Best Local Hip-Hop Act BOA Award Winner
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Best Local Hip-Hop Act BOA Award Winner
Section » Print Features » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2007 » After Dark » Critics Pick
This category could be titled “best local hip-hop act since OutKast.” SUPREEME is that good and that original — which is something that has been missing among Atlanta’s snappers and trappers for several years. Negashi Armada, King Self and Tom Cruz, aka Dope Pope, call themselves Supreeme because they’re arrogant little bastards. And they’ll take that as a compliment. With a lyrical style steeped in ‘80s-era braggadocio and in-house production that sounds more worldly than Southern, it’s no surprise that many of the group’s biggest fans live out of state. The former Grady High School classmates recently issued a mixtape, American Badass, while putting the finishing touches on a sophomore release. Word is the group’s label, Warner Brothers, is already digging the output. Hopefully the trio will let it go to their heads.
www.myspace.com/supreemesupreeme
Best Local Hip-Hop Act BOA Award Winner
Section » Print Features » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2007 » After Dark » Readers Pick
Best Local Hip-Hop Act BOA Award Winner
Section » Print Features » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2007 » After Dark
Best Local Hip-Hop Act BOA Award Winner
Section » Print Features » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2006 » After Dark » Critics Pick
It’s been a big year for big butts, particularly for Big Boi’s PURPLE RIBBON ALL-STARS. Every rap label has its token white boy, and Purp’s Bubba Sparxxx paid dividends with his smash hit, “Ms. New Booty.” Aside from that, the Purple Ribbon All-Stars created the best of the many Atlanta theme songs this year with their radio and club banger, “Kryptonite.” Superman ain’t got shit on that. The crew pulled off a successful and productive year, all while reppin’ our city: “Pimp if you want them, you can find them in the A.”
www.purpleribbonallstars.com.
Best Local Hip-Hop Act BOA Award Winner
Section » Print Features » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2006 » After Dark » Readers Pick
Best Local Hip-Hop Act BOA Award Winner
Section » Print Features » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2005 » Poets, Artists, & Madmen » Critics Pick
In a town where hip-hop super-stardom reigns supreme, PSYCHE ORIGAMI subverts the blingin’ and big pimpin’ of the drrty paradigm with sheer brainpower. Remaining commercially accessible without compromising the fundamentals of underground hip-hop, MC Wyzsztyk (pronounced WIZ-stick) spits a torrent of scientific theory and existential slang at lightning speeds. DJs Dainja and Synthesis weave a web of baroque beats and innovative melodies, just trying to keep up. Crafting The Standard, a concept album about fuel for the mind and body in an age when gas costs an arm and a leg, Psyche Origami transcends the clubs and aims for the true heads.
www.psycheorigami.com.
Best Local Hip-Hop Act BOA Award Winner
Section » Print Features » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2005 » Poets, Artists, & Madmen » Readers Pick
Best Local Hip-Hop Act BOA Award Winner
Section » Print Features » Special Issue » Best of Atlanta » 2005 » Poets, Artists, & Madmen » Readers Pick
Best Local Hip-Hop Act BOA Award Winner
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Cee-LoIn a year with no new OutKast product to set the pace for ATL hip-hop, close associate CEE-LO offered the next best thing with much acclaimed “Cee-Lo Green and His Perfect Imperfections”. Most surprising about this solo debut by Goodie Mob’s most talented rapper: It’s barely a rap record at all. Cee-Lo still drops rhymes faster and smarter than just about any lyricist west of the Chattahoochee, but he also proves a formidable songwriter, crafting - and singing, in his earthy rasp - a set of catchy and heartfelt songs that bare his soul and reveal his pop instincts, while retaining his devilish charm.
“www.ceelo.net.”
Best Local Hip-Hop Act BOA Award Winner
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Best Local Hip-Hop Act BOA Award Winner
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Best Local Hip-Hop Act BOA Award Winner
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