2006 marked a changing of the guard in hip-hop 📀 As East Coast heavyweights like Nas questioned the genre’s increasingly commercial direction, the South was becoming rap’s new center of gravity. T.I., Young Jeezy, Gucci Mane and Lil Wayne flooded the streets with albums, mixtapes and freestyles, while Atlanta’s street-focused sound laid the groundwork for a run of dominance that would last more than a decade. Twenty years later, we’re looking back at the projects that defined that pivotal year. From Clipse’s ‘Hell Hath No Fury’ to the rise of DJ Drama’s ‘Gangsta Grillz’ series, these are the 30 best rap projects of 2006. LINK IN complexmusic BIO to read and #ReRank the full list 🔗