yea, he is on another plane, these young guns out there can not test him. he is the best, currently, check out that rap song, Roll out, and he is even more wicked in that one
LOL...he was a DJ on Hot 97.5 or V103.3, he just got hooked up, and he has some good licks, but my girl worked for LAFACE Records, plus I did personal concert security in Atlanta, Fox, Roxy, Music Mid, Center Stage and more... 😄All good.
Robert Eason You say that because you must not have been around back then.Because back then he got his props.He just left and became a business man.Recently he's released some music.
Kim Wright I'm pretty sure I was around back then I'm 29 now I was just saying he doesn't get the props as a top lyricist all time like kurupt I feel the same way it's just my opinion I respect everybody else's opinion too though
you have to be kidding me..... its literally just a bunch of bs words thrown together, literally nothing having to do with Atl.... Wtf is wrong with everyone in the comments? Luda pay you?
+Joshua Walker I feel you but there's a lot of artist from the south that have serious flow but we always get shitted on cus we're from the south. most of all singers and rappers have ties from the south. out kast , ugk , ghetto boys etc...well respected in the nationu should check them out. but I respect your opinion.
Tiger Spencer yea the south got some jewels but the south choices of beats is what most people cant fuck with. And not to mention all the hate at the south is because the North views the south as a racist hell hole lol.
+Mid West lol it is very racist where I'm from. it's a shame only the whack artist from the south make it main stream I'm a artist myself and it's very hard. but the good soulful artist are here mainly underground
+Joshua Walker Ludacris, Outkast, Field Mobb, Killer Mike, Big Krit, J Cole, T.i, Scotty Atl, Chyn the Prince, 2005-2013 Lil Wayne, Scarface, Juvenile, Rick Ross, Trick Daddy, Jeezy, Nappy Roots 8 ball MJG and a lot more South has great lyricist
Alots of respect to these guys for adding a Sikh man(guy with the turban) into their music video. Definitely felt welcomed to a place I never been to. When rest of the country wants you to leave their country and Atlanta says "Welcome to Atlanta" love it.
Even with all the accolades he has received I still think Luda is UNDERRATED! He is FIRE on every feature he hop on as well as on his own projects. He was my first favorite rapper who is not a NY native.
Ludacris isn’t rapping about selling bricks or killing anyone, but his flow harder than anyone who does rap about selling drugs!💪🏾💪🏾 One of my favorite rappers of all time!!
i'm glad to have grown up in a time when i got to listen to the multitude of genius rap producers. Timbo, Neptunes, Premier, Dre, Easy Mo Bee, even puff, and probably the least appreciated of them all was JD.
Agreed, this song definitely made you feel like ATL was the place to be and rightfully so cause I still want to go whenever I think about this song. Guess that was that southern hospitality.
Jermaine Dupri -is absolutely killing it on this one! Because he saw the short on my channel about how these rappers are blowing up, he is now getting way more hits.
I visited Atlanta a couple of weekends ago, and I'ma tell you the people were so friendly, and the vibe that I got from just being there, words can't describe. I'm hoping to move there once I'm out of school, I pray the Lord will watch and keep me.
Walter’s shoe store(shown in the video) is in the middle of Ga State University. Basically all of downtown Atlanta is Ga State. I was a GSU student when this video was made. One semester, Luda and I shared a class together! He was a GSU student. So for me, this video is a permanent snapshot of my college years. 1990s and early 2000s Atlanta was so cool.
It’s almost 2 decades ago I used to jam on this track. And I just find myself jamming to this track again for the first time after that long. Goes to show this song’s still dope Luda murdered this track Big ups 👍🏾 Jermaine Dupri
This was back in the days when pop rap hits had some depth, good lyrics, and bomb ass beats. These dudes that be producing rap beats today and these rappers that rap today could LEARN something from the early 2000s era of rap music.
This song is 20 years old now. I remember when this came out. I was a little kid at the time. This song defined the 2000s decade and nostalgia of course 😁
Omg😭 I'm so emotional listening to this. This was my all time favorite and still is of Ludacris! Brings back so many good and bad memories, I actually cried. I love how music can move ones soul like that.
Welcome to Oklahoma where tornadoes don't play, and without a single warning they wipe everything away, for 3 days and 3 nights it's been non-stop storming, and now we're picking up trash till 8 in the morning.
