpose which was music for hoes in the club. u saying them was a bad example. Also At is and always has been a party city. the strip club scene and party scene will always have ying yang twins types and it isnt a bad thing. I think folk were mad cuz they blew up.

 

[NoCompetition]

It was good, and if ATL music was nothing but what was shown, it would be tight. However, for every Outkast from ATL, there's a Ying Yang Twins.

Still, the time when Dungeon Family was big was some good times for Southern Hip Hop in general.

Is it just me or is T.I. a real clown? Respect where it's due. He's a tight rapper, but every time he talks, I have to shake my head. Why does this dude always act like nobody was rapping about drugs before he came out? I guess you can say he popularized Trap Music. But his music was never controversial and he wasn't the first person in Hip Hop or even ATL to rap from the standpoint of being a drug dealer. He always says that shit. I have yet to see one interview from him where he doesn't spend half of it giggling like a school girl.

I agree with u on TI at times he comes off as forced/trying to hard to prove he hard. I fuck with his 1st 3 cds tho. Ying Yang Twins served their purpose which was music for hoes in the club. u saying them was a bad example. Also At is and always has been a party city. the strip club scene and party scene will always have ying yang twins types and it isnt a bad thing. I think folk were mad cuz they blew up.

Exactly. People liked their music. They had success. Haters felt some typa way. I saw Future and Young thug mentioned here. Every time they have another hit Its like a knife in a hater's heart. Same with all the rappers who have hits who get hated on here. But haters can hate on the sideline gettin nowhere. Thats on them. (the stupid) People who aint together and on hate on those that are on. Thats in everyday life too. The show kinda explained it, Atlanta dont got time to hate and aint gon be stopped by no hatin. Its business so while nobodies on forums hatin on them, they laugh all the way to the bank. Its actually funny when you ridin doin your thing and somebody try to down you while they aint doin nothin. Its clear who the winners and losers are here. In the real world tho its based more on what people do like they listen to and support that. Music is a positive thing some just wanna bring they negative energy to it. it dont work.

 

[The Lonious Monk]

It was good, and if ATL music was nothing but what was shown, it would be tight. However, for every Outkast from ATL, there's a Ying Yang Twins.

Still, the time when Dungeon Family was big was some good times for Southern Hip Hop in general.

Is it just me or is T.I. a real clown? Respect where it's due. He's a tight rapper, but every time he talks, I have to shake my head. Why does this dude always act like nobody was rapping about drugs before he came out? I guess you can say he popularized Trap Music. But his music was never controversial and he wasn't the first person in Hip Hop or even ATL to rap from the standpoint of being a drug dealer. He always says that shit. I have yet to see one interview from him where he doesn't spend half of it giggling like a school girl.

I agree with u on TI at times he comes off as forced/trying to hard to prove he hard. I fuck with his 1st 3 cds tho. Ying Yang Twins served their purpose which was music for hoes in the club. u saying them was a bad example. Also At is and always has been a party city. the strip club scene and party scene will always have ying yang twins types and it isnt a bad thing. I think folk were mad cuz they blew up.

Ying Yang Twins were just ignorant as fuck. If they make party music, that's cool. I think Lil Jon was always unfairly criticized by people who tried to make his music something it wasn't, so it's not that they were making club music that was bad. It's the way they carried themselves.

 

[aneed123]

It was good, and if ATL music was nothing but what was shown, it would be tight. However, for every Outkast from ATL, there's a Ying Yang Twins.

Still, the time when Dungeon Family was big was some good times for Southern Hip Hop in general.

Is it just me or is T.I. a real clown? Respect where it's due. He's a tight rapper, but every time he talks, I have to shake my head. Why does this dude always act like nobody was rapping about drugs before he came out? I guess you can say he popularized Trap Music. But his music was never controversial and he wasn't the first person in Hip Hop or even ATL to rap from the standpoint of being a drug dealer. He always says that shit. I have yet to see one interview from him where he doesn't spend half of it giggling like a school girl.

I agree with u on TI at times he comes off as forced/trying to hard to prove he hard. I fuck with his 1st 3 cds tho. Ying Yang Twins served their purpose which was music for hoes in the club. u saying them was a bad example. Also At is and always has been a party city. the strip club scene and party scene will always have ying yang twins types and it isnt a bad thing. I think folk were mad cuz they blew up.

Ying Yang Twins were just ignorant as fuck. If they make party music, that's cool. I think Lil Jon was always unfairly criticized by people who tried to make his music something it wasn't, so it's not that they were making club music that was bad. It's the way they carried themselves.

come on dog they was slow lol. and with that said they hood and hood niggas is ignant lol

 

[aneed123]

Whatever became of Ghetto Mafia?? Them niggas went in mane.......

Drama went down for a robbery or something, but I think he fell back after that........

That nigga Cool Breeze was dope too....

The old A takes a big sh1t on this new ATL mane. Believe dat!

Freddie Calhoun the coolest cutter at camp.. He and Witchdoctor were slept on heavy

Ghetto Mafia kinda fell off when they beefed w/ Outkast

Straight from the dec was my shit

Yeah Drama caught some crazy charge

that big boi verse bout circles round titties was a shot at them. What was they beefing for? I done forgot. Im up late listening to straight from the dec now

 

[PILL_COSBY]

It was good, and if ATL music was nothing but what was shown, it would be tight. However, for every Outkast from ATL, there's a Ying Yang Twins.

Still, the time when Dungeon Family was big was some good times for Southern Hip Hop in general.

