It ain't called 'Hotlanta' for nothin
28 April 06 in Media
Atlanta’s Hip-Hop scene revolves around the city’s major strip clubs:
Two decades ago, strip clubs were among the few places that would play the nastiest Southern rap records. As Southern rap went mainstream, the connection between club deejays and musicians has only grown stronger.
And so, Monday through Wednesday nights — when Atlanta’s professional class is most likely sleeping — undiscovered hopefuls descend on three of the city’s best-known strip clubs, promoting their dreams and demo CDs in the presence of live nude girls.
I’m not exactly surprised by this. Underground culture and sex go hand-in-hand. And while Rock-n-Roll was neutered around the mid 1990’s, descending into pussified ‘emo’ navel-gazing, urban music has continued to embrace strongly sexual themes.
[Via Los Angeles Times]
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