Gucci mane
Young Thug
Future
RHQ
Migos
Bankroll Fresh
2Chainz

Yeah it was bound to happen

It helped get eyes on him and his music. He used to go viral on worldstar and s*** like that back then for being “the real gangstalicious” or for being “fruity” but also being street too. He’s known for trolling too

But imagine if
Drake
Ye
Chance
Rocky/The Mob
OF
Joey Bada$$
Kendrick
Cole (earlier)

All dropped. A lot of them niggas would play second fiddle. Put your 2013 lenses on and you’ll understand that them niggas not dropping played a huge role in ATL taking over.

u think the streets are listening to Chance The Rapper over Future?

also all the artists you listed other than Chance were dropping albums on DSPs, not free mixtapes

DSP’s weren’t a thing until 2015

Bro Chance had a big following that I think y’all forget. Also back then, success wasn’t measured by what was being played outside lol

Then it would happen in 2014 or 2015 or 2016

Why didn’t it happen when they were dropping in 2012 and 2013 then? Unless you’re just choosing to miss my point

No Thug
Future pre Beast Mode
No RHQ
Gucci going to jail end of 2013 also gave him tons of clout

Spotify launched in 2011, Beats Music was 2014, and there were other apps like RDIO, Pandora, etc

Nope

There’s coon poisoning in the water in the ATL rap scene

none of them niggas you listed made hits like them ATL niggas were! stop this revisionism s*** lmfao. the south always got something to say and it had nothing to do with them niggas not dropping nigga Rich Gang and No Label 2? The biggest rapper at the time even left his traditional sound and had to take a trip down south cause it was inevitable the takeover in sound that was happening he had to keep up lmao

just compare headlines to the rest of take care, nigga peeped some s*** going on and started to shift and then did that Tony Montana remix in 2012 and inevitably had to come back to the south cause of the noise Thug and Future was making even past that, especially future. Honest was everywhere in clubs lmao. Future might have been slick the nigga to run to for hits after Drake in 2014 and then along came Thug in 2015/2016 and then SoundCloud was literally carried by southern artists for the most part (Carti, 21, XXX, Kodak) so idk why you think them other niggas dropping woulda somehow stopped what the south was doing. on top of this Migos were having a crazy run on their rise, 2 Chainz was being dragged around by the other biggest rapper at the time 😂 Ross and Khaled was getting features left and right from Jay-Z, Nas, and whoever

and popularity is always based on what beings played outside to your other comment that's why when Chance tried to keep up with the south he did this bullshit and niggas canceled him to oblivion

I forgot this bs even attempted to feature two south artists

Early 2010s Atlanta was hard and fun. Metro mixtape is proof of that

The problem was atlanta actually had a vision as a region while the east and west coast was too busy infighting to notice/do s***. @HavenPB

And its been like that since the 2000s fyi.

pop songs are botted more than rap

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Fried

Why is everyone surprised at Young Thug rn .

You didnt realize he had this in him when you first saw him?

That interview where they asked young thug his thoughts on michael brown and he responded the way he did pretty much saying "I dont give a f***". KTT thugger stans had tears in their eyes using the "hes off a perc rn" excuse.

Ok once again you’re bringing up stuff that happened in late to mid 2014 as far as those tapes go.

Headlines doesn’t sound like ATL at all lol
Again, you’re using a 2012 song acting like blog raps weren’t also sharing the wave. You keep bringing up hits like Gucci and them had hits in 2006-2009 and yet people still cared about other subgenres of rap probably even more. These guys were solely known for being club rappers especially in NYC.

Honest def had bangers but that was just it, bangers. Niggas didn’t call Future a GOAT like that yet until the 3 mixtapes dropped.

Ross and Khaled aren’t the same thing that i’m saying either since I’m talking about “the new ATL.” I’m talking about Thug, Migos, Rich Homie, Metro, and them.”

yall just say anything lol

you wasn’t there lol it’s ok bro

THATS WHAT IM SAYING lmfaooo