Killer Mike has some A-town artists he can’t wait to tell you about.
Atlanta is many things to many people. Musically, the A has given us everything from iggety-underaged rappers with their clothes worn backwards to hard-ass trap music, mindless stripper jams, and all kinds of experimental shit in between. On Killer Mike’s latest project, the double-disc album Underground Atlanta, that releases today, the Grand Hustle rapper brings artists from all sub-genres together to showcase the full range of talent in his hometown. Complex caught up with the big homie to get his thoughts on 10 new and emerging Atlanta artists that you should be up on. Most of them are on his album, so cop that and see what the hell he’s talking about!
With all due respect to Thirstin Howl III, it’s shocking that no rapper has recorded a truly definitive ode to Ralph Lauren’s enduring greatness. Newcomer Dukwon—originally from small town Southern Pines, North Carolina and now repping Jacksonville, Florida—has a pretty good shot at the title with his new joint “Polo” (Ho!), featuring one of Complex’s favorite MCs, Killer Mike. This one’s got all the ingredients of a late-summer banger: a pool party, chicks with croquet mallets and an overdose of some clean-as-hell ’Lo. Sadly, they didn’t get Ralph’s cannonball on tape.
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When Shawty Lo said “N*ggas say they from the Westside?/Well Goddamn, there must be two sides!” in “Dunn Dunn,” he was clowning certain rappers who claim to be from Bankhead, his Westside Atlanta neighborhood, but are actually from the outskirts.
Killer Mike isn’t from Bankhead, but he reps Adamsville, another area on the Westside. On his new joint “2 Sides,” the former OutKast affiliate turns Lo’s memorable line into an anthem for the entire A, calling out folks for falsely claiming the Eastside, Southside and Northside as well. With Atlanta going through a boom lately, attracting out of towners from all over, keeping sight of the real ATL seems more important than ever. This joint is rumored to be on Mike’s upcoming album I Pledge Allegience To The Grind II. Listen after the jump.
