Speaking on what made Atlanta so distinct from the North to the West Coast sound radio personality and co-creator of ONE Musicfest DJ Nabbs stated, “there’s a feel, there’s a tone, there a sonic that goes along with Southern Hip Hop.” Talking on the uniqueness of the upcoming ONE Musicfest, DJ Nabbs said “I want to say it’s going to be something that you’ve never seen before”
Jay Carter, also spoke on one of the longest running and influential music festivals the South. He said that Atlanta at first, did not have an original sound, but seen true potential in the artist themselves. And that their unique talent in the “Krunk Set” was not about to go unheard if he had anything to do with it. “From King Edward Jay putting out a mixtape back in the day, it was Club Charles, Sharon showcase and others, it was moments like that where I noticed that it was something special about Atlanta and its music, its artist and what they’re doing in the city,” he said. He continued paying homage to artist that help shape the music scene of Atlanta by saying, “without them it would be hard to say if a 2Chainz, Jeezy, T.I. or Atlanta for that matter would be what it is without some of them folks putting their flags in the ground early.”
Eastside Boyz group member Big Sam, also shed some light at the press conference on the influence that the South had on clubs and the real turn up era. He stated that promoters had a difficult time keeping club goers in order when certain songs like “Bia, Bia” and “I Don’t Give A…” came on. “That’s what the people came to see, we did them, we made security earn their money those nights to.” he said
Not shying away from the image that has grown on its own, from the music, to reality shows,to dance crazes that has exploded out of Atlanta; the originators gave much credit to the new artists. They acknowledged that it is the new artists turn up style that has kept the sound and legacy they started alive. Don P, one third of the rap group Trillville shed some positive light on the millennial’s coming up after him saying, “When it comes to artist like a Tekashi 69 (although not from Atlanta), “ I think people have mixed feelings like when we were coming up, the people before us was like ‘what the world they doing’ and before then ‘what the world they doing’ so I just think it’s just the youth, the youth got something to say just as well as we did.”
September 8th and 9th is when the stage will be set on “Krunk,” as the hottest music festival of 2018 will be taking place at Central Park. Head over to OneMusicfest.com to get your tickets.
Editing by: Jarrod Horton