Tuesday night, VH1 aired the latest chapter in its consistently able documentary series, ATL: The Untold Story of Atlanta's Rise in the Rap Game, a alluring assay of hip-hop ability at the epicenter of the Dirty South. The one-hour documentary is told via bright first-person accounts from some of the city's ancient hip-hop antecedents (Jermaine Dupri, Mojo, Speech from Arrested Development) and abreast stars (Killer Mike, T.I., Lil Jon), as they account Atlanta's abode in hip-hop history from its underground canicule in the '80s all the way up to its radio ascendancy in 2014.
But above pinpointing the scene's above axis credibility (e.g. Outkast acceptable Best New Artist at the 1995 Source Awards), the doc additionally sheds ablaze on some actual contest (the Atlanta adolescent murders, the 1980s able epidemic, the 1996 Summer Olympics) that abreast the city's complete but whose access might've existed alfresco the ambit of abounding non-Atlantans. Even if you accede yourself an abreast rap fan, you'll acceptable apprentice a affair or two. In fact, it's so able-bodied done that it about makes up for the afflictive Love & Hip-Hop: Atlanta—almost.
Title : Watch VH1’s Excellent Documentary on the Rise of Atlanta Hip-Hop
Description : Tuesday night, VH1 aired the latest chapter in its consistently able documentary series, ATL: The Untold Story of Atlanta's Rise in th...