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Music Features The South Is Rap's Past, Present And Future It starts when two things happen simultaneously: one, artists embracing their Southern identities and two, they actually begin working together. To quote CeeLo from his solo sermon at the end of Goodie Mob's 'Fighting,' the answer ain't far, matter of fact it's right under our nose.

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So when did it happen? When did Southern hip-hop start to get recognized as an entity? When did it become an umbrella term to describe anything south of Kentucky and east of Dallas? Was it when UGK dropped its first-ever project and called it The Southern Way in 1992? Did it start to happen when Dre bucked on an arena full of New Yorkers in 1995? Did it pick up steam when Cool Breeze branded it dirty or when Master P put together the Down South Hustlers compilation later that year? Maybe it was when Pimp C declared that he and artists like him weren't making hip-hop at all and demanded that his music be referred to as 'country rap tunes' in 2001. In hindsight, such diversity can be credited to Southern hip-hop's constant regeneration. Lauderdale, Fla., and depending on your age and address, a DJ Magic Mike song was either the soundtrack for the skating rink or the strip club. did not sound like a Jam Pony Express tape from Ft. An Edward J & the J-Team tape from Decatur, Ga. Houston's Ganksta N-I-P and Memphis' Gangsta Pat shared similar namesakes but their content (Ganksta, one of founding fathers of 'horrorcore' hip hop, rapped about killing children and eating body parts) and sound (Gangsta, a producer and son of Stax Records drummer Willie Hall, started out a DJ Quik doppelganger) were even further apart than the 500-plus miles between them. In the early 1990s, if you drove from Atlanta, bumping Kilo Ali's 'Cocaine' or 'Do You Hear What I Hear,' to New Orleans for the Bayou Classic and saw DJ Jubilee performing 'Do The Jubilee All' at halftime, you were not going to think those songs had anything in common. Music Features The South Got Something To Say: A Celebration Of Southern Rap There were dozens of DJs, producers, rappers and MCs from Southern cities making music that defined their area codes, but the idea of Southern hip-hop as a whole was a puzzle that hadn't been put together yet. With so many different accents, dances, identities and sounds coming from different places, it didn't really make sense to lump everyone into a monolithic moniker. Up to this point, the 'Dirty South' or 'Southern Hip Hop' wasn't necessarily a thing, let alone a movement.

You really can't blame people for not knowing. It's hard to believe that just 90 days later, anyone was going to reply to Breeze's query with a raised hand and an emphatic 'oooh oooh, I know something!' The question came up just three months after AndrГ© 3000 declared 'the South's got something to say' as audience members booed after OutKast won the Best New Group trophy at the Source Awards. 'What you n***** know about the Dirty South?' When Cool Breeze and Goodie Mob posed that question in 1995, they weren't really looking for an answer from anybody in particular because obviously, they already knew it - not a gotdamn thing. Much like the culture it originates from, Southern hip-hop is going to continue to grow and redefine itself as artists live, people move and neighborhoods change.