1997
Midwest
↑ See it on the mapSt. Louis
Missouri
Sung hooks · Midwest bounce · Metro's 808s
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Story, bloodline and 4 names
Nelly made the sung rap hook a commercial default years before it was respectable, and sold more records in 2000–2004 than almost anyone. Two decades later the city quietly produced Metro Boomin, the defining producer of the trap era, and Smino's jazz-soaked alternative.
Bloodline · 2 stops from The Bronx
- 1973The Bronx
- 1984South Central (LA)
- 1997St. Louis
G-funk melody from the west, bass-driven hooks from the south, and a Midwest accent nobody had heard on the radio. Nelly sang the hook years before that was respectable.
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