When asked about the current state of Hip Hop in his hometown of Atlanta, Georgia, Bone Crusher was critical of the music coming out of his city. During an interview with Vlad TV, Bone Crusher called Atlanta Hip Hop “garbage” and shared his belief that it’s not “going in the right direction.”
He then gave props to OutKast and Organized Noize for paving the way for Atlanta Hip Hop. And according to Bone Crusher, Atlanta Hip Hop didn’t become a movement until he, T.I., Lil Jon, and the Ying Yang Twins came onto the scene.
“I don’t think it’s going in the right direction,” Bone Crusher said. “I think it’s garbage really. What happened is that the children—It’s like right now it’s a [fine]. When we did it it was no Atlanta scene. It wasn’t none of that. We had OutKast and Organized [Noize]. They were great, man. They did wonderful things for this city. But it wasn’t a movement until Tip and me and Jon and Ying Yang. And we came in and made it of the street. Where OutKast and Organized made you at a higher level, which is amazing. And we needed that. We brought the street, the real gritty, gritty street to it. And that made everybody go crazy.”
Bone Crusher went on to explain that Hip Hop artists from Atlanta lack a respect for the work that was put in before them. He then encouraged them to “go back and study more” and learn the basic principles of record-making.
The rapper then offered a reminder that music isn’t about money and is instead about doing something you enjoy.
“Now the hole is so big it’s sort of like how your mama and daddy they so rich,” he said. “You don’t know why they so rich and you don’t care. All you know is you got a car. You got a house. You got a pool in the back. And now you don’t respect it as much. You ever heard the old saying ‘Daddy’s babies, babies maybe?’ And that’s what it is…I remember when there was no rap on the radio in Atlanta. No rap, period…At the end of the day, these cats—I don’t like it. I think that they should go back and study more. I think they should learn basic principles of how to make a record. And I think they should enjoy music more. Because music is what it’s all about. It ain’t about money. If you enjoy your craft, money will come in abundance.”
Bone Crusher was one of a handful of Atlanta-based artists and music industry insiders to appear in VH1’s newly-released documentary, ATL: The Untold Story Of Atlanta’s Rise In The Rap Game. During his interview with Vlad TV, he expressed his appreciation for being cast in the film and said it was a “beautiful” experience.
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the pot calling the kettle black
hes not lying
Fuck Migos, Fuck 2 Chainz, Fuck everyone in ATL
Fuck Future Fuck Young Thug
Is that the pot callin the kettle black?!?! Like that 1ne song he had was “dope”. Where they find him, anyway
fuck this nigga how dare he disrespect the emperor. When gucci gets out this nigga will take his words back and bow down to the emperor of all real niggas.
RUB MY NIPPLES YAS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I can’t wait til I get to come all over that ice cream cone tat. I trade all my commissary for that
See how easy I made that shit rhyme? ATL finezt
This dude is a fucking idiot who needs to do some research. Rittz is from the ATL and is one of the dopest rappers out. Also this guy has no business lumping his name in with TI, Lil Jon or Ying Yang he was never on there level. Those guys actually did put Atlanta on not this dumbass.
speaking of Rittz i was just thinkin the other day, did Rittz name himself after the crackker because he’s a crackker?
^yes he did lol..rittz is nice though.
as much as you guys want to get mad at him – “neva scared” was his song, and when that came out Atlanta really blew up on a different level.
Rittz is from ATL. He’s dope as fuck
Fuck Rittz
No he’s not. He’s from the burbs and the a doesn’t claim him at all along with Childish Gambino.
fuck The ATL its a shit hole
If you’re talking about the abundance of tranny booty to put your dick in, that’s the only good thing the city has to offer. Those trannies know how to take care of a nigga too.
You must live in a lame ass city? Fuck you too.
“Mama’s baby, Daddy’s maybe.”
Rittz is not from Atlanta, he’s from a bordering City called Gwinnett. I know some of yall are like “What’s the difference” but think about the city you’re from then think about the closest neighboring city and how you would correct someone from that city claiming your city…. Like Yonkers claiming Manhattan.
You think Gwinnett County is a city. SMH
Homeboy needs to learn how to differentiate cities, counties, and boroughs, lmao. Just stop
Migos wack ass from Gwinnett county too. But nobody knows who Rittz is in the A or even listen to his music. Gwinnett county is a whole different world from Atl.
The only thing bone ever did of any merit was let jadakiss n camron body his never scared remix
nigga make it sound like he’s the Rakim of Atlanta lmao
fall the fuck back boy, your songs were garbage too
Agree. I didn’t like his shit at all ever. But he’s right.
