This Is What The City Sounds Like
Vol. 1
BREAKING THIS IS WHAT THE CITY SOUNDS LIKE — VOL. 1 ATLANTA FULL OUT NOW AFROMENTUM OUT NOW I-75 NORTH — 47 MIN DELAY BREAKING THE CITY IS TALKING NEXT UP: BRAVES LAND I-285 TOP END — STANDSTILL BREAKING THIS IS WHAT THE CITY SOUNDS LIKE — VOL. 1 ATLANTA FULL OUT NOW AFROMENTUM OUT NOW I-75 NORTH — 47 MIN DELAY BREAKING THE CITY IS TALKING NEXT UP: BRAVES LAND I-285 TOP END — STANDSTILL
Traffic. Culture. Survival. Pride.
Hit James Presents

This Is What The City Sounds LikeVol. 1

Real Atlanta. Real conversations. One city caught on record.

Traffic. Pressure. Pride. Relationships. Survival. Humor. This is Atlanta as it sounds right now.

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Now Documenting · Atlanta, GA
The Project — 01

The City Made The Tracklist

This Is What The City Sounds Like Vol. 1 — official cover art by Hit James

"This Is What the City Sounds Like" captures the conversations happening in traffic, at gas stations, behind apartment gates, inside relationships and across neighborhoods throughout metro Atlanta. Every record reveals another side of the city.

01 Say Less
02 Still Move Regular
03 Ain't Nun
04 Big Rank
05 What Bruh Got Going?
06 Dashboard Digital
07 Snapped On That
08 Stand On It
09 Five on the Tank
10 What's the Code?
11 Standing on Business
12 Who All Over There?
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Featured Record — 02

The Record That Started The Conversation

Atlanta Full

"Atlanta changed. More people. More traffic. More apartments. More opinions."

"Atlanta Full" said what thousands of drivers were already thinking while sitting on I-75.

Words & Sound — Hit James
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Atlanta Full single cover art by Hit James
Latest Drop — 03

A Different Side Of The Groove

Afromentum

"Afro House. Jazz. One groove, no genre."

Afromentum steps outside the city for a minute — live keys, saxophone, house rhythm, and space to breathe. Same ear behind Atlanta Full, different groove entirely.

Sound — Hit James · Afro House Jazz
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Afromentum by Hit James — Afro House Jazz cover art
Street Report — 04

Faces of Atlanta

01 Atlanta Police Department officer sitting in her patrol car in traffic
APD said
Atlanta Full.
Zone 5 — Downtown Connector
02 Georgia State Trooper sitting in his patrol vehicle in Atlanta traffic
Even the State
Trooper's stuck.
GSP — I-75 North
03 MARTA bus operator behind the wheel with Atlanta skyline in view
MARTA said
Atlanta Full.
Route 3 — Peachtree
04 Atlanta firefighter in the cab of Engine 17 stuck in traffic
Firefighters
said Atlanta Full.
Engine 17 — Station House
05 Atlanta local reacting to gridlock traffic on I-75
The city felt
this one.
I-75 North — Exit 249C
Tip Line — 05

See Something Broken?

Cracked street. Dead light. Pothole that's been eating tires since spring. If it's been bothering you on the way to work, it's probably bothering the whole block too.

File it once at ATL311 — the city's real reporting system — and it goes straight to the department responsible for fixing it.

Report It to ATL311 →
Or dial 311 from any Atlanta phone
Field Notes
  • Potholes & roadway hazards
  • Broken streetlights
  • Missed trash pickup
  • Sidewalk damage
  • Downed signs & signals
Braves Land — 06

From The City To Braves Country

Braves Land

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