I mean they gave birth to black music in general. All the upwardly mobile blacks left in the two great migrations, so there was a brain and talent drain.
Dorrugh?Go Yayo is from Ft Worth
Tay K is originally from Long Beach but grew up in Arlington
Dorrugh?
Get Big was that shyt1 hit wonder and he's actually from Lancaster
They always rep Mississippi. And they're just regular artists signed by an ATL producer. They don't have an ATL sound
Miami, Houston and New Orleans are boring ?
The Coli always been like that. A lot of these dudes act like if the music wasn't made before 2001 then they don't know anything about itthis is why the coli has fallen off. Why do people talk about shyt they know nothing about. The fact ya'll even had to reply like this says volumes about the hip hop intellect on this board.
nikkas in this thread talking about every form of music but rap which is what the OP specifically mentioned
Dallas hasn't ever produced a major rapper either
considering the size of the population, producing just one rapper who is more associated with the West Coast than he is Texas is not much of an accomplishment
More on dallas hiphop
Dallas Has the Best Rap Scene in the Country That You're Not Paying Attention To
This doesn't change the fact that, that the poster was wrong. What many do not seem to comprehend is that hiphop/rap is not the end all be all of afram music on a national level. Some regions didn't take to hiphop just like some regions didn't take to blues, ragtime, funk etc... In this Docu
they even talked about how atlanta didn't even really fuk with hiphop and how long it took to really catch on
The only music that was to be found everywhere is some form of gospel and jazz.
You typed a whole lot that has nothing to do with the point
So Dallas is not into hip hop?It had everything to do with the point. My point is that some regions are just more into specific genres than other regions. The more you're into a specific genre, the higher the chances are you'll produce alot of music/talent/stars of said genre.
afram NY'ers/North easterns are pred carolinas/maryland/Virginia w/some lesser gulf coast. For example
redman (alabama)
prodigy (texas and virginia)
nas (n carolina and mississippi)
p diddy (virginia)
LL cool J (virginia)
50cent (south carolina)
Q tip (alabama)
Rakim (virgina) Eric B (mississippi)
Questlove (carolinas)
dj jazzy jay (south carolina)
russel simmons/rev run (virginia)
nah man. I'm from SC. i figure there has to be talent in states like ours. one of the first states where slaves came.
that pain makes the best art.