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For sure! The Bitter Southerner is looking into this.
There are few writers I'd trust to authentically speak on Atlanta hip-hop. Christina remains one of them, and this piece demonstrates why you should too.
I appreciate this so much, thank you Gary!
Lululemon may be the new Polo. But besides that, Atlanta rap sounded ripped off DatPiff like it was 2009 again.
My latest is about the larger significance of this nostalgia - how it helped a scene move on from major losses, and made a case for Skooly as a pioneer: www.complex.com/music/a/mina...
‘Atlanta Is …’ podcast dives into what makes the city unique
Peters Street. Morris Brown. Club 559. For any local who knows their stuff, all of these names are synonymous with Atlanta. And the new podcast “Atlanta Is…” is diving deeper into the institutions, art, and culture that make Atlanta…
Department Store was supposed to be a live jazz bar.
Instead, it launched the next generation of rap, as a pit stop for 21 Savage and Playboi Carti, where you'd see Earthgang, OG Maco and Bankroll Fresh take off.
Episode 7 of #AtlantaIs, hosted by me, is out now: www.iheart.com/podcast/1119...
That's wonderful, thank you so much!
I look forward to this @bittersouth.bsky.social list every year, and it's more important than ever: "AI artists have since topped country and even Christian music charts. Which is ironic, since nobody prayed for this."
Until then, episode 6 — about Atlanta's reputation as a Black mecca, and how Peters Street both reinforces and complicates that reputation — is out now, and hosted by Maurice Garland, because of course: www.iheart.com/podcast/1119...
Previously, the incomparable Rose Scott had us on air to officially lobby for a season 2. We're just saying. www.wabe.org/atlanta-is-p...
Shoutout to @wabe.org for having me, Maurice Garland and @jewelwickershow.bsky.social on to talk #AtlantaIs not once, but twice.
Earlier this week, Maurice and I taped the live season finale of What's Good, Atlanta? with comedy legends David Purdue and Mark Kendall. omny.fm/shows/whats-...
SO good. I am so excited to hear more from Gabriel
Don’t waste your time with AI slop. These albums have what you’ve been searching for, and more, this whole year.
This year, @bittersouth.bsky.social tapped me to write about the best Southern music of 2025. Check it out, and let me know your top five, ten, 20. bittersoutherner.com/best-souther...
Christina Lee is an Ambie-nominated host, writer, and producer who "...stumbled into podcasting back in 2017, when [she] cohosted a podcast for WABE and PRX called "Bottom of the Map." [She] joined AIR because [she] has show ideas of [her] own and wants to learn how to bring them to life."
By Andre 3000's Source Awards speech in 1995, Atlanta's first 24-hour rap station was just getting started—in a city that was scared to play rap for even an hour.
How did Hot 97.5 stand a chance? Ep. 1 of #AtlantaIs talks to the folks who put up a good fight, including some intern named Ludacris.
This magazine just fired all of their politics staffers
This also means that for the first time in a year, I'm available for new projects and clients. Would love to chat about how we can make more cool shit together. www.christinalee.me
Oh hey Bryce!!
If @minaannlee.bsky.social put it together, you know it's legit.
For the past year, I've been working on a show about the city I call home. That show is called "Atlanta Is...," and it is a truly stacked production ... starting with who's narrating our trailer: www.iheart.com/podcast/1119...
i pre-ordered the UY SCUTI vinyl assuming it would be good (i was wrong) and what arrived is a totally different tracklisting with a bunch of new songs…it’s a short, mediocre, weirdly tender thug record as opposed to the 75+ minute datadump that’s on streaming
In this age of celebrity chatcasts, all I want is an updated Red Bull Music Academy lecture with Metro Boomin and Young Dro
I wrote about the recent “discussion” about how Martin treated Pam and how it bums me out that so many of us just flat out refuse to have conversations about stuff we love anymore. Stan culture and anti-intellectualism about *art* is ruining us.
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My friends at documentary studio Rap Portraits have been putting out a zine that features an essay by music journalist Yoh and reader submissions that are equally as thoughtful.
Literally jumped at the chance to copy edit the latest edition. Read and download it here: rapportraits.substack.com
How much should a cup of coffee cost in the age of climate change, supply chain issues, and likely tariffs? I asked Atlanta roasters Portrait Coffee and Tanbrown Coffee for the Cost of Living Project and @canopyatl.bsky.social www.costoflivingatl.org/post/this-is...
Two entertainment profiles I would have loved to see from Atlanta publications: the TV return of people's champ Nicole Paige Brooks, and how Le Castle Vania went from MJQ to John Wick (and now Ballerina)
I'm in the market to hire freelance writers in Atlanta, looking at stories others are ignoring, particularly where business and politics cross paths.
I'm looking to fill the gap, because subscription revenue means I can write where the AJC and the Atlanta Business Chronicle are both compromised.
Looking to speak to someone in Atlanta who's had to change their coffee-buying habits amid recent price increases. Let me know if that's you -- would love to chat for a story!
Oh wow. Bottom of the Map --- and with that, my career in podcasting --- would never have existed, had City Lights not invited me and Regina on to talk Childish Gambino's "This is America."
Grateful to the OG Lois Reitzes and the 45 years she's been on the air. www.wabe.org/wabes-lois-r...