Is it just me or is T.I. a real clown? Respect where it's due. He's a tight rapper, but every time he talks, I have to shake my head. Why does this dude always act like nobody was rapping about drugs before he came out? I guess you can say he popularized Trap Music. But his music was never controversial and he wasn't the first person in Hip Hop or even ATL to rap from the standpoint of being a drug dealer. He always says that shit. I have yet to see one interview from him where he doesn't spend half of it giggling like a school girl.

It was good, and if ATL music was nothing but what was shown, it would be tight. However, for every Outkast from ATL, there's a Ying Yang Twins.

Still, the time when Dungeon Family was big was some good times for Southern Hip Hop in general.

Is it just me or is T.I. a real clown? Respect where it's due. He's a tight rapper, but every time he talks, I have to shake my head. Why does this dude always act like nobody was rapping about drugs before he came out? I guess you can say he popularized Trap Music. But his music was never controversial and he wasn't the first person in Hip Hop or even ATL to rap from the standpoint of being a drug dealer. He always says that shit. I have yet to see one interview from him where he doesn't spend half of it giggling like a school girl.

I agree with u on TI at times he comes off as forced/trying to hard to prove he hard. I fuck with his 1st 3 cds tho.

LOL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Y'all bout to get banned or your post flagged to death once a certain mod see's this.

Thank god somebody spoke on this besides me. When T.I get to talking I cringe. When that fool used to get gassed he had me rolling. He like that one cat that's always starting a fight and wait till people get in between them and start doing this.

If y'all ever seen T.I in person y'all would really crack up every time he get to talking crazy. I made a thread about him and that trap rapper crap he likes to claim. Trap rap was called D-boy rap before and mack 10 was the 1st to do it. The nigga nick name was "the dope dealer". How easily people forget. And I heard the goddie mob and pastor troy say trap first. I don't know why da souwf let this lil nigga get away so much. People stay clowning on lil bow wow but he act just like how t.i used to act.

But yeah, his 1st 3 CD's is nice, the rest went down hill. I thought all long time t.i fans agreed on this. Glad to see somebody from Georgia being real for a change. Aneed is a O.G so it makes sense.

 

[GSonII]

Just because you rapped about dope does not make you a trap rapper. Just because you rapped about hustling does not make you a hustle rapper. We already discussed all of this before. Ice T spoke on all types of hustles. Rakim claimed "I used to be a stickup kid now I think of all the devious things I did". Nas claimed he used to rob foreigners for there green cards, etc.

Mac-10 was hardly the first to rap about dope and he didn't have everybody running around making dope boy music. You dudes love promoting your preferred rappers and there is nothing wrong with that, but I have always wondered why you need to bring up other rappers instead of just making your statement.

I never heard T.I. say I was the first person ever rapping about dope. As far as controversy he brought a lot of it to the A in ways that rappers were not bringing it. The whole beef stuff with several rappers including playing a role in Flip being obsolete was something the A was not into. The closest thing to that was Pastor Troy with No Limit. Remember this documentary was from Atlanta's standpoint. Controversy, trap rap running the game when plenty had already tried, beef, all that he was a major part of that.

 

[MR.CJ]

Dope

 

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[RawAce]

Who knew the Step Daddy was such an important rapper in hip hop history.

I wonder if dude is pissed that most of us jus think of him from that one song

 

[RawAce]

And I'm not fretting about them not covering more underground stuff, this is vh1, lol

I actually appreciate the fact they went back as far as they did and linked atl hip hop to some important social events

 

[MARIO_DRO]

I AGREE WITH YALL, BUT THE SHOW WOULD HAVE BEEN 4-5 HOURS IF THEY TALKED ABOUT EVERY SEMI SUCCESSFUL RAPPER FROM ATLANTA... THEY DIDNT EVEN GO INDEPTH WITH GOODIE MOB, USHER, OR TLC...

THEY DIDNT COVER THE SKATING RING CULTURE OR NONE OF THAT, BUT IT WAS STILL GOOD

 

[_God_]

Atlanta did not create anything why are we giving them credit

 

[caddo man]

Imma get fired fucking with yall and this damn video. I havent moved out of my office in about an hour.

Bruh! That 90-04 ATL My Gawd!

I will be playing this for my in-laws.

Now we just need one for New Orleans and Houston area. They should make that one show though.

 

[aka_OG]

Atlanta did not create anything why are we giving them credit

you can't front - the ATL movement especially in the early 2000's brought the party vibe to hip hop

waka said it best - at one time you needed to break records in NY - now? it has to be in the ATL

i remember in a radio industry debate it was brought up that the biggest foot print for radio is down south now - NY is smaller and the west is like the smallest

 

[Jabu_Rule]

I can say NY didn't really fuck with outcast from jump, but they did get love eventually with Rosa Parks. Lil John never got hated on. That music was turned up. I did have issues with Jeezy cause he wasn't lyrical when he came out and TI had dope songs but i didn't fuck with his albums. Luda got love from being the new Red Man with his antics. I noticed him when he released that track on Timbaland first album called Fat Rabbit. Nobody fucked with the other wack shit like stinky leg. I'm sorry bro but just because it's from ATL and we don't like it, it doesn't mean we hating. Wack rappers got shitted on in NY just the same. NY fell off though so i guess it don't matter what we think.

 

[Jabu_Rule]

To me, New Orleans did a better job kicking down the gates with Hot Boys and No Limit. They the ones that really put the south on the map.