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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Business…here’s a comparison of the travails Brett Favre and Steve McNair are having with their franchises. Fun stuff.
(And lemme hit the faux militants before they start–we can’t call their different treatments racism because they’re not dealing with the same tea. Race, in this case, is an insufficient evaluative criterion.)
Moving on, it seems that Duke President Richard Brodhead agrees with some of the things I said yesterday. What follows is an e-mail he sent to the Duke community.
And necessary after reading this editorial about my home (yes, it’s my home…I pay property taxes, mu’fucka).
The e-mail is after the jump.
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Check this one out.
I am purposely avoiding any public declaration of innocence or guilt of the members of the lacrosse team because it would be irresponsible for someone in my line of work to say anything in either direction at such a preliminary phase of the legal process. However, I can’t let this line pass without saying something. From the above link,

Yet when the nation’s most respected and widely consumed media are showing Duke students opening professing our status as a “white supremacist” university, suspicion of the protesters is entirely warranted.

Ummm, why’s that?
Without question, I’d say that Duke is a white supremacist institution. It’s hard to imagine such a concentration of rich white people–or rich any people, really–without there being a palpable air of white supremacy. But Duke shouldn’t feel too singled out. I feel the same way about the University of North Carolina, a school that I attended and that also has slave owners and Klan supporters’ names on different buildings on campus. And I’d say that many black colleges suffer from white supremacy, with their curricula frequently more about teaching black people how to do things instead of cultivating their students’ ability to think and create new scholarship.
White supremacy is everywhere, folks, lurking deeper than most people are willing to look. It’s in white people, it’s in black people, it’s in everybody. It’s so insidious and it is an unavoidable characteristic of American life.
And Duke is not immune.
So yes Dukies, I think your school is steeped in white supremacy. But then again, so has been the case with every school I’ve attended, including Clark.
Don’t take that so personally. Just do something to fix it.
And Clark. And Carolina. And the Claremont Colleges. And every other school that I have not attended.

Before I go any further, whoever had March 31st in the pool for The Day Rush Limbaugh Would Say Something Stupid About the Case at Duke, you’re a winner.
Moving on…
So it seems the lil’ fella will be on American Idol. He may have already been on, but I don’t watch Idol. Never again, at least, and I never watched it that much. Just enough to write about it way back in the day.
Anyway, that lil link got me thinking…what Prince songs would be cool for American Idol? And which ones wouldn’t be cool, meaning they’d be the ones I’d want to hear?
(And I gleaned that they would be performing his songs like was done with other artists. I could be wrong. But no matter what, act like they will be performing his songs and appreciate the fun.)
Ten For American Idol
Still Waiting
I Wanna Be Your Lover
Gotta Broken Heart Again
Diamonds and Pearls
Slow Love
Kiss (though someone will wind up sounding just like Tom Jones)
I Wish U Heaven
Most Beautiful Girl in the World
Purple Rain
Thieves in the Temple
Yeah, all pretty standard fare. Nice and tame for the kiddies, yanno?
But here’s what I’d love to hear people sing, along with highlighted lyrics that would set the censors afire.
Ten More for Idol
Little Red Corvette. “Guess I must be dumb/she had a pocket full of horses/Trojans, some of ’em used.” And if that ain’t enough, “girl got an ass like I’ve neeeeever seen.”
Sister. “My sister never made love to anyone but me/she’s the reason for my sexuality/she showed me where it’s ‘sposed to go/a blow job doesn’t mean blow…” And later, Prince says that, “incest is everything it’s said to be.” Wow.
Erotic City. “If we cannot make babies, maybe we can make some time/fuck so pretty you and me/erotic city come alive/we can fuck until the dawn/makin love til…/’rotic city, can’t you see/fuck so pretty you and me.” Simon, your thoughts?
When 2 R In Love. “When 2 R in love/the thought of his tongue at the V of her love/in his mind, that thought/it leads the pack.” Paula, why did you change the way you were sitting?
Sexy M.F. Really, just to see someone try to emulate some of the brutal “rapping” on here. But also for the entire Idol cast to say, “sexy motherfucker, shakin that ass/shakin that ass, shakin that ass.” Get crunk, Randy!
Darling Nikki. “I knew a girl named Nikki, I guess you could say she was a sex fiend/met her in hotel lobby masturbating with a magazine.” Wait, why are we going to commercial?
Let’s Pretend We’re Married. “I’m not saying this to be nasty, but I’d sincerely like to fuck the taste out of your mouth/can you relate?” Whatcha say, Paula? Straight up.
I Hate U. Just for that bit about covering up the girl with a sheet. America loves S&M!!!
Jack U Off. Yeah, just what you’d expect. Except the beat is borderline campy.
Scarlet Pussy. “She can make you shoot your ego all over her sheets/all is hers in love and war/my little scarlet pussy.” Yup.
More I think about it, the more likely I am to actually watch that.