noun
Street Slang
underground
· noun · atlanta
Underground Atlanta — the historic district built below the streets.
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Underground Atlanta — the multi-level downtown district under the viaducts. Old brick storefronts, club nights, swap-meet shopping. Long-standing pull-up spot in ATL records.
“Met up with the gang at Underground, then slid to Magic.”
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The non-mainstream rap scene — the mixtape circuit, the bando rappers, anyone not on a major. Standard hip-hop usage, hits different in ATL where 'underground' artists routinely outsell the radio.
“He was underground for years before the label finally moved.”
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underground In A Sentence
Met up with the gang at Underground, then slid to Magic.
He was underground for years before the label finally moved.
Origin & Usage
12-acre district in downtown Atlanta sitting below street level — a quirk of 1920s viaducts being built over the original 19th-century streetscape. Opened as a shopping/entertainment hub in 1969, relaunched multiple times since.
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