Dirty South

Dirty South is a style of rap music that popped up in the latter half of the 1990s. Dirty South descended from southern rap: its inspirations drew from Dr. Dre's Chronic album as well as Luther Campbell's 2 Live Crew's (possibly the first southern rap group) nasty traditions in equivalent measure, arriving at a stoned, violent, sex-obsessed and profanity-oriented brand of modern hip-hop.

Related Topics:
Rap - 1990s - Southern rap - Dr. Dre - Chronic - Luther Campbell - 2 Live Crew - Profanity - Hip-hop

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Dirty South got its name from a song by Goodie Mob. They and Outkast are said by some to be the best that this style of rap music had to offer when the style originated; many believe that their more social-conscious lyrics are superior to Dirty South contemporaries like Master P's No Limit posse.

Related Topics:
Goodie Mob - Outkast - Master P - No Limit

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Modern Dirty South music is characterized by its bouncy, club-friendly beats and elementary lyrics generally concerning flashy jewelry, fancy cars, women (especially prostitutes and strippers), and occasionally gangster lyrics. An offshoot of Dirty South music is Crunk, featuring beats with loud, pounding bass. Rapper/producer Lil Jon is generally considered the main pioneer of Crunk music.

Related Topics:
Crunk - Lil Jon

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Some Dirty South artists include:

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• Big Tymers
• Chingy
• C-Murder
• Eightball & MJG
• Juvenile (rapper)
• Lil' Flip
• Lil Jon
• Beelow
• YoungbloodZ
• Young Buck
• Slim Thug
• Lil Wayne
• Ludacris
• Mannie Fresh
• The BG (rapper)
• Stat Quo
• Mystikal
• Silkk The Shocker
• T.I.
• Goodie Mob
• Master P
• Petey Pablo
• Three 6 Mafia
• Project Pat
• Young Jeezy
• Trina
• Trick Daddy
• White Dawg
• Ying Yang Twins
• L.J.
• Mike Jones
• Yo Gotti
• David Banner
 
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