all these rappers are weak they make nice beats or whoever does there beats but lyrics they dont have…. but keep doing yall thing cause i see alot of ppl like them… me im strictly west coasting, The Game, Jay Rock, Nipsey Hussle just to name a few are way better and YA KNOW THAT haha

gucci mane is ok, soulja boy is for the kids to hop around and look stupid , oj da juice man is garbage, and shawty lo and his extended words are played out. If any one should be on that cover out of them 4 it should be gucci the one to stay.

Gucci is hot, the other 3………*yawn*

Shouldn’t the name of this cover be Wack, Wacker, and Wackest???

All of these new fangled dirty south rappers suck balls!!!!! WORD UP!!!! Down south music all sounds the dame….No lyrical content what so ever!!!!!

ALL SWAGG’D OUT!!! S**t chea! Meaning NONE OF THEM GOT SWAGG!!! Are you serious?!?! Get outta here wit that garbage! Of course, my 13 yr old son loves em…thinks they’re the bomb…but for those of us who enjoy real music….they’re garbage! All swagg’d out….LMAO!!! Yeah right!!!

lol@people saying gucci mane is hot..lmao. i heard this dude free style, hes no different from souljah boy.

all 4 of these fools are wack as F**K!!! and the people that buy their music are even bigger fools but they sell so they “hot” i guess. wack ass s**t

Only person I can truly say I like on this cover is OJ. Gucci s**t is only right for clubs and ridin to. Soulja Boy…. Enough said. And Shawty Lo??? NIGGA PLEASE (-_-)

HATERZ FALL BACK. THE SOUTH HAS TAKEN OVER THE RAP GAME A LONG TIME AGO. ALL 4 OF THESE DUDE’S GO HARD. FINALLY THE EAST COAST IS A WRAP!!! LAME ASS UP NORTH AND EAST COAST BULLSHYT IS OVER!! LMAO!!!

TO THIS F**K NIGGA THAT SAID ALL SOUTH S**T SOUND THE SAME YOU A GOT DAMN LIE 8BALL & MJG,UGK,JEEZY,BG,JUVE,BOOSIE,WEBBIE,OUTKAST,PASTOR TROY,GOTTI,DON’T SOUND LIKE THESE NIGGAS SO GET THAT S**T STRAIGHT

soulja boy lame,gucci man what the f**k,orange juice jones smh and shawty low corney ass all together wrapped up in one big ass gay southern fried pile of lame ass niggas getting money.i aint mad.

Damm I had to youtube OJ da Juiceman because I never heard his music, nigga is wack.

I call these mofo’s Strip Club rappers, cause that the only place they shyt sound listenable, I guess the ass shaking to the beat distracts you from the wack lyrics.

Lets be real!
I’m from the south, Louisiana to b exact. I think Gucci is ok, but we don’t even pay attention to these cats.. lol
Talk about UGK, Webbie, Chamillionaire, Devin the dude, B.G., Young Jeezy, Outkast, T.I., Eightball and MJG, please get ya game up before you diss the south!!
Don’t get it twisted we got love for all sides..
I love Lupe, Kanye, Jay, Nas, and Common!!
Keep it trill blackplanet!!

Infant minded African Americans always looking for a way or reason to divide instead of unite. U Dark skin, I’m light skin. U from Jackson. MI and I’m from Baltimore,MD. So f**king what. The bottom line is, if u talk about real s**t then real people will respect u no matter where u from. Scarface, The ghetto boys, Outkast, T.I., Have always gotten spins and recpect everywhere. Yall fools still on that I’m from the South s**t and I’m this and I’m that. What u are is ignorant. Read a Malcolm X book tomorrow instead of listening to Capt. Crunch, Crunch Berries, OJ and uh Gucci Man. LoL Ring Tone Rap this is not the season. LoL

i agree with 1sexymona….

i agree all these niggaz aint real rappers!!…they just make strip club music..the real rappers from ATl are T.i. young jeezy outkast etc…these niggas are abc rappers!!

What tha f**k is SenorCafeDa2nd talkin bout sound like you a SISQO fan
get tha f**k outta here

What tha f**k is SenorCafeDa2nd talkin bout sound like you a SISQO fan
get tha f**k outta here and Harlemflights09 you might not be mad but you a HATER go rap some 50 cent and see who else know the lyrics

that so sad all these damn haters hating on these dudes these F**k NIggas wish they could make some money by saying words over a beat and get pay for it and nobody want to give souljaboy his respect. he might not be the best rapper in the game but when he got in he did what he was suposed to do that was to MAKE MONEY and Gucci Man just step his game up super hard i been a fan since so icy but now he making club bangers left and right these r sum hating ass people who need too just stop listening to rap and go cop sum Fallout boy, Greenday,Brittany, High school musical ass nigga f**k stop snitching STOP THE HATING PLEASE ITS LOOKS UGLY ON YOU

y’all don’t get why these niggas grace the cover of XXL….they’re on the rare species list, this niggas are so weak that they claim themselfs as the best…..save them from our ears

HATTIN ON THE SOUTH, THESE NIGGAS IS GOIN HARD CONGRATS…

Hip hop is oficially dead to me now.

Guess Ludacris and Young Jeezy were not available to be on the cover. They make money AND they are good rappers.

These four guys on the XXL cover are mostly about the bling and shallow lyrics IMO but hey, at least they can make some money for a moment…

Guess Ludacris and Young Jeezy were not available to be on the cover. They’re from the south, they make money AND they are good rappers in the south and all over the country. There are far more better rappers in the south that could have made the XXL cover IMO.

Yeah I agree wit Terrence… Hip Hop ain’t s**t no more… All bulls**t aside I f**k wit erbody except S**tty Lo. And the only other person i really f**k wit is Gucci… the nigga lyrics is extra s**tty, but his beats just go hard. But as far as any talent… Not naaaaa one of em got talent.