When Ludacris was killing everything he was featured on
Baby
True true true . Legendary both of them
Lowkey
Jv,ε
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I wish that his verse was on the remix instead of Jermaine Dupri's.
This needs to be played in Atlanta's airport on repeat.
lol.
Yeah🤩
Standing in the TSA line with this playing 😂
Facts
For real like wth
Luda seriously went next level on his verse. It's always been one of my all time favorites.
Mega facts 📠
adolescents packn a 4🔥🔥🔥🔥😤😤💪🏾💪🏾👑
On GUnz
yea, he is on another plane, these young guns out there can not test him. he is the best, currently, check out that rap song, Roll out, and he is even more wicked in that one
He murders his verse 👌
I miss when hip hop & rap sounded like this 😢
Blacked eye peas, Yg and nas still does old school shit
@@neutralmilkbaby yg trash lmao
Ludacris’ flow was ONE IN A MILLION
I forgot how good he was
@@sickathanyouraverage4404 listen to Freaky Thangs. The hardest he's ever flowed on any track
@@TMLJW over holiday Inn?
Facts
Yassssss
Ludacris is so overlooked! Homie got one of the dopest flows AND catalogues in the game!
u got that right
Facts!!!
ho's to the left ho's to the right ;)
How is 18 million views and 148k likes overlooked?????????
LOL...he was a DJ on Hot 97.5 or V103.3, he just got hooked up, and he has some good licks, but my girl worked for LAFACE Records, plus I did personal concert security in Atlanta, Fox, Roxy, Music Mid, Center Stage and more... 😄All good.
Ludacris has been consistently GOAT for decades man
Over 20 years later, welcome to Atlanta still one of my favorite bangers of all time
Same Here
Racks
I listen to this almost every day 2024
Yeah but... ride on dem thangs like, every day. In this modern time we live in, ppl would make fun of that.
The place with the best wings you can get at a strip club. Welcome.
when ludacris said "Chillininifimininnininininininihooooooood" I FELT THAT
Idk whether he knew what he was trying to do
Same
Maaaaan I still can't get that part down and I know this whole verse
I think he fucked up in the booth n was like fuck it run with that shit sounds ill
Hell yea. I felt that 222
Ludacris is the most underrated rapper of all time
Robert Eason You say that because you must not have been around back then.Because back then he got his props.He just left and became a business man.Recently he's released some music.
Robert Eason definitely not reevaluate ur definition of underrated
Im Famous Yea...he definitely wasn't underrated. If anything, Sik Kid, Oswin Benjamin, and Marlon Craft are truly underrated.
Nigga wasn't underrated he was on of the top in Early 2000s
uderrated is like Kurupt,AZ and Caninus
Kim Wright I'm pretty sure I was around back then I'm 29 now I was just saying he doesn't get the props as a top lyricist all time like kurupt I feel the same way it's just my opinion I respect everybody else's opinion too though
Who’s still listening to this in 2024!
Oink oink, pig pig
Me😂
Me 😂
Me
Still listening??? Dude I just discovered this today 😢
22 years later and this joint is still lit 🔥 one of my favorites for sure.
🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
This song came out 22 years ago!?!? Holy fuck I’m old
Dang middle school was as the kids say lit 😂😂😂😂
Same here when I was a kid
@@Mark-eb2vt I was in elementary school in 2001
Luda's verse on this is one of the greatest in rap history
you have to be kidding me..... its literally just a bunch of bs words thrown together, literally nothing having to do with Atl.... Wtf is wrong with everyone in the comments? Luda pay you?
@@williambaker9506 Fu luda go hard tho
Luda Was Rapping On A Whole Nother Level on this track. #BeastMode
This nigga Luda is so underrated yo I dont really be fucking with southern artists like that but this man got lyrics and a mean ass flow.
the man was one of the few lyrical artist from the south tbh.
+Joshua Walker I feel you but there's a lot of artist from the south that have serious flow but we always get shitted on cus we're from the south. most of all singers and rappers have ties from the south. out kast , ugk , ghetto boys etc...well respected in the nationu should check them out. but I respect your opinion.
Tiger Spencer
yea the south got some jewels but the south choices of beats is what most people cant fuck with. And not to mention all the hate at the south is because the North views the south as a racist hell hole lol.
