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Originally posted by unspokenone25
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... 
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i can understand a personal prefernce for a certain genre. however, when i read your original post, i got that you were implying that dirty south music should be over and that it shouldn't be played on radio and video stations. i didn't get the whole lack of imagination thing.
but, i wouldn't call the artist you name as a true reflection of the south because, as someone who is from the south, you know that there are a lot of "subcultures" down here that any one person could subscribe to. the same person who goes to paesanos on sunday to hear poetry could have gone to the red cat the night before to hear jazz or clarks to hear soul music and could be the same person at the m bar on thursday and dreams on friday to listen to rap and hip hop (as a houstonian, i'm sure you can appreciate my example).