Why everybody hate of these nigga’s.Other the Shawty Lo the other three be grinding. You cant hate on them just for that alone.

I think all of these rappers on the cover are the greatest rappers of all time. move over rakim, outkast, KRS-1…these dudes, lyrically are the best ever to do it. ever.

I thank God that I am blessed and fortunate enough to turn on the radio and listen to soulja boy and shawty lo. Put these dudes up there with stevie wonder, prince, michael jackson…LEGENDS!!

I F**KS WIT ALL OF THEM THEM NIGGA’S GANGSTA THEY JUST SPEAKING THEY LIFE AND KEEPING IT REAL AND THEY F**KS WITH MEMPHIS,TN SO THEY GOOD WITH ME.

Wtf?? These dudes are lames! They don’t make hot songs, they make catchy hooks! In my opinion Wayne is the King of the South!!

They make the rap game look bad that’s not hip hop we came a long way like outkast T.I. nas and jay-z the make good music not garbage the hood dont no what they want the youug are runing the game and there are doing a bad job they are sellout’s no pride in what they do nas said it best hip hop is dead. couse of the youth and the lable make this group of sorry niggas that cant rap if they rep your city you should put your head down in shame. THE GAME HAS CHANGE!!

This is what happens when you let other ppl think for you… The XXl cover has nothing to do with being the next “king of the south!” Its just an introduction to Icey City, a group of rappers helping each other eat and they have been killin the Mix tapes in the A. I should know i live there…

HOW DA HELL U HAVE A KING OF THE SOUTH DISCUSSION AND NONE OF THE PEOPLE IN THE DISCUSSION HAVE A CAREER TO SPEAK OF? WHICH ONE OF THEM HAS A CLASSIC ALBUM? HOW U GONNA REPLACE T.I WITH SOMEONE WHO HASNT DONE ANYTHING YET? DID LUDACRISS DIE? DID ANDRE RETIRE? WOW @ THE CHOICES

NONE OF THE ABOVE.

THEY ARE ALL LAME.

Here’s an idea. Give them all an English test, and whoever has the highest score, at least give his azz a GED, not a crown!

They makein more money than everyone put together on here so they should keep doin their thing to keep food on the table, I listen to gucci a little bit but im from Houston and people say that slowed down music is stupid but thats what we listen too down here the south is a different environment from the rest of the U.S. we like to have fun, nobody once to go to a club and listen to music where all they talk about is politics and how they grew up in hard times, thats depressing, we like to have fun in the south, and yeah these rappers got famous because of the dancing and beats and its not like old hip hop, but people looking for something to cheer them up in this depression they don’t wanna hear about it all the time in lyrics

Damn i guess lil wayne and rick ross dont exist….u got the wrong cats up their

are these guys really on the rap radar…these dudes is trash who are these clowns? CLOWNS!!!

King of the south?? LMAO….damn…you know music is know s**t if u got these jokers as possible candidates…Hip Hop is officially dead…these niggas are jokers, minstrel shows…modern minstrel SOBs

Totally Horrible representation of the art form period.

Maybe these 40 year old rappers need to support a better cause. And maybe the 40 year old groupies who support them could be doing something more constructive, like being a role model to our lost young men.

I bet Andrew Milonakis can freestyle better than these 3 dudes who give the souf a bad name and the art form called RAP an even worse name,clearly we have Authentic “CRACK BABY MUSIC” now on display!!!!

NONE OF THESE NIGGAS ARE THE KING!!!! THATS A CRAZY ASS STATEMENT AND QUESTION TO EVEN POSE!! FACE IS BY FAR THE KING OF THE SOUTH FIRST OFF, AND HOW THEY GON LEAVE OUT THE LEGENDS?? BUN B. BALL & MJG?! C’MON THESE CANDY ASS NIGGAS IS FAAAR FROM THE KING. I WILL GIVE GUCCI SOME CREDIT CUZ HE BEEN AROUND 4 A MIN NOW, BUT THE OTHA MF’S CAN RIDE!!!

its rap not hip hop.

they couldve picked better folk to rep the south

True kings of the souf Andre 3000,Big Boi,Scarface,Ludacris(originally from Illinois) and T.I., Shaffer Smith(better known as Ne-Yo) who writes alot of these dudes stuff,Lil Wayne 98-04 b4 someone started writing his shyt.But its sad how this urban daily gives attention to so much crap,no disrespect most of these so called writers never make it in national publications or newspapers..

All of the canidates have their own style…Everyone has their own opinion. But I think they all have good music. Gucci Mane doesnt get the credit he deserves. Shawty-lo have had hits and he produces alot of hit for others..Souljah- boy is young..But we all know he has alot of talent to be a young man..He’s really a rookie to the game but he’s hot.OJ DA JUICEMAN.. I love his music..Everyone have to crawl before they walk.. But what people fail to realize these rappers arent as dumb as we think..It takes brains to do what they do..Most rappers are very well educated and they have to be in order to keep up with this Music Industry..It’s not like it use to be back in the day..Everything is more advance. TI is a wonderful rapper..I’ve been listening to him when His Album IM SERIOUS CAME OUT.. Why cant we have more than one King of the South?To me they all are great..

Don’t sleep on Pastor Troy I know he fell off for a min but he should be consider before Soulja Boy.

Souljah-boy has talent??WOW i hear dat hot shyt i know 10yr old who have better lyrical content than that of souljah-boy wow!!

To me everyone of these ppl suck two out of four for some reason think they can f**k wit t.i. wich neither can… gucci man lyrically is unimpressive everyone knows soulja boy is jus ringtone rap thats it he may be gettin his young mogul on but thats it… oj i dont care about and i his song was ok but everyone like the remis to shawty lo s**t so what……. for rap period if there was no outkast niggas in the A would not have been gettin on and thats jus real talk…. if there was no scarface houston wouldnt have been on the map like it was… these four maybe the most current and even popular in the a…. but by far they are jus goin to be here for the moment… and legends in their state alone

Damn!!!! Where JEEZY at???

