Jermaine Dupri tells VH-1 his top ten ATL albums
Access Atlanta staff
Monday, March 30, 2009
In honor of Atlanta Week on MTV.com, producer Jermaine Dupri has listed his top ten albums defining the Atlanta sound for VH-1. The list includes many of the acts that Dupri has worked with or discovered over the years, such as Usher, Kriss Kross and, well, himself.
But Dupri didn’t just show up to promote himself. His list reflects his aim “… to show the world that ATL is the new Motown.”
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Jermaine Dupri has picked ten albums for VH-1 that define the Atlanta sound.
A few highlights from the list:
• CrazySexyCool by TLC: “It continued to keep the ATL in the forefront of urban pop music and is the biggest-selling urban female-group album.”
• Get Crunk, Who U Wit: Da Album by Lil Jon: “This was the beginning of everything that’s going on now. The word ‘crunk’ came to life and created a true underground ATL movement.”
• Soul Food by the Goodie Mob: “This album shows the real diversity of the city and a glimpse into what ATL sounds like now.”
• Speakerboxxx/The Love Below by Outkast: “The biggest rap album from the city and the biggest rap group left in hip-hop. Another huge statement that got us over that ‘ATL is in a slowdown’ hump. No!”
See VH-1’s report on Jermaine Dupri’s full list here.
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