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  "slug": "69-boyz",
  "name": "69 Boyz",
  "description": "69 Boyz appears 2 times in our Miami Bass and Miami lists, placing as high as No. 5. Hand-curated, with a reason for every pick.",
  "updated": "2026-08-31",
  "url": "https://waxonia.com/artist/69-boyz/",
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    },
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      "title": "Tootsee Roll",
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      "label": "Rip-It",
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      "whyItMatters": "The dance-craze end, and a top ten hit. Miami bass's habit of pairing an instruction with a beat is the direct ancestor of a great deal of later Southern rap.",
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      "whyItMatters": "The pattern reaching the top ten, and doing it without changing. Every Southern rap record that pairs an instruction with an 808 is downstream of this habit, which is why the theme cannot stop at the city limits.",
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