NEITHER OF EM..THEY ALL TRASH…OJ, ALL HE SAY IS AYE, OK ALL THE TIME..GUCCI SOUND RETARDED AS HELL..SOULJA BOY, LMAO…SHAWTY LO SOUND LIKE HE SLEEPY AS HELL…THE SOUTH KILLED HIP HOP, BUT IF YA WANT REAL KINGS, PUT T.I, LUDACRIS, SCARFACE OR BUN B ON THE COVER..THEN ASK THAT QUESTION

Why do so many people have negative thoughts about these rappers? When I turn my radio on these rappers 9 out of ten is what i’m hearing…This is a new world in order and they must be doing something right because they made the list.. I’d like to see alot of us try to do what they do on an everyday basic..So vote or don’t vote.

Yea I’m feeling you homie for asking where jeezy at. I mean he’s more lyrical then everybody on that poll..But ya’ll all know it’s not about the lyrics anymore…However I do feel Gucci..

lil kim is a hot mess..lol..

Woow i got to say xxl really dont know hip-hop and i dont have to buy the cover to see that just looking at saying its more then these wack ass rappers on their. Gucci new album is out i understand that but everybody know he cant touch Jeezy The Receesion is still hot and it came out last year. Not hatin just speaking the truth as far as shawty lo nobody still dont know him he tried to get big by dissing TI we see that didnt work.TI is still the King of the South and if u want to talk back in the its Master P Scarface Outkast and UGK.OJ Da Juiceman woow did he ever go platiumn i think i heard his wack song but forgot yeah thats what happen when ur song sucks lol.But if u want to talk about King of the South while TI is out dont leave out Ludacris Young Jeezy and Lil Wayne but i understand if u trying to give them credit cause they bringing out albums now they got to prove a lot more to be that High though.

I just want to note that there are a lot of under rated rappers. However the most under rated rapper alive is Z-ro of Houston ,Texas. I feel that this guy is underrated due to the lack of “play”. Other rappers such as Mike Jones, Paul Wall, and Bun-B receive more media but not as much as rappers from Atlanta. Is this because all of the attention goes to rappers from Atlanta. Z-ro is considered to be one of the greatest Texas rappers alive, but is still unknown to most of America. Is this because Black America would rather hear stories from rappers about how selling Crack can make dreams come true. At the same time avoiding how this “fast money” can get you imprisoned. Although most rapper from the hood speak about this most people in Texas compare Z-ro to Tupac why? He speaks about selling drugs but he also explains how it effects our whole community.

mannn hip hop is dead all these southern rappers suck real hip hop never gets played like lupe fiasco

i agree zro is real hip hop

If thats the future of the South they in Trouble. None of these rappers are close to Z-Ro or Trae they garbage.

believe the south is the realest even dem uptop dudes wanna be southern

dats wut wrong wit blacks folks today ,,we never give props for someone who made it ,or doin well,,,we just hate or talk down on em,,,i dont listen to em,,or 50 cent,,but u dont see me talkin s**t bout dem i just dont buy there music,,plan as dat ,in other word if u dont like it dont buy it and keep yo hatin to yo self,,,for one reason why a lot of rapper in da south ,get it big ,even if its only for a min, is because dey f**ks wit each other ,,meaning they help each other out ,,,u should try it hater u might learn sumthing,,,real talk,

The kings of the south is UGK, Hawk, fat Pat, Big Moe and etc.

Outside of Scarface, Luda and Outcast the south is garbage. This whole ring tone rap is a joke. The beats are garbage as well as those elementary lyrics and casio keyboard beats. I want these so called artist to challenge themselves as well as their listeners and dare to be different. I’ve been down with hip hop from day one and still want to love it as much as I always have but I’m losing hope. Create classic albums and stop creating ringtones.

lol all ima say is niggaz love to be a nigga and hate to be a nigga.

These down south rappers are garbage. A few are good: TI, Ludacris, Scarface, that’s all I can think of right now. Southern rappers need to go back to school and get an education. Maybe then they’ll sound smart.

…not my cup of tea

Yall need to quit hatin on the south, yeah hip-hop started in NY and then went out west to LA, but when NY had nobody doing nothing and after the death of Pac LA slightly fell off outside of The Game & Snopp, it was the South that kept hip-hop alive if it wasn’t for the SOUTH hip-hop might not be here right now. With that being said the SOUTH we been here gonna stay here so f*#k you if you gotta problem with the SOUTH. Remember the SOUTH holds the top 3 states in violent crimes 1.Memphis TN
2.Miamai FL (Dade County)
3.My Home Sumter SC (Merk City)

COME DOWN HERE WITH THAT BULLSH*T YALL TALIKIN!!!!!!!!!!

