![]() Music about the dead end roads, paranoia about the police, hustling to get by, shootings. It’s important to remember that at this point in 2010, trap music hadn’t gone global Atlanta remained the epicenter. And “Southside Anthem” off Lebron Flocka James contains direct references to Cla圜o, which endeared him to the inhabitants of a place that doesn’t get much shine. After all, it was just a decade ago that Debra Antney (Waka’s mom and a Cla圜o native) was managing both artists. Today, a generation of artists who spent their formative years listening to Flocka and Gucci mixtapes, are coming of age. While the trap sound of Gucci and Zaytoven circulated around the whole world. Drill music, both blunt and melodic, arrived via Chicago circa 2013. ![]() Migos lifted triplet flows from Memphis and established them as part of the Atlanta canon. Metropolitan A tlanta has imported and exported sounds and styles for decades. So it can be difficult to neatly separate the city from suburbs. A decent amount of ATL rap notorious streets are in Cla圜o: Old National Road, Riverdale Road, and Camp Creek. The hip-hop lineage in Clayton County includes 2 Chainz, Kap G, Rich the Kid, and Southside from College Park and Waka Flocka Flame and Carti from Riverdale. Most headlines that implicate Clayton County highlight a corrupt criminal justice system, a lack of functional public services, and little else. Offset and Playboi Carti have both been recent victims of this. The sheriff, Victor Hill, is notoriously overzealous, and has a habit of arresting rappers and making a public scene of it. Cla圜o also has a reputation for being overpoliced. This was only the second time that this had occurred in a school system in America since 1960. In 2008, the school system in Clayton County lost its accreditation, meaning that their certification of competency, authority, and credibility was revoked (it’s since been restored). The median household income in Cla圜o is under $40,000 a year, compared to $65K in Atlanta. Ĭlayton County is a commuter town in the suburbs of Atlanta that doesn’t share in the big city’s prosperity. A group of artists who have collectively reimagined Clayton County as Jurassic Park. The catalysts of this movement are Slimesito, Black Gwaluh, BigSmokeChapo, BeezyB, and Fluhkunxhkos. The bounciness and color of Chicken Talk trap and the Zaytoven upbeat “whirrr” are being paired with drill’s bleak palette, and a rhythmic and unruly strain of the Memphis triplet flow. In Clayton County, the future is being developed. Jacob Dorion has probably read Ulysses once or twice. ![]() Please support Passion of the Weiss by subscribing to our Patreon. We’re not after Jeff Goldblum money, just enough to support our staff.
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