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Originally posted by MeezDiscreet
 enough with the dirty south? why? people in the south deserve deals and spins like everyone else. i don't understand. what would radio be if ALL we heard was east coast? that's not very fair. i understand not liking it. houston rap is an acquired taste (it took me a while to get used to it and i've been in houston since '98). atlanta rap is different too. but i just can't get with "enough with thed dirty south rap." 
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As a Native Houstonian (who still lives here in Houston
), this kind of rap is only one reflection of the lifestyle of 10% of the black people that live in the South. It is a sterotype (characature (sp??)). Hence, the requirements of a Dirty South rapper (i.e., Houston, Atlanta, and New Orleans):
Gold teeth
A Pimp Cup (with an Energy Drink named after)
A "Twang" accent
Some "doves" on an Escalade w/ Candy paint
A third grade vocabulary
Screwed up and sippin on syzurp
The whole point is that I am not tired of Dirty South rap--I'm tired of the lack of imagination or eclectic taste. A true reflection of the South is what we need in Hip-Hop and for these reasons to listen to artists more substance such as:
The Roots
Common
Nas
Mos-Def
Talib Kweli
OutKast (who are not the stereotypical "Dirty South" rappers)
and many, many more...