LMFAAOOOO@XXL PUTTIN THE LAMEST NICCAS ON THE FRONT COVER FIRST OF ALL GUCCI (BLACK AZZ BART SIMPSON) MANE IS TRASH TO THE 3RD POWER SHOWTY HOE=EXTRA TRASH SOULJA GIRL=BIITCH MADE AND OJ THE IS A LAME LIKE GUCCI MANE BIITCH AZZ…….ITS LIKE EVERY BODY WANNA FOLLOW THE TRENDS INSTED OF HAVIN THEY OWN MIND LIKE THIS DOWN SOUTH BULL SHIIT IS NOT HIPHOP AT ALL …..I THINK MOST OF THESE DOWN SOUTH ARTIST ARE FUUCKIN UP THE MUSIC GAME TO BE HONEST WITH THIS OL SNAP YO FINGER GAY DANCING AZZZ MUSIC….THESE NICCAS BE DANCING LIKE LIL BIITCHES AND HOES NOW AND NICCAS REALLY THINK THAT SHIIT KOO AND ITS NOT I THINK ITS REALLY HOMOISH…..HISTORY ALWAYS REPEATS ITS SELF I CANT WAIT TILL REAL HIPHOP COMES BACK…YAL LAME DOWN SOUTH NICCAS BETTER HURR UP AND GET MONEY WHILE YAL CAN CUZZ REAL HIPHOP IS COMING BACK U FAG AZZZ NICCAS

People we are still missing the point..The results have came back and the choices are there..If you aren’t satisfied with the results..Dont vote and save the negative comments..Different strokes for different folks..And our southern rappers aren’t dumb..Everyone have there own way of talking..Slang is slang. I speak slang sometimes because i’m from the south and thats considered to be my accent. It slips I cant help it..But I do know how to speak correct English..So stop saying our Southern Rappers need to be more educated..Apparently they have some kind of brains to have been made it where they are in life right now and on the list..

…You got 4 of the WACKEST RAPPERS on the cover of your magazine…

…Poor choice of talent I say…

Neither one of those cats should have made the cut except for Scarface.. And he’s a midwest rapper, so WTF? Can we get some better choices? Then I’ll vote.

None of those niggas can rap, so what?

This is ridiculous. I’m so amazed and disappointed at the same time how rap has turned to garbage. Especially in the south.

C’mon remember Goodie Mob, Outkast, Big Mike, Scarface, South Cirle, 8ball & MJG, UGK, etc. Back in the day? S**t was so tight and they actually rapped about something. The battle of south was back then. These wack ass rappers are bubblegum. I put them up there with Brittany Spears and Miley Cyrus. Oh pop music fagots.

The problem is that the south is the only region that is hot and has been hot for a while. Hip hop is dead, everywhere else but the south. You niggas are just hateing because the north hasn’t ruled since biggie, the west hasn’t dont s**t since NWA. The south is where the heat is and where the money and you north and west niggas cant stand it. Tell you what, take it from your boy 50, if you aint selling no records, you ain’t making no money, so you ain’t s**t. GET YOUR GAME UP NIGGAS

Ha ha. The south rap is hot garbage period. It was real back in the day. Yes NY fell off and the West fell off but not because gay(literally) ass ATL has been making such good music. People just jumped on the ignorant trend of puttin d’s on the b***h(wonder where he is now) and all other materialistic things.

It’s a fad that will play out. Rappers like Consequence and Lupe will get their due respect. The rappers in the south today are all talking about the same thing. It’s not going to last forever. Every body has their time.

I agree with homeboy hiphop aint the same since back in the day post pac and biggie just like the nba since MJ but its still a few rappers out there doin theyre thing (TI,Method/Red,NAS,Eminem,Common,Zro,Kanye,Luda, etc its a handful out there…since T.I. gone first of all i wouldnt even consider none of these cats for one none of them is time tested, none are hot, i dont even think these niggas are even at platinum status and that nigga soulja boy aint even a rapper so take him out all together…but if anyone shouldve been on that cover its Zro hey im from Miami but the nigga real…Luda…damn it aint many but Ill put Flo-rida or Ross before these cats

Oh my bad lil wayne should be a definate contender though

is it ironic that all these guys have no talent and no skills but get the most radio play?

y can’t people just understand that the south doing their thang. damn, can we all just share the wealth.

we can’t be a hater all our life.

the truth hurts some people so they call it hating

I got a big head lol. Its the truth so if someone told me I got a big head are they hating? SOMEONE PLEASE ANSWER THAT! WHY IS TELLING THE TRUTH HATING?

the wackest set of rappers this is not a south thing this is a no talent thing.

YEA ITS TIME 4 DA NEW NIGGAS 2 SHINE!!!!!!!

QUIT HATING THA SOUF
CUZ SUM OF YALL UP NORTH NIGGAS WACK ASS F**K 2

YALL NIGGAS JUST WANT THA SAME PEOPLE ON TOP OF EVERY LIST

I KNO SUMBODY WANNA SAY JAY Z

THEY HAVE NO FLOW….NO PUNCH LINES…NOTHING CATCHING….JUST A GOOD BEAT….THEY SHOULDNT PUT SOUTH ON IT…IT SHOULD BE ATLANTA….THEY GET NO PLAY LIKE THAT DOWN IN MIA/FT.LAUDERDALE…NONE OF THEM BETTER THEN ROSS….WEEZY…JEEZY…BUCK…PLIES

With all do respect, neither one of these cats deserve the top spot…UGK and T.I.P. will always reign supreme…….

GUCCI!

Truth is…The south is gettin tired. Its the same ol same ol. I am glad to see Meth and Redman makin a come back. I am from the south so dont get it twisted..but seriously these niggas aint got nothin to talk about especially soulja boy..none of them have a clever use of metaphors or words period…they wack

man from these comments it sounds like most off the people here are some hating as b***hes.. all four off them is doing what they gotta do to sell albums…. if your wanna listing to something deep then listing to Nas but these niggas rap about s**t that u can ride to and bump your head to and they making money off it.. alot off people in the game wish they can be like them but they not.. so all i say is Go head Gucci, OJ, Shawty Lo, and soulja boy.. Do your thing n make your money… if you dont like there music then dont list to it..

if they a hater for tellin the truth about the wack mc’s then your being a hater for hatin on them cause they dont like them. So i guess we all just some haters huh. LOL LAMES

None of these rappers deserve to be on the cover of any magazine. They have made a mockery of hip hop like most other rappers from the south. Ludacris and jeezy is good and UGK but not too many more commercial rappers are good below the mason dixon. Tha boogie down Bronx, Brooklyn and Queens built hip hop and Cali kept it real. This down south s**t for the most part is wack son.

