'The South got something to say,' André 3000 once proclaimed. Southern rappers' contributions have long been underestimated in favor of coastal hegemony – but the South has long steered the sound of hip-hop.
allows us to examine how we got from a moment when hip-hop was niche, making fun of middle-class respectability politics, to its present-day ubiquity, hypersexuality out front and all the way liveProducers Luther Campbell — here as Luke Skyywalker, a stage name he'd lose to a successful suit by George Lucas and 'nem — and Mr. Mixx re-create the cinematic atmosphere for the adult storytelling, hijinks and guffaws to unfold.
Despite criticism for his West Coast affiliations and contributions to gangsta rap, The D.O.C. was the first king of the South:"The boss, straight from the South / Word is bond from word of mouth / So let the nation be hip to the fact that I'm the great one," he proclaims on"Lend Me An Ear." The sentiment also surfaces on his first placement with N.W.A.
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