it's obvious from looking at this just how total the south's dominance has been. its quite formidable. this is in no way an idiosyncratic list. it's just hits. westwood, mtv base, a little deja and 1xtra, a little chanell u. its all the south plus a few big producers. just blaze, heatmakers,kayne, lil jon, the neptunes, timbo.... the MCs are largely interchangable.
my real love is energy music. from when i first got passionate about music, when i was a kid listening to pulse 90.6 and weekend rush and later kool fm and then magic and deja and rinse, dancehall, grime, jungle, and this stuff fits into that perfectly. i love hypeness and power and energy. thats what does it for me.
nb. you know drilla i got a playlist that has this stuff, plus the other youtube thread i got obsessed with, plus hardcore/jungle, plus elephant man, plus grime instrumentals and it gets me so overexcited its not true.