Informal monologue arguing that Atlanta’s music scene succeeded by collaborating and retaining artists locally, enabling city-based ownership of industry roles. The speaker contrasts Atlanta with other cities (New York, Los Angeles, Virginia, Mississippi) where some artists had to leave to achieve prominence, citing examples like OutKast, Big K.R.I.T., Jay-Z, Pharrell, and Snoop.
But I just think that Atlanta was the first one to see the impact of collaborating internally within the city and keeping that going. Yeah. You know what I'm saying? Because once you see one person see that it's working. Yeah, Everybody like outkast got hot in Atlanta. Yep. Outkast didn't have to leave, like Big Crit left Mississippi to come to Atlanta. Yep. You know what I'm saying? At that same time Jay Z got hot in New York. You know what I'm saying? Pharrell had to go to New York to get hot as a producer, like. Cause they were in Virginia, right? Yes. Like Snoop, them niggas got hot in la. All of the cities where niggas got hot in that city, they was the ones that had the opportunity to own whatever part of the industry. Right. And so when things happen, when things start to happen and things start to grow, you get to the pocket where now, you know, Atlanta has a very loud.
