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Atlanta hip-hop emerged from Georgia's capital as a distinctive Southern rap sound characterized by booming 808 bass, rapid-fire hi-hats, and inventive trap production. The genre blends street-oriented lyrics with melodic flows, ad-libs, and experimental vocal techniques that pushed mainstream rap in new directions. Rooted in the city's unique culture and slang, it became one of hip-hop's most influential regional sounds since the 1990s.

100 chronological releases

Place	Cover	Date	Artist	Album	Tags	Other places
61		1973	Various Artists	The Best of the Great American Music Hour Vol. 1	alt-country americana atlanta country folk indie pop indie rock rock singer-songwriter
65		1973	Various Artists	The Best of the Great American Music Hour Vol. 2	americana atlanta folk indie pop indie rock rock
72		1973	Spirit of Atlanta	The Burning Of Atlanta	atlanta funk
38		1979	King David	iGRIND HARDER	rap atlanta gangsta rap
40		1986	The Swimming Pool Q's	Blue Tomorrow	atlanta indie rock rock
73		1989	Bill & Gloria Gaither	Atlanta Homecoming	atlanta
2		1992	Gerard McHugh	More Than I	atlanta
92		1994	Germ	Every Dog Has Its Day	atlanta hip-hop memphis rap rap southern hip hop trap underground rap	underground rap # 15 memphis rap # 64
17		1995	Vital Signs	Demo	atlanta hardcore
51		1995-09-23	Dog Bite	the owls and eyes	alternative alternative pop alternative rock ambient rock america american american underground atlanta avant-rock electronic experimental folk experimental pop freak folk new weird america one man band one man project psychedelic pop psychedelic rock usa	american underground # 24 avant-rock # 34 one man band # 63 experimental folk # 71 ambient rock # 72 one man project # 75
33		1996	Eggplant	Anorak Twat	acid techno alternative ambient american atlanta blues breakcore detroit downtempo drill and bass drill n bass drum and bass dub electro electronic electronica emo experimental electronic experimental techno folk glitch hardcore hip-hop idm illbient indie rock industrial instrumental japanese jazz punk rock reggae rock roots reggae techno trip-hop	drill and bass # 26 experimental techno # 34 drill n bass # 39
53		1996	Eggplant	Catgirl	acid techno alternative ambient american atlanta blues breakcore detroit downtempo drill and bass drill n bass drum and bass dub electro electronic electronica emo experimental electronic experimental techno folk glitch hardcore hip-hop idm illbient indie pop indie rock industrial instrumental japanese jazz punk rock reggae rock roots reggae techno trip-hop	experimental techno # 56 drill and bass # 58 drill n bass # 66
45		1996-04-10	Richard Devine	Polymorphic EP	acid techno alternative ambient american atlanta blues breakcore detroit downtempo drill and bass drill n bass drum and bass dub electro electronic electronica emo experimental electronic experimental techno folk glitch hardcore hip-hop idm illbient indie rock industrial instrumental japanese jazz punk rock reggae rock roots reggae ska techno trip-hop	experimental techno # 49 drill and bass # 52 drill n bass # 59
25		1997	DJ Taz	That's Right	atlanta bass dirty south electro
87		1997	Better Than a Thousand	Just one	atlanta hardcore
74		1997-09-30	Patty Loveless	Long Stretch Of Lonesome	atlanta country late 90s country	late 90s country # 54
59		1997-11	Helix	Stacks Riddim / Honig	atlanta electronic house techno
78		1998	Richard Devine	Richard Coleman Devine EP	acid techno alternative ambient american atlanta blues breakcore detroit downtempo drill and bass drill n bass drum and bass dub electro electronic electronica emo experimental electronic experimental techno folk glitch hardcore hip-hop idm illbient indie rock industrial instrumental japanese jazz punk rock reggae rock roots reggae ska techno trip-hop	acid techno # 42 experimental electronic # 78 illbient # 78 drill and bass # 81 experimental techno # 81 drill n bass # 92
93		1998	Portishead	Roseland NYC [Live]	atlanta
18		1999	Lost Souls	Let It Ride	atlanta g-funk
57		2000	King David	Roach Spray	atlanta dirty south rap
84		2000-10-17	Ludacris	Back For The First Time	rap	dirty south # 59 southern rap # 78
68		2000-10-23	OutKast	Stankonia	hip-hop rap	dirty south # 10 hip-hop # 42
48		2001	Key!	Before I Scream	atlanta rap trap
44		2002	American Anodyne	So, you want to be a bullfighter		outlaw country # 1
5		2002	Nathan Sheppard	Carried Away	acoustic americana atlanta folk
8		2002	Nathan Sheppard	Damn Good Dawg	alt-country americana atlanta country folk rock rock singer-songwriter
20		2002	Nathan Sheppard	Global Forecast	americana atlanta dark folk folk singer-songwriter
37		2002	T-Rock	The Myth of Reality	atlanta gangsta rap hardcore rap memphis rap southern rap underground rap
30		2002	American Anodyne	So, you want to be a bullfighter...