+Mid West lol it is very racist where I'm from. it's a shame only the whack artist from the south make it main stream I'm a artist myself and it's very hard. but the good soulful artist are here mainly underground
+Joshua Walker Ludacris, Outkast, Field Mobb, Killer Mike, Big Krit, J Cole, T.i, Scotty Atl, Chyn the Prince, 2005-2013 Lil Wayne, Scarface, Juvenile, Rick Ross, Trick Daddy, Jeezy, Nappy Roots 8 ball MJG and a lot more South has great lyricist
Now I know what it’s like to feel like one of those old guys saying how much better the music was when they were young.
Tell me about💯😔
I use to hear them say that all the damn time smh now I'm 39 and feel the same way lol good damn point fam!!!
It’s old age
Makes music less impactful cuz ur used to it and ur hormones and brain aren’t what it used to be
This music is weak
It’s nostalgia
:)
😂❤
Luda's verse 🔥
Ronny Jordan I thought I was the only one that noticed
The beginning of his verse go’s hard
@@isaac2bands hi
It’s a shame he doesn’t have much in the remix tho
Yoo yoo yooo yo
Alots of respect to these guys for adding a Sikh man(guy with the turban) into their music video. Definitely felt welcomed to a place I never been to. When rest of the country wants you to leave their country and Atlanta says "Welcome to Atlanta" love it.
I'm in New England and most of us wouldn't want you to leave either. You're good people.
Navtej Singh
That’s southern hospitality for you
I truly appreciate America❤️❤️ it's a melting pot of people of different cultures and ancestry
He is the owner of the sho store Walters that’s in the video. He is truly a good guy.
And the Asian lol
Even with all the accolades he has received I still think Luda is UNDERRATED! He is FIRE on every feature he hop on as well as on his own projects. He was my first favorite rapper who is not a NY native.
@@overbanked what the entire fuck did this have to do with Ludacris’s talent as a lyricists? Y’all just be out here saying anything☹️
@@overbanked
Except gas prices are around the same as they were pre-COVID, and unemployment has dropped considerably. But hey, you tried.
you right Belle 💯
@@overbanked what?!
Agree
Atlanta’s greatest contribution to society.
rap will never be the same
Yer there's never been better songs than this since smh get a grip
jimmy kelley yup
Look up 6ix9ine
@@MrDonya2392 They don't even dress like this anymore that tight shit they wear is not cool.
@@Ybbetter3838 As an example of how bad rap has gotten?
I listened to this song again today because the Atlanta Braves are World Series Champions!!! 🔥
Yup me 2!!!! Yessirrrr!!!!
Too bad no black people in attendance and at the after parties when Atlanta is black
Yep.
@@BabyPink911 Wtf are you talking about?
Woooooohhhh!!!!! Hell yeah im throwing A's all over nashville i miss home more than ever
Luda was Killin em with the flow!
Ludacris isn’t rapping about selling bricks or killing anyone, but his flow harder than anyone who does rap about selling drugs!💪🏾💪🏾 One of my favorite rappers of all time!!
Not Jeezy…..
I love TI but Im sorry Luda was always the real king of the south, this verse just proves it
They just don't wanna show Luda love bcos he's a comedic rapper. But he was always crushing it
Jeff Torres so did Andre 3000 did or sum?
I would say Pimp C was the king of South
I dig ludacris too but he is from champagne Illinois and T.I.P. is from Georgia stating facts not looking for smoke
lil Wayne or OutKast are the kings of the south get your shit straight
“I split ya spleen matter of fact I split ya team..no blood on the kicks..gotta keep it so my kicks is clean” Luda is so underrated !!
i'm glad to have grown up in a time when i got to listen to the multitude of genius rap producers. Timbo, Neptunes, Premier, Dre, Easy Mo Bee, even puff, and probably the least appreciated of them all was JD.
dj Khaled is better than all of those producers
duhdonutman yeah JD have a lot of hits under his belt.. And he is underrated
Ransom Fox are you on drugs?
Yep those are all almost legendary producers none will ever be better
@@rfo453 I hope you are trolling cause that's a crazy inaccurate statement
Atlanta should be proud of this 💯
Ludacris absolutely killed this track. Unforgettable.
