Popular music artists from Atlanta

Atlanta, Georgia has a thriving music industry and is home to many famous hip-hop and R&B musicians. Jermaine Dupri's 2001 hip hop single "Welcome to Atlanta" (feat. Ludacris) declares Atlanta the "new Motown", referencing the city of Detroit, Michigan, which was known for its contributions to popular music, fertile job market and affordable urban housing in the 1950s to 1980s. The Dirty South style of hip-hop emerged in part from Atlanta artists such as Outkast and Goodie Mob. More recently, rapper/producer Lil Jon has been a driving force behind the party-oriented style known as crunk.

Atlanta Record Labels

* LaFace Records -- Record Producers L.A. Reid and Babyface founded LaFace Records in Atlanta in the late-1980s; the label has eventually become the home to multi-platinum selling artists such as Toni Braxton, TLC, OutKast, Goodie Mob, Monica, Usher and Ciara,Fact|date=November 2007 many of whom are Atlantans themselves.
* So So Def Records -- Atlanta is also the home of So So Def Records, a label founded by Jermaine Dupri in the mid-1990s, that signed acts such as Da Brat, Jagged Edge, Xscape and Dem Franchise Boyz.
* Grand Hustle Records-Record label own by most known Atlanta rapper T.I.
* Arista Records -- Parent company of LaFace Records, which has set up a satellite office in Atlanta.
* Daemon Records -- http://www.daemonrecords.com/
* International Hits -- http://www.internationalhits.com/
* Stick Figure Records -- http://www.stickfiguredistro.com/
* Moodswing Records -- http://www.moodswingrecords.com/
* Rob's House Records -- http://www.robshouserecords.com/
* Douchemaster Records -- http://www.grunnenrocks.nl/label/d/douchemasterrecords.htm
* Disturbing Tha Peace--Record Label owned by rapper Ludacris

Atlanta Recording Artists

Hip-Hop and R&B

Atlanta is also home to multi-platinum rappers Ludacris and T.I., as well as Lloyd Polite, Young Jeezy, Gorilla Zoe, Big Boi, Andre 3000, Dolla, Young Dro, Pastor Troy, Crime Mob, Lil Scrappy, Ying Yang Twins, Lil Jon, Dem Franchise Boys, D4L, Yung Joc, Soulja Boy, Nivea, Usher Raymond, Monica, Jermaine Dupri, Ciara, Cee-lo Green, and Keri Hilson. Fact|date=November 2007 Atlanta is also a well known place for producers and artists trying to get into the music business.Fact|date=November 2007

Pop, Rock, and Metal

Atlanta has also produced rock and pop music singers, such as The Black Crowes, The Changelings, alternative metal band Sevendust, sludge metal band Mastodon, ska/punk band Treephort, Maserati, post-rock band Light Pupil Dilate, dream-pop band Seely, rock bands Uncle Green (a.k.a 3 Lb. Thrill), Injected, City Sleeps, Collective Soul and Third Day, the folk-pop Indigo Girls, Butch Walker, and was a proving ground for Connecticut-born pop-rock-blues musician John Mayer.Fact|date=November 2007

Atlanta has also had a thriving indie-rock scene since the early 80's. Notable bands over the years have included The Now Explosion, Mr. Crowes Garden, Dirt, The Opal Foxx Quartet, The Jody Grind,Cartel, Norma Jean, Smoke, Black Lips, Flap, The Subsonics, Toenut, Man Or Astroman, The Rock*A*Teens, Ultrababyfat, The Tom Collins, Magnapop, The Orphins, The Coathangers,Brass Castle, The Liverhearts, Elevado, Jackyl, Deerhunter, Family Force 5, and The Selmanaires.

In the early 1980s, Atlanta was the home of a thriving new wave music scene featuring such bands as The Brains and The Producers.

Country

Historically there have been a variety of live music traditions going back to Cabbagetown country music pioneer Fiddlin' John Carson.

Atlanta Music Venues

*Blind Willie's -- http://www.blindwilliesblues.com/
*The Five Spot -- http://www.fivespot-atl.com/
*Fox Theatre -- http://www.foxtheatre.org/
*Roxy Theatre
*Smith's Olde Bar -- http://www.smithsoldebar.com/
*The Tabernacle -- http://www.tabernacleatl.com/
*The 10 High Club -- http://www.tenhighclub.com/
*The Variety Playhouse -- http://www.variety-playhouse.com/
*The Earl -- http://www.badearl.com/
*The Drunken Unicorn -- http://www.thedrunkenunicorn.net/
*Lenny's -- http://www.lennysbar.com/index.php
*The Masquerade -- http://www.masq.com/

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