dirty dirty

n. the southern United States; the South. Also durrty durrty. Subjects: English, United States, Southern, Hip-Hop, Music, Nickname

Editorial Note: Usually used with the definite article: the dirty dirty. Capitalization is inconsistent. Etymological Note: From “Dirty Dirty South,” heavily influenced by a trend of southern hip-hop music called “Dirty South.” The spelling durrty is closely associated with hip-hop music.

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Citations: 1999 Rob Sheffield @ Charlottesville, Va. Village Voice (New York City) (Mar. 2) “Top 10 Plus” p. 82: OutKast are so weird I gave up on getting a handle on Aquemini, which is when it started bubbling in my brain. I love how they represent the dirty-dirty with more juice than Zeus, rocking the ill mbira and letting Erykah Badu shake that load off with trunkloads of booty-club bass. 1999 [bettrduck@aol.com (BettrDuck)] Usenet: alt.rap (Apr. 9) “Betta who? Betta wha?”: Banned in 47 Countries baby from the Dirty Dirty, to your Uranus. 2001 Business Wire (Oct. 11) “Loud Records Gears Up for Southern Compilation” (in New York City): Loud Records will be releasing Hypnotize Minds Presents…The Dirty Dirty Volume 1 January 15, 2002, a compilation of some of the South’s hottest records. 2003 Liz Balmaseda Miami Herald (Florida) (Feb. 9) “A new breed: Miami rapper Pitbull has all of South Florida barking about his skills” p. F1: “I’m from the Dirty Dirty…,” goes one of Pitbull’s most contagious raps, “Dirty.” 2004 Ace Atkins Dirty South (Mar. 2) p. 227: “People like to talk and divide us. People like to break us apart. But we all the Dirty South.” “Dirty, dirty.”

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The “dirty dirty” is taken from the term “dirty south” commonly attributed to Atlanta based and Dungeon Family affiliated rapper Cool Breeze who released Eastpoints Greatest hits in 1999.

by Kae 19 May 06, 0124 GMT

The “Dirty” in dirty south can refer to the storied history and social conflicts in race relations. Touched on in Goodie Mob’s “Soul Food” [eg. Cell Therapy] album as far as government corruption, an impending race war and modern day out-right discrimination that is still allowed to continue. Wikipedia lists it as a style of music but it is the state of the south that got turned into a catch phrase and people identify with but it was from much deeper roots.

by Jae 07 Jul 06, 0417 GMT