I can only imagine what the interview sound was to sound like with all of them talking, lawd have mercy, but this is what we have been exposed to and simply have to put up with, I completely agree with Babyface and the reality Outkast needs to come back and put a whoop ass on these kids with some cadilcacfunkymusic and after that ship them off to grammar school so they can learn to speak well

all those niggas on that XXL cover is GARBAGE!!! Scarface, Andre 3000, and Luda been the 3 kings of the South.

ummm can someone inform XXL that TIP hasnt retired yet. lol. he still run it as far as i see it. close tie wit jeezy anyway

Yes you have to give props to Face (Scarface for you slow people) 8 Ball & MJG and UGK all Legends, now if you want to talk about since T.I. is in Jail who is king of the south? WTF? People fail to realize that that title is Self Proclaimed anyways I never thought he was king of the south, one word 3000 hell Outkast king of the south if you ask me, change their style every album and still push big numbers and influence everybody, stylish (3000 be on some next level s**t and admit it ONLY he can do the s**t he do and get away with it), too much s**t to say about them, who you know can go from pimp s**t, to futuristic (before it has been done) to activist back to pimpin then to separate go Diamond (which is unheard of in music, especially hip hop, not rap) and still be relevant as time changes? NOT TIP

Every rapper on this cover is pure crap and ruining rap music.

Andre 3000 anyone?

scarface is the only rapper up there with rea; mc skills. gucci got good music but hes an abc rapper. i dont have to go thru the rest but other than scarface none of them are highly skilled rappers…. i put my money on Outkast!!!

gaaaaabiiij!!

Showing much luv to all the artist for doing their thing but Scarface is the best out of the bunch. They cant even be compared to him. He’s been on his grind holding it down with real lyrics for years he is the King of the South without a dobut

HAD TO VOTE FOR MY MAN,SCARFACE
HE TOP ALL FOUR OF THEM…
FITTED OFF!
THA REST TRASH!

Scarface is the coldest as far as his lyrics. But I could go on all day naming the southern rappers thats better than these niggas. Juvie, Wayne, Bun B., Wayne, B.G., Z-Ro, Lil KeKe, T.I., Trick Daddy, 8-Ball & MJG. Man the list goes on. Its so many MC’s in the South thats so underrated its ridiculous. What can you do about it when the whole hip-hop industry is so biased favoring the East Coast???

All the brothers are talented. I wish them much more success with their careers!

At this particular time that I’m voting on this thing…how in the hell is gushy mane I me mushy mane I mean Gucci Mane is leading Scareface. Even little @$$ Bushwick Bill would kill these dudes in real rap and hip hop. Oh well, I’ll start back listening to rap and hip hop when they stop catering to 2nd graders but until then I’ll stick with my Old School……(yeah I know…gushy mane does sound nasty as hell….I had to think about it myself real quick before I posted this…but F*CK it…I’m not a fan)

man what r u talkin bout just cuz in jail doesnt mean hes done s**t ti is still king n if hes done than luda is da next king or jezzy or 3 6 wtf ya have to b jokin like think who is the untochable rapper in da south wayne ok but who eles come on ya should had wait n plot about this just cuz they hott right now doesnt mean they will b here next year i think soulja gurl is done o j is tired shawty lo ….. ti already deaded dat nigga n gucci …… ma nigga jezzy will kiilem hold up he already did these niggas here r da bench warmers lol da bout to sit right back down n shawty where is d4l boys at lite skin kat was da best one out of da whole click n soulja need to make more lyrics on his songs i mean damn my son can do better than him n hes 1 lol wtf

gucci man, are you kidding me. what have yall been smoking, whateva it is can i have some? soulja boy, the mc hammer of this generation, homie can dance but rap, this is the same guy who thinks that he ended bow wow’s career. man, im glad they made the cover of the magazine but, you can put them in the same categorie of TI, Luda, Jeezy, or Lil Wayne. can’t none of these cats take up the mantle now that TI is gone for a minute, hate to see good talent like that go do time. but im baffled at what im seeing, gracing the front of the cover and the title reading who is the new king of the south? but i will say this, each and every one of them will get dethroned and over thrown before its all said and done.

Hip Hop is DEAD… and the South killed it!
The East Coast didn’t stay true to it, the West Coast f**ked it up and the South KILLED it!

I couldnt agree more with Anthropological…its been dead for awhile.

Well said Anthropological!!

EVERYBODY TALKIN BOUT THE SOUTH KILLED IT….DO YALL REMEMBER MASTER P…..IF I WASNT FOR HIM ….RAP WOULD BE NON EXISTENT…PERIOD….THEN CASH MONEY TOOK OVER…NOW EVERYBODY TRIES TO RAP ABOUT BLING BLING….AND THEY SUCK…SO….YALL GET IT RITE …THE SOUTH AND NEW ORLEANS IS TOO DIFFERENT PLACES YA HEARD ME……WE DONT BUMP NONE OF THEM LAME ASS CHARACTERS YALL GOT ON THE COVER

everybody downin the south talkin bout they killed hip hop and yadda yadda yadda but u cant get mad at them for makin the music that idots all over the world are listenin 2 and buying. if people wouldnt buy the garbage that majority of these new artists are putting out then maybe we would have a better quality of music.

LOL YOU TALK SHYT BOUT THE SOUTH BUT WE GOT TRICK,JEEZY,LUDA,8BALL,MJG,RICK ROSS,T.I.,UGK..R.I.P PIMP C AND WE COULD GO ON AN ON…BUT DURTY SOUTH IS THE SHYT EWTF U BUMPIN OUT YOUR SHYT???