39		2003-11-25	Nathan Sheppard	Traveling On	alt-country americana atlanta folk rock singer-songwriter
66		2004	Instilled	Unfinished Business	atlanta
46		2004-06	Vietnam	Past Away	art punk art rock atlanta dance new wave post-punk
47		2004-10-19	e-sin	holding on to drowning	ambient atlanta glitch idm
81		2005	Modern Skirts	Catalogue of Generous Men	atlanta male vocalists pop rock
63		2006	Cassavetes	Funny Story	atlanta indie rock
79		2006-05-12	Lil Scrappy	Bred 2 Die Born 2 Live	atlanta crunk dirty south rap rnb	dirty south # 16 crunk # 25
82		2006-07-29	Echovalve	II	atlanta hard rock rock
60		2007	Mad Margritt	Animal	atlanta metal rock
97		2007-09-25	Gorilla Zoe	Welcome To The Zoo	atlanta dirty south	dirty south # 86
28		2008-06-24	Rick Brantley	Prize-Fight-Lover-Soul-Auctioneer	atlanta gospel rock soul
56		2008-07-08	Kaki King	Daytrotter Session - 7/8/2008	america american atlanta baroque pop female vocalists indie folk one man project singer-songwriter usa	one man project # 78
12		2009	Neg-Fi	Eiliyas / Neg-Fi split 7"	atlanta brooklyn new york city no wave noise
77		2010-06-22	Donnis	Diary of an ATL Brave presented by 10.Deep	atlanta
58		2010-07-19	Bathcrones	beko_27	america american american underground atlanta chillwave experimental indie hypnagogic pop usa	american underground # 36 experimental indie # 65
31		2011	Childish Gambino	Untitled	atlanta rnb
89		2011-05-17	Killer Mike	Pl3dge	atlanta hip-hop rap
76		2011-05-30	Cults	split face EP	alternative america american american underground atlanta avant-rock experimental rock usa	america # 63 american underground # 71 avant-rock # 82
43		2011-10-28	Illmont	Shawty	atlanta
16		2012-10-31	Undead Viking Mafia	Ours, and Fairly Won
96		2012-12-11	Big Boi	Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors	atlanta rap
49		2013	Young Jeezy	Snowman - Mo Icey	atlanta rap
88		2013-02-12	Gucci Mane	Trap God 2	atlanta rap trap
75		2014	Future	Dirty Sprite 2	atlanta trap
98		2014-02-14	Migos	No Label II	atlanta trap
50		2014-02-25	Stat Quo	ATLA: All This Life Allows, Vol. 1
86		2014-03-18	Black Lips	Underneath The Rainbow	rock atlanta southern rock
95		2014-04-22	K Camp	In Due Time	atlanta
67		2014-09-17	Archibald SLIM	He's Drunk!	atlanta
83		2014-10-02	Childish Gambino	STN MTN	atlanta remixes	remixes # 54
32		2015-02-17	POYNTE	Discreet Enemy
94		2015-05-25	21 Savage	The Slaughter Tape	atlanta trap
85		2016	Butch Walker	I Liked It Better When You Had No Heart	rock atlanta
70		2016-01-01	OG Maco	The Lord of Rage	atlanta hardcore horrorcore
100		2017	Future	HNDRXX	rap atlanta hip-hop	rap # 21
6		2017	Lil Yachty	Bentley Coupe	atlanta trap
11		2018	Trouble	Edgewood (41E Edition)	hip-hop rap trap
26		2018-02-16	Helix	Greatest Hits Vol.2	atlanta electronic house techno
27		2018-02-16	Helix	Greatest Hits Vol.3	atlanta electronic house techno
42		2018-09-19	J.I.D	Bruuuh	atlanta rap
91		2019-09-13	Microwave	Death is a Warm Blanket	alternative rock emo atlanta post-hardcore
10		2020-09-18	Ethan Senger	I'm Fine	atlanta pop rock
