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Ten Best Southern Rappers Ever

Started by Charlie Work, Apr 28, 2015, in Music Add to Reading List

  1. wavey
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    wavey tiny pants goon

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    Not in order

    p---- C
    Project pat
    Z-ro
    Lil Wayne
    Gucci mane
    Scarface
    Dre3k
    K-rino
    Jeezy
    Big moe
     
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    DKC shortygonletmecrush

    Apr 29, 2015
    Do you guys count Pusha/Clipse as southern rap? I've always pooled them in with the south, even if their music is a lot different than what people think of as "traditional" southern rap. People dispute whether Virginia itself is truly the south.
     
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  3. Charlie Work
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    Charlie Work Level 5 Goblin

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    I was torn. I want to say yes. They essentially made trap music.
     
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    Fire Squad Boss Don Biggavel

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    Their brand is hard to really categorize now that I think about it. But hip-hop moved past that ideal of geography defining your sound, look at A$AP Rocky. I'm on that same boat nonetheless they always felt like a Southern act, geography notwithstanding.
     
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  5. Big Mitch
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    It's hard for me to come up with a list, but if I were to do so, Big KRIT would definitely be on it.
     
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    1. Scarface
    2. Outkast (Andre>Big Boi but not by much)
    3. p---- C
    4. T.I.
    5. Killer Mike
    6. Ludacris
    7. The D.O.C.
    8. Bun B
    9. Lil Wayne
    10. Big K.R.I.T.
     
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    Apr 29, 2015
    Lil wayne
    jay electronica
    scarface
    clipse
    Andre 3000
    TI
    Jeezy
    Gucci
    boosie
    killer mike
    can't believe I forgot Kevin gates
     
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  8. poopdogg
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    Gucci Mane
     
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  9. WPG
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    WPG sxn80 Rory Gilmore

    Apr 29, 2015
    no they didn't.
     
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  10. Charlie Work
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    Trap in its most literal definition. What's more dirty south than coke raps?
     
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    WPG sxn80 Rory Gilmore

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    most sub-genres are defined by production above all else and the clipse had the neptunes. i don't know if there's a single beat i'd consider trap on either of their classics.
     
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  12. Charlie Work
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    Charlie Work Level 5 Goblin

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    When T.I. coined the phrase he didn't have that in mind.
    So by "essentially trap" I just meant it's d--- dealing music.
    I should have clarified. I agree with what you're saying.

    Put some 808s on Grindin?
     
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    1. Scarface
    2. Bun B
    3. T.I
    4. Big KRIT
    5. Ludacris
    6. Andre 3k
    7. Yelawolf
    8. Chamillionaire
    9. Z Ro
    10. Lil Wayne
     
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  14. wavey
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    wavey tiny pants goon

    Apr 29, 2015
    If clipse made trap music, so did rae with ob4cl
     
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  15. Charlie Work
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    Charlie Work Level 5 Goblin

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    Good point, but I think there's a clear line from the Mafioso that Kool G spurred.
     
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    10. Big Boi
    9. Boosie
    8. T.I.
    7. Bun B
    6. Scarface
    5. Future
    4. Juicy J
    3. p---- C
    2. Andre 3000
    1. Gucci Mane
     
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    Yeezus

    May 4, 2015
    No Jay Electronica, OP?
     
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    MFING TREY Got hella hoes like a Home Depot

    May 4, 2015
    Does Pusha T count as southern. His situation is weird.
     
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  19. Charlie Work
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    Jay Elec has been a promising up and comer for the past 15 years.
     
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    1. Scarface
    2. Outkast - as a whole
    3. UGK
    4. Ludacris
    5. DJ Screw - Technically a DJ
    6. Big KRIT
    7. T.I
    8. 8 Ball & MJG
    9. Lil Wayne
    10. Three 6 Mafia - as a whole

    I wouldn't put Yela in there yet.
     
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