Desperation set in among the Confederacy’s remaining troops throughout the final nine months of the Civil War, a state of despair that Union General Ulysses S. Grant manipulated to his advantage. From General William T. Sherman’s destructive “March to the Sea” that leveled Georgia to Phillip H. Sheridan’s bloody campaign in northern Virginia, the Union obliterated the Confederacy’s chance of recovery.
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Dirty South hip hop refers to a gritty rap culture first developed in the southern United States during the 1980s and the 1990s. Goodie Mob, an eccentric quartet from Atlanta, Georgia, titled a 1995 single “Dirty South” in order to shed light on myriad societal ills in the former Confederacy, where ethnic prejudice and racism seemed to be perennial sicknesses. Today the term is used to describe not only everyday life in Dixieland, but also an array of risqué artists, lyrics, clothes, and other fashion items that originated there. And even though some might say that dirty South hip hop, as a synthesis of global rap influences and aesthetics, lacks distinction, the emergence of Atlanta and other major Southern cities as recognized headquarters of urban popular culture has compelled many critics and fans to describe the phenomenon as unique. The following playlist, courtesy of Oxford African American Studies Center contributor Bertis English (Alabama State University), provides a wide-ranging selection of the most significant artists working in the genre.
Bertis English is an Associate Professor of History at Alabama State University. He has written about Atlanta’s unique contribution to hip hop on the Oxford African American Studies Center.
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The one name linking all of these is Richmond.
1. Dave Richmond, bass player and founder member of 1960s band Manfred Mann. He left the group after ‘5-4-3-2-1′ and then, after a time with the John Barry Seven, became a session musician. As such he has played with, amongst others, Dusty Springfield, Cliff Richard and Elton John. He was also on the controversial (at the time) ‘Je T’aime’ by Serge Gainsborough and Jane Birkin. For the last 21 years he has played bass on the theme for television’s ‘Last of the Summer Wine’. Dave Richmond’s home page
2. Richmond, the capital of the Commonwealth of Virginia, U.S. Virginia is one of four states in the U.S. which use the term commonwealth in their names, the others are Massachusetts, Kentucky and Pennsylvania. Richmond, which stands on the James River, was also the capital of the Confederacy from July 1861.
3. Richmond Palace was a royal palace on The Green, Richmond, Surrey, England, U.K. in what is now part of London, between 1327 and 1649. It was built by Henry VII on the site of the former Palace of Shene (a.k.a. Sheen or Sheane) after a disastrous fire in 1497 and renamed Richmond Palace. Elizabeth I spent a lot of time at Richmond and died there in 1603.
Richmond Palace
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4. Richmond Arquette is the sibling of Alexis, David, Patricia and Rosanna Arquette. He is a minor character actor who is perhaps best remembered as the delivery driver, who unwittingly delivers the box containing the head, at the end of the film ‘Se7en’ (1995).
5. Richmond Castle, North Yorkshire, England, U.K. Norman fortress built on a rocky promontory overlooking the River Swale and dating from shortly after the Norman conquest. Now over 900 years old it is in the care of English Heritage.
The one name linking all of these is Richmond.
1. Dave Richmond, bass player and founder member of 1960s band Manfred Mann. He left the group after ‘5-4-3-2-1′ and then, after a time with the John Barry Seven, became a session musician. As such he has played with, amongst others, Dusty Springfield, Cliff Richard and Elton John. He was also on the controversial (at the time) ‘Je T’aime’ by Serge Gainsborough and Jane Birkin. For the last 21 years he has played bass on the theme for television’s ‘Last of the Summer Wine’. Dave Richmond’s home page
2. Richmond, the capital of the Commonwealth of Virginia, U.S. Virginia is one of four states in the U.S. which use the term commonwealth in their names, the others are Massachusetts, Kentucky and Pennsylvania. Richmond, which stands on the James River, was also the capital of the Confederacy from July 1861.
3. Richmond Palace was a royal palace on The Green, Richmond, Surrey, England, U.K. in what is now part of London, between 1327 and 1649. It was built by Henry VII on the site of the former Palace of Shene (a.k.a. Sheen or Sheane) after a disastrous fire in 1497 and renamed Richmond Palace. Elizabeth I spent a lot of time at Richmond and died there in 1603.
Richmond Palace
Image via Wikipedia
4. Richmond Arquette is the sibling of Alexis, David, Patricia and Rosanna Arquette. He is a minor character actor who is perhaps best remembered as the delivery driver, who unwittingly delivers the box containing the head, at the end of the film ‘Se7en’ (1995).
5. Richmond Castle, North Yorkshire, England, U.K. Norman fortress built on a rocky promontory overlooking the River Swale and dating from shortly after the Norman conquest. Now over 900 years old it is in the care of English Heritage.
