Virginia as the Mid-Atlantic (Richmond, Danville: to live, club, move)

[Mr_Jonas]

I live just outside Lynchburg. To me this is very much the south.

[Kbank007]

Richmond hip-hop music has been very southern for the most part for years with the exception being Skillz/Lonnie B, so rhyming down south is not new in the 804. People in Richmond and the 434 have always had country sounding accents for the most part. 804 AND 434 are southern areas in general in my opinion. You will hear more people who claim to be from the south and have accents. 757 definently has a mid-atlantic feel to it with many people associating with the NY/Jersey and denying VA as southern.

When I first moved to the 757 from the 434/804 (Nottoway country, Richmond) region in 2003, people kept telling me I had a country/southern accent, and thought I was from another state. Everybody in my region sounded basically the same as me, so I never really noticed an accent in myself. I always thought my area of VA was fairly Southern. Not as Southern as an Alabama or Georgia, but similar to North Carolina or Kentucky. I also grew up in a region where everybody listened to a lot of southern hip-hop such as Outkast, Goodie Mob, and 3-6 mafia so I thought it was strange when nobody in 757 played any southern hip-hop ever and played only New-York music.

Example of other Richmond rappers
Redrum

YouTube - MAKE IT OUT OF RICHMOND

Disco Ballin'

YouTube - Disco Ballin

[01va571]

Originally Posted by Kbank007

Richmond hip-hop music has been very southern for the most part for years with the exception being Skillz/Lonnie B, so rhyming down south is not new in the 804. People in Richmond and the 434 have always had country sounding accents for the most part. 804 AND 434 are southern areas in general in my opinion. You will hear more people who claim to be from the south and have accents. 757 definently has a mid-atlantic feel to it with many people associating with the NY/Jersey and denying VA as southern.

When I first moved to the 757 from the 434/804 (Nottoway country, Richmond) region in 2003, people kept telling me I had a country/southern accent, and thought I was from another state. Everybody in my region sounded basically the same as me, so I never really noticed an accent in myself. I always thought my area of VA was fairly Southern. Not as Southern as an Alabama or Georgia, but similar to North Carolina or Kentucky. I also grew up in a region where everybody listened to a lot of southern hip-hop such as Outkast, Goodie Mob, and 3-6 mafia so I thought it was strange when nobody in 757 played any southern hip-hop ever and played only New-York music.

Example of other Richmond rappers
Redrum

YouTube - MAKE IT OUT OF RICHMOND

Disco Ballin'

YouTube - Disco Ballin

You know bout Big Get It, I forgot bout that one..........You got it right 100%...Even where I grew up around prince william county was southern, everyone considered us country, I never noticed myself cause my whole family is either from SW Virginia, or WV. Everyone I knew years ago was bumpin the same sh*t you talkin three 6, UGK, Goodie Mob, Dirty, BG, you go to Hampton Roads and everybody is on NY swag and style, it makes no sense cause your right by NC at the bottom of the state, and Richmond more southern and in the eastern center of the state???WTF

[01va571]

Originally Posted by Mr_Jonas

I live just outside Lynchburg. To me this is very much the south.

Anywhere in west of the center of the state is without a doubt southern, top to bottom. Front Royal all the way down to Danville and everything west of that has always leaned more southern.

[PrinceTheo]

Originally Posted by Kbank007

Richmond hip-hop music has been very southern for the most part for years with the exception being Skillz/Lonnie B, so rhyming down south is not new in the 804. People in Richmond and the 434 have always had country sounding accents for the most part. 804 AND 434 are southern areas in general in my opinion. You will hear more people who claim to be from the south and have accents. 757 definently has a mid-atlantic feel to it with many people associating with the NY/Jersey and denying VA as southern.

When I first moved to the 757 from the 434/804 (Nottoway country, Richmond) region in 2003, people kept telling me I had a country/southern accent, and thought I was from another state. Everybody in my region sounded basically the same as me, so I never really noticed an accent in myself. I always thought my area of VA was fairly Southern. Not as Southern as an Alabama or Georgia, but similar to North Carolina or Kentucky. I also grew up in a region where everybody listened to a lot of southern hip-hop such as Outkast, Goodie Mob, and 3-6 mafia so I thought it was strange when nobody in 757 played any southern hip-hop ever and played only New-York music.

Example of other Richmond rappers
Redrum

YouTube - MAKE IT OUT OF RICHMOND

Disco Ballin'

YouTube - Disco Ballin

Imo think Richmond (proper and immediate metro) have always gravitated to the mainstream hits. Actually once upon a time, NY music was big in Richmond and now its the south. Most of the younger crowd like Lil' Wayne, T.I. etc. Southern styles are popular now and people have trended in that direction. Richmond showed love for Missy, Clipse, Timbaland & Magoo.

[01va571]

Originally Posted by PrinceTheo

Imo think Richmond (proper and immediate metro) have always gravitated to the mainstream hits. Actually once upon a time, NY music was big in Richmond and now its the south. Most of the younger crowd like Lil' Wayne, T.I. etc. Southern styles are popular now and people have trended in that direction. Richmond showed love for Missy, Clipse, Timbaland & Magoo.

Yeah, but at that time everybody that listened to rap in Virginia showed love for Clipse no matter where they were from same with rest of va rappers that came out.

[PrinceTheo]

Originally Posted by 01va571

Yeah, but at that time everybody that listened to rap in Virginia showed love for Clipse no matter where they were from same with rest of va rappers that came out.

I know. The Clipse, Skillz, and some other Va people broke out nationally/internationally.

[01va571]

Dialect comparison maybe, for sh**s and giggles?

Virgil Goode from VA and the infamous accent that is dying out

YouTube - Virgil Goode On The Surge Resolution And Muslims

Robert Byrd from West Virginia (Funny)

YouTube - Robert Byrd Barbaric

Fred Thompson, why not

YouTube - Fred Thompson on the Economy

Florida's Bill Nelson about as southern as Maine

YouTube - US Senator Bill Nelson at DNC RBC Meeting

Arkansas senator Bill Maher

YouTube - Bill Maher: Talking snakes or science?

Thad Cochran of Mississippi

YouTube - GLOBAL WARMING SENATE DEBATE: Sen. Thad Cochran (R-MS)

Lindsey Graham of South Carolina

YouTube - SC Senator Lindsey Graham's insane comments at Racist Event!

[01va571]

Robert De niro is southern lol


YouTube - max cady said so

[Kbank007]

Originally Posted by PrinceTheo

Imo think Richmond (proper and immediate metro) have always gravitated to the mainstream hits. Actually once upon a time, NY music was big in Richmond and now its the south. Most of the younger crowd like Lil' Wayne, T.I. etc. Southern styles are popular now and people have trended in that direction. Richmond showed love for Missy, Clipse, Timbaland & Magoo.

I understand what your saying, however NYC has always seemed like a foreign land to 804/434 area so as soon as any other form of hip-hop came out, the area was immediatly on it. 757 has always been heavily influenced by NYC. WestCoast was really big in the 804 such as Dogg Pound also. Three six dominated 804/434 before they were big nationally. Underground southern has dominated this area before the music was the standard in the industry. People were playing rappers such as Lil Boosie heavy in like 2003, and could tell you as much about an underground south rapper as somebody from Arkansas. I remember Master P and Juvenile coming out and everybody being excited that there were national rappers who talked more like them. Thats just my opinion and observation. 804/434 was always country.