In the place to be Magic Monday Atlanta
Excerpt:"Hip-hop hopefuls turn to adult-entertainment clubs
By Richard Fausset - Los Angeles Times
ATLANTA — It was “Magic Monday” at the Magic City strip club, a windowless brick building near the downtown Greyhound station.
Inside, 57 exotic dancers were shaking it, as the song goes, like a saltshaker. The soundtrack was Southern hip-hop — all simple synthesizer lines, raunchy party chants and gut-rattling bass.
Tax Holloway pressed close to the stage, sipping champagne and watching the women. But Holloway wasn’t really here for that.
The aspiring rap star knew that on Monday nights, Magic City was packed with Atlanta’s hip-hop cognoscenti, and he wanted to see how they responded when his new song played over the sound system. "