![]() If sounds have migrated into regions they formerly didn’t inhabit, sensibilities haven’t. ![]() and G-Side are thoroughly Southern rappers who make music that echoes the Dungeon Family the blissed-out blear of Green Ova is ineffably Californian and Danny Brown just cut a record with Black Milk, who couldn’t sound more like Detroit if he was rapping about foreclosures and the Pistons sucking. It is accurate to say rap is significantly more omnivorous in 2011 than, say, 1999, but reports of the death of regionalism are greatly exaggerated. He’s a Harlem rapper who loves Houston rap (this is sometimes reported breathlessly, like Jay-Z didn’t big up UGK a million years ago) the Houstonian sound prevalent on a healthy number of his tracks is produced by a dude from North Jersey (Clams Casino) most famous for working with Bay Area artists like Lil B and Kreayshawn. ![]() ![]() One of the narratives surrounding A$AP Rocky-who at present is encased in a smog of narratives-is that his music, specifically this mixtape, serves as a paradigm for just how thoroughly regionalism has deteriorated in hip-hop.
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