Review Excerpt:

Drawing on playlists, artist bios, collabo info, and interviews with all the major players for her "sampladelic oral history" of the crunk era, former URB editor Tamara Palmer offers more than just a guide to the Dirty South. Rooted in the blues, A&R'd in hood strip clubs, and sold out of car trunks and corporate boardrooms, this journalistic study of America's favorite party music is essential reading for its beyond-the-ass-shaking glimpse into how Luke, Lil Jon, and Ludacris conquered the north.