Time Capsule · Golden Age
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East Point, Atlanta · Hip-Hop · Southern
Duo of André "3000" Benjamin and Antwan "Big Boi" Patton, developed with Organized Noize in the Dungeon. Their 1994 debut on LaFace helped put Atlanta on the national hip-hop map.
College Park, Atlanta · Hip-Hop · Southern
Group of CeeLo Green, Khujo, T-Mo and Big Gipp; founding members of the Dungeon Family. Their debut Soul Food (1995) brought socially conscious Southern rap to a national audience.
East Point, Atlanta · Hip-Hop / R&B · Southern
Producers Rico Wade, Ray Murray and Sleepy Brown. Working from the basement studio known as the Dungeon, they shaped early OutKast and Goodie Mob records and produced TLC's "Waterfalls" (1995).
East Point, Atlanta · Hip-Hop · Southern
Dungeon Family MC from East Point. His single "Watch for the Hook" featured OutKast and Goodie Mob, and his album was released through Organized Noize's label.
Southwest Atlanta, Atlanta · Hip-Hop · Conscious
Afrocentric, socially conscious collective led by Speech. Their 1992 debut won them the Grammy for Best New Artist — an early national breakthrough for Atlanta hip-hop.
East Atlanta, Atlanta · Hip-Hop · Crunk
Lil Jon, then a club DJ and So So Def A&R, formed the group with Big Sam and Lil Bo. Their independently released 1997 debut helped spread crunk from Atlanta clubs.
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OutKast · 1994 · LaFace
Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik (production)
Organized Noize · 1994 · LaFace
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Arrested Development · 1994 · Chrysalis
Soul Food
Goodie Mob · 1995 · LaFace
Soul Food (production)
Organized Noize · 1995 · LaFace
ATLiens
OutKast · 1996 · LaFace
Get Crunk, Who U Wit: Da Album
Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz · 1997 · Mirror Image
Aquemini
OutKast · 1998 · LaFace
Still Standing
Goodie Mob · 1998 · LaFace
World Party
Goodie Mob · 1999 · LaFace
East Point's Greatest Hit
Cool Breeze · 1999 · Organized Noize / Interscope
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Atlanta 1996 — scene footage
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Oral history: growing up in East Point
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Organized Noize worked out of a basement studio in Rico Wade's family home in East Point, nicknamed the Dungeon. OutKast, Goodie Mob and others developed there, and the circle became known as the Dungeon Family.
At the 1995 Source Awards in New York, OutKast won Best New Rap Group to boos from the crowd. André 3000 answered: "The South got something to say." The moment became a symbol of Southern hip-hop's arrival.
Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz's independent debut carried Atlanta club chants onto record, helping define the sound later called crunk.
Goodie Mob releases Soul Food
Debut album on LaFace, produced largely by Organized Noize.
OutKast at the Source Awards (New York)
Best New Rap Group win and André 3000's "The South got something to say" speech.
OutKast releases ATLiens
Second album, on LaFace.
Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz release Get Crunk, Who U Wit
Independent debut on Mirror Image.
The Dungeon
Basement studio · East Point · 1992–2000
Magic City
Club · Downtown · 1985–2026
Golden Age
Basement studios, skating rinks and strip-mall record shops building a Southern sound. In this capsule, 6 demo artists are active across 4 neighborhoods, working through 2 labels and 2 gathering places.
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