The Golden Era of Atlanta Hip Hop. I miss the time when all the artists elevated each other in Atlanta.
Agreed, this song definitely made you feel like ATL was the place to be and rightfully so cause I still want to go whenever I think about this song. Guess that was that southern hospitality.
Who's bumping to this still in 2018! I love the ATL...no city like it. Grew up here...
Gladys Dark. women are blessed there. big booty goddess
New Orleans!!!
New York but ye I love Atlanta too
Your bio is
Never been to the ATL but definitely wanna check it out sometime!
Jermaine Dupri -is absolutely killing it on this one! Because he saw the short on my channel about how these rappers are blowing up, he is now getting way more hits.
That was fucking retarded
I was living in Atlanta when this came out and the A was the best place to live at that time.
Shit was TOO LIT. Memories. . Memories
We still out here....
True dat
+King B. James "at that time"...interesting
That was when ATL were POPPIN. To this day atl boys can break through with near anything
Not anymore
2021 World Series Champions. Congratulations Atlanta Braves from a Jays fan.
The music and the fashion was so dope, a special era that cannot be rivaled
I've lived in Atlanta for nearly 20 years and this song resonates with me completely 😌
No you haven't anime pfp
I visited Atlanta a couple of weekends ago, and I'ma tell you the people were so friendly, and the vibe that I got from just being there, words can't describe. I'm hoping to move there once I'm out of school, I pray the Lord will watch and keep me.
Have you moved there yet?! It’s been 4 years
Damn I got a different vibe when I was in Atlanta people weren’t friendly.
@@DKMetcaIf 🤣
@@ghostsniper1128 you from Atlanta
@@DKMetcaIf no sir, I hope that guy also moved though 😀
Ludacris murdered this 🔥🔥🔥🔥
Luda Verse was pure 🔥🔥🔥🔥
There is no greater song that defines Atlanta. The cameos made in this video made it more iconic.
damn i love this style of hip hop. baggy clothes and good jams. fuck new hip hop
mumble rap*
Ludacris flow was CRAZY in his prime bro, 🔥🔥🔥 he was killin everything
WELCOME TO THE HOME OF THE WORLD SERIES CHAMPION ATLANTA BRAVES 🏆
Walter’s shoe store(shown in the video) is in the middle of Ga State University. Basically all of downtown Atlanta is Ga State. I was a GSU student when this video was made. One semester, Luda and I shared a class together! He was a GSU student. So for me, this video is a permanent snapshot of my college years. 1990s and early 2000s Atlanta was so cool.
When I was in school Ludacris was the man JD had them beats like I miss these days hip hop at its peak
I'm 27 years old, it's 2023 and I'm just now finding this song. Thankful for the small things 🙏
If you searched for this.....in 2022...
You're a G
Life Matter waz hannin!
OG comin' thru
OG here
I did
W
It's really been almost 25 years. Unbelievable. I remember when this joint dropped.
Time flies doesn't it?
It’s almost 2 decades ago I used to jam on this track.
And I just find myself jamming to this track again for the first time after that long.
Goes to show this song’s still dope
Luda murdered this track
Big ups 👍🏾 Jermaine Dupri
Luda is a very slept on Lyricist. Crazy thing about it even when i was 14 i knew he was underrated LOL
ThenThereWasLooney Right
Love how the video displays hip hop's transcendence through all races/cultures.
Dmn, I wish we had Jacksonville, Fl rappers do this! Duuuval!
I do too I'm not from Jacksonville but I love the Jaguars that's for sure.
At 3:14 Monica with that beautiful smile. The best she has ever looked.
This was back in the days when pop rap hits had some depth, good lyrics, and bomb ass beats. These dudes that be producing rap beats today and these rappers that rap today could LEARN something from the early 2000s era of rap music.
That beat is so hard. Still in 2019
Luda verse was 🔥
Luda was riding beast mode. Damn!!!
Ludas wordplay is legendary.
Luda always went in. The way he ended that verse is 🅱️razy 🔥💯
20 Years Later I Still Love This Song
I was bumping this as driving to Atlanta from CA, that shittt was sick 🔥
Yup yup
The whole time?!
you musta gotten sick of it by day two, i can barely make it thru one play
Haulin some dope was ya???
