"The Aura Of Atlanta Is Not What It Once Was" - DJ Drama

[Ezekiel 25:17]

I’ll never forget the first time I went to ATL to visit my boy in college out there. They played “laggy taffy” and “kryptonite”, and me being up north in college, I’d say it was quite the experience. The energy and happiness from the crowd was something else. Unmatched.

We used to clown them songs too, little did we know

This makes me respect lil John, souja boy, Ying yang twins so much more. Because they made fun music

 

[Peachstate]

The cruck era was about 97-2008 and a lot of ATL folks day them was the city's prime years. And then you R&B during them years too. Those were fun times. So i see what you saying even though I never been to ATL.

Seems like clout/trap music ruined everything. If nikkas ain't clout chasing with money they mean mugging

I'd say 90-about 2002 were the best years and then it slowly went downhill.

 

[UberEatsDriver]

Bro,. In real time "Laffy Taffy" got clowned so hard for being wack but I would give anything to bring that vibe back.



I'm dead ass serious. As wack as I thought that song was, atleast it was about having fun and not killing each other

That song was garbage

 

[Dynamite James]

In my personal opinion, the emergence of trap music brought a "dark cloud" so to speak over the city.

I didn't grow up in ATL but I lived 3hrs away and visited often.

But the common theme of my memories about Atlanta was how FUN the music was.

Yes, Atlanta has always been gritty just like any other big city, but the music was always fun and danceable. Even the ring tone era was about having fun and dancing.

Trap music brought about this dark cloud. Everything is about trapping, sipping lean, scamming, gang affiliation, etc.

Nobody makes "fun" music that the youth and grown folk alike can dance to.

But yea, Atlanta just doesn't feel the same to me any longer either.

I agree. Used to spend the whole summer break in Atlanta as a kid/ teen in the 90s/00s

 

[Wildhundreds]

The cruck era was about 97-2008 and a lot of ATL folks day them was the city's prime years. And then you R&B during them years too. Those were fun times. So i see what you saying even though I never been to ATL.

Seems like clout/trap music ruined everything. If nikkas ain't clout chasing with money they mean mugging

This has to be the era they're talking about.

 

[GoAggieGo.]

I live in the area, and think this is a good thing.

 

[Ezekiel 25:17]

That song was garbage

It was but shyt was fun. I'd rather that corny music bytches dance to than the drill we got today.

I'd say 90-about 2002 were the best years and then it slowly went downhill.

I gotta go 97-2006. You gotta look at the playlists during them years, you missing a lot. It was still fun, then it fell off a cliff

Trap started in 2012 with chief keef

 

[Pure Water]

It was but shyt was fun. I'd rather that corny music bytches dance to than the drill we got today.


I gotta go 97-2006. You gotta look at the playlists during them years, you missing a lot. It was still fun, then it fell off a cliff

Trap started in 2012 with chief keef

Jeezy, TI and Gucci was making Trap music in 05. Chief Keef popularized the spin off version called Drill. And hell, I'd consider what Waka was releasing from 09-12 being closer to Drill than typical Trap at the time.


This is the Drill sound precursor.

 

[King Sun]

In my personal opinion, the emergence of trap music brought a "dark cloud" so to speak over the city.

I didn't grow up in ATL but I lived 3hrs away and visited often.

But the common theme of my memories about Atlanta was how FUN the music was.

Yes, Atlanta has always been gritty just like any other big city, but the music was always fun and danceable. Even the ring tone era was about having fun and dancing.

Trap music brought about this dark cloud. Everything is about trapping, sipping lean, scamming, gang affiliation, etc.

Nobody makes "fun" music that the youth and grown folk alike can dance to.

But yea, Atlanta just doesn't feel the same to me any longer either.

You do know darker music usually goes hand in hand with whats going on in the world.

We used to clown them songs too, little did we know

This makes me respect lil John, souja boy, Ying yang twins so much more. Because they made fun music

Crazy because i hated that era of music because i always associated it with molly music but man we need more laffy taffy type dudes today.

 

[Ezekiel 25:17]

Jeezy, TI and Gucci was making Trap music in 05. Chief Keef popularized the spin off version called Drill. And hell, I'd consider what Waka was releasing from 09-12 being closer to Drill than typical Trap at the time.


This is the Drill precursor.

Yeah something was telling me it wasn't trap, didn't make sense. I had the terminology wrong.

Drill music is definitely what fukked things up, ops dissing dead ops is what changed the scene.

 

[Black White Sox Hat]

I'm sure New York and LA say the same thing.

 

[UberEatsDriver]

It was but shyt was fun. I'd rather that corny music bytches dance to than the drill we got today.


I gotta go 97-2006. You gotta look at the playlists during them years, you missing a lot. It was still fun, then it fell off a cliff

Trap started in 2012 with chief keef

There were way more fun and better songs than that.

 

[UberEatsDriver]

Hip hop is no longer a regional based thing. I said this on this site for 2 years. From now on you will see artist randomly blow up from anywhere.

 

[Ezekiel 25:17]

There were way more fun and better songs than that.

Who cares? It was fun and a good vibe with bytches dancing. That's all that matters when you in the club

 

[Amerikan Melanin]

Social media has killed every city cause clout demons know no shame. Everyone is a copycat or overdoer.