Boy I swear that hater term gets thrown around WAY too much. Nobody should get mad if anybody is out here getting money. I congratulate all these cats on doing that. But at the same time, the shyt they make gets no airplay with me because it sounds like stir fried shyt! Don’t have shyt to do with being from the South, as I grew up listening to Geto Boys, Scarface,OutKast, Goodie Mob. Hell to me Andre3000 is one of the sickest lyricist in the game still to this day! But this shyt ya’ll popping to here just ain’t it. I’m not an old nigga. I’m just 28, and I’m already finding myself listening to old school shyt cause this bullshyt is getting all the play. Hip Hop ain’t dead, it’s just for the kids. And my grown azz ain’t about to sit around and listen to a nigga on the record say “Hey” 50 million times like somebody got his nuts in vice grips.

FIRST OF ALL I WILL GIVE CREDIT WHERE CREDIT IS DUE THESE DUDES ARE GETTIN IT….BUT AS FAR THEIR MUSIC I CAN’T REALLY GET INTO IT…I WONT SAY ITS TERRIBLE ITS JUST NOT MY VIBE YA DIG….AND AS FAR AS ANY OF THESE GUYS BEING KING OF DA SOUTH…MISS ME WITH THAT B.S…..THEY CAN’T EVEN CALL THEMSELVES THE KING OF THE “A” …NOT AS LONG AS MY DOG T.I.P. STILL BREATHIN….HONESTLT I DON’T THINK THERE IS A TRUE KING…BECAUSE THERES BEEN SO MANY INFLUENTIAL RAPPERS WHO’VE COME FROM THE SOUTH…BUT IF I HAD TO PICK ONE I’D SAY SCARFACE….HE’S A O.G. IN THE GAME AND HE STILL GOES HARDER THAN THE MAJORITY OF RAPPERS TODAY….BUT THATS JUST MY OPINION

LOL SOULJA BOY IS SOOOOOO NOT FROM ATL, HE IS FROM BATESVILLE, MISSISSIPPI. HE ACT LIKE HE SCARED TO REP THE STATE OF MISSISSIPPI, ITS COOL WE STILL GOT DAVID BANNER

THE SOUTH WAS LAYED BACK BACK IN THE 90′S…OUTKAST, GOODIE MOB..SCARFACE..GHETTO MAFIA..U.G.K..NO LIMIT..ECT…THEY GOT MAJOR PROPS..BUT NOW…ARTIST LIKE THESE CLOWNS..F**KIN UP…I DONT EVEN BUY THEY ALBUMS (NOT EVEN BOOTLEG)..CUZ ITS THE SAME SHYT ON EVERY TRACK..SHYTS GETTIN OLD.AND ITS NOT JUST THE SOUTH, ITS ALL THESE MC’S TODAY…ALL MUSIC SINCE 2004 DONE F**KED HIP HOP UP…IM GON START LISTENIN TO CLASSICAL..LMAO

Im just a real nigga tha south is were everybody wants to b cause its poppin real talk and tha king situation is scarface he keeps it 100 and he tell it n his music dont grt me wrong i got love for tha other artist gucci is my boy he tha mixtape king hands down.

i dont knock these dudes if they find a way to get paper then ptops for that.im just not a fan of that s**t they put out.really the people i listen to from the south now is ti and wayne. between them that is the discussion about who the king is.

why do yall come up with these bulls**t list soulja boy is for the kids ,o.j the juice we really aint heard much of ,and yeah gucci get whole lot of street cred for beating a murder charge i would give it to low but he might be on this blog site lol but when you think about the kings of the south are these people scareface bun b and the late great pimp c , trick daddy , eight ball & mjg ,j.t money b.g, outkast and goode mob these are the people who put in the most work out here intstead of flappin their f**king gumms

it doesent even matter all of them on tha cover is wack anyway

And anyway to me UGK will always be the “KINGS OF THE SOUTH”and no one can change that real talk…my niece loves Soulja Boy and Gucci Mane is coolo cause he has club hits. As far as ShawtyLo if it wasnt for D4L no one would know who he is, and who the hell is OJ tha Juiceman anyway one song makes him king of the south NO!!!!! Any one that has been there from the beginning is/are the REAL “KINGS OF THE SOUTH” DEUCES…..

I can tell ya’ll aint from the south at all. Oj is hot as s**t, and dont even speak of Gucci. Man ya’ll know we got this music s**t on lock, if you dont like our s**t then dont listen to it! or better yet call your local rapper and tell the mutherf**ker to start putting out hits!!!!….,.KIll your self.LMAO

first of all T.I. will always be the KING of the south thats my boy so no matter where he is T.I. is always the KING in ATLANTA (bankhead)

i mad that people act like they forgot about luda

1st and foremost , T.I. has not relinquished his crown, he might be taking a sebatical but none of them dudes could hold his shorts let alone his crown…..grand hustle all day

real talk shawty…it’s funny how soon as they cage my man up kats pop up on cover…the media is fueling this war…they all go hard to me it’s what you do with it…and Tip hold it down R.I.P Pimp C respect to Scarface

Gucci,Juiceman and shorty lo rap about the same s**t in every bar,and you know what that is Bricks,I tired of niggaz rapping about drugs that s**t is getting old quick.

Maybe i’m getting old but i remember when niggaz was saying something besides dumb s**t on records! Cant NONE of them 4 niggaz on that cover rap no better than any of 50 of my homeboys that rap! They havent really said anything to impress me that i havent heard before! And Gucci cant even go back to where he is REALLY from (Bessemer, Al-right outside of Birmingham) cuz niggaz boo his azz of da stage for disowning his city when he got sent to ATL by his mom cuz some niggaz was gettin’ at him! They call him Foochi-Fake azz gucci!