I'm alive love YOU GOD MY SAVIOUR
This song is 20 years old now. I remember when this came out. I was a little kid at the time. This song defined the 2000s decade and nostalgia of course 😁
Same here back in the day when I was a kid
@@jeffreywilliams8499 - I just moved to Atlanta when this song came out. It was the absolute place to be in the early 2000s.
@@gakvz Same here
me too I was entering elementary school after 9/11 happened
This song hits hard still.
People keep saying Ludacris is underrated and that is true. But Jermaine Dupri as a producer is also underrated, this beat was incredible!!
It's 2024 but Luda's flow held it down for me in Kenya 🇰🇪
imeweza
Mbaya @@youngreezy5310
Omg😭 I'm so emotional listening to this. This was my all time favorite and still is of Ludacris! Brings back so many good and bad memories, I actually cried. I love how music can move ones soul like that.
Riding in the car as a kid with my family banging this, also family fights to song 😭😭😭😭😭😭
whats your insta
Man was 15 when this came out miss the 99’s early 2000’s
this is back when it was cool to actually recite your favorite rapper's lyrics
That beat knocks. I'll always love this song. Ludacris used to get busy on that microphone. I've been to Atlanta once and it just wasn't for me.
Only Luda can recite his own lyrics to this.. cause still to this day I can never say the ending like he did 😂😂
Omm‼️🤣😭😭⚰⚰⚰
That ending got me wondering....
kmsl
@@kennethhunt5980 ❤
Chilliiiiiiiiing iiinnnnnnn the middlllllle of the road 😅😅😅
Bruh was that T.I. at 3:27? He's the only one I know throw his A's up like that! 😂
Welcome to Oklahoma where tornadoes don't play, and without a single warning they wipe everything away, for 3 days and 3 nights it's been non-stop storming, and now we're picking up trash till 8 in the morning.
InstruMENTALY ILL LMAO so true indeed I was stationed at Ft Sill for 3 years and yep those tornados ain’t no joke!!!
XD
great work
Wtf hahahahhahahahahha
Wow!! No joke.
1:57 is that BOW WOW? fuck how time flies...
Luda was killin the game when he first came out
Legend has it that those tourists on the bus kept requesting for more performance from Ludacris
So I'm the only one listening to this in 2019??? Didn't think so!
Naw
Naw shawty JD is dark man still
Lame for listening to the clean version lol
I'm about to be bumping to this ishh on my way to the office. that's my ishhhhhh
lol no
Let’s go braves !!! World Series champs
That girl who is welcoming every one is fine asf
What's her name?
I feel God made us the chosen ones to be teens from the 90's from 89 to 99 I was literally a teen n feel very blessed. TY u God!
Luda murdered that shit!!!
2020 and still catching chills and cheesing rocking and bopping going crazy
2022
My cheeks hurt 😂😂😂🎯💯💯💯🔥🔥
This gotta be the theme of the Hawks if they go to the Finals.
Who's here after the meme 'rap before vs now'.
Me lol
Me
Me 😂
Guilty 🤣
Me 😅
The remix was even better.. Luda will 4ver be a GOAT!!! His wordplay is unmatched
Atlanta Braves won it all 2021!!
Listening to this after the BRAVES 2021 WORLD SERIES WIN!!!!!!
And now Georgia Bulldogs 🏆
Never get old
Ludacris is a lyrical genius
If Ossoff and Warnock win then everyone should blast this
I got a Facebook ban spamming Mitch and Trump with this video. Lmao
Good news, they did.
This aged well
Free
Peace and Respect to Jermaine Dupri and Ludacris for their WELCOME TO ATLANTA 🎵 musical joints👌.
Had to come back to this since the Braves going to the World Series
And now they won that bihhh!
Coming into the A on Friday. My earbuds will have thin playing all the way!
World Series champions👏🏻👏🏻⚾️⚾️⚾️!!!
Such a simple but iconic video
Oh this is going on my morning bike ride on my Bluetooth speakers today!
LUDA is a f***ing GOAT.
First Five Albums were flames
#ATL is really taking over #NYC with hip hop music
Can't compare. Different era.
Crazy as hell
1 of luda's best verses.
Luda's verse might be my favorite EVER!
Tell Big Gipp Yes Real NY Gees forever love Luda ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
OSOFF AND WARNOCK WITH THE W