The 3 albums that put Atlanta Hip Hop on the map all came out in 1992.

[Toe Jay Simpson]

Couldn’t name a single Arrested Development song

Come on breh

Them nikkas made it to the Grammys and every other major awards show

“A game of horse shoe
A game of HORSE SHOE”

 

[nieman]

TLC was considered hip-hop? After 92 they were straight RnB

TLC's first album was hip-hop. Left Eye was a rapper, TBoz was a hybrid...Chilli was the only singer...and she was pretty much on hooks.

Their second album was R&B, their 3rd was Pop lol

Couldn’t name a single Arrested Development song

Seriously?

Everyday People? Tennessee? Revolution

 

[JustCKing]

You wouldn't have known any of those artists were from Atlanta by listening to the music.

 

[Apollo Creed]

But see that's the thing, outside of ATL we going by what reaches us. Raheem sounded like Miami bass. Kast was reeling off of the funk era that was popular so to us it had a west coast look and vibe more then a down south vibe, similar to how Bone Thugs took off resembling west coast or how Da Brat's whole image at first looked like something west coast. So seeing all these Atlanta acts with various sounds to us didn't give Atlanta a distinctive sound. So to us it was about who was making international hits.

Raheem didnt sound shyt like Miami lol

 

[PHamm]

I was expecting to come in having to argue but OP made a great list. OutKast the best ATL rappers ever but they weren't first

 

[Peabo Bryson]

Yes that was ATL in the music game, before the more "respectable" Outkast. Some deniers in here, maybe because they don't want their ATL history to be shyt like Kris Kross, TLC and Arrested Development, but history is history and you cannot erase it. Also this was the biggest record in the world for awhile from ATL, before Outkast:

 

[TheMailMan]

You've never heard this ?

 

[JustCKing]

Nobody would ever say Outkast was the first successful group or artist from Atlanta, but those albums didn't put Atlanta on the map. Again, you wouldn't know TLC, Arrested Development, or Kriss Kross was from Atlanta just by listening to their music. You wouldn't learn anything about Atlanta just from listening to them. People didn't care to know those groups were from Atlanta.

 

[JustCKing]

Also, so you're telling me Atlanta was running Hip Hop in 1992. Nothing was bigger than these artists outside of Hammer.

 

[FunkDoc1112]

I miss the more "cool" R&B vibe Atlanta had in the 90s

 

[Amo Husserl]

Nobody would ever say Outkast was the first successful group or artist from Atlanta, but those albums didn't put Atlanta on the map. Again, you wouldn't know TLC, Arrested Development, or Kriss Kross was from Atlanta just by listening to their music. You wouldn't learn anything about Atlanta just from listening to them. People didn't care to know those groups were from Atlanta.

I THINK the point was those albums officially put Atlanta in the hip-hop conversation that other regions took notice. Outkast obviously solidified Atlanta in the hip-hop conversation, but I THINK the OP meant those three albums gave Atlanta it's buzz in the conversation and Outkast got the official stamp of approval from hip-hop as a distinct ambassador of hip-hop representing Atlanta.


I wasn't there. Love that TLC album, but I just love TLC.

 

[HARLEM AL]

If it aint Outkast nikka you lying....

 

[Rekkapryde]

Kilo put Atlanta on the map. You clearly ain't from here.

this.

It wasn't quite Miami style, but Atlanta booty music was def the vibe before more "traditional" rap blew up here.

 

[JustCKing]

I THINK the point was those albums officially put Atlanta in the hip-hop conversation that other regions took notice. Outkast obviously solidified Atlanta in the hip-hop conversation, but I THINK the OP meant those three albums gave Atlanta it's buzz in the conversation and Outkast got the official stamp of approval from hip-hop as a distinct ambassador of hip-hop representing Atlanta.


I wasn't there. Love that TLC album, but I just love TLC.

I don't know about that one. Kriss Kross was huge, but still not looked at as a kid act much in the way we saw Bow Wow and Romeo. Arrested was huge, but people trashed them. TLC was an R&B group with a rapper.

 

[Black Ball]

Arrested Development was from Atlanta?

I really thought them dudes was from Tennessee