Dirty South, dirty dirty

[Darla Wells]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dirty_South

Dirty South is a style of rap music that popped up in the latter half of the
1990s and is based in southern cities and states such as Memphis, Nashville,
New Orleans, Atlanta, Miami or South Florida, Mississippi, South Carolina,
Kentucky, North Carolina,San Antonio, Dallas, and Houston. Dirty South
descended from southern rap: its inspirations drew from Dr. Dre's Chronic
album as well as Luther Campbell's 2 Live Crew's (one of the first southern
rap groups to gain notoriety) nasty traditions in equivalent measure, arriving
at a stoned, violent, sex-obsessed and profanity-oriented brand of modern hip hop.

Dirty South got its name from a song by Goodie Mob. Some of the Dirty South
music is characterized by its bouncy, club-friendly beats and lyrics generally
concerning flashy jewelry, luxury automobiles, women, and occasionally
gangster lyrics. An offshoot of Dirty South music is Crunk, featuring beats
with loud, pounding bass.

The genre inspired the nickname "The dirty dirty" for New Orleans.

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