35		2021-05-07	Richard Devine	Richard Devine EP	acid techno alternative ambient american atlanta blues breakcore detroit downtempo drill and bass drill n bass drum and bass dub electro electronic electronica emo experimental electronic experimental techno folk glitch hardcore hip-hop idm illbient indie rock industrial instrumental japanese jazz punk rock reggae rock roots reggae ska techno trip-hop	drill and bass # 29 experimental techno # 36 drill n bass # 43
34		2022-04-14	Various Artists	Lost Cat Picks Vol. 1	alt-country americana atlanta country folk indie pop rock
54		2022-04-14	Various Artists	Lost Cat Picks Vol. 2	alt-country americana atlanta bluegrass country folk indie pop rock singer-songwriter
55		2022-04-14	Various Artists	Lost Cat Picks Vol. 3	alt-country americana atlanta bluegrass folk indie pop rock singer-songwriter
62		2022-12-16	15,000 Guns	15,000 Guns
90		2023	Various Artists	Rich Homie Cartel Vol 1	atlanta gangsta rap rnb southern hip hop trap
99		2023-06-30	Young Nudy	SLI'MERRE	atlanta
69		2023-10-06	Young Jeezy	Lets Get It: Thug Motivation 101	atlanta dirty south rap
4			Robel Synthesia	Midnight Polaroids	alternative dance ambient america american american underground atlanta breaks chillout downtempo electronic electronic pop musique concrete new age one man band one man project organic electronica soundscape usa	organic electronica # 38 one man project # 38
23			Role of the Observer	Role of the Observer	ambient animals atlanta metal progressive metal rock	animals # 12
80			Bohagon	Crunk in HD	atlanta crunk dirty south	dirty south # 22 crunk # 38
1			Fleacoo	TopShelfFleacoo	atlanta rap
3			Proton	Where You Want To Be	atlanta hip-hop rap rock
7			The Woodgrains	The Woodgrain E.P.	acoustic alternative ambient americana atlanta blues blues rock folk freak folk psychedelic rock rock
9			Evan Andree	Flags	atlanta emo folk pop
13			Scott Haycock and The Accomplices	The Good of Scott Haycock	acoustic atlanta lo-fi
14			FN DaDealer & Young Stoner Life	From Nun	atlanta
15			Theodora Hobson	Change My Sound	alternative american atlanta singer-songwriter synthpop
19			Diestra	Una Nueva Vida	atlanta electronica rock
22			Solace Lost	Demos	atlanta death metal hardcore heavy metal metal metalcore
24			Book Club Band	Ghost	atlanta country folk pop
29			Scott Haycock and The Accomplices	The Accomplices	atlanta americana folk rock male vocalists
36			Kip Jones	Downright	alt-country americana atlanta country folk rock singer-songwriter
41			Theodora Hobson	Do I Have To Tell You	alternative american atlanta singer-songwriter synthpop
52			TORI LEWIS	Attitude	atlanta pop
64			pissboicarti	Red	atlanta cloud rap hip-hop rap southern hip hop trap
71			Slambo	Slambo II	atlanta broadway canada country dance electronica opera piano pop
21			The Johnson Party	Greenwoodstock, Frederica Hall, Atlanta, GA 6/3/06

Related genres

• rap
• hip-hop
• rock
• folk
• american
• trap
• electronic
• alternative
• dirty south
• ambient