If you grew up listening to southern rap or was a fan of it then you know the influence DJ Bigga Rankin had and how he was infamous for his powerful mixtape intros. We lost a great. LONG LIVE BIGGA RANKIN.

Saddened that I have to write this but Long Live Atlanta’s Legendary ALLEY BOY DA DON. Passed away from Kidney Failure. He put out some amazing albums throughout his career. 💔🎱

What were some of your favorite Alley Boy songs?

This might be niche, but years back there was a guy who got some fame from a video of him sitting at home with a bottle of liquor and the American flag and he was singing very passionate.

I always wondered if all the rappers 2015-2020 fr had legit diamond grillz, chains, watches, earrings, etc. I remember 2011-2014 gold chains looked hella fake lmao ion even believe every Johnny piece is worth what they say 🤷🏾‍♂️

What is everybody’s favorite diss track ever and why? Just out of curiosity. For me personally, it’s No Vaseline, cube absolutely eviscerated NWA and arguably began the group’s downfall at that moment. For me, I like hearing the over-top-rage and adrenaline pumping energy, like take the gloves off and let me hear the violence in your bars kind of track (I.e. hit em up). But for others, they may prefer the more subtle jabs or something more creative and thought provoking or even bone chilling. I just don’t like it when rappers make it a mystery or leave it up in the air as to who they’re speaking to lol but i really wanna know what everybody prefers, put me on to something I haven’t heard!

My favorite ones is from jid from stick him saying "hand on my dick and hand on my gun one is for shooting and one is for fun"

I listened to the album after hearing his shitty cornball songs like Joker, Why so serious, joker returns, ptsd, all one take freestyles, the next rap god, well I’m done naming them pretty much all his songs are corny as fuck.

I had low hopes and I was surprised that the album wasn’t horrible

Loney dirt road and the title track were mid

You’re the problem was actually like good, like I’m sorry but I added it to my playlist it wasn’t amazing but it was catchy

Every other song was dogshit but overall the album wasn’t horrible

So here’s your reminder. I had this interlude on repeat back in the day.

I wanted to get the community's thoughts on these two massive projects from 2018. Both Scorpion by Drake and ? by XXXTENTACION had a huge impact on the charts and the culture, but they took completely different approaches to hip-hop and melodic rap. Which one do you think is better?

Not my personal favourite, but i’m hearing a ton of carti influence in the current mainstream hip hop.

Hard pick but for my current era favourite I’d have to go with wheezy. He’s brought out some of my favourite artists best material. Gunna, Young thug, Travis Scott, Lil Uzi Vert, Future countless other artists I’d say have made some of their best work with wheezy.

All time favourite producer id without a doubt go with The Alchemist. He’s been around for decades with handfuls of hits, but still manages to produce in ways that are relevant to the current sound appeal. My favourites being the Alfredo series and all of the work he’s done with boldy james / the griselda collective. The most insane part from my perspective is how he’s able to balance quality and quantity so well. He’s consistently released at least 3 projects a year for almost a decade with no noticeable quality drop off, which is extremely rare i feel.

Anyways, i’m interested to hear who everyone’s favourite producers are and why so let us know

The GOAT and it's not even close. The problem is people don't comprehend.

You’re the executive producer of an album….you get one shot to oversee an album with two rappers (male and female) and one producer but they have to all be from the same state. Who you picking? I got:

Rapsody And J. Cole. Fully produced by Khrysis. Carolina Stand Up

I cant find a good song, atleast from the artists i like, i keep on searching for songs from kanye, kendrick, tyler, 50, etc etc Its gone so bad im going into other entirely different genres because someone told me "(insert artist name) SoUnDs ExAcTLy LiKe (insert my favorite rapper). What can i do to combat ts

Personally I’d have to say Jeffery by young thug, simply because 10 years since release and i’m yet to hear anything remotely similar. not one miss but that’s just me

Do sealed copies with a signature officially exist?

Listening to these back to back, and I was considering Rico Wade's involvement with FUTURE and mentoring him. Rico is the founder of Organized Noize production in ATL and they are cousins. Nevertheless, I get amazing vibes from both albums.

Southernplayistic is hard and gritty, and a testament to how hard big boi and andre worked in Atlanta to become who they did.

FUTURE was a member of the Dungeon Family, whom OUTKAST was also a member.

Anyway, hope y'all like the albums and this is the appropriate place for this type of discourse.

The lost boy. 8/10

from a birds eye of view 9/10.

the crossroads 10/10.

They are all great albums. It's cool seeing how much influence kanye has in him. Lots of kanye references.

Been bumpin’ KRS since 89’ when I bought the criminal minded cassette tape. This dudes 🔥and only gets better with age. The godfather of HipHop is not old school when he’s rocking you right now ! If you love the BDP crew or hate them let me know.

If u listen closely like I read, you can hear the voice glitching

I'm neither bri'ish nor american. But I've seen Americans in general clown UK rap. I'm not a fan of drill in general, its pretty basic to me and I would say even destructive. But i think UK drill is undoubtedly better than NYC drill. Lyrically, flow wise, punchlines, everything. I'm not sure how americans felt back when grime was popping but it seems like it wasn't recieved well over there either.

So what do you think is the reason UK rap will never really break into USA?