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In the 1980s, port traffic in New Orleans had dried up following the oil industry going bust.

Employment opportunities were suddenly limited primarily to the tourist-focused service industry and

the city plunged deeply into poverty. With jobs and money scarce, crime on the rise and the war on

drugs stepped up, New Orleans grew increasingly cutthroat and violent. By the late ‘80s/early ‘90s,

whereas almost all American cities began to see a rise in gang culture, the more desperate New Orleans

remained dominated by self-starters, self-servers and hustlers with rivalries and identities tied more

often to wards and the city's many, large housing projects than organized gangs. In the process, New

Orleans’s hip hop scene began to craft a unique identity quite different than that of most other

cities. Tracks like Where My Hustlas At "Fila Phil who album Sold Over 500,000 copys the first week

and Tracks Like Kicking Doors In" began to express a New Orleans lyrical specificity largely absent

from previous NO rap tracks. In addition, the projects (as well as clubs like RuMars, Whispers,

Flirts, 49 and Ghost Town ,RiverBoat,Club Xscape served as the primary venues for local, aspiring

rappers. 1993.1994 was the year that Bounce really exploded. Moving beyond its simplistic origins only

slightly, groups like Most Wanted Possie, And Cash Money Records UNLV helped popularize the genre by adding elements of

Gangsta Rap and soon inspired many similar releases by other acts, especially across town, over In

that 9thward Press Park,Desire,Florida Some will call a New Orleans Legend Fila Phil which escalated

Wards into Ward Banging. (Ward Bangin) Another Big Hit That Over Ran the Mean streets of New Orleans.

(Ward Bangin )a Classic Hit that was Created by Fila Phil Along Side one of New Orleans Under Dog Artist L.O.G.

In 1994, national interest in Bounce was first shown when Scott Aiges wrote an article on how much

more popular the genre was in New Orleans than nationally promoted artists. The tone at the labels

wasn't so much interest, but concern. They wondered why people were buying tapes out of trunks instead

of the "Heatseekers" on the Hot 100? On April 22, in a tragedy for Bounce, his friends, fans and

family, local legend Edgar "Pimp Daddy" Givens was murdered in the 9th ward. Pimp Handing the Torch to

Phil.......... Who Made History Still a House whole Name Today !

Fila Phil – “Hustlaz /////////////////////////////// B-32 – I Need a Bag of Dope/////// Lil Slim – “Eagle St. Bounce”///////// Partners-N-Crime – PNC///////////////// Pimp Daddy – “Got 2 Be Real”///////

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