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Basement studios, skating rinks and strip-mall record shops building a Southern sound. (Demo summary)
Neighborhoods: East Point · College Park · Decatur · Bankhead · Southwest Atlanta
Travel through Atlanta's timeline · 1996
6 artists active · 7 in archive
Enter Atlanta 1996 →Atlanta archive
OutKast
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.
Goodie Mob
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.
Organized Noize
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).
Cool Breeze
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.
Arrested Development
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.
Lil Jon & the East Side Boyz
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.
Pastor Troy
College Park, Atlanta · Hip-Hop · Crunk
College Park rapper who built a street following with independent releases before signing to a major. His late-90s anthems became Georgia rallying cries.