OutKast’s mixture of gritty Southern spirit, fluid raps, as well as the low-slung funk of the Organized Noize creation staff epitomized the Atlanta wing of hip-hop’s growing drive, the Dirty South, through the mid to past due ’90s. Alongside Goodie Mob, OutKast got Southern hip-hop in striking and innovative directions: …

Given birth to and raised in Ann Arbor, Michigan, in age group two Marisa Dark brown became convinced she was a music genius when she corrected her mother’s pitch throughout a lullaby (though perhaps a far more astute kid would’ve realized that the solid arm of future was guiding her …

Initially, he was known only as ZHU. The digital dance producer given birth to Stephen Zhu surfaced in 2014 with “Techniques Like Ms. Jackson,” a dance monitor composed of a medley of OutKast tunes. Following that, Zhu defied the energy of the info age by staying anonymous, focusing interest exclusively …

With no vaguest intention of earning a career from it, Mtume Salaam got his first record store job at age 17. Since that time he continues to be mixed up in music business in a variety of capacities, from record product sales manager to main label merchant. to music journalist …

John Franck has spent the majority of his lifestyle obsessing about modern rock and roll music. In his free time, he gathers obscure Kiss memorabilia, unlawful MP3s, and miracles aloud if the Rocks will ever make another great rock and roll & move record. As a kid, a life-changing connection …

Son of the Music Hall of Famer, karate champ, university graduate, drummer, thug rapper; Light Dawg is certainly a jack-of-all trade in his house condition of Alabama, but he prefers that last vocation: rapper. Beginning his profession in 1990, Light Dawg’s initial underground one “I Wanna Lick the Pussy” was …

Associated with the Atlanta-based Dungeon Family collective — led by Organized Noize, OutKast, and Goodie Mob — Backbone surfaced with his single debut in the wake of OutKast’s Stankonia-fueled crossover success. The recording, Concrete Law, strike the roads in 2001, led from the solitary “5 Deuce, 4 Tre,” and presented …

Lou Connection can be an enigma mainly as the music industry appears to have forgotten about him again and again. Using a vocal design that sounded such as a raspier edition of Jackie Wilson, and an often-political musical eyesight that mixed road poetry with Memphis spirit, Connection recorded several sharpened …

With influences as diverse as Gary Numan, Sam Cooke, and Eurythmics, transatlantic three-piece Unklejam’s mixture of cyber-soul, electro-pop, and synth-funk defied pigeonholing. Shaped in 2006, their critically acclaimed eclectic audio was inspired with the globe-trotting encounters of most three people. Tyson “Tendai” Speede was raised in Northolt, Middlesex but journeyed …

Atlanta houses a number of the biggest brands in Southern hip-hop, especially Goodie Mob and OutKast. Both have already been around because the mid-’90s and also have pretty much possessed the Atlanta picture. Witchdoctor released A.S.W.A.T. Healin’ Ritual in 1997, Great Breeze was included with East Point’s Greatest Hits in …