Scarface made it happen..and T.i. will always be the king of the south.. but before the list of new school cats they must not forget LUDA…

None of them are King of the south

are u serious?! none of them are the King…Kang that’s it…

LUDA AND JEEZY THA BEST iN THA SOUTH RiGHT NOW

FUC ALL THAT, YALL HEARD ABOUT YO GOTTI, MEMPHI$ ALL THAT YALL LOOKING FA,YOU KNOW IT,LET’EM KILL THEYSELVES OFF,LIKE LO SAID “IT AINT BOUT WHO FIRST ITS BOUT WHO LAST”

MYSTIKAL IS FREE IN JANUARY…GET SCARED!!!

Mystical!!!???!!! U can’t be serious..It’s only room for one sodomizer and that’s R. Kelly

Im sorry to say but soulja boy shouldnt even be on the list. He is wacker than wack and is no where near the king of the south. Which i have to say is Bun B. Hate if you want but he is the trillest nigga alive so f**k what you heard.

none of these cats have mic skillz. who cares they get money…..when did money equate to talent?and when did the truth be coming hating?
u are what u listen to…. GET YOUR ENGLISH TOGETHER, GET SOME STYLE(meaning real MC’s rep for the B Boy!!!and not for clothes fame and hoes….(lamest term) all these cats are bite’n sucka MC’s…….hahahhahahahhaha” get a clue youngyens.

Seriously, is this even a conversation, is this what the south has come to were actually debating on which one of these guys are kings of the south? Wow…not one of these guys is better than Ludacris, T.I., Jeezy, not to mention Outkast and i’m not a big fan of either of them except Outkast. Just because you put a hit or two on the radio doesn’t make you king of the south. Please people we shouldn’t even be debating this!!

The pure rapper in GA not named T.I and Andre 3000 is Shawn Jay from field Mob. These other cats are bubble gum rappers. They can’t rap!

Now to the topic of discussion. The real King of the South is still the right now is Rick Ross. I can name 4 cats from Florida (Rick Ross, Iceberg, Brisco, and Flo-rida)that’s way better than the 4 on the cover of the magazine.

ya’ll do know that Shawty Lo is th dude from Laffy Taffy? Enough said. I can’t take him serious at all.

U lil kidz…boy i tell u lol Scareface with Outkast following suit real hip-hop will always recognize u as the King of the South…this new age hip is trash which i’m glad has its own name with”new age” bcuz none of it is hip hop…gucci mann,soulja boya lmao give me a fucc’n break

WHO CARES… EAST COAST RAP RULES

diz topic ilz str8 b/s.. . i think itz disrepectful to even mention dem 4 gimmick artist in a poll wit scarface. ..whoeva decided to do dis should be ban’d from eva writin on music or anything else…

I like gucci mane and of course always face but when people start talking bout hiphop because the south has taking over is bull because crunk and whatever came after that isnt what the south is about its just a part of the different styles that we have to bring to the table and if u want to talk bout the south its best u go back to the outkast, goodiemob, witchdoctor, ghettoboys, ugk, 8ball&mjg days when the south was rocking that real but no one paid us any attention. so before anybody diss the south u better know ur history. “church” and if u look at it the south has brought more style and versatility to the game than any side.

being thaat i’m from the south fl. to be exact we are loyal gucci fans its not about who has the best lyrics its about who makes better trap and club bangers unlike the the north who has fell off we dont care about lyrics that much we need a chorus and a fye fye beat to make the club bang which is what gucci gives you dont be mistaken by what you hear on the radio gucci is one of the best mixtape rappers at the presnt time

what ur fail to c is that all four off these Rappers make club banggers n they s**t be gettting play time on the radio.. so they must be doing something right… I mean s**t not every rapper out has to rap about some real s**t.. all four make music that u can ride to and get clubs crunk.. if i do the club i dont wanna her no s**t about life problems i wanna have fun n hear some nice beats so i can c the girls shake their booty to..LOL but it is what it is.. i mean hey its all about the money when u come down to it.. n they doing what gets them paid.. Nobody is forcing ur to listing to them..

GUCCI MANE…..WELL DAYUM!

Jail or No Jail, T.I. is the UNDISPUTED King of the South. He’s worked hard enough in the last few months to make sure that he keeps that title held down while he’s on lock.

LMFAOOO@HELL MELL NICCA TALKIN BOUT COME DOWN SOUTH AND TALK THAT SHIIT…..COME ON MAN U REALLY THINK DOWN SOUTH MUSIC IS HIPHOP? I MEAN LETS BE 4REAL? PEOPLE DONT UNDER STAND THE DIFFERENT BETWEEN HIPHOP AND RAP……AND YES THERE IS A DIFFERENT U DUMB MAFUUCKAS!!!…..AND DOWN SOUTH AINT NO DAMN HIPHOP ITS RAP AND I WOULD EVEN CALL IT THAT 98% OF DOWN SOUTH ARTIST IS TRASH…..YEA I SAID IT AND NO IM NOT A HATER IM STATING FACTS…..ONLY DUDES I FUUCKS WITH DOWN SOUTH IS LUDA SCARE FACE JEEZY TRICK DADDY ….I MAY 4GOT A COUPLE OF PEOPLE BUT OTHER THEN THAT THE REST OF YAL IS TRASH YAL MUSIC DONT HAVE NO SUBSTANCE OR MEANING….LIKE 4REAL ALL YAL MAKE IS HOMO AZZZ DANCE MUSIC ….AND WHAT YAL DOWN SOUTH NICCAS FAIL TO REALIZE IS ALL NICCAS DONT DANCE AND PARTY ALL THE TIME SO YAL NEED TO CUT THAT GAY AZZ SHIIT SHORT…CALL IT WHAT U WANT ~HEATER~ WHATEVA WHATEVA I KNOW REAL MUSIC WHEN I HEAR ALL MUSIC IS NOT MENT TO BE LIKE BY EVERY BODY…..FAG AZZ BIITCH NICCAS….OH YEA AND MOST OF YAL DOWN SOUTH NICCAS EITHER SOME SNITCHES OR SOME DOWN LOW AZZZ HOMOS

