Top Southern Hip Hop albums

The US rapper T.I. issued the sixth disc Paper Trail. This brilliant work features witty texts, laid on catchy Southern beats and performed in a company of stars like Rihanna, Justin Timberlake and others

A promising rapper Bobby Ray (also known as B.O.B) did not let down his listeners with the debut long player, Adventures Of Bobby Ray

This summer Pitbull's voice will be definitely heard everywhere, because his sixth album Planet Pit's producers have done everything they could so as to make new dance hits of all the album's tracks

The main peculiarity of the new record Tha Carter III is the impressive number of guest producers and performers with whom Lil Wayne has worked just perfectly well so the trilogy closer proves worthy of its surrounding

US rapper Flo Rida recorded the second disc R.O.O.T.S. It promises to repeat the success of his debut album, as features first-rate club songs, built upon the past hits and spiced up by the artist’s sound raps

Ludacris was always able to impress the public. But judging by his last album Release Therapy, he is trying to change the image he has gained dew to his previous works and wants to be taken seriously now

With cameos from Common, Pharrell Williams and Young Jeezy as well as Travis Barker and Jamie Foxx, T.I.'s King is made up of equal parts club anthems, gripping street stories, and introspective cuts

Chamillionaire's latest solo effort and guaranteed hit is The Sound of Revenge. With concentrated attention towards lyrics, creativity and substance, he destroys the misconception of a Texas rapper

If Nelly's previous album mainly contained rap compositions full of pathos and self-admiration, 5.0 also offers some successful pop melodies which are, as before, collaborations with the artist's guest colleagues

You can limit Lil Wayne's freedom, but you can not limit the spreading of his music that easily. Even in prison Lil found an opportunity to prepare an album called I Am Not A Human Being

The latest Dixie conqueror is Young Jeezy, a seductive rhymer vying to become Atlanta's 50 Cent. With a blizzard of hits blazing the radio is poised for his big break with his highly anticipated solo debut

On his new album Strange Clouds, B.o.B. can’t help speaking on from rappers’ favorite issues of fame and wealth, and the inner conflict caused by them. Yet these are excellent arrangements and guest appearances that make the record triumphant

Ludacris keeps manufacturing one album after another just like a conveyor. Battle Of The Sexes is his seventh studio effort. The work is done in full accordance with the singer's best traditions and is going to delight his supporters

Tallahassee-based MC and vocalist T-Pain came up in a rap group called Nappy Headz but went pro as a solo R&B artist. His debut Rappa Ternt Sanga, beyond containing a few strong tracks with plenty of range between them, shows promise

Idlewild is a longish record consisting of 25 tracks among which there are several light interludes. Once again OutKast has done something unpredictable and developed their singing (Andre' 3000) and rapping (Big Boi) skills

T.I.'s new album T.I. Vs T.I.P. carries conceptual and very personal character. T.I. displays a struggle of two characters within him: T.I. - a material rapper and businessman, and T.I.P. – T.I.'s dark half and incorrigible hustler. Who is to win?

Lil Wayne provides a mixture of club bangers, true-life tales and tracks that serve as a memorial for New Orleans and the victims of Hurricane Katrina. With Tha Carter, Vol. 2, we shall see if there is a new king to be crowned in the South

This summer the debut album of one of the new promising rappers Yung Joc, New Joc City, has hit the stores establishing him as a talented author possessing a good recognizable voice and performing in the best traditions of the Southern rap

As a quality debut album Port Of Miami boasts the presence of various guests stars among which there are Dre from Cool & Dre, Akon, Lil Wayne, Brisco, Jay Z and others, and the witty lyrics written by Rick Ross makes it especially interesting

Ludacris' sixth record Theater Of The Mind definitely beats all records concerning the number of guest stars easily pretending to be the year's best hip-hop releases. It is a conceptual album, all the tracks on it being like scenes of a movie