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dirty south

Last updated: Tue Nov 04 2025 23:08:00 GMT+0200 (Eastern European Standard Time)

Description

Dirty South is a subgenre of hip-hop that originated in the southern United States, particularly in the cities of Atlanta, Houston, and Memphis, during the 1990s. It is characterized by heavy beats, slow and gritty rhythms, and synthesized melodies, often featuring heavy bass lines, 808 drum machines, and chopped and screwed vocal samples. The lyrics often center around themes of street life, drug dealing, violence, and southern pride, and are delivered in a slow, drawling style that is typical of the region. Some of the most well-known Dirty South artists include Outkast, UGK, Lil Wayne, and T.I.

100 chronological releases

Place	Cover	Date	Artist	Album	Tags	Other places
63		1991	Scarface	Mr. Scarface Is Back	dirty south gangsta rap hip-hop southern hip hop
98		1994	OutKast	Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik	dirty south	gangsta rap # 6 southern hip hop # 8 southern rap # 73 g-funk # 75
87		1996	Goodie Mob	Soul Food	dirty south
91		1996-07-30	UGK	Ridin' Dirty	dirty south	southern rap # 30 houston # 80
64		1997-03-11	Scarface	The Untouchable	dirty south texas	texas # 95
21		1998	Playa Fly	Movin' On	dirty south
45		1998-03-24	Lil' Keke	The Commission	dirty south hip-hop houston rap southern rap texas	southern rap # 56 texas # 79 houston # 92
50		1998-05-19	Soulja Slim	Give It 2 'Em Raw	dirty south
9		1998-09-28	OutKast	Aquemini	hip-hop	conscious hip hop # 8 southern rap # 36
1		1998-09-30	カヒミ・カリィ	the best of trattoria years plus more	acid jazz african ambient asian black metal brazilian british christian christian rock classic rock classical comedy crunk dance death metal dirty south drone dubstep easy listening electronic electronica electropop emo female vocalists french funk gangsta rap gothic metal grindcore hair metal hardcore heavy metal hip-hop house japan japanese mashup melodic death metal metal metalcore new age noise pop punk rock rap rnb rock russian schlager screamo skinhead soul spanish straight edge swedish techno trance viking metal	crunk # 13 mashup # 18 straight edge # 49 skinhead # 59
32		1998-12-15	Mystikal	Ghetto Fabulous	dirty south hip-hop louisiana new orleans rap	new orleans # 75 louisiana # 98
13		1999	Masonna	Frequency L.S.D.	acid jazz african ambient asian black metal brazilian british christian christian rock classic rock classical comedy crunk dance death metal dirty south drone dubstep easy listening electronic electronica electropop emo female vocalists french funk gangsta rap gothic metal grindcore hair metal hardcore heavy metal hip-hop house japan japanese mashup melodic death metal metal metalcore new age noise pop punk rock rap rnb rock russian schlager screamo skinhead soul spanish straight edge swedish techno trance viking metal	crunk # 17 mashup # 26 straight edge # 53 skinhead # 69
6		2000	Lil' O	Da Fat Rat Wit da Cheese	dirty south houston southern rap	southern rap # 19 houston # 79
52		2000-07-18	Big Moe	City Of Syrup	dirty south hip-hop houston rap southern rap texas	southern rap # 62 texas # 82 houston # 95
61		2000-10-17	Ludacris	Back For The First Time	rap	southern rap # 78 atlanta # 84
11		2000-10-23	OutKast	Stankonia	hip-hop rap	hip-hop # 42 atlanta # 68
24		2000-12-12	Field Mob	613: Ashy To Classy	dirty south rap
53		2001-05-22	Pastor Troy	Face Off	dirty south rap southern rap	southern rap # 64
57		2001-11-06	Ludacris	Word of Mouf	rap hip-hop	crunk # 36 southern rap # 87
67		2001-11-06	Petey Pablo	Diary of a Sinner: 1st Entry	dirty south
76		2001-11-20	Dungeon Family	Even In Darkness	dirty south
56		2001-12-18	Mystikal	Tarantula	dirty south hip-hop rap
29		2002	Field Mob	From Tha Roota To Tha Toota	crunk dirty south hip-hop rap	crunk # 48
30		2002	H.A.W.K.	Hawk	dirty south hip-hop houston southern rap	southern rap # 40 houston # 87
40		2002-04-22	Big Moe	Purple World	dirty south rap	texas # 34
49		2002-08-27	Lil' Flip	Undaground Legend	dirty south hip-hop
20		2002-09-24	Pastor Troy	Universal Soldier	dirty south horrorcore
4		2002-12-17	Z-Ro	Life	dirty south gangsta rap rap
