Everyone should check this shit out. It's about this guy Curtis Snow who basically car jacks these nerdy students passing through his hood. He steals their camera and rolls the camera showing his everyday life... wicked shit even if it might be a bit overkill at times.
So I've never really been too interested in stuff from the south, but I found some decent shit from this guy Gene the Southern Child. He hails from Alabama, and although not a fantastic MC, he's got the production group Parallel Thought on the boards. The result is pretty fantastic. Some...
Ya, it's difficult to make a 3-4 minute hip-hop composition without it getting tedious. I love Apollo Brown's - Clouds album as an instrumental album that does it right. Most songs are 2 minutes long give or take. Perfect length for not getting to boring.