Not a single album on this list has a production credit by Lex Luger. So when we assembled our list of the 20 best Southern rap albums, it pained us greatly to adhere to silly, made-up conventions like вЂњnot obviously favoring one group over all the other artists from the region by dedicating 20 percent of our entire ranking to them.вЂќ The only correct course of action would have been to put both ATLiens and Stankonia on our list, even if it would have meant four out of 20 albums would have been Outkast records. We here at The Ringer really, really love Outkast ( so much so that we imagined what a Love Below 2 might look like). In the words of two great Southerners, nothinвЂ™ is for sure, nothinвЂ™ is for certain, nothinвЂ™ lasts forever. WeвЂ™re also ranking the best Southern rap albums, imagining the AndrГ© 3000 mixtape we all deserve, and arguing about what even constitutes the South anymore. YouвЂ™ll find stories from all over the map, exploring topics such as the enduring legacy of Confederate monuments in Richmond and Montgomery, the evolution of Charleston barbecue, and the intersection of faith and football in Lubbock. WeвЂ™re celebratingвЂЉ-вЂЉand reporting onвЂЉ-вЂЉthe richness of the region. The Rico Love feature вЂњObviousвЂќ rides the same wave of wistful Caribbean music as DrakeвЂ™s вЂњControlla,вЂќ while the strip-club fantasia вЂњBlue Flame BalletвЂќ mirrors the freak-soul of Childish GambinoвЂ™s вЂњAwaken, My Love!вЂќ There are shades of Migos in the triplet flows of the clubby trap cut вЂњI Made,вЂќ and elements of Frank Ocean in the wistful closing stretch twofer of вЂњHigh BeamsвЂќ and вЂњLife in the Sun.Welcome to The South Week at The Ringer. HereвЂќ taps the jazzy joy of Chance the Rapper and Donnie Trumpet. вЂњI Been Waitin,вЂќ with its posh, nervy production, borrows liberally from Travis ScottвЂ™s art-house trap. Iz Here he tries branching out a bit, too. barely even bothered acknowledging current trends, on K.R.I.T. ThereвЂ™s literally a song called вЂњLearned From Texas,вЂќ about all the moves he learned from DJ Screw and UGK, as if anybody whoвЂ™s listened to more than 10 minutes of K.R.I.T.вЂ™s music could have possibly overlooked HoustonвЂ™s influence on him.Д«ut unlike 2017вЂ™s 4Eva Is a Mighty Long Time, where K.R.I.T. HeвЂ™s still making music seeped in UGK worship, all soulful Southern country grooves, subwoofer-Shiatsuing bass, and Pimp C snarl. The album is ostensibly a sequel to his 2010 breakout project, and the titleвЂ™s nod to the past only underscores how little his core sound has changed since then. the same as he always is: perfectly likable, admirably sincere, predictably dependable and dependably predictable. Even when his projects impress on first listen, they canвЂ™t help but bleed together in the big picture.ДЄnd so K.R.I.T.вЂ™s latest project K.R.I.T. is beginning to look like rapвЂ™s answer to Ty Segall: consistently good, rarely stop-the-presses great. And yet thereвЂ™s a sense that heвЂ™s underperformed. Has a following, and longevity isnвЂ™t anything to scoff at. was able to parlay his talent into a sustainable recording career. Unlike Donnis or Charles Hamilton and the blog-rap eraвЂ™s other flash-in-the-pans, K.R.I.T. ThatвЂ™s not to minimize what he has accomplished.

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