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These included subgenres such as “Crunk”, “Miami Bass” and “New Orleans Bounce.” Over time the “dirty south” unfortunately became notorious for its club bangers, simplistic rhymes and upbeat production, which was erroneous as only a dozen or so artists were really marketing this description and standard of Southern music. Consequently, due to the sudden rise of a few artists and with the majority of the focus being placed solely upon those few artists, many talented emcees and producers were left out to dry as blanket termed subgenres of Southern hip hop began to take over. With this influx of exposure, by the turn of the century, Cash Money Records, No Limit Records and Hypnotize Minds become three hugely popular hip hop labels in America. The rise to stardom of Houston act The Geto Boys, OutKast from Atlanta, 2 Live Crew from Miami and Three-6 Mafia hailing from Memphis laid down a platform for all future Southern hip hop acts to aspire towards.
However, during the late 1980s and all throughout the 90s, many Southern hip hop artists began to catch on and managed to gain exposure throughout the country. Hip hop has always primarily been dominated by artists from the East and West Coasts of America respectively.