26		2003	Ludacris	Chicken & Beer	hip-hop	crunk # 39
54		2003	Three 6 Mafia	Da Unbreakables (Explicit Version)	crunk dirty south gangsta rap memphis rap southern hip hop	memphis rap # 59 crunk # 63
28		2003-08-19	T.I.	Trap Muzik	rap	southern rap # 7
84		2003-09-29	OutKast	Speakerboxx/The Love Below	dirty south funk
73		2003-10-07	Ludacris	Chicken -N- Beer	dirty south
79		2004	Young Buck	Straight Outta Cashville	dirty south hip-hop rap
22		2004-08-24	Pitbull	M.I.A.M.I.	rap reggaeton
10		2005	T.I.	Active	dirty south rap southern rap trap	southern rap # 20
5		2005	Lil' Flip	I Need Mine	rap hip-hop dirty south
69		2005-04-26	Z-Ro	Let The Truth Be Told	dirty south rap southern rap	southern rap # 60
71		2005-09-27	Three 6 Mafia	Most Known Unknown	rap	crunk # 75 memphis # 84
60		2005-10-18	Bun B	Trill	southern rap dirty south	southern rap # 89
92		2005-11-22	Chamillionaire	The Sound of Revenge	dirty south southern rap hip-hop rap	southern rap # 99
72		2005-12-13	YoungBloodz	Ev'rybody Know Me	dirty south
88		2006-01-01	Ludacris	Release Therapy	dirty south rap
75		2006-03-27	T.I.	King	rap hip-hop	southern rap # 65
68		2006-04-18	Pastor Troy	Stay Tru	dirty south southern rap	southern rap # 83
2		2006-04-18	Da Backwudz	Wood Work	dirty south hip-hop rap
17		2006-05-12	Lil Scrappy	Bred 2 Die Born 2 Live	atlanta crunk dirty south rap rnb	crunk # 25 atlanta # 79
70		2006-06-27	Trae	Restless	dirty south hip-hop
35		2006-08-08	Rick Ross	Port Of Miami	rap hip-hop
85		2007	UGK	UGK (Underground Kingz)	dirty south
42		2007-03-27	Young Buck	Buck The World	rap
81		2007-04-27	Bun B	That's Gangsta [Feat. Sean Kingston]	dirty south southern rap	southern rap # 91
15		2007-08-21	Project Pat	What Cha Starin' At? Mixtape	memphis rap	crunk # 22 southern rap # 27 memphis rap # 69
82		2007-09-18	Chamillionaire	Ultimate Victory	rap dirty south hip-hop
86		2007-09-25	Gorilla Zoe	Welcome To The Zoo	atlanta dirty south	atlanta # 97
18		2007-10-30	Project Pat	Walkin' Bank Roll	crunk dirty south gangsta rap memphis rap southern hip hop trap	crunk # 26 memphis rap # 33
38		2007-12-18	Big Moe	The Best of Big Moe	dirty south
95		2008	The Lonely Island	Jizz In My Pants	brutal death metal christian rock dirty south metal rap metal rock	metal # 57 brutal death metal # 88 rap metal # 94 christian rock # 96
27		2008	Flo Rida	Mail On Sunday (Explicit)	dance dirty south hip-hop pop rap
66		2008	Lil' Wayne	The Suffix	dirty south rap
89		2008-03-11	Rick Ross	Trilla	dirty south
78		2008-03-17	Flo Rida	Mail On Sunday	rap hip-hop	crunk # 58
14		2008-03-26	Cristal Snow	The Prophecy	breakcore comedy composer cyberpunk dark ambient deathcore dirty south emo garage goregrind grindcore j-rock lo-fi male vocalists mexican nigeria noise noise rock noisecore nsbm pop rap screamo soundtrack suicidal black metal symphonic black metal techno underground rap world	composer # 24 cyberpunk # 32 mexican # 38 suicidal black metal # 45 noisecore # 65 nigeria # 88
8		2008-06-10	Lil' Wayne	Tha Carter III	rap
43		2008-09-23	Z-Ro	Crack	dirty south
80		2008-09-29	T.I.	Paper Trail	rap	rap # 2 southern rap # 45
97		2009-04-07	Flo Rida	R.O.O.T.S. (Route Of Overcoming The Struggle)	dance dirty south hip-hop pop rap
25		2009-04-14	Pastor Troy	Feel Me Or Kill Me	ccm christian contemporary christian crunk dirty south horrorcore southern rap	southern rap # 38 crunk # 45 ccm # 54
37		2009-06-09	Pastor Troy	Ready For War	crunk dirty south	crunk # 52
51		2009-06-30	Ace Hood	Ruthless	dirty south hip-hop rap
7		2010	Killa Kyleon	Natural Born Killa 2.0 Reloaded	dirty south
12		2010-05-04	Scarface	Dopeman Music	dirty south houston rap	houston rap # 92
44		2010-06-08	Lil Jon	Crunk Juice	dirty south
33		2010-08-03	Bun B	Trill O.G.	rap
46		2010-08-30	Gucci Mane	Chicken Talk	dirty south gangsta rap southern hip hop trap
62		2010-09-13	Lil B	Blue Flame	cloud rap conscious hip hop dirty south experimental hip hop gangsta rap trap west coast hip hop	conscious hip hop # 45 west coast hip hop # 57
48		2010-11-09	Lil B	Red Flame	abstract hip hop cloud rap conscious hip hop dirty south experimental hip hop gangsta rap hardcore hip hop trap west coast hip hop	abstract hip hop # 8 hardcore hip hop # 20 conscious hip hop # 33 west coast hip hop # 69
