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Author:

Westhoff, Ben.

Title:

Dirty South : Outkast, Lil Wayne, Soulja Boy, and the Southern rappers who reinvented hip-hop / Ben Westhoff.

Publisher:

Chicago Review Press,

Copyright Date:

2011

Description:

298 p., [16] p. of plates : col. ill. ; 22 cm.

Subject:

Rap (Music)--Southern States--History and criticism.
Rap musicians--Southern States.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

Luke Campbell : bass and booty -- Geto Boys : paranoia, insanity, and Rap-A-Lot Records -- Trae and DJ Screw : rap gets screwed -- UGK : from country to trill -- Eightball & MJG and Three 6 Mafia : Memphis goes Hollywood -- Outkast, Goodie Mob, and Organized Noize : the dirty South blooms -- Cash money, no limit, and juvenile : bling and murder in New Orleans -- Nelly : forty acres, a pool, and some pimp juice -- Timbaland and the Neptunes : architects of sound in nowhere, Virginia -- Lil Jon : mosh pit hip-hop -- DJ Drama and T.I. : mixtapes and turf wars in Atlanta -- Paul Wall and the new H-Town movement : shining diamonds -- T-Pain and his Florida hitmakers : rap robots -- Soulja Boy and DJ Smurf : dance, dance revolution -- Lil Wayne : gangster weirdo -- Gucci Mane : true crime rap.

ISBN:

1569766061 (pbk.)
9781569766064 (pbk.)

LCCN:

2010053907

Locations:

MMPE553 -- Algona Public Library (Algona)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

CEAX572 -- Kirkwood Community College Library (Cedar Rapids)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)