2022: The Year in Atlanta Rap

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The New York Times

Music Commentary, Music, Music Interviews

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🗓️ 1 December 2022

⏱️ 65 minutes

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The country’s most influential hip-hop scene has weathered a period of extraordinary upheaval. A look back at happened, and what’s next. Guest: Joe Coscarelli.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the New York Times Popcast, your unexpectedly abbreviated MVP season of Music,
0:10.6	News, and Criticism.
0:11.6	I'm your host, John Caramonica.
0:13.8	You're listening to Last Memory.
0:33.0	That is a song from the takeoff solo album, The Last Rocket, which came out a few years
0:37.9	ago.
0:38.9	Takeoff, as I'm sure you know, was killed a few weeks ago, capping off a really, really
0:45.4	challenging and unpredictable in a lot of ways, unpleasant year in Atlanta rap.
0:53.2	This week, we're going to talk about a bunch of what's been going on down Atlanta.
0:56.6	We're going to talk about Takeoff's murder and Migos.
0:59.2	We're going to talk about the YSL case, the Rico case, and also we're going to get into
1:04.5	some stuff about Lil Baby in 21 Savage and maybe get into some younger artists who might
1:10.1	mark a stylistic shift in the city.
1:13.3	If we're talking in Atlanta, you know, we're talking Joe Cuscarrelli.
1:16.2	What's up, Boop?
1:17.2	Hey, how you doing?
1:18.6	If you are unaware, Joe's book, rap capital, and Atlanta story, in stores now, on my book
1:25.0	shelf.
1:26.0	I have like six copies of it.
1:27.0	It's like, it's like in every room, the house.
1:29.5	I have way too many copies left over.
1:31.7	I'm about to start my Christmas mailings.
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