Is the Atlanta Run Over? Shoutout to Say Cheese and Sonny Digital for sparkin’ the convo. Let’s talk about it. Real ones know — the South took over the rap game around ‘03 and ain’t looked back since. Atlanta? Man, ATL was the epicenter. The mecca. The trap Vatican. But now folks whisperin’ like, “Is the Atlanta era over?” And I’m like… is it really? Or y’all just not tuned in? Back When the South Had Somethin’ to Say Let’s rewind. OutKast dropped Speakerboxxx/The Love Below in ‘03 and the whole game shifted. That wasn’t just an album — that was a cultural reset. Andre 3000 was singin’ in wigs and velvet, Big Boi was still spittin’ like he had somethin’ to prove, and the world was like, “Wait… the South got range?” Then came the rubber band man himself — T.I. — and Block Ent slid in with Boyz n da Hood, which gave us Jeezy, the snowman who made trap music feel like a blizzard. And then… Gucci Mane. The trap god. The A&R of the streets. If you was a rapper in the South and ain...

  🎬 Ayo, lemme talk my talk real quick. I just peeped a post on Say Cheese! Twitter and it hit me like a throwback BET countdown — music videos might be dead, y’all. Now before you clutch ya pearls or start yellin’ “Nah, bruh, what about Ye’s visuals?” — hear me out. Back in the day, music videos was events . Like, red carpet, popcorn ready, don’t call my house til it’s over type events. I’m talkin’ about when MJ dropped “Remember the Time” — bruh, I remember exactly where I was, what I was wearin’, and even what snacks I had. That video was a whole movie . Eddie Murphy, Magic Johnson, ancient Egypt vibes — it was cinematic royalty. Then you had P. Diddy and Mase flyin’ around the globe in “Been Around the World” with J.Lo poppin’ up like a surprise guest at ya cookout. And don’t even get me started on the Mr. Biggs and R. Kelly saga — that was the hood’s version of Game of Thrones. We was tuned in like it was prime time TV. But now? Man… videos feel like they got shot on s...