47		2010-12-21	Keri Hilson	No Boys Allowed	rnb
19		2012-09-10	Chelsea Wolfe	Live At Roadburn	acid jazz african ambient asian black metal brazilian british christian christian rock classic rock classical comedy crunk dance death metal dirty south drone dubstep easy listening electronic electronica electropop emo female vocalists french funk gangsta rap gothic metal grindcore hair metal hardcore heavy metal hip-hop house japan japanese mashup melodic death metal metal metalcore new age noise pop punk rock rap rnb rock russian schlager screamo skinhead soul spanish straight edge swedish techno trance viking metal	hair metal # 2 schlager # 10 crunk # 28 mashup # 40 straight edge # 56 skinhead # 73
36		2013-01-14	Chelsea Wolfe	Prayer for the Unborn	acid jazz african ambient asian black metal brazilian breakcore british christian christian rock classic rock classical comedy crunk dance death metal dirty south drone dubstep easy listening electronic electronica electropop emo female vocalists french funk gangsta rap gothic metal grindcore hair metal hardcore heavy metal hip-hop house humour japan japanese k-pop korean mashup melodic death metal metal metalcore new age noise pop psychedelic rock rap rnb rock russian schlager screamo skinhead soul spanish swedish techno trance viking metal	japan # 5 african # 16 hair metal # 41 schlager # 49 crunk # 51 humour # 67 mashup # 69 skinhead # 85
96		2013-07-04	The Lonely Island	I'm On A Boat	brutal death metal christian rock dirty south english metal rap metal rock	metal # 62 english # 90 brutal death metal # 92 rap metal # 97 christian rock # 98
77		2013-09-03	Chelsea Wolfe	Carrion Flowers - Single	acid jazz african ambient asian black metal brazilian british christian christian rock classic rock classical comedy crunk dance death metal dirty south drone dubstep easy listening electronic electronica electropop emo female vocalists french funk gangsta rap gothic metal grindcore hair metal hardcore heavy metal hip-hop house humour japan japanese mashup melodic death metal metal metalcore new age noise pop punk rock rap rnb rock russian schlager screamo skinhead soul spanish swedish techno trance viking metal	drone # 18 christian rock # 26 spanish # 29 asian # 29 comedy # 38 grindcore # 39 easy listening # 41 christian # 46 acid jazz # 46 viking metal # 53 noise # 55 russian # 63 japan # 76 crunk # 78 mashup # 90 african # 91 schlager # 91 skinhead # 92 humour # 93 hair metal # 93
99		2014-03-03	Rick Ross	Stay Schemin	dirty south hip-hop rap
31		2014-06-27	I LOVE MAKONNEN	I Love Makonnen EP	dirty south pop trap
74		2015	Ludacris	Chicken - N - Beer	dirty south
41		2015-04-20	Kane Grocerys	Trap Goth	cloud rap dirty south plugg trap
100		2016-02-06	Future	FUTURE	dirty south
55		2016-07-15	Z-Ro	I'm Still Livin	dirty south rap hip-hop southern rap	southern rap # 39 houston # 85
93		2017-05-26	Gucci Mane	Droptopwop	dirty south rap trap
58		2019-06-28	Tony Shhnow	Reflexions	dirty south gangsta rap plugg sampling southern hip hop trap	plugg # 4 sampling # 31
65		2020-01-31	Lil' Wayne	suffix	dirty south rap
3		2020-11-28	Rx Nephew	Crack Dreams 2	cloud rap dirty south east coast hip hop gangsta rap trap
34		2021-01-28	Alchemist	Chemical Warfare	bay area dirty south east coast rap gangsta rap hip-hop jazz hop los angeles new york rap soul southern rap underground hip-hop west coast rap	west coast rap # 19 jazz hop # 31 southern rap # 43 new york # 54 los angeles # 60 bay area # 72
59		2021-05-01	Ace Hood	DJ Khaled Presents Ace Hood Gutta	dirty south hip-hop rap
94		2023-11-24	Denzel Curry	ZUU	hip-hop rap trap	trap # 2
90		2024-06-28	Megan Thee Stallion	Megan	rap	southern hip hop # 46
23			Bohagon	Crunk in HD	atlanta crunk dirty south	crunk # 38 atlanta # 80
39			SpaceGhostPurrp	BLVCKLVND Rvdix 66.6 (Remastered 2023)	crunk horrorcore dirty south southern hip hop	horrorcore # 29 memphis rap # 29 crunk # 64
83			Chingy	Jackpot	hip-hop rap	southern rap # 48 crunk # 53
16			Top$ide	Lost Files	dirty south gangsta rap

Related genres

• rap
• hip-hop
• southern rap
• gangsta rap
• crunk
• trap
• texas
• rock
• pop
• techno