Only niggas from the A I can respect are Jeezy and Outkast. Everybody else, Bone Crusher included, been doing “garbage” songs.
What about Goodie Mob, Killer Mike, T.I. and Ludacris???
“You ever heard the old saying Daddys babies, babies maybe?” what does that mean?
i thought it was momma’s baby -daddies’ maybe
This dude had 15mins of fame time up big daddy time to sell some burgers you were a gimmick and gimmicks don’t last plus you really couldn’t rap
Cant believe yall talking about ATL and nobody has mentioned Luda. Ludacris of 2000-2008 would rap circles around any rapper, let alone the south. Mad underrated. Listen to his “I Put On” freestyle, he even talks about this issue.
im reading all these comments n im saying how is noone gonna mention luda lol glad someone did finally
You faggots don’t even know bone crusher isn’t just some crunk rapper dude actually can spit. He is only none for that one song but his hip hop acumen, knowledge & presents on the atl underground scene is very well respected. Dude was right there when the dungeon family and all them other atl rappers was trying to gain respect & put the city on the map. He just got hot around the crunk era.
I can’t believe he didn’t mention goodie mob
He’s fucking right, except he can extended that to basically every region not just Atlanta, authenticity is out the fucking window these days and the majority are trying to follow trends and “sound” like whoever is poppin. I miss when people and to have their own sound and flow, if they bit styles they got called out and it wasn’t cool. That’s why I’m happy about the g unit reunion they don’t fucking bite other rappers shit and keep it real, only a handful of other rappers can say the same. And it sure as fuck ain’t young thug, French Montana or rick ross
So let me get this straight. This one hit wonder ass nigga who made a song about killing niggas in a club parking lot wants to include himself with TI, Lil Jon and Jeezy? Perhaps he should take a closer look at his real contribution to Atlanta hip-hop. If you want to disinclude Sammy Sam, Kilo Ali and Pastor Troy, fine. However, the true movement WAS Outkast, Goodie Mob and Organized Noise. That is where the true identity came from. The music,sorry, the song, he made does not have the substance of anything more than the latest Young Thug or Migos track. Its hard to listen to someone who claimed they pioneered something when your name is never mentioned by ANYBODY concerning this towns music. Bitch MC Shy-D gets more respect than you. All that talk of today’s artist having something handed to them is bullshit. If your one tune helped usher in a new era, fine. Believe in yourself. But Youngbloodz, Killer Mike and Jim Crow may feel different. Know your history when you speak of this town
so everyones just gonna sit here and pretend luda didnt put atl on the map?
Lmao WHO?
what about outkast
waka flaka, and young thug already got more hits than bone crusher. this dude sound bitter as fuck
They don’t.
Bone Crusher has a gold album
so what if he went gold he kuda went platinum for all I care, im talking hits radio/club hits. bone crusher has one song that anybody remembers if they even remember bone crusher. and his album didn’t sell that well outside Atlanta and suburban white neighborhoods.
Bonechrusher is right!
He hit the nail right on the head,Pimp C was calling out Atlanta before he died for being land of the homosexuals & now we see them promoting gay artists who wear women’s clothing. SMFH
You’re a dumb cunt.
you right mane
true dat
That is uncalled for, please apologize for that comment sweetie.
No joke, but how many years it took for someone in there to realize and admit its garbage? Like a decade?
It ain’t just a region, it’s in general. From the artists, to the fans, to the journalists, the newbies are corn. And it ain’t just rap either, new rnb is wack, these new bands suck.
The few exceptions don’t hide how weak it is, it actually highlights it.
Hip hop is a mess because of TI and 50 though
50 cent came in and blew all competition away with that 2003 album… And everyone in rap aside from Eminem was shook and devastated. New York because splintered
TI did the same in Atlanta until about 2009 when he did that swagga like us track. He got major artists on the remix
Since then all of these clowns have been acting like bffs jumping on each others tracks to spread the love lol. Nobody is in competition anymore , theyre all trying to help each other eat.
In a way Hip hop is even girlier than pop music now. At least in pop there are still rivalries and competition lol
you sound fucking retarded, of course they want everyone to eat idiot
lol, Bone Crusher had one hit.
Lil Jon was just hype music, but it did dump, tho.
Ying Yang Twinz? lol
I AGREE THESE DAYS, THERE ISNT ANY GENUINE MUSIC BEING PUT OUT. IT ALL SOUNDS THE SAME AND EVERYONE IS COPYING EVERYONE! NOT TO GIVE CREDIT TO BONE CRUSHER BUT HE IS ALSO IN THAT CATEGORY, ALL THIS BUBBLE GUM SHIT NEEDS TO GET OUTTA HERE, I COULD MAKE BETTER MUSIC LOL…