What did you people from outside of the south think of southern Rap in the 2000s.

[010101]

fun*

 

[RiverCity916]

The good shyt was
The bad was utterly unbearable. I spent some time in high school in Atlanta during that time so i couldn't escape it. The idea of tricking being acceptable was insane to me as a norcal breh

 

[Chip Skylark]

All that needs to be said

 

[lurker emeritus]

 

[Unbothered]

Well, I wasn't an adult or teenager when Southern Hip-Hop started to take off in the early 2000s but looking back and revisiting some of that era's music now as an adult, I'm not a fan.

I'm more of an East Coast listener at heart, but when I occasionally want some southern rap, it's the 90s South, such as Geto Boys/Scarface, Goodie Mob, OutKast, UGK, etc. I feel like the 90s South is underrated and underappreciated even by Southerns who I feel don't really care for the aforementioned names or much 90s Southern Hip-Hop besides OutKast and maybe Scarface.

It seems like most Southerners prefer the No Limit, Master P, Cash Money, Lil Wayne, etc. 2000s and the current era of Southern Hip-Hop more than they do the '90s era, maybe because the '90s South sounded a little too West Coast, lyrically and musically.

 

[GunRanger]

Compared to this era, its not as bad as I originally thought it was..

But back then, most of us saw the South as a joke...destroyed hip hop, c00nery music etc.

They did all of that. The south was gaudy, ignorant, and were the first to view rap as just another hustle rather than art

 

[Wild self]

they say Gucci Mane and Lil Wayne are GOAT status

The brehs that made tricking popular ???

They the reason why spitting game is non existent and why everything with women in 2025 is financial transactional.

As for me, the east thought that the south was regressive musically and lyrically outside of a few people that blew up before 2003 like Scarface and Ludacris and Outkast. The cultural norms made brehs from the east go when the likes of simps like Waka Flocka said that lyrics don't sell.

 

[Kiyoshi-Dono]

Compared to this era, its not as bad as I originally thought it was..

But back then, most of us saw the South as a joke...destroyed hip hop, c00nery music etc.

And 50 Cent was the biggest c00n of all time
Oh wait that was the downfall to garbage NY music
Now everybody sound like a 6x9 beaner that ran you c00n ass nikkas and pulled all yall hoe cards
Not to mention this is your FBP representative


You NY and East Coast nikkas so corny and pathetic

 

[How Sway?]

Chicago never discriminated. We listened to every and any body back then regardless of region.

Plus I was a kid so ofcourse we rocked with it.

 

[King]

It was

No hate on the south we fully embraced that shyt over here on the west coast

 

[KBtheKey]

You totally missed the point. The HoneyDrippers who have a very popular breakbeat from "Impeach The President" were from NYC but that's not the point.
Europe. James Brown, The Honey Drippers, all from different parts of planet Earth yet all contributed to the early popular break beats in early/mid 70's Hip Hop. So you bringing up James Brown when the conversation is about NYC creating Hip Hop doesn't make any sense because James Brown wasn't the only person being used for break beats.

East coast hip hop has always been mostly trash, so I don't even know why you backing it so hard

 

[Commish]

Tbh.

Wasn't a fan and still not a fan. But, I recognize their contribution to the culture.

I prefer a different sound and grew up listening to different things.

Thing is..

There is a sound for everyone.

What I may like may not be for the next person and vice versa.

To each one's own.

 

[Plankton]

East coast hip hop has always been mostly trash, so I don't even know why you backing it so hard

No one who is into Hip Hop culture would ever utter such trolling nonsense so I will not even entertain your trolling any further.

 

[Bar Razor]

As an East Coast dude, and in NYC specifically, felt that No Limit, Cash Money etc were the beginning of the end. I was right too!

There have been a handful of southern artists I respect but in general.

 

[ReturnOfJudah]

As an East Coast dude, and in NYC specifically, felt that No Limit, Cash Money etc were the beginning of the end. I was right too!

There have been a handful of southern artists I respect but in general.

It's been a 25 year ending

You totally missed the point. The HoneyDrippers who have a very popular breakbeat from "Impeach The President" were from NYC but that's not the point.
Europe. James Brown, The Honey Drippers, all from different parts of planet Earth yet all contributed to the early popular break beats in early/mid 70's Hip Hop. So you bringing up James Brown when the conversation is about NYC creating Hip Hop doesn't make any sense because James Brown wasn't the only person being used for break beats.

Saying it don't make sense to bring up James Brown when we're talking Hip Hop is fukking crazy. Go tell that to your NYC legends and they will slap your face off