when YOU southern people say “we don’t care about lyrics” speak for your mothaf.u.c.king self.
btw- east coast ni99az are hating. andre3000,luda,face,b.o.b, little brother isn’t hip hop?! GTFPH hating azz niccuz.
im FROM the south and i say GUCCI= wack, BOOSIE=wack, O.J=wack, SOULJAH BOY= dont make music for people my age so i can’t comment. SHAWTY LO =wack! none of these artist are creative and have no ability of wordplay or delivery. i call them Dr. Suess rappers. STOP defining the SOUTH based off a certain amout of wack clowns. there are PLENTY of southern rappers with real talent! on another note, im a common, lupe fiasco, kweli ect. fan. but im not trying to hear any of these dudes in the club. there IS a time and a place for ALL music………..cept GUCCI. that ni99a is garbage. BYUT you east ni99az stop hatin.

Hands down T.I. is still the undisputed king. But this is waaaaayyyy bigger than the south. We(THA SOUTH) got the whole rap game on shackles bru!!!! We(THA SOUTH)are the only ones making hit after hit after hit after hit. East coast up most respect for starting this but we(THA SOUTH)got the torch now and we runnin with this MUTHAFUCCKKKAA!! So stop hatin and Show us the love and respect that we(THA SOUTH) deserves!!! T.I,Jeezy,Weezy,Luda and Gucci. My starting line up,east coast bring your best and It’s dinner time.

you got GUCCI in your starting five???? lil mamma can eat GUCCI lol

I DONT KNOW THESE NEW SOUTH RAPPERS STREET CRED AINT LOOKING TO HOT RIGHT NOW EVERYBODY IS A F**KING SNITCH AND OR C.O OR THEY RAP BOUT BRICKS AND AINT GOT KNOCK BY THE FEDS YET SO THEY MUST BE WORKING WIT THEM PEOPLES. YOU GOT NIGGA LIKE T.I GET KNOCKED FOR A GUN CHARGE AND ONLY GET A YEAR BUT PRODIGY FROM MOBB DEEP CAUGHT THE SAME CHARGE HE AUTOMATIC GOT 5 YAERS. MMMMMMM. THEN THEM BMF NIGGAZ GET HIT BY THE FEDS AND THEY PUT EVERYBODY ON EVEN JEZZY LAME ASS BIG MEECH GOT KNOCKED & JEZZY WENT THE OTHER WAY WTF?? NOW ALFAMEGA WAS INFORMANT FOR THE DEA. ALL THE FAKES ARE GETTING EXPOSED SO ONLY TIME WILL TELL FOR THESE NIGGAZ

no bun b? no andre3000? no killa mike? no scarface? remember that CEE LO can get more lyrical than 98% of rappers! but he dont rap no more,you’re lucky that he dont

i KNOW you NOT talking about street credentials??!!!! with people like jim jone getting jumped in his own hood, all the youtube videos of east coast rappers getting slapped and beat up, the whole tri state saying YEARS ago that 50 is a informant???? the toughest i see on the east are the females. you got LIL KIM doing bids while her crew snitchin on her! lmao. try again.
FAIL!!!!!!!!

my bad. you said NEW south rappers

I RATHER LISTEN TO THEIR INSTRUMENTALS

alfamega from cali bru.

QUIT HATIN ON DA SOUTH!!! GIVE CREDIT WHERE CREDIT IS DUE. I’M 4RM DA SOUTH, TEXAS 2 B EXACT AND I REP 2 DA FULLEST. TRUE, ALOT OF S**T U HEAR OUTTA DA SOUTH IS GARBAGE, BUT MOST OF IT ISN’T. WEEZY, JUVE, 8BALL & MJG,SLIM THUG, DEVIN THE DUDE, SCARFACE,T.I., UGK, LUDA: DO I NEED 2 PROCEDE??? EVERYONE DOESN’T LIKE OUR S**T AND THAT’S COOL! BUT, DON’T 4 GET WE RUNNIN S**T!!!

Man T.I. Is And Always Goin Be The King Of The South

Its da boi Gucci mane Ya dig!!!!!!!

THEM SO ICY BOYS GUCCI AND OJ THE JUICE

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man f**k all that s**t bout who the king of the south is….. them muthaf**ka aint breakin bread with me so f**k em’ and how the f**k the south get all the damn way to texas? but thats another story………….DUVAL muthaf**kas

Shawty Lo is one of the worse f**kin rappers in the world. “My chain bout the size of ur kids” lol. Dats s**t doesn’t even make sense man. My 12 year old nephew got better lines than that!!!

NONE of them corny ass coon rapping ass niggaz, when there is a Ludacris, a Bun B, a Young Jeezy Andre 3000, Rick Ross… Dammit Lil Wayne isn’t even mentioned,

Lmao what the f**k!!!!
Was jeezy and wayne busy? Lmao who’s idea was that s**t? And have they been fired yet?
Lmao
The lamest s**t I’ve ever seen! Why not put da stanky leg dudes in that bytch too lmao

I aint gon front im still supermanning niggas… and freaky girl is on my ipod! Lmao GUCCI! LOL

Shawty Lo an Soulja Boy re worse two fukin rappers I ever heard in life. Gucci Mane he’s aight, but I have a hard time understandin what he be sayin sometimes. Scarface is the true king of the south.

FACEMOB

All thes on the list suck. Andrea 3000, Luda, Scarface, wayne, ceelo. SOULJA BOY? HE CAN BARELY SPEAK AND HIS RAPS ARE ELEMENTARY IF NOT FUNCTIONALLY RETARDED.

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