April 7, 2006

25 Essential Southern Rap Albums

The more people get into Southern rap, the clearer it becomes how little people know about Southern rap music. So, here’s a quick primer. These are 25 albums worth a listen.

Here’s the thing–some of these are records I happen to really like and some are not. For example, I’m not the biggest fan of TRU’s TRU 2 Da Game, but I think it’s historically significant. So in recommending you check these records out, I’m not just saying that the albums are top-notch and I’m definitely saying these are the 25 best Southern rap albums (I’m purposesly not repeating any artist or group more than once, but cats can have a group and solo album on here). I’m also mentioning milestones that will make it easier to see how Southern rap progressed to where it is now.

And here we go, in no particular order…
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