“Shawty Lo and the big cats!” I can still hear the Atlanta rapper’s voice starting off one the most epic Dirty South remixes to hit the 2000s. We’re talking about his 2007 hit “Dey Know (Remix)” — ...

There is a CD that still lives in a leather case in my mom’s trunk that is so scratched it doesn’t even skip. I burned this CD early in 2008, in preparation for the next time I came home from college ...