Talk:New Orleans hip hop

New Orleans, Louisiana, usually renowned as a center for musical creativity and influence, has been said to have an underdeveloped Hip-Hop scene compared to larger cities like New York and Los Angeles. New Orleans Rap, however, distinct from mainstream hip-hop or even other styles of hardcore rap, is yet another creation of the Crescent City and has arguably been more influential nationally that it is often given credit for.

Rooted deeply in the city's own bounce music, much of New Orleans rap has remained underground. Often laced with brass band beats, the city's status as the birth place of Jazz is not lost in this more modern genre.

It would be an unforgivable fallacy to claim that all of New Orleans Rap has remained underground. Often touted as the commercial center of rap (at least in the south), New Orleans is home to No Limit Records, founded by Master P, and Cash Money Records. These labels have spawned incredibly notable artists, such as Master P, Juvenile, Lil Wayne, C-Murder, Mystikal, and B. Gizzle aka B.G.. Two of the most important producers of this style of music have been Mannie Fresh, often credited as the co-inventor of the Bounce genre, and KLC of the Medicine Men (formerly Beats by the Pound).

Something worth mentioning about New Orleans' rap scene is that much like the rest of New Orleans' musicians, many have found new homes in other cities, at least temporarily, since Hurricane Katrina ravaged the area. The trend as of February 2006, however, has been for many of the city's most successful rappers to return in significant capacities to either give concert tours in the city they call home or even return completely despite the ostensible financial sacrifice of doing so. Juvenile, for instance, has repeatedly given performances in recent months to sell-out crowds in the city in much smaller venues than he usually fills in other places. New Younger hot artists include Dark Skin Jamaine, J Whitney, Nasty Boy, Baby Boy, The Gators, Machine Gun Shorty, Gucci Shorty aka Junya Bezel.

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DJ Khaled
I recognize that DJ Khaled is a significant DJ and was originally from New Orleans, but I do not think he is significant in the actual genre of "New Orleans Rap". Wild Wayne of local New Orleans station Q93 is undoubtedly MUCH more significant to the development, commercialization, and sucess of the genre, and he isn't even mentioned in this article (though perhaps he should be). Finally, the actual list that DJ Khaled was added to was artists who got their start in No Limit and Cash Money, specifically. Wbbigtymer 07:30, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

I never heard about no dj khaled. This article should talk about big boy, untouchable, mobo, take fo, and the other record labels from the 1990's. I don't know if all of those rappers on the list are from the n.o., too. But I see a lot of missing ones, like L.O.G., charlie hanseen, graveyard soldjas, dj jubilee, etc. Unless whoever made this is saying jubilee is bounce and bounce is something else. 58.187.63.80 12:23, 15 April 2007 (UTC)