Most people don’t think about hip-hop or rap when they think about Alpharetta. But there’s a few MC’s out there who thought this North Fulton city had enough swag to name drop it in a rhyme. Or to get a feel for the county’s pulse in their beats. I can think of Young Jeezy’s rhyme “Got a hundred put away for my lawyer fee. That's a hundred for the case: guess the lawyer was free. I'm into big boy salary it got hundreds in it. My new crib in Alpharetta, it got hundreds in it. Felt sorry for my maid, I gave that girl a raise. She say you got too many chains, I be cleaning for days”. I can think of Raekwon’s album Shaolin vs. Wu-Tang from 2011, “Holdin' my girl wedding ring, she Medellin. Name is Beretta King, live in Alpharetta and she never leave me. Flow freely this is all graffiti, the cloth we cut from. Is straight from a rich (expletive), greedy.” Now we can add the collaboration called Fulton County by Mr. Flamboyant, Kilo Ali, DJ Taz and Ebony Camille.
Inside Out is all about life in the game, and where that can lead you the way it is today in Georgia. With the soaring vocals of Ebony and the hard beats this song will get you bumping. Sprinkle in some Neo Soul leanings that are upbeat with some nice world traditions. You have a recipe for a tasty Hotlanta Hip Hop Gumbo. The spirit of this collaboration seems to have carried through from the Rise Up release from 2017. That song was a grass roots phenomenon that spread out from the Atlanta Falcons Football team from the 2017 season. It was used by the Atlanta Fans who had been spread out in the Nation, at other broadcast stations. The song’s movement gained momentum that has carried through to this day by Mr. Flamboyant and crew. These artists are staying true to what made Atlanta such a interesting Hip Hop city. Incorporating the 1980’s and early 1990’s Miami Bass Influences, with street elements that are from such areas as diverse as Compton and the Da Bronx. These artists can proudly take their spots standing among the S.W.A.T.S. (South West Atlanta Too Strong) even they technically they are the